It is a new, more forceful step in Pakistan's crackdown on Islamic extremism. President Pervez Musharraf says all foreign students in religious schools there, madrasas, will be thrown out of the country, even those with dual nationality.
Musharraf announces a crackdown on foreign students in madrasas following the discovery that some London bombers had visited Pakistan.
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We are tackling them with 50,000 troops. So, let it not be said that Pakistan is not doing enough.
But he is purposely denying -- turning a blind eye, like an ostrich. He is finding it more convenient to throw the blame on Pakistan.
For over a century nobody went inside this area. For the first time in our operation against terrorism we debated with the tribal elders and we were allowed entry.
The only thing worse for the U.S. than not killing bin Laden would be losing Musharraf at this point.