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NewDelhi : September 25, 2006 4:45:06 PM IST
Pakistan's President Musharraf is all set to release his book 'In the Line of Fire'. It's a book that's so eagerly awaited - booksellers are calling its author Harry Musharraf. And it seems the Pakistani president is in a mood to stun all with his memoirs - especially with details of the Kargil war and the Agra peace process.
In the The book's called the Line of Fire - according to reported excerpts the Pakistani president admits what Pakistan has denied so far - that five units of the Pakistani army were deployed during the Kargil conflict to fight Indian troops.
Musharraf says deposed Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was fully briefed even before the Lahore bus declaration with Prime Minister Vajpayee. Nawaz Sharif has always denied knowledge of Kargil operations. Musharraf also says that Pakistan was not nuclear capable at the time.
"During these briefings, our defensive manoeuvres was explained as a - response to all that was happening on the Indian side. Our nuclear capability was not yet operational. Any talk of preparing for nuclear strikes is preposterous", reads an excerpt from the book.
Musharraf also blames then Prime Minister Vajpayee's aides for scuttling the Agra talks. So is the Pakistani President shooting from the hip, shooting off his mouth or just plugging his book?
Just days ago, he dropped a bombshell and lost a few friends in the US by saying the Bush administration had threatened to bomb Pakistan back to the stone age after the 9/11 attacks.
That statement was followed by this awkward moment at the White House, where Musharraf cleverly deflected this question with a "I can't speak", so read my book instead!
Even President George Bush was forced to pitch in and endorse the book. Musharraf's book sales may soar but could his new revelations on Kargil and Agra prove a stumbling block for the just restarted Havana peace process?
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