The Extremely Loud American Silence

In all their demands to restore the constitution and end the Emergency, the American leaders never mention the issue of reinstating the deposed Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. According to Tariq Ali, the American government had prior knowledge of Musharraf's move and had approved that the Emergency could be a useful tactic to get rid of the Chief Justice who was being too troublesome for the American interests.

This is what Tariq Ali says in his article in Counterpunch.

"The two institutions targeted by the Emergency are the judiciary and the lively network of independent TV stations, many of whose correspondents supply information that can never be gleaned from politicians. Geo TV the largest of these continued to broadcast outside the country. Hamid Mir, one of its sharpest journalists, reported yesterday afternoon that according to his sources the US Embassy had green lighted the coup because they regarded the Chief Justice as a nuisance and 'a Taliban sympathiser'."

To read the complete article, click on the link below:
√ Tariq Ali's article in Counterpunch