Birmingham Blues

UPDATE: Pervez reconsiders the house arrest.  Still, this is some scary shit.

Our pal Pervez Musharraf is determined to silence dissent in Pakistan, so he’s created a “free speech” zone for opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Police surrounded her house with barbed wire, refused to let her leave, and arrested thousands of her supporters in order to stop a huge protest against martial law.

Meanwhile, back in the US, Bush is saying to himself, “Damn. I wish I’d thought of that.” Not really.

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