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A Conversation With Pervez Musharraf

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A. No, these are settled districts. He could be in Bajaur -- this is the tribal agency bordering Kunar province, where there were no coalition forces in the past. On the Afghan side -- that's in Afghanistan.

Q. So you can go from one side to the other?

A. That's a possibility.

Q. Does your intelligence service know where Osama is?

A. Nobody knows.

Q. Has President Bush been supportive?

A. The president has been extremely supportive. I have nothing against President Bush. I think he has been most supportive; he has been a very sincere friend. I must say he understands fully the Pakistan environment. He understands why I had to act and what I'm facing. He totally and completely understands.

Q. You think he understands why you imposed the state of emergency?

A. Yes, he understands the emergency. He understands what we were suffering and that an action had to be taken.

Q. Why are there more extremists now than when you came to office? Is it because of the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan? Is it because there's a growing anti-American feeling?

A. There is an anti-American feeling, and certainly U.S. actions in Afghanistan have an impact on it. On a larger scale, I would say the impact of whatever is happening to the entire Muslim world, starting with Palestine.

Q. You mean plus the lack of any progress on the Israeli-Palestinian issue?

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