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2007-12-27 India-Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto killed in suicide bombing: More

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Posted by Fred 2007-12-27 09:11|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 Only took one to succeed, didn't it?

Yes, the good guys (not saying bhutto was oe of them) have to be lucky every day. The bad guys just have to get lucky once (like on 9/11) Seems like eliminating the bad guys is the only sure way to change that calculus...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-12-27 09:29|| 2007-12-27 09:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Midevil would work.

Posted by 3dc 2007-12-27 10:28|| 2007-12-27 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Karachi, 27 Dec. (AKI) - (by Syed Saleem Shahzad) - A spokesperson for the al-Qaeda terrorist network has claimed responsibility for the death on Thursday of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

We terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to defeat [the] mujahadeen, Al-Qaedas commander and main spokesperson Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid told Adnkronos International (AKI) in a phone call from an unknown location, speaking in faltering English. Al-Yazid is the main al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan. It is believed that the decision to kill Bhutto, who is the leader of the opposition Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was made by al-Qaeda No. 2, the Egyptian doctor, Ayman al-Zawahiri in October.

Death squads were allegedly constituted for the mission and ultimately one cell comprising a defunct Lashkar-i-Jhangvis Punjabi volunteer succeeded in killing Bhutto.

Posted by Steve 2007-12-27 10:38|| 2007-12-27 10:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Swillary told an audience in Iowa that "Bhutto's father was also assissinated..." Hanged on trumped up charges is the same result, but not the same thing...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-12-27 11:25|| 2007-12-27 11:25|| Front Page Top

#5 She was brave but foolhardy. Her security precautions were lousy for the number one jihadi target in the country. Now we'll see whether her party is more than just a dynastic vehicle. What's needed is a purge of the army of all Islamist elements followed by an Algerian-style counter-insurgency. Pakistan is in for a rocky future.

Posted by Apostate 2007-12-27 11:41|| 2007-12-27 11:41|| Front Page Top

#6 She was brave but foolhardy. Her security precautions were lousy for the number one jihadi target in the country. Now we'll see whether her party is more than just a dynastic vehicle. What's needed is a purge of the army of all Islamist elements followed by an Algerian-style counter-insurgency. Pakistan is in for a rocky future.

Before this assination Paki-Waki-Genetic-Land was a collection of unstable pieces...
wot now?
Unstable pieces waring with other unstable pieces ad infinitum.

Will the ISI and Perv all live happily ever after now? [lol!]

[unconscious speculation on my part]
You have to wonder did she have an unconscious death wish or was her own death wish part of her conscious political calculus?

*On it's face was Ms Butto's courage a Ghandilike courage? A pure loving gesture towards all Pakistanis, to be fearless of the future?

Posted by RD">RD 2007-12-27 13:26|| 2007-12-27 13:26|| Front Page Top

#7 *On it's face was Ms Butto's courage a Ghandilike courage? A pure loving gesture towards all Pakistanis, to be fearless of the future?

A big of hope in a hopeless world? Hell, why not. Gimme Washington and the points

Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-12-27 17:07|| 2007-12-27 17:07|| Front Page Top

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