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Faced with desertions by his political supporters and the neutrality of the Pakistani military, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, an important ally of the United States, is expected to resign in the next few days rather than face impeachment charges, Pakistani politicians and Western diplomats said Thursday. His departure from office would be likely to unleash [...] The Russian military invasion of Georgia’s South Ossetia and Abkhazia’s provinces on Thursday, August 7 represented a brazen move to reclaim and incorporate both separatist regions into the Russia federation. Under the guise of coming to South Ossetia and Abkhazia aid from the Georgian government’s atrocities, Moscow quickly moved 10,000 troops into the regions by [...] “Military, economic, political and all the benchmarks that we said that the Iraqi government had to meet. They haven’t got them all, but the fact that the government is functioning effectively, the economic situation is improving dramatically, the Iraqi government now has control of the major cities of Mosul, Basra and Sadr City as well [...] Senator McCain is fond of telling voters that it is he, not Senator Obama, that will be the most effective candidate to bring about change, which is interesting considering as a longtime member of the Washington establishment, that means there is something wrong with the job he has done. When you see the picture [...] President Bush on Monday signed legislation to pay for the war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of his presidency and beyond…The legislation will bring to more than $650 billion the amount Congress has provided for the Iraq war since it began more than five years ago. For operations in Afghanistan, the total [...] Mobile post sent by washingtonhotlist using Utterz. Replies. mp3 |
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