Did Pakistan's Military Attempt A Coup Against It's President?

RAWALPINDI CEREMONY - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, attends a wreath-laying ceremony with Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at the army's General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Jan. 21, 2010. Gates met with the country's top military leaders and his Pakistani counterpart to discuss Washington's new Afghan policy and other issues. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison

Pakistan Armed Forces 'Tried To Oust President' -- The Independent

Military still 'calling the shots' in political and judicial process, report reveals.

Pakistan's powerful military has actively worked to undermine efforts by the elected government to improve human rights in the country, according to a new report. It also tried to destabilise the elected government, and force out President Asif Ali Zardari.

In a damning critique of the military establishment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the armed forces had opposed efforts to end its intervention in the political and judicial process. It had also resisted attempts to locate some of the scores of people who were "disappeared" in the restive province of Baluchistan during the years of General Pervez Musharraf's rule. "The Pakistani military continues to subvert the political and judicial systems in Pakistan," said Ali Dayan Hasan of HRW.

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My Comment: As harsh as the report from Human Rights Watch is, what is even more disturbing is that it is these corrupt thugs who are our allies in the region.

In the end, it is the Pakistanis who must solve their own problems, but at the rate things are going I doubt that there is anyone in Pakistan who has the will and resources to counter the destructive impulses of their own intelligence and military organizations.