Foreign Troops Not The Answer In Iraq: Musharraf

WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (AFP) - More foreign troops are not the answer to the violence in Iraq, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview made pulbic Saturday.
"I think the visibility of any foreign troops ... is not at all welcome in Iraq. Nobody likes foreign troops," Musharraf told Newsweek magazine.
"The answer lies not in bringing in more foreign troops but in raising the army in Iraq itself so it can take over security. Everything should lead to an exit strategy."
He said Pakistan, which has offered to train Iraqi troops, would not send troops to Iraq. He also said the US-led invasion "has complicated the situation in the Islamic world. It has increased the opposition to the US in the Islamic world."
Musharraf suggested Washington "close down fronts" in the war on terrorism.
"You have opened too many fronts (such as) the Palestinian front," he said.
"The Palestinian front is affecting the entire Muslim world. All terrorist and militant activity in the world today has been initiated because of the Palestinian problem. This is because of the sense of hopelessness, alienation and powerlessness."