Musharraf: vote disrupters will be shot

[kpete]

Musharraf: vote disrupters will be shot
By MUNIR AHMED, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 21 minutes ago

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Pervez Musharraf warned troops would shoot anyone trying to disrupt parliamentary elections meant to bring stability to the country as it battles a rise in attacks blamed on Muslim extremists.

An anti-terrorism court, meanwhile, sentenced three militants to life imprisonment Tuesday for plotting to kill Musharraf in a failed car bombing in 2002.

The Feb. 18 elections were already delayed by six weeks because of the aftermath of the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Dec. 18. Musharraf said the vote would not be delayed again and expressed confidence it would be peaceful.

"I have said to the rangers and army shoot anyone who tries to do anything of this sort (disrupt the election)," he said in a speech at the opening of a new bridge Monday.

more at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080115/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_21


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[saltpoint]

1. Shooting voters. If that doesn't capture the essence of a democratic system,

I don't know what does.

[liberal N proud]

2. That democracy at the end of a gun