US hikes pressure on Pakistan after Bhutto detained
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pakistan quickly ended house arrest for opposition leader Benazir Bhutto as President Gen. Pervez Musharraf came under new US pressure to end a crackdown that Washington fears is hurting the fight against Islamic extremism.
Earlier on Friday, police threw up barbed wire around Bhutto's house to keep her from speaking at a rally to protest Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule, and security forces rounded up thousands of her supporters to block any mass demonstrations.
The action was a new blow to hopes the two US-friendly leaders could form an alliance against militants - a rising threat underlined by a suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan that targeted the home of a Cabinet minister, who escaped without injury.
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