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Friday, September 22, 2006
The US and Pakistan in the War on Terror

Standing at the White House with President Pervez Musharraf today, President Bush said he was "taken aback" to learn that a US official threatened Pakistan after September 11. Despite that warm embrace, there are serious questions about what's been called a crucial alliance in the war against terror. Afghanistan has complained that Pakistan's recent deal with tribal leaders is a green light for the Taliban. Musharraf took power in a military coup and he's now caught between a drive for westernization and Islamic extremism. Pakistan is getting massive amounts of American aid, but will his divided country allow Musharraf to be a reliable partner?

  • Making News: Both Sides Claim Victory in Detainee-Bill Compromise
    President Bush and three Senators have reached an agreement on interrogating suspected terrorists. There are still questions whether the changes will be approved by the House. Both sides say the Geneva Conventions won't be changed, but the CIA will still be able to use harsh methods.
  • Reporter's Notebook: Jesus Camp and the Evangelical Youth Movement
    Jesus Camp, which opens today in New York and Los Angeles, has already won awards at film festivals. The documentary is about a North Dakota summer camp called Kids on Fire--now Families on Fire, which prepares Christian children, ages 7 to 13, to be part of God's Army. The film, which shows kids in camouflage and face paint, practicing war dances with wooden swords, captures a fervor that echoes that of the Madrassas in Pakistan and the Middle East that teach an aggressive form of fundamental Islam.

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Making News: Both Sides Claim Victory in Detainee-Bill Compromise

Adam Zagorin

Senior Correspondent in Washington for Time magazine

Guests:

Julie Hirschfield Davis

White House Correspondent for the Baltimore Sun

Mansoor Ijaz

Commentator on South Asian affairs; Founder and Chairman of the Crescent Investment Group, a New York investment company

Hassan Abbas

Research Fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and author of Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army and America's War on Terror; former senior police officer for President Musharraf's National Accountability Bureau

Elizabeth Sullivan

Foreign-affairs Columnist, and Associate Editor of the Editorial pages, for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, she has written a series of columns examining post-9/11 accomplishments and setbacks

Reporter's Notebook:

Jesus Camp and the Evangelical Youth Movement

Becky Fischer

Pentecostal Pastor and Founder of Families on Fire, the summer camp that is the subject of the film, Jesus Camp

Lauren Sandler

Life Editor of the online magazine Salon and author of newly published Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement


links

President Bush on interrogation-policy compromise
Geneva Conventions
Zagorin's article on Bush-GOP Senators' compromise on detainee interrogation policy
Presidents Bush and Musharraf of Pakistan, press conference of
President Musharraf's interview with 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft
Afghanistan's President Karzai on Taliban, International Herald Tribune on
Musharraf's In the Line of Fire
Jesus Camp

 

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