I saw that interview. It was interesting that he also that that for
the US to withdraw now would be "a very great folly," that the region
had to be stabilized.

Dana

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 11:44:30 -0500, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In a recent interview with CNN's Paula Zann, General Musharraf of
> Pakistan said that he felt the war in Iraq has made the world a more
> dangerous place:
>
> ZAHN: Is the world a safer place because of the war in Iraq?
>
> MUSHARRAF: No. It's more dangerous. It's not safer, certainly not.
>
> ZAHN: How so?
>
> MUSHARRAF: Well, because it has aroused actions of the Muslims more.
> It's aroused certain sentiments of the Muslim world, and then the
> responses, the latest phenomena of explosives, more frequent for bombs
> and suicide bombings. This phenomenon is extremely dangerous.
>
> ZAHN: Was it a mistake to have gone to war with Iraq?
>
> MUSHARRAF: Well, I would say that it has ended up bringing more
> trouble to the world.
>
> Which is what troubles me about Mr. Bush's statements that "75% of Al
> Qaeda has been brought to justice."  Factcheck.org debunks that claim
> but, more importantly, I think what's happened is that Al Qaeda is no
> longer our only threat.
>
> I think the war in Iraq is mushrooming radical Islamists such that
> soon we'll need to worry about many other groups besides Al Qaeda.
> General Musharraf seems to share that
> opinion.________________________________
>
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