Benazir Bhutto 'killed in blast'
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Thursday, 27 December 2007, 13:53 GMT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7161590.stm
Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been killed in a presumed suicide attack, a military spokesman has announced on TV.
Earlier reports said Ms Bhutto had only been injured and taken to hospital.
Ms Bhutto had just addressed a pre-election rally in the town of Rawalpindi when the bomb went off.
At least 15 other people are reported killed in the attack and several more were injured. Ms Bhutto had twice been the country's prime minister.
She was campaigning ahead of elections due in January.
The explosion occurred close to an entrance gate of the park in Rawalpindi where Ms Bhutto had been speaking.
PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar initially said that Ms Bhutto was safe. But later he told the BBC that Ms Bhutto had died.
Another member of the PPP, Wasif Ali Khan, told the Associated Press news agency from the Rawalpindi General Hospital: "At 6:16 pm (1316 GMT) she expired."
Ms Bhutto returned from self-imposed exile in October after years out of Pakistan where she had faced corruption charges.
Her return was the result of a power-sharing agreement with President Musharraf in which he granted an amnesty that covered the court cases she was facing.
Since her return relations with Mr Musharraf have broken down.
On the day of her return she led a motor cavalcade through the city of Karachi. It was hit by a double suicide attack that left some 130 dead.
The PPP has the largest support in the country.
Earlier on Thursday at least four people were killed ahead of an election rally that Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was preparing to attend close to Rawalpindi.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7161590.stm
Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been killed in a presumed suicide attack, a military spokesman has announced on TV.
Earlier reports said Ms Bhutto had only been injured and taken to hospital.
Ms Bhutto had just addressed a pre-election rally in the town of Rawalpindi when the bomb went off.
At least 15 other people are reported killed in the attack and several more were injured. Ms Bhutto had twice been the country's prime minister.
She was campaigning ahead of elections due in January.
The explosion occurred close to an entrance gate of the park in Rawalpindi where Ms Bhutto had been speaking.
PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar initially said that Ms Bhutto was safe. But later he told the BBC that Ms Bhutto had died.
Another member of the PPP, Wasif Ali Khan, told the Associated Press news agency from the Rawalpindi General Hospital: "At 6:16 pm (1316 GMT) she expired."
Ms Bhutto returned from self-imposed exile in October after years out of Pakistan where she had faced corruption charges.
Her return was the result of a power-sharing agreement with President Musharraf in which he granted an amnesty that covered the court cases she was facing.
Since her return relations with Mr Musharraf have broken down.
On the day of her return she led a motor cavalcade through the city of Karachi. It was hit by a double suicide attack that left some 130 dead.
The PPP has the largest support in the country.
Earlier on Thursday at least four people were killed ahead of an election rally that Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was preparing to attend close to Rawalpindi.
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Fucking musharaff. :<
I knew she'd be assassinated soon, it was only a matter of time. :(
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Who knows? Musharraf supporters maybe.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22406555/
'Both of her brothers died in mysterious circumstances and she had said al-Qaida assassins tried to kill her several times in the 1990s.
Intelligence reports have said al-Qaida, the Taliban and Pakistani jihadi groups have sent suicide bombers after her.'
I can't say I'm surprised by this. par for the course. just doesnt make much sense though, what threat did she pose to musharraf? he was the one who wanted to have elections in a few months
Their election this year will be about as fair as they were in El Salvador in the early 80's. Awful situation for those people.
those arent musharaff supporters. which is why its confusing to me. why wouldnt al queda and/or taliban go after musharff too. why just her? pakistan sucks
thats irrelevant. el queda doesnt give a fuck about that.
I read around the time of the first attacks a month ago that the taliban have got hold of some areas of pakistan already (close to afghanistan) and have links with musharaff's govt but I guess this was just speculation. I don't know what proof they have. I also think the coalition govt was kind of forced on musharaff and his supporters because they were never in favour of it - I think they bowed to international pressure. This assassination was only a matter of time really.
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what a fucked up country. and they have nukes.
It´s not surprise, but still insane. I agree, the opposition has one martyr in their hands and future of the country is uncertain. The hatred is growing up between the pakistani.. no make sense for me...it´s very sad
what a shocker...
civil war? maybe.... *shakes head*
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
She came out of the safe exile in Dubai knowing that she would never live to replace Musharraf but through her death cause Musharraf's downfall. I believe that Bhutto was encouraged that there was weakness in that Musharraf power as he was taking some heat from the West on the issue of terrorist using their border. She was convinced that she with her name, her family background could take on Musharraf. I don't pretend to understand the "tribal" roots deeply embedded in the middle east culture, but it is evident that it is worth dying for over and over again and through generations. The person or people that planned this attack may now be considered terrorists under our definition, but may have been influenced from rooted past Bhutto familty actions.
:rolleyes:
Up $2,000 a contract.
FYI - Bush to weigh in with his not so-necessary, probably fairly unsubstantial comments from his purdy lil' ranch at 11:00am EST.
FYI2 - Crude oil inventories down 2.8 million barrels. Expect oil to climb back up towards 100 a drum
If I opened it now would you not understand?
i bet its saudi related
care to say why you think that?
thanks for the very irrelevant info mr smiley.
this of course is a stretch...but i think the saudis are behind everything thats going on in the middle east right now.
i think they orchestrated the war we are in now and im not positive who they are working with or why... but i think their influence is suspect enough.
although thats not evidence...but when realizing how rich they are...their psychological influence in the middle east...the way they throw money around..the way theyve got the U.S. by the collar to the point we cant even question their royal family i think speaks volumes of bad intentions..
and the fact they are best friends seemingly with the BUSH family.. which might be a trick in itself
the point is..they are huge and are going unoticed for some reason
Why is it irrelevant perse.
The oil move was not a correlary, it was causal.
It moved IMMEDIATELY following the news.
I just thought it was an ironic comment on the utilitarian nature of markets related to tragedy.
Everything else has been better said by someone else.
I just threw in my 2 financial cents.
If I opened it now would you not understand?
oil moves if a camel farts too loud in the middle east.
I'm not too sure her being a woman had much to do with it. but it probably didnt help.
they have a couple times, remember the bridge bomb attack on musharaff? on another note, she was not a great leader, she stole from the people and known to be kinda corrupt. how corrupt? maybe avg leader of a country corrupt? but anyway she was not super good.
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But anyway, the most shocking thing for most americans from this will be the fact that they probably had no idea pakistan had a female leader years ago. I think she even won twice! while here in america people are asking... "are we ready for a female president?"