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Writing in the Telegraph about the precarious situation in Pakistan:

"If ever a country were ripe for a coup, it is Pakistan. The besieged government of President Asif Ali Zardari is assailed on all fronts by man-made conflict and natural disaster, and there is a palpable sense in Islamabad that the return of the generals to the presidential palace would come as something of a relief."

--8/25/10

Sources: Sky News; Guardian; CNN; NBC; AP; Global Times (China); Guardian

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