Reply #11: after the coup...

[varun]

...he receibed 90% (Yes, 90%!) of the votes in a staged election, which were endorsed by Dubya.

Now we know why Mush supports Bush...two faces of the same coin.

http://www.dailymirror.lk/inside/worldw/020503.html

...The result was a landslide victory for Musharraf. More than 90 percent voted in favour of the general at what was described by independent observers as a heavily-rigged referendum. But the irony is that more than 90 percent of the voters did not vote. What matters is the number of votes cast, no matter how low the voter turnout...

...Despite the sham, Musharraf can now claims he has been 'elected' by people. But the bottom line is that he is set to remain in power as the President, or if he wants, as the supreme leader of Pakistan...