musharraf as chief of army staff, that's my biggest mistake. i stood up, sharif's aide was already standing. i should probably be going, i said. thanks very much for your time. yes, our schedule is very busy, sharif's handler agreed. it's all right, sharif said. she can ask a few more questions. i sat down. i had went through most of my important questions, so i recycled them. i asked him whether he was a fundamentalist. he dismissed the idea pointing to his friendship with the clintons. i tried to leave again. [laughter] fearing i was overstaying my welcome, but sharif said i could ask more questions. one more, i said, wary of sharif's aide. then i asked the question that was really on my mind. which are you, the lion or the tiger? [laughter] sharif didn't even blink. i am the tiger, he said. but why do some people call you the lion? i do not know, i am the tiger. [laughter] but why do you have two stuffed lions? they were a gift. i like them. [applause] with that, i'm going to open it up to questions, so unless you want to hear me read and ov

same thing about musharraf. i asked musharraf this question in the presence of thousands of people, that why would he send this shameless, consciousless haqqani to washington? he said, oh, i didn't send him. who sent him? he was president. so it meant he can do anything against the people, but he cannot stand against america. this is shameless. so to me pakistani journalists have no sense of shame, unfortunately. >> okay. come on. can we have the next question, please? and, please, make it a question. >> with good morning. thank you very much for the presentations. i'm elaine, i'm a fellow at the u.s. department of state. i have a question with regard to what's just taken place in pakistan. i understand there was a detonation of a nuclear device, warhead today. it's a small warhead that's only capable of going 60 kilometers, but the mobility of it -- and this was just announced today in the news. and given the dynamics between the pakistan military and the civilian government and our present military, i believe

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carries latin americans all season is very popular musharraf. has a fiery franco always results in full houses in most cases international house of music. moving on small next venue this mansion is impressive to say the least simplicity in something mexican ambassador and with first a gross of celebrities and politicians it's easy to see the social scene is an active part of the residences calendar so so will we be seeing the scarce let me speak your hands just like. now welcome tell me telling me living here in moscow well it's going to be almost three and a half years by now it's time to. come. and tell me about the various latino events festivals activities that take place here in moscow. it's you know so well this must go with a big city and a very exciting city i must say there's a lot of going on and you sometimes you don't have enough time to attend everything because on the order had you had you wanted to also alternate that your the russians with the local people that will i mean love it for and we like it very much because there are so

i do not want to say much about musharraf. he must step down and allow democracy. he is so impulsive, so a rabbit. no, you named this man army chief and then tried to fire him and he overthrew you? he sent you into exile and now you're back. what do you think about him? >> sharif out and try to duck the question. appointing mr. wishart as chief of army staff, that's my biggest mistake. i stood up, the aide was re: stand i should probably be going, i said. thanks very much for your time. our schedule is very busy. she can ask a few more questions. i sat down. i went through most of my important questions so i recycle bin or after what he was a fundamentalist. sharif dismissed the idea pointing to his friendship with the clintons. i try to leave again. giving us overstaying my welcome but sharif said i could ask more questions. one more i said, then i asked the question that was really on my mind. which are you, the lion or the tiger? [laughter] sharif didn't even blink. i am the tiger he said. but why do some people call you the lie in? i didn't know. i am the tiger

. >> general musharraf, thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you. >> this is "bbc world news." i'm peter dobbie. these are the top stories. the battle for control of ivory coast has erupted in the heart of abidjan, the residence of laurent gbagbo. it's under attack from rival troops. as the rebels in libya lose more ground, an envoy from the libyan government is reportedly holding secret talks in london. let's get more on what's going on in and around ivory coast, talking specifically for the next few minutes and momentarily about the refugee crisis. people trying to leave ivory coast. they're crossing the borders into countries such as liberia. live now to the border and hilde johnson, unicef deputy executive director. hilde has been there to assess the situation of children and families affected by the refugee crisis. hilde johnson, how bad is it? how many people are we talking about? >> we don't have a full view actually at the moment, but there is no doubt that as the rebels are on the other side have moved down, there is an increased influx coming over, and they have yet

re faces been defrocked for speaking out against i use the word terrorist a used word president musharraf and his international peace become our center the site was the first to publish the terrorists' words on the taxi claims the nafs ski express and also a matter of war means and most recently the idea that our ports attack the website is banned in russia but in finland it enjoys quite a comfortable standing and not only on the internet but also in downtown helsinki the priest was the first openly say this was an outrage and the reaction was quick to follow. this guy. it's a hundred percent through it came from bogus the c.p.i. this what does the letters you slow the the evil i don't stop to five. people got my head away from work on the real thing you home all are we want to police but instead and it are being prosecuted himself being sued for criticizing what phil and calls illegally operating organizations the same people who are promoting. russia they are promoting public opinion against the warriors or resistance to. racists. caucasus people or the chechens which is of course not t

same thing with musharraf. i asked him the question in the presence of thousands of people, why he would have shameless prosecuting to washington. he said, i do not send them. he can do anything for the people, but he cannot stand against america. it is shameless. to me, the pakistani generals and a sense of shame, unfortunately. [no audio] >> can we have the next question, please? and please, make it a question. >> thank you for the question. i am a fellow at the u.s. department of state. i have a question with regard to what has just taken place in pakistan. i understand there was a detonation of a nuclear device, warhead, today here it is this a small warhead that is only capable of going 60 kilometers. but the mobility of it, and this was just announced today in the news, and given the dynamics between the pakistan military and civilian government and our present military -- a believe admiral mullen is in the region, what does this speak to the issues of pakistan's military in the area, the intent of the ci

we've been very childish in our approach to it already we depended on sol in yemen we did president musharraf in pakistan none of that's worked out ultimately if we're going to defeat the islamists it's going to be theft it's going to have to be done by u.s. military power is that what we're doing hardly if the world thinks that they've seen the amount of power and destruction that can be exerted by the u.s. military there are sadly mistaken but why should they because it doesn't have the kind of anti-american sentiment about u.s. foreign policy that you say is fueling i don't nobody likes to get bombed but if you that's all you have to do to use you have to defend your country you know i'm very sure the germans didn't like the fact that we were we were bombing the hell out of them and we'll work too but ultimately it worked and the best. has won is the united states and its allies are dependent on persian gulf oil we're going to be fighting in that region so until the united states breaks the oil habit we're we're stuck there and we're going to have to fight and that's not likely to happen y

former baltimore resident chann to carry out a martyrdom attack against pakistani president pervez musharraf to test chan's willingness to, quote, die for the cause. the attack did not go forward. in 2009 after these files were written, the obama administration reassessed all 240 prisoners then held at guantanamo. the administration has now condemned the publication oft the classified documents. now to two reporters who've reav and written on the documents:s: charlie savage of the "new york times;" tom gjelten of n.p.r. charlie saf raj, i'll start with you. give us a general overview first. what jumped out at you as new and important here. >> well, you know, it's just an extraordinary pile of documents for someone who has h been covering these issues for many years. we knew the broad allegations of the government's contentions against the various men that have beenbe brought to guantanamo over the past decade.ca what these documents showed us why was why they thought that, how strong or in some cases how weak the evidence was against him. it laid bare the sources of their claims which in man

journalist and magazine editor, briefly served as information minister under former president pervez musharrafhe was close to former prime minister benazir bhutto, who encouraged her to get into politics. she was injured when bhutto's motorcade was bombed by would-be asassins in october 2007. rehman responded to the most recent threats by isolating herself fair time in her family well-guard home in karachi, but she remains in parliament. this week, she emerged from her isolation to take part in a u.s.-islamic world fornumb washington. i spoke with her there. sherry rehman, thank you for joining us. what's life been like for you these last three or four months as these two other figures, voices of moderation, were asagsinated? >> oh, it's been difficult, to say the least. it's been dramatically different from the way we lived before in pakistan. we campaigned openly, went amongst all crowd, like all politicians tend to. but after these two assass narkz we've all had to kind of reel back and withdraw behind closed doors for a while, one, to take stock, and, two, to figure out how we are anything

musharraf was very unpopular. there was the death of pakistan's most famous, most popular political leader which are given a lot of sympathy to the politicians. the political parties were in a coalition government, and yet that very first one or two briefings with the military uprise the civilian leadership of the situation on the ground, basically receives the response from civilian principle sank good luck, do whatever you think is right. if you're talking of rebalancing and if the civilians are themselves willing to abdicate that responsibility, then there's hardly any other excuse that one needs to provide for what is happening in pakistan. let me end by saying how we may move forward, and this is where i become unpopular in pakistan a lot of times, but so be it. there are two opinions. one thing is the military has no business in anything defending the territory and so they need to back off and that this is going to do what they're doing. my answer is great, that's idealistic. i started by saying remain in th

most recently with president musharraf when he took some misses steps in dealing with the chief justice and was summarily removed, it was a civil society movement that forced his government to change course and to reinstate the chief justice of the supreme court. the first time that something like this happened in pakistan without there being a coup. it is a very interesting departure from previous situations in the country's history. the dysfunctional policy that i referred to means that the civil and military are on similar trucks for different issues. this is an inheritance of pakistan's history. we have had three fairly extensive periods of military rule as well as civilian autocratic rule which inherited of the autocratic powers and centralized controls of the military rulers and then failed to establish the kind of political base than they needed in order to continue with a civilian governments in pakistan. in we have this kind of yo-yo effect for the military government promises to be there to 90 days, hold an election, and exit. they stay for a decade and then the civilians come

have featured more than 20 public events with notable speakers such as bernard lewis and pervez musharraf. the program has provided regular commentary on emerging threats, international religious freedom, radical islam, and other global challenges that america faces. america's freedom is not a new passion for the senator nor is foreign affairs a new issue for him. he served eight years on the senate armed services committee to help modernize and strengthen our military. he also served on the senate finance committee with his jurisdiction on international trade issues. he was the co-founder of the congressional working group for religious -- international religious freedom and the work on debt relief for impoverished masons. he was also a leader of u.s.- israel relations and authored the syria accountability act and the iran freedom and support act which he successfully fought to pass in spite of initial opposition by president bush. he also fought to read the scourged of aids and malaria from the continent of africa and in 2006, he gave a speech here at the national press club on the gath