Issue No 66, Nov 9-15, 2003 | ISSN:1684-2057 | satribune.com

What if Bush Loses Next Year

Dear Readers:

The US-Pakistan relations stay on a fragile course as conflicting reports suggested that Washington was growing impatient with Pakistan’s double games and Islamabad was thinking in terms of Musharraf’s survival should President Bush lose his game in the continuing war of nerves inside Iraq and inside the US. Amid these turbulent times, UPI Editor at Large, Arnaud de Borchgrave has come out with another bomb-shell, basically to defend and support his earlier scoop of a Pak-Saudi nuclear axis. This time, Borchgrave claims, both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia were jointly thinking of supporting President Bush by sending troops to Iraq, as he looked more and more vulnerable. Both Musharraf and the Royal Monarchy of the Saudi Kingdom will face the boot, should Bush lose next year.

We continue to focus on the still incomplete and growing scandal about the sale of Pakistani properties abroad. This week London has been added to the capitals round the world. What is going on and who has authorized these sales? What is the logic and rationale? All these questions will be asked. We will get you the answers, soon.

Take Care
Shaheen Sehbai