Musharraf says he's no US "poodle"

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LONDON (Reuters) - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has rejected accusations he is a Western "poodle", saying his fight against Islamic militants is for his country's benefit, not for the United States or Britain.

"I am nobody's poodle," he said in an interview with Guardian newspaper on Friday. "I have enough strength of my own to lead. snip

Anger has been building in Pakistan over repeated U.S. attacks in the country, including an airstrike in January which killed 18 civilians in the remote Bajaur region.

Musharraf told the Guardian: "The strike was an infringement of our sovereignty and I condemned it."

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1. Naaw, he's no poodle, he's a sassy Bichon Frise!