Declan Walsh reports from Islamabad as General Pervez Musharraf continues his crackdown on dissenters. He says the general has focused on lawyers and human rights activists rather than Islamist extremists. Meanwhile the main opposition leader, Benezir Bhutto, has yet to give her full backing to the lawyers, who are leading the demonstrations.
Foreign affairs columnist Simon Tisdall says the chaos in Pakistan creates huge problems for the west. He says it's also a blow to the authority of the US secretary of state Condolleezza Rice.
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