“Since September 11th, Pakistan has been rescued from the verge of bankruptcy. The United States lifted economic sanctions that were imposed in 1998, after Pakistan began testing nuclear weapons, and it restored foreign aid, last month [July 2003] promising a five-year package of three billion dollars in return for Pakistan’s continued help in the fight against terrorism. ‘Essentially, [Pakistani President Purvez] Musharraf was very lucky this happened in his neighborhood,’ [journalist Rahimullah] Yusufzai told me [journalist Jane Mayer].” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Jane Mayer, “The Search for Osama,” The New Yorker, Aug. 4, 2003