Benazir's long march not so long?

Benazir is due to start her "long march" tomorrow from Lahore to Islamabad. This is frankly a bold move, because she's taking the fight to Musharraf, in the heart of Punjab. And she has also announced that she wants not only martial law to be lifted, but also insists on the complete restoration of the judiciary, as well as all curbs on media to be lifted. It almost sounds like she is a genuine activist! Of course we know that's not true. This is just a case of Benazir playing catch-up with the genuine democrats of Pakistan - the lawyers, judges, and other activists who have been making sacrifices with their lives for the cause.

Meanwhile the Punjab government has announced late tonight that it will arrest Benazir and detain her for a week if she attempts to go on her long march tomorrow, which means the march may not be very long at all. It also announced that she should put off her long march because intelligence had been received that a suicide bomber has entered Lahore in order to target Benazir. Man, those intelligence people are so very good. One has to admire how, time after time, they are able to ascertain exactly when suicide bombers are going to attack. If only they could find a way to muster resources to actually catch these guys before they carried out their attacks. But what can they do - it's not as if they work for the military or anything.