Nightline: The Most Dangerous Country On Earth - A Tour Of Pakistan

Nightline Daily E-Mail
October 16, 2003



TONIGHT'S SUBJECT: Pakistan is a key ally of the U.S. in the war on terror. But it is also terrorism's capitol — and a place where terrorists are cultivated. Take a tour of Pakistan tonight — a nuclear power rife with violence, corruption and religious extremism. Some call it the most dangerous place on earth.



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Several months ago President Bush coined the phrase 'axis of evil' and listed its members: Iraq, Iran and North Korea. Each is (or was) a powerful, militarily threatening country. North Korea has nuclear weapons. Iran is a haven for terrorists. And Iraq, well, that's another subject for another night.

The country that didn't make that list, but that also has nuclear weapons, and is a haven for terrorists, is Pakistan. Osama bin Laden is thought to be in hiding in a lawless mountain range there. Anti-American rage underlies the Islamist political climate in much of the country. After a description like that, does it surprise you to know that Pakistan is a key ally of the U.S. in the war on terror?

Nightline correspondent David Marash and a team of Nightline producers recently returned from Pakistan. They visited several cities, a tour of the broad range of Pakistani political opinion and economic hardship.

We hope you'll let Dave Marash and Nightline be your tour guide tonight of this complicated, often contradictory land.

Sara Just and the Nightline Staff
Nightline Offices
Washington, D.C.

He interviewed an author who had written the book
"The Footsteps Of Daniel Pearl" I don't remember
the author's name though . He portrayed Pakistan
as the Core of the Problem in The Civil War that
is going on in Islam right now .

It was a great interview .

He slammed the administration for siding with Pakistan. Pakistan is taking our money for the war on terror and turning a blind eye to the terror cells in their own country at the same time. Keep up the good work Shrub! You sure know how to pick the right allies!