Paki the NEW Iraq?

Image via WikipediaSituation in Pakistan spinning out of control: Stratfor

* Intelligence service claims Musharraf's regime has been replaced by a civil-military hybrid
* Country is being torn apart by extremism

By Khalid Hasan

WASHINGTON: The use of suicide bombings has allowed religiously radical forces to reach beyond their NWFP strongholds and strike with impunity at the core of Pakistan, including urban centres, and as it is, things are spinning out of control, according to a commentary released on Monday by Stratfor.

The Texas-based news intelligence service notes that along with the rapidly deteriorating security situation, political instability has only grown after the elections, which failed to quell the political unrest that severely weakened not only President Pervez Musharraf's hold on power but also that of the army.

Civil-military hybrid: "Musharraf's regime has been replaced by a civil-military hybrid which lacks the willingness and/or the ability to take on the threat posed by extremism and militancy. The fact is that the civilian government and the country's military establishment appear to be losing control of the situation," the analysis maintains.


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Will the Paki's allow Pakistan to deteroriate into an Iraq, circa 2004?
I don't expect the new Paki government to react or ask for help untill
they experience sever pain, and their pain threshold is higher than I expected.

Gerald

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