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We begin the broadcast on this Friday overseas... with major concern surrounding the President's trip to Pakistan. The President arrived in Islamabad under extremely tight security... Air Force One flying with no lights, under the cover of darkness. His arrival comes just one day after an American diplomat was killed in a suicide car bombing outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi. The President is being greeted by anti-Bush and anti-American protesters... on a trip aimed at showing solidarity with Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf and bolstering the fight against Islamic militants.
Security surrounding the President's visit was complicated today by the arrest of a Belgian citizen named Michal Bellen in Lahore. NBC's Bob Windrem and Sara Lusk report that Interpol has a "huge file" on him and that a senior U.S. official said, "We don't know that FOR A FACT that he was planning anything regarding the President, but we are certainly concerned that he might carry out mischief in Islamabad and possibly elsewhere..."
NBC Chief White House Correspondent David Gregory is traveling with the President and our terrorism analyst Roger Cressey will join us during the broadcast to help put all of this in perspective.
Also tonight... Mike Boettcher has a lot to report on al-Qaida's strategy in Iraq, with General George Casey saying "it appears that the crisis has passed" following days of deadly violence.
And Dawn Fratangelo has a heart-wrenching report tonight on the nursing home in Louisiana's St. Bernard parish where 35 people died after Hurricane Katrina. She tells us how one woman rescued her mother as the flood waters were rising. It is a powerful, powerful story. The owners of the nursing home have been charged with negligent homicide.
Finally... we are thinking of our anchorman and friend. His sister's funeral was today.
We will see you tonight.
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BUSH IS WILLING TO SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND SACRIFICE THOUSANDS LIVES OF US MEN ANS WOMEN IN UNIFORM FOR DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ AND DOES NO DO ANYTHING FOR DEMOCRACY IN PAKISTAN? HYPOCRASY? WHY HE IS HELPING INDIA WHICH DID NOT SIGN INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATION NON-PROLIFIRATION ?
ASHRAF CHOWDHURY (Sent Mar 8, 2006 2:42:37 PM)
Bush says no to assisting Pakistan with nuclear energy. Noting that Bush aided India with a nuclear deal and now denying asistance to Pakistan should create an angst with Pakistan, India's alter ego and nemesis. Surely, Pakistan will go shopping about the world to other countries that can assist it in doing what Pakistan does best: matching India's siutation. Could this be the beginning of a potential hiatus with Pakistan and the Bush administration? As DeepThroat once said, "These guys are not that smart!"
Dave (Sent Mar 4, 2006 1:08:30 PM)
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