Rice Phones Musharraf On Eve Of Emergency Declaration
As Pakistan’s insurgency grows:
The International News Of Pakistan:
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke at length late Wednesday with Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf as the key U.S. anti-terrorism ally weighed imposing a state of emergency due to security concerns in the nuclear-armed nation.
Rice spoke by phone to Musharraf in a call that took place in the early hours of Thursday in Pakistan where officials said an emergency declaration was being considered and that the president would soon meet with his cabinet to discuss the option, a senior State Department official said.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation, refused to discuss the substance of the 17-minute conversation that began shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday Pakistan time.
Rice’s call to Musharraf followed comments by State Department spokesman Sean McCormack who said the U.S. understood Musharraf’s abrupt decision to skip the meeting.
“President Musharraf certainly wouldn’t stay back in Islamabad if he didn’t believe he had good and compelling reasons to stay back,” McCormack told a regular briefing. “Certainly we would understand that.”
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THE PHONE CALL TRANSACTION:
C: Musharaff? It’s Condi.
M: Good of you to call.
C: The savages are causing a lot of problems, I see.
M: Yes Yes many problems, I am fearful that many do not respect my nations sovereignty, I am fearful of an attack.
C: I understand. We are working here for you, hopefully bareback hussein obama will not be elected, but unfortunately there are many here in the U.S. who have their heads up their ass and they vote.
M: I wish you luck, for I fear the backstabbing stalinists you call the democrats more than those lunatics in the mosque.
C: We too fear them more than the islamic radicals, because at least it is clear with them that they are the enemy.
M: It makes it harder when you have traitors in your midst.
C: Never let your guard down, stay strong.
M: Ok, you too, look I gotta go, I hear someone screaming “allah akbar” again so I have to get under my desk, I’ll call, bye.
C: bye
END OF TRANSCRIPT
August 9th, 2007 at 6:19 amCondi: hyper-serious, deeply burdened, grim, conflicted, lonely, loyal?
Non-hijab wearing as far as I know.
Condi’s gotta tough job.
August 10th, 2007 at 1:45 am