Monday, May 21, 2007

Pakistan: Where liberals want a crackdown



Reuters (via the Los Angeles Times):

"Pakistani security forces Sunday detained about 40 religious extremists in Islamabad, where two policemen were being held hostage in a mosque by hard-line clerics and students."

As Reuters observes:

"Liberals have been disturbed by the government's failure to act against religious radicals in the face of what some are calling a trend of "Talibanization" in Pakistan."