51.   Musharraf had started a drive against Islamic extremists last year, but he did not take stringent action.

52.   Most outside experts say the war is waged largely by ethnic separatists and gangs, although Islamic extremists have a foothold there as well.

53.   Now the Islamic extremists are striking back.

54.   Or could it be the work of Islamic extremists, as others suggest?

55.   Over Christmas, Pasqua made the prime minister look like an anti-terrorist hero when French paramilitary troops stormed an Air France plane hijacked by Islamic extremists from Algeria.

56.   Pakistan has long backed Islamic extremists who have committed atrocities against civilians as they battle Indian rule.

57.   Other analysts said that another factor was that the Egyptian government has found itself battling Islamic extremists and feels it has been largely successful in doing so.

58.   Pakistan has pledged to do more to stop Islamic extremists from waging war on its soil.

59.   Prosecutors say Ressam used Pakistan as a jumping off point to enter Afghanistan, joining other Islamic extremists at camps sponsored by Saudi exile Osama bin Laden.

60.   Rasul Bakhsh Rais, a Pakistani university professor, said Musharraf took a big chance in supporting the United States in the face of opposition from Islamic extremist.