NEW TREND MAGAZINE

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PAKISTAN in GRIP OF MORAL REVULSION & RETHINKING
Massive Support for Taliban but regime Serves U.S.


New Trend's representatives have just completed a two week visit to Pakistan's biggest cities: KARACHI and LAHORE. Extensive information has been collected on the situation in Pakistan which will be organized, inshallah, to be shared with New Trend's readers.
REVULSION and MORAL DILEMMA
The extent of support of the Taliban in Pakistan and the extent of revulsion for the U.S. bombing and the Pakistani government's work would be unbelievable for people who watch U.S. media and live in the U.S.
The movement which started with the very conservative religious parties has reached every segment of Pakistani society.
Only a very narrow social sector is aligned with Musharraf. The question arises, why is the mass sense of revulsion not successful in changing the policies of the government? This analysis will be done as we present our information.
PAKISTANI MEDIA ALIVE AND WELL:
Numerous newspapers are published in the two cities our reps visited. ALL OF THEM OPPOSE the U.S. bombing. The general view is that the papers would not sell if they tried to trumpet the government's policies. Only the extreme secularist, English, westernized papers publish views copied from American media. Their circulation is insignificant.
WHAT THE PAKISTANIS SAY ABOUT THE "TERRORISTS":
According to Pakistani media, Osama, Al-Zawahiri and Mullah Omar are alive and well. They have become folk heroes and literature full of praise for them abounds at every sidewalk newspaper stand and even at airport bookstores.

It would be difficult to find a Pakistani, other than a few government servants and people in the westernized enclaves, who buys the American line on these terrorists.
(To be continued, inshallah.)

2001-12-22 Sat 16:27ct