07-12-2007, 02:34 AM
So who did what and what happened .. and why a peaceful solution could not be found...
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id="quote">quote<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">The government on Monday agreed to allow âsafe passageâ to Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi and his family to end the eight-day standoff. In a late-night decision, President Gen Pervez Musharraf was reported to have asked the ulema committee and PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain to offer safe passage to the cleric, who is holding hundreds of students hostage in the mosque-madressah complex.
It is expected that Abdul Rashid Ghazi and his elder brother Maulana Abdul Aziz, who was arrested while trying to escape wearing a burqa, will be sent to their ancestral village Rojan in Rajanpur district along with their families.
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id="quote">quote<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday convened a meeting and directed the authorities concerned to strive for a âpeaceful solutionâ to save the lives of hundreds of students in the mosque.
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Source Dawn July 10 (http//www.dawn.com/2007/07/10/top1.htm)
But then........................something happened
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id="quote">quote<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Asia Times Online contacts claim that the situation was complicated by the sudden appearance of a delegation of members of Parliament belonging to the government's coalition partners, the Muttahida Quami Movement. They are believed to have met with a US official at his official residence, after which the situation changed within an hour. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id="quote">quote<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">A last-minute intervention by Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf ended nine hours of negotiations seeking a peaceful end to the siege of the radical Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad.
Apparently saying he was "heavily under duress from his allies", the president in the early hours of Tuesday instead ordered in the military to end the seven-day saga. Unconfirmed reports even say that Musharraf personally led the assault, along with Corps Commander Rawalpindi Lieutenant-General Tariq Majid. The media were barred from the mosque's immediate vicinity. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Source Asia Times July 11 (http//www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IG11Df03.html)
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id="quote">quote<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">The government on Monday agreed to allow âsafe passageâ to Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi and his family to end the eight-day standoff. In a late-night decision, President Gen Pervez Musharraf was reported to have asked the ulema committee and PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain to offer safe passage to the cleric, who is holding hundreds of students hostage in the mosque-madressah complex.
It is expected that Abdul Rashid Ghazi and his elder brother Maulana Abdul Aziz, who was arrested while trying to escape wearing a burqa, will be sent to their ancestral village Rojan in Rajanpur district along with their families.
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id="quote">quote<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday convened a meeting and directed the authorities concerned to strive for a âpeaceful solutionâ to save the lives of hundreds of students in the mosque.
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Source Dawn July 10 (http//www.dawn.com/2007/07/10/top1.htm)
But then........................something happened
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id="quote">quote<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Asia Times Online contacts claim that the situation was complicated by the sudden appearance of a delegation of members of Parliament belonging to the government's coalition partners, the Muttahida Quami Movement. They are believed to have met with a US official at his official residence, after which the situation changed within an hour. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id="quote">quote<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">A last-minute intervention by Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf ended nine hours of negotiations seeking a peaceful end to the siege of the radical Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad.
Apparently saying he was "heavily under duress from his allies", the president in the early hours of Tuesday instead ordered in the military to end the seven-day saga. Unconfirmed reports even say that Musharraf personally led the assault, along with Corps Commander Rawalpindi Lieutenant-General Tariq Majid. The media were barred from the mosque's immediate vicinity. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Source Asia Times July 11 (http//www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IG11Df03.html)