Re: Bitter Truth
The clash, which lasted nearly four hours, began when about 200 lawyers tried to march from the Supreme Court to the Election Commission to protest Musharraf's candidacy. They were vastly outnumbered by security forces, who charged into the crowd swinging metal-tipped sticks. The lawyers fought back, and a melee ensued in which more than 40 people were injured.
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"We are actually at war," he said. "On one side are the 160 million people of Pakistan, the civil society, the journalists and the legal fraternity. On the other side is only one general, who is a military dictator."
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So this tamasha by 200 lawyers gets turned into a war by 160 million people?