Islamists Vow to Defy Musharraf

This is the fulcrum. Musharraf has decided to try to survive by backing down and hoping that the US will back him up and keep him from losing too much face. And people, powerful people, in Pakistan are angry, and want the insurrection in Kashmir to continue. The Islamists are, of course, completely irrational and don't care that the likely result of their wishes would be the valley of the Sind turned into a sheet-glass graveyard. What the generals want is less clear, though I'd guess power. Better to reign in hell and all that.