Pakistan Will Be Tested Soon - Mass Demonstration Friday

Bhutto Call for Protest Sets Up Confrontation

~snip~ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 7 — The police clashed violently with supporters of the opposition leader Benazir Bhutto today after she announced that her party would carry out a mass demonstration on Friday and a protest march next week if the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, refuses to end emergency rule.

But the authorities have said they will not allow the demonstration, and Ms. Bhutto’s statements set up an immediate confrontation with General Musharraf, who declared emergency rule on Saturday, suspending the Constitution, arresting hundreds of lawyers, other protesters and political opponents, and shutting down independent television news outlets. Under the decree, public protests are banned.

“We are going ahead with the protest on the ninth,” Ms. Bhutto announced at a news conference in Islamabad after meeting with other opposition parties. “I understand my liberty might be at stake.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/world/asia/08pakistan.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print

Yeah, not to mention your life and the lives of your supporters.

Don't worry though. If Musharraf has her assassinated, he'll blame it on "Al Qaeda" with our blessing, and the national emergency will continue.