Benazir Bhutto killed

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Crazy stuff going on in Pakistan.

Breaking news on CNN. Was a suicide bomber.
 
*To save others the trouble*

It's America's fault as always:o
 
Wow, crazy times in Pakistan.

EDit: Seems she was shot in the neck and chest and did not die in the blast. The shooter blew himself up after shooting her.
 
That was one brave woman. She knew that her life was at risk, and was willing to go all the way for what she believed in.

Lofty ideals like Democracy, freedom of speech and women's rights. :rolleyes:
 
hj2k_x said:
That was one brave woman. She knew that her life was at risk, and was willing to go all the way for what she believed in.

Lofty ideals like Democracy, freedom of speech and women's rights. :rolleyes:
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Agreed. Whether you agree with her politics or not, she was willing to risk her life and that says a lot about her character
 
hj2k_x said:
That was one brave woman. She knew that her life was at risk, and was willing to go all the way for what she believed in.

Lofty ideals like Democracy, freedom of speech and women's rights. :rolleyes:
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Exactly

Shows what lengths these extremists will go :sick:
 
I'm suprised as to how quickly news of this has spread. It's quite amazing. I wonder what the repercussions of this will be i.e politically in Pakistan
 
:sad:

This is really sad, I watch a show where she predicted that she might be killed and she believes it's not a few radicals but a conspiracy among powerful individuals in Pakistan or something.

She based this theory on the first attack against her a few weeks ago because right before the suicide blast the street lights were dimmed.
 
This good also prove a useful excuse for another state of emergency
 
hj2k_x said:
That was one brave woman.
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Indeed. I remember her from Oxford: she was the President of the Oxford Union at a time when I was an Oxford undergraduate in the 1970s. We were friends for a while. A most extraordinary person, with tremendous guts and seemingly inexhaustible energy.

I know this must seem a weird thing for me to say, but in a way what has happened makes me happy for her. Growing old would not have suited her at all.

It's a bummer for Pakistan, though, imho.


Michael Alachouzos
 
sufferwell said:
:sad:

This is really sad, I watch a show where she predicted that she might be killed and she believes it's not a few radicals but a conspiracy among powerful individuals in Pakistan or something.

She based this theory on the first attack against her a few weeks ago because right before the suicide blast the street lights were dimmed.
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Do you still happen to have a reference to the street lights being dimmed story? I did a quick search on google and could not find anything.
 
Let's not pretend that this woman was a saint. She was utterly corrupt and pursued whatever agenda best suited her own personal ambitions.

Pakistan: Al-Qaeda claims Bhutto's death

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-Qaeda’s 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-Jhangvi’s Punjabi volunteer succeeded in killing Bhutto.

Bhutto had just addressed a pre-election rally on Thursday in the garrison town of Rawalpindi when the bomb went off.

She had come to Rawalpindi after finishing a rapid election campaign, ahead of the January polls, in Pakistan's volatile North West Frontier Province (NWFP) where she had talked about a war against terrorism and al-Qaeda.

Reports say at least 15 other people were killed in the attack and several others injured.

As news of Bhutto's death spread throughout the country, there are reports that people have taken to the streets to protest the death of the leader of the PPP, which has the largest support of any party in Pakistan.

In the southern port city of Karachi, Bhutto's hometown, residents reportedly threw stones at cars and burnt tyres.

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