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[Beeyee]

On CNN now.

Update: Bullet wound to the neck, after the bomb blast.

[Beeyee]

She's dead.

[Tiger Beer]

Wish I was offered CNN on my Cable TV.

That's messed up though, I mean that suicide bombing. I'm reading about it now elsewhere.

[big_fella1]

Australia Network quoted that her husband had confirmed she had been injured. BBC world is reporting she died on the operating table.

[igotthisguitar]

Pretty sad

Pakistan's Bhutto Killed By Bombing

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide bombing that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally, a party aide and a military official said.

"At 6:16 p.m. she expired," said Wasif Ali Khan, a member of Bhutto's party who was at Rawalpindi General Hospital where she was taken after the attack.



A senior military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment, confirmed that Bhutto had died.

Her supporters at the hospital began chanting "Dog, Musharraf, dog," referring to Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf. Some of them smashed the glass door at the main entrance of the emergency unit, others burst into tears

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/pakistan;_ylt=AnOGhSNrYmoaP_RXD6p7uvADW7oF

[mistermasan]

did america's pakistani marcos just have his ninoy aquino moment?

[stevemcgarrett]

from CNN International

Bhutto confirmed dead, likely from shrapnel from an explosive device that also killed or maimed more than a hundred supporters.

Pakistan is a basketcase and has been for years. Musharaf was only able to contain it, and often not even then.

While not of such moral principle as her Burmese sister, she had a moral compass and a firm grasp on the harsh realities of life in this turbulent nation. She loved her country more than herself as evident by her willingness to return to politics after a self-exile of ten years in London. She could have remained in the lap of luxury, griping from a comfortable distance, but did not. She was steadfast after an earlier assassination attempt. Was she power hungry? I think not. And a former colleague in China, a Kiwi who had worked for the UN in Pakistan for 15 years, said that she was the one bright light in an otherwise utterly corrupt Karachi government. While personally apolitical, he admired her courage even then during her first term in office after democratic elections. Allegations of bribery and embezzlement have never been substantiated.

A sad day, indeed, for anyone who cares about the prospect for democracy in this part of the world.

And the only woman to lead a Muslim nation is gone. And once again Muslim men show their fear of Muslim women. Their unfounded fear and arrogance continues to breed social unrest and fanaticism.

mistermasan compared:

[riverboy]

Steve, with all due respect. I don't want to get into an argument over this one, but I think the problem that Musharaf has been a dictator and obtained power through a military coup, should have been a reason to pull support the moment he took power.

I really fail to see what Pakistan has done to fight terrorism. Perhaps I missed it in the headlines. Bottom line, a once previously democratically elected president has been assinated. If a real crackdown on the extremists happened, perhaps it would not have taken place.

[canuckistan]

[igotthisguitar]

2008 Hopefuls React To Bhutto Death

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said Thursday the assassination of
Benazir Bhutto underscores a need for the U.S. to increase its efforts to combat terrorism.

PROBLEM, REACTION, SOLUTION!

cont'd ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071227/ap_on_el_pr/candidates_pakistan;_ylt=Anvhx1L4gMuLr37AAHQsiaIEtbAF

[On the other hand]

[mithridates]

[karma police]

<wow! didn't even realize there is a Current Events Forum on this site until now! >

(continued from other thread of the same subject incorrectly posted in other forum)...not to mention those crude nuclear weapons they got aimed at India...

tragic, heartbreaking, crime against civilization...such a devastating loss and a totally dire day for democracy in the world's most dangerous country...



she was so cool. so sad...

[Ya-ta Boy]

From Yahoo:

""How can somebody who can shoot her get so close to her with all the so-called security?" said a distraught Husain Haqqani, a former top aide to Bhutto, shortly after news of her death flashed around the world. Haqqani, who served as a spokesman and top aide to Bhutto for more than a decade, blamed Pakistani security, either through neglect or complicity, in her assassination. "This is the security establishment, which has always wanted her out," he said through tears...

The U.S. has long supported a return to power by Bhutto, who was perceived to be a moderate willing to work with Washington on the war on terror. She was also seen as a democratic leader who would serve as a counter to the plummeting popularity of Musharraf...

Haqqani, now a professor at Boston University, isn't sure what the latest bloodshed means for his country. "Will the Pakistani military realize that this is going to tear the fabric of the nation apart, and so really get serious about securing the country and about getting serious in dealing with the extremist jihadis?" he wondered. But he made clear he feels the best chance for such a policy has just evaporated. "She did show courage, and she was the only person who spoke out against terrorism," he said. "She was let down by those in Washington who think that sucking up to bad governments around the world is their best policy option."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/makingamartyrofbhutto


What's happened is a tragedy, but I don't see how it is the fault of Washington.

Maybe this will be the spark that finally convinces the Pakistani army and Intelligence Service to get serious about stopping the chaos in Pakistan. You can only hope.

[canuckistan]