Remembering Bhutto one year on
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7800724.stm
The exit to the parade ground where Benazir Bhutto delivered her final speech has been transformed. Workmen are putting the finishing touches to a small shrine marking the place where she was killed, elevating her to an almost saint-like status. Posters plaster the walls, recordings of historic speeches boom from a speaker, hundreds of photographs are stacked on tables set up on the pavement.Seasoned party worker Safdar Abbasi is remembering his leader's last words, in an election campaign she never finished.
"I think she was pretty charged that day and the speech that she gave, it was probably one of her finest speeches in recent memory," he says. "She took the crowd along."
Getty Images photographer John Moore recalls her last moments.
"I guess I was 20m [yds] ahead of the car, and I heard three shots fired," he says. "As she moved down through the sunroof, I raised my camera. And just as I took the first photograph is when the blast occurred and there was complete chaos. People running, there was debris flying through the air, pieces of the vehicle, pieces of rubbish, pieces of human beings, all in the air."
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's most internationally recognised politician, shocked the country and the world, and devastated her supporters.
But what has been the political impact of her death? On one level, it has been huge: her Pakistan People's Party came first in the general election, bolstered by a sympathy vote. For the first time in more than a decade, it formed a national government.
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brad2000
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I hope she will be remembered like JFK. I agree with Katanajon, politicians will get real busy killing and maiming if the rug is about to be pulled from under them. It's a real shame she's gone.
- 4 years ago
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brad2000
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amberaa
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Umm I'm just going to have to say that Benazir Bhutto was most likely killed by Pakistani's...not Musharraff. She wasn't exiled because the military wanted to just take over, it was because she stole millions and millions of dollars from their already struggling country. People hated her for it, when she was taken out of power people celebrated. The country was divided in they're support for her. Some people loved her and some people hated her. But I'm sticking to the theory that if she were in power now that she would be pulling some of the same corrupt actions she did while she was in office the first time. And that there is a possibility of her husband doing it while he is in power now. The media in America painted her as the one voice of democracy for Pakistan, and that's just not true.
- 4 years ago
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amberaa
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Tayllerand
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Check on youtube the interview of Benazir Bhutto with David Frost , in that interview Bhutto explain how Osama Bin Laden was killed and who kill him.
The funny thing is that when Bhutto gets to the part of Osamas death , David Frost didnt ask any questions about it. I think David Frost is working for the corporate media.
After that interview I think Bhutto got killed because of what she said about Osamas death.
Too many coincidences. - 4 years ago
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Tayllerand
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hydrokat
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I have the deepest Respect for Her. She was truly a Woman of Her Times. Very Brave, She let those who opposed Her know that She had no fear of them. Her Enemies know that as a Martyr for the cause, She is more powerful in Death, than they are in Life. She is a powerful example for the downtrodden Women of the Middle Eastern Nations and the World to aspire too. The World was a better place because She was there. She will be sadly missed.
- 4 years ago
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hydrokat
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Katanajon
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hydrokat:
This is true.
- 4 years ago
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Katanajon
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Katanajon
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RTTech:
Get your ad off my article.
- 4 years ago
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Katanajon
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Vierotchka
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RTTech:
Flag'im.
- 4 years ago
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Vierotchka
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Katanajon
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RTTech:
I did V, hours ago.
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Katanajon
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JuliusBC
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RTTech:
I pity the por foo!
- 4 years ago
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JuliusBC
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Vierotchka
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A year already? It feels like it happened only a few months ago. A great tragedy.
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Vierotchka
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Ladykilla
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Some people change the world when they are present and others change it when they are gone. I think she has done both. She had a great love for Pakistan and its people. She always had their best interest in her heart.
- 4 years ago
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Ladykilla
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Catinatree
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Bhutto, she waz the great lady. Its to bad she iz gone due to the enemiez.
- 4 years ago
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Catinatree
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Katanajon
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You always look for who, had what, to gain if she died. Or who, had what, to lose if she lived. I agree with you.
- 4 years ago
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Katanajon
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JuliusBC
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Katanajon:
Who loses, who wins is most often a key to the discovery of ill begotten deeds. Motives are the dirty little nasties that are generally hidden behind these prospects.
It is as you say Katanajon!
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JuliusBC
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JuliusBC
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Only the good die young seems to be an appropriate statement here. This lady was one of the greats and the world took a substantial loss.
Musharraf was the suspect that came to my mind when I first heard of this tragedy. We may never know but if I were a betting man~
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JuliusBC
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Katanajon
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JuliusBC:
Thanks man.
- 4 years ago
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Katanajon
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Katanajon
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The Government of Musharraf might have been complicit in her assassination. That was a very sad day. She brought something special to that country.
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Katanajon
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nobamagirl
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This lady knew she might be assassinated, but she still moved back home. She was brave and she loved Pakistan.
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nobamagirl
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charmedkitten
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nobamagirl:
i agree with that one.
she refuse to back down even then:) - 4 years ago
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charmedkitten
