Musharraf wants no U.S. forces
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President Pervez Musharraf said U.S. troops were not welcome to join the fight against Al Qaeda on Pakistani soil, despite the growing threat from Islamic extremists.
Musharraf said that Pakistan would resist any unilateral U.S. military action against insurgents in its mostly lawless tribal regions along the border with Afghanistan.
“I challenge anybody coming into our mountains,” he told Singapore’s the Straits Times newspaper. “They would regret that day.”
The region along the border has long been considered a likely hiding place for Osama bin Laden.
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