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Musharraf Resigns as Pakistan’s
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Pervez Musharraf
resigned as the President of Pakistan under threat of
impeachment. Musharraf,
65, who was at one time a decorated commando officer, seized
power in Pakistan in 1999. He became aligned with the U.S. after
the September 11 attack in the U.S., but he still struggled to
contain the Taliban and Al-Qaida forces operating on Pakistani
soil.
Namaz Sharif, the Pakistani
two-time prime minister who had been ousted by Musharraf,
returned from exile and won the election in February.
According to senior U.S.
officials, the Bush administration purposely keep to the side as
Pakistani politicians began to debate impeachment and the White
House refused to throw him a lifeline. At the time of his
resignation, Musharraf was considering dismissing the Pakistani
parliament and invoking emergency powers.
After seven years of ongoing
support for the one-time army general, including more than 7
billion dollars in U.S. assistance, the Bush administration
finally concluded it was too late to do anything more. |
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