Community | December 28, 2007 | 6 comments

Who Killed Benazir Bhutto?

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,,2232736,00.html

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,,2232736,00.html

Moments after news of Benazir Bhutto's assassination broke, suspicion immediately fell on resurgent Islamic militants linked to al Qaida and the Taliban, who depised Ms Bhutto for her close ties to the West and support for the war on terror. The suspicions weren't without grounds - in October, just before Bhutto returned to Pakistan, a local Taliban leader threatened to greet her arrival with suicide bombings.

But Benazir Bhutto had countless enemies around the world, which makes it difficult to ascertain who is responsible for her death. And, as some reports suggest, the truth may never be known.

In this article, The Guardian looks at the three main suspects - Islamic militants, the military, and Bhutto's political opponents - and explains the reasoning behind why each of them is a valid suspect.

Click the picture above the read The Guardian's piece, or click the link below for all the latest stories and Current users' views surrounding the assassination.
http://current.com/topics/88792894_benazir_bhutto_assassination_2007
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6 comments // Who Killed Benazir Bhutto?

  • phillyharper
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    • Wolf Blitzer of CNN has reported on an email he received from Mark Seigel - her long time friend and spokesperson inside the U.S.

      The email is from Bhutto on who she thought would bare responsibility if she were in fact killed. She made it clear that she did not want the email reported unless she was assassinated.
      "I wld [sic] hold Musharaf [sic] responsible. I have been made to feel insecure by his minions, and there is no way what is happening in terms of stopping me from taking private cars or using tinted windows or giving jammers or four police mobiles to cover all sides cld [sic] happen without him."

      Watch the video

    • 5 years ago
  • richjm
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    • The Bhutto camp apparently don't trust the Pakistani governments claims they'd interpreted a call from an al Qaeda chief in which he congratulates the perpetrator of the bombing.

      Bhutto's own security adviser has suggested the government is complicit by negligence in her death, having failed to provide her with the proper protection and Bhutto herself didn't trust the security service, believing it to be in cahoots with retired politicians who had always opposed the her family's politics.

    • 5 years ago
  • phillyharper
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    • This is Bhutto addressing her supporters and the press after the first assassination attempt on the 18th of October. The bomb attack killed 140 people.

      In both this speech and in another talk with an Al Jazeera journalist she mentioned that her party and herself had suspicions over why the street lamps were turned off during the attack. She hints that the government had something to do with the first attack saying,

      "While I'm not blaming the government for the suicide attacks on me, and while I'm not blaming the government for the assassination attempts on me at this stage, non the less we need to have an enquiry as to why the street lights had been shut"

      Interesting viewing...

    • 5 years ago
  • phillyharper
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    • Al Jazeera just showed a report on Bhutto's assassination, there was footage of the crime scene being washed away by two fire hoses which makes any hope for a proper investigation over.

      The last thing any legitimate government sworn to fighting terrorism would do is wash away the scene of a political assassination and destroying all the forensic evidence with it.

      With the elections set to take place on January the 8th, whoever is responsible, this will ensure instability will continue and a military regime will probably have to remain in power.

    • 5 years ago
  • mattbrawn
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    • It's alleged that Al Qaeda have claimed responsibility for Benazir Bhutto's assassination, with Pakistani officials claiming they had been planning the attack since October..

    • 5 years ago

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