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| Musharraf govt. responsible for BB assassination: UN |
| 2010-04-16 |
| [Geo News] United Nations (UN) commission, which probed into assassination of Benazir Bhutto, has held responsible the former President Pervez Musharraf-led government for assassination of Benazir Bhutto due to provision of poor security measures. Â"Musharraf government failed to provide foolproof security to Ms. Bhutto which ultimately led to a lethal assault on herÂ", the report's beginning statement said. There was a serious lack of professionalism in security arrangements, either by the government of Pakistan or by the PPP party, which were jointly providing security to caravan of Benazir in Liaquat Bagh, said it. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 So BB was whacked by the jihadis, but it is all Perv's fault for not providing better security? I seem to recall she declined to take precautions because she wanted to get close to her people. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-04-16 13:33 |
| #3 From the report: The conditions in Pakistan that resulted in threats to Ms Bhutto must be understood against the backdrop of PakistanÂ’s recent history. Under the military dictatorship of General Zia ul Haq from 1977 to 1988, a once secular military was aligned with political Islam, and jihad was used as a tool to recruit and support insurgents fighting against the Soviet-backed government in Afghanistan. The Pakistani military organized and supported the Taliban to take control of Afghanistan in 1996. Similar tactics were used in Kashmir against India after 1989. These policies resulted in active linkages between elements of the military and the Establishment with radical Islamists, at the expense of national secular forces, and the entrenchment of religious extremist and other militant groups in the tribal areas and Punjab. Ms BhuttoÂ’s return from exile in 2007 occurred against this backdrop. Therefore, a discussion of the threats to Ms Bhutto and of the forces that felt threatened by her potential return to power in Pakistan must include the following: Al-Qaida, Taliban and local jihadi groups and elements of the Establishment. ... The jihadi organizations are Sunni groups based largely in Punjab. Members of these groups aided the Taliban effort in Afghanistan at the behest of the ISI and later cultivated ties with Al-Qaida and Pakistani Taliban groups. The Pakistani military and ISI also used and supported some of these groups in the Kashmir insurgency after 1989. The bulk of the anti-Indian activity was and still remains the work of groups such as Lashkar e Taiba, which has close ties with the ISI. A common characteristic of these jihadi groups was their adherence to the Deobandi Sunni sect of Islam, their strong anti-Shia bias, and their use by the Pakistani military and intelligence agencies in Afghanistan and Kashmir. ... The development of these organizations and the spread of Islamist extremism, which marginalized secular democratizing forces, was promoted during the General Zia ul Haq military regime (which overthrew the civilian government headed by Ms BhuttoÂ’s father and later executed him); the ISI cultivated these relationships, initially in the context of the Cold War and the anti-Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980Â’s and later in support of Kashmiri insurgents. While several Pakistani current and former intelligence officials told the Commission that their agencies no longer had such ties in 2007, virtually all independent analysts provided information to the contrary and affirmed the ongoing nature of many such links. surprising frankness from the UN |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-04-16 06:41 |
| #2 Not sure this report means anything other than a burning need to blame someone, Mush if possible.. Foolproof security doesn't exist. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2010-04-16 06:06 |
| #1 not sure if the surprise meter should be on this... totally not surprised the Musharraf was complicit, but the fact someone actually published a report on it. wow. |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2010-04-16 01:26 |