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S. In Pakistan, especially in the border areas. Any attacks by the U.S. forces inside Pakistan, which would invariably entail "collateral damage," are likely to fuel further anti-Americanism. The current policy of Musharraf to seek co-operation of the local tribal chiefs in the border areas against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda should be supported by the U.S. A political, rather than a purely military solution to the problem, is the only viable option for the Americans.

Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth) is a doomsday cult that released nerve gas in the Tokyo subway system in March 1995, killing 12 and injuring thousands. At its peak, the cult boasted of a membership of over 10,000 in Japan and about 40,000 in Russia. After a crackdown in the wake of the 1995 attacks which included a death sentence for its leader, Shoko Asahara, its membership has understandably declined to about 650 "live-in" members and 1,000 lay members in Japan (Marshall, 1999). Although the current leaders of the cult (renamed "Aleph" in 2000) insist that it is a benign sect now, the members still believe in the apocalyptic teachings of Asahara and continue to pose a potential terrorist threat. This is because the conditions, i.e., a rigid society that stifles individualism and a craving for a spiritual experience among many Japanese, which led to the creation of the cult in the 1980s, still exist in the Japanese society.At the same time, the cult's nerve-gas attacks have altered the country's self-image as a haven of public safety, and the Japanese public is now wary of the activities of such fringe sects as the Asahara; the cult is kept under constant surveillance by Japan's Public Security Investigation Agency to pre-empt a revival of its violent activities.

References

Marshall, Andrew. (July 15, 1999). "It gassed the Tokyo subway, microwaved its enemies and tortured its members. So why is the Aum cult thriving?" The Guardian. Retrieved on June 4, 2007 at http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,278843,00.html

Although there is an underlying anti-American popular sentiment in the country due to the consistent U.S. support for Israel and its occupation of Iraq

There is a suspicion in the U.S. that Musharraf is "running with the hare and hunting with the hounds;" this is probably untrue because the Pakistan armed forces have suffered considerable casualties in its operations in the border areas against the Taliban and there have been several suicide attacks inside the country by the Islamists.....