Now she sounds more convincing then before. I wonder what happened to the deal?
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iuBZ2TcPMDNKi8ko9Pp3m9NjUBKg
Bhutto urges world to abandon Musharraf
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LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto called on the international community to stop backing Pervez Musharraf, telling AFP Tuesday it was time for him to quit as president and army chief.
**“General Musharraf must quit. He must quit as president and as chief of army staff,” she said in a telephone interview from house arrest in the eastern city of Lahore.
“I call on the international community to stop backing him, to stop backing the man whose dictatorship threatens to engulf this nuclear-armed state in chaos,” Bhutto added.**
Bhutto said she would never serve under Musharraf if she wins a third term as prime minister in elections that the military ruler has promised by January 9.
**“I would not serve as prime minister under a man who has repeatedly broken his promises, who is a dictator,” said Bhutto, who had earlier this year been in power-sharing talks with Musharraf.
“Look what he is giving to the nation – imposing an emergency, suspending the constitution and cracking down on democratic forces. We gave him a roadmap for a peaceful transition but he has flouted that,” she said.**
She lamented the fact they could have forged a liberal alliance together.
**“My fight is for democracy and Musharraf wants to consolidate his dictatorial regime. We were trying to hold together political forces, moderate forces that could stand up to the real danger of extremism, militancy and terrorism,” Bhutto said.
“These militants are advancing and look what Musharraf is doing – there are 4,000 policemen around my house, they are crushing a democratic movement, when they should be hunting down Osama bin Laden.”**
Asked what she would do if she was asked to leave Pakistan, Bhutto told CNN in a separate interview: “No, I won’t go. Pakistan is my country, I belong in Pakistan.”
Authorities banned Tuesday’s rally, citing security fears, and slapped a seven-day detention order on Bhutto to prevent her galvanising popular support against the state of emergency, which Musharraf declared 10 days ago.
Double rolls of barbed wire encircled the residence where she is staying in an upmarket area of the city.
Wooden barricades provided a second layer of security, and heavy containers blocked off entrances to the house and both ends of the street.
More than 1,000 police surrounded the house, some taking up position behind sandbags and others rounding up scores of people who tried to get near.
“The house has been declared a jail now,” police chief Ayaz Salim said. Prison officials were outside the house to enforce the detention order.
“They have locked the gate of the house with heavy metal chains and parked an armoured personnel carrier outside. But we will still come out,” Senator Safdar Abbasi, one of Bhutto’s most senior aides, told AFP.
International anger at the crisis mounted overnight, with the Commonwealth giving Musharraf 10 days to restore the constitution and lift other emergency measures or see Pakistan suspended.
Musharraf’s military regime is struggling to contain a wave of anger over emergency rule which has not eased despite his pledge of general elections by January 9.
Bhutto’s “long march” or mass procession from Lahore to the capital Islamabad was banned by authorities who cited fears of a suicide attack.
Police arrested around 100 Bhutto supporters who tried to get through the cordons. Many shouted “Prime Minister Benazir” as they were shoved into prison vans.
Syed Yousuf Gilani, a senior vice chairman of the party, was also picked up by police.
“The Musharraf regime is playing a double game,” he told reporters before being whisked away.
“They have allowed the ruling party to hold meetings and rallies but they are stopping the Pakistan People’s Party. There is no level playing field.”
Pakistani authorities last Friday put Bhutto under house arrest at her home in Islamabad to stop another anti-Musharraf protest.
Suicide bombers killed 139 people at a parade in Karachi for her homecoming from self-exile on October 18.
On Monday, Bhutto ruled out power-sharing talks with Musharraf and said she may boycott the upcoming elections.
Her declaration has scuppered hopes in the West for an alliance between the charismatic democratic leader and the army strongman, who is regarded by Washington as a bulwark against Al-Qaeda and Taliban extremists.
The White House repeated that US President George W. Bush wanted an end to emergency rule in order for free and fair elections.
man what jokers are these ch–t-as.