Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Assassinated at Rally in Pakistan »
Posted By daducha 1 year, 10 months ago in NewsPakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a homicide attack that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally.
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kelrose4561 year, 10 months ago
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injest1 year, 10 months ago
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Humm, after the Oct attempt she got a letter (al-Qaeda) stating "slaughter her like a goat"
Dec 23 07 AQ tape calls for killing members of the militias instead of "cows, sheep, goats and bulls"
"slaughter her like a goat", killing members of the militias instead of "cows, sheep, goats and bulls",
Dec 27 Benazir Bhutto assassinated, coincidence? Or green light for attack?
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blinkers1 year, 10 months ago
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There is certainly fear of violence in Pakistan, now, on a scale unprecedented since partition.
It must be remembered that the country is a wholly artificial construct with widely differing cultures and peoples put together in a patchwork country coinciding only with lines on a map -- largely British drawn (those people again!)
The tribes bordering Afghanistan have little in common with either the Sindhis or the Punjabis who inhabit the eastern parts of the country. Baluchistan in the south is an extension of southern Afghanistan!
There is the additional danger of secularists/moderates against Islamists. Grim indeed.
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slate1 year, 10 months ago
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I agree, it will get very bad and civil war in a country with nukes is a very scary thought,,,, now insted of the usual it's Bush or the CIA wackiness,,,,, think of who may want this to happen and then have a shot of getting a few nukes? Hmmmmmmmm let's seeeeeeeeeee,,,,, is there someone hiding in the NW part of Pakistan that may benifit form that sort of thing?
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texangelwings1 year, 10 months ago
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I was listening to CNN this morning, when they confirmed PM Bhutto's assassination. This will just add to the instability in the region. Getting and keeping a Democracy in any country is a difficult accomplishment.
My Prayers are for her family, friends and for Peace.
Thanks RedRJ, for the headsup on this article.
Thanks daducha.
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MRCOFFEECAKE1 year, 10 months ago
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They are unlikely to blame the US, since we were more
symthatetic to her philosophy then Musharraf.
There will now be a civil war, or a police state and an opportunity for AlQuaida and the Taliban to move around under cover during the confusion.
This is now a very big mess...
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antitrust1 year, 10 months ago
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A VERY sad act, however, I am sure she knew that it wasn't a matter of "if" but "when." I hope this encourages the Pakistani people that the ideals she stood for are larger then any person could ever aspire to be. Her actions set a precedent for people all over the world to stand up for what they believe in and not accept to be silenced by an opposition. I believe her death will cause the people of Pakistan to nominate/vote for her successor. By this, I hope she did not die in vain.
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hyperbola1 year, 10 months ago
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Pakistan, Bush, and the Bomb
Do No Evil â;; What has failed in Pakistan, as in smashed Iraq, is not just regional American policy, but the pillars and crossbeams of the entire Bush doctrine. The bullying has failed; popular passions have gained the upper hand; and Washington has lost. Most important, the collapsed doctrine has stoked the nuclear fires it was meant to quench.
http://www.propeller.com/viewstory/2007/11/15/p...
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hyperbola1 year, 10 months ago
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Are You With Usâ;¦ or Against Us?
The Road from Washington to Karachi to Nuclear Anarchy
The journey to the martial law just imposed on Pakistan by its self-appointed president, the dictator Pervez Musharraf, began in Washington on September 11, 2001. On that day, it so happened, Pakistan's intelligence chief, Lt. General Mahmood Ahmed, was in town. He was summoned forthwith to meet with Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, who gave him perhaps the earliest preview of the global Bush doctrine then in its formative stages, telling him, "You are either one hundred percent with us or one hundred percent against us."
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hyperbola1 year, 10 months ago
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The Problem in Pakistan
Do No Evil â;; Pakistani politics has been horribly disfigured by the role Pakistan has been expected to play, for a half century, in US geopolitical plans. The problem is the U.S. needs Pakistan to be a client state, ready to do Washington's bidding. Unfortunately for Pakistan, that is likely to leave it in a perennial state of crisis.
http://www.propeller.com/viewstory/2007/11/23/t...
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hyperbola1 year, 10 months ago
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... The rather silly media narrative in which Washington supposedly suddenly faces a dilemma between backing the decrepit dictatorship of General Musharraf, or the Jeanne D'Arc pretensions (Winnie Mandela may be a closer analogy) of the kleptocratic Benazir Bhutto, has mercifully been laid to rest. That narrative's connection to reality has always been somewhat tenuous, and the visit last weekend of Deputy U.S. Secretary of State John Negroponte â;; the man you send when there's fixing to be done among unsavory clients in the troubled provinces, as his track record in Central America reminds us â;; made clear that business will continue as usual in the U.S.-Pakistan relationship, notwithstanding some ritual scolding of Musharraf for the limits he sets on civilian participation in government.
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looter1 year, 10 months ago
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I might've disagreed with her on many ways including her return to Pakistan. They all still exists. However, my condolences to her family, friends and country men.
This is an opportunity for Musharraf to declare full state of emergency, use an iron hand to destroy even the last element of religious fanatics in that country. It must happen now. There is no tomorrow in this. If the terrorists are allowed live in Pakistan, what will come in the tomorrows are charred bodies, fire, and never ending tears.
We Americans should give all support to eradicate these terrorists. Lets wait and see what the Bush administration is going to do as well as Musharraf going to say and do in the coming days.
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