Civil - Military Tension in Pakistan and Memogate

Pakistan's "Memogate"By Tim Lister, CNN.com, Jan 19, 2012

Pakistan once more finds itself enveloped in overlapping crises. Daggers are drawn between the civilian government and the military brass; the Supreme Court is reviving corruption allegations against President Asif Ali Zardari; the Taliban and other militant groups continue to carry out suicide bombings and assassinations at will; and the

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