He addressed only peripherally the possibility that the command itself could allow weapons or nuclear materials to fall into militant hands. "Politically, Pakistan cannot in the foreseeable future be ruled by an extremist group that has sympathy with the terrorists" Musharraf said. The former general said he sides with the Pakistani military in its anger over the conditions that could be attached to a U.S. aid bill that would triple the amount of development funding to $1.5 billion a year. Full Article at Pakistan News.net