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     COMMENTS: Emergency

There was a flurry of interest in Pakistani politics last month when former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's homecoming was greeted by a failed assassination attempt. That interest was not sustained. Only ABC had a correspondent on hand to warn us the President Pervez Musharraf is about to declare a state of emergency. From Islamabad, Martha Raddatz (subscription required) told us that Pakistan is "spiraling into violence"--this despite more than $11bn in aid from the United States to "root out terrorists." Despite…or perhaps as a result of that aid. Raddatz consulted the vox pop and found opposition to Musharraf mounting because of his alliance with the United States, an "enemy of the Moslem." A shocked Raddatz warned: "Horrifying videos are being distributed on the streets showing boys as young as 14 beheading soldiers who cooperate with the Americans."

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