Posted on 12/28/2007 10:17:20 AM PST by BulletBobCo
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Benazir Bhutto died as a result of a fractured skull after hitting her head on part of her car's sun roof, not as a result of a bullet or bomb shrapnel, a spokesman for Pakistan's Interior Ministry said Friday.
Asif Ali Zardari, in white cap on left, helps carry the coffin of his wife Benazir Bhutto during Friday's burial.
1 of 6 more photos » Nothing entered the opposition leader's head, said spokesman Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema.
At a news conference, Cheema showed images of Bhutto in a car, standing up through an open sunroof, looking out at the crowd as she was about to be driven away.
When the gunshots rang out and the explosion occurred, Bhutto "fell down or perhaps ducked" and apparently hit her head on a lever, Cheema said, adding that the lever was stained with blood. Watch how investigators think Bhutto died »
Earlier, the ministry said in a report carried by the state-run news agency Associated Press of Pakistan that she was killed by shrapnel from the suicide bomb that was detonated as she stood up through the sun roof while being driven away from a political rally.
The blast killed at least 28 more people and at least 100 were wounded.
And it was initially reported on Thursday that the two-time former prime minister had died due to prior gun shots fired by the bomber.
The Interior Ministry also revealed Friday that it had proof showing that al Qaeda was behind Bhutto's assassination.
Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema said the government had an intelligence intercept in which an al Qaeda militant "congratulated his people for carrying out this cowardly act."
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What’s the significance of how she died? This seems a bit like angels dancing on the head of a pin.
When the pakistanis turn against Al Qaeda and UBL the way the iraqi tribemen have - the WOT will start to get very interesting. Where will they run to next for simpathy... Dearborn?
Fracturing the skull by hitting a sun roof!? I call total BS, in an attempt of smoke and mirrors.
Sun roofs should be banned. She would have been safer in a tin can green car getting 50 mpg powered by a rubber band...
What happened to the shot in the neck claim?
I have a sun roof in my truck.
You better get rid of it right away! This tragedy could have been avoided if we had enacted sunroof control.
Don’t worry, it was another sun roof that killed Ms. Bhutto.
Well, considering all sources, it is now conclusive that ..
a--the gunfire was just muzzies firing their weapons in the air in normal celebration
b--the explosion was firecrackers..in normal celebration
c--and the only reason Bhutto died is that she jumped up in surprise and hit her head on the roof of the car.
CASE CLOSED
I think they’re trying to restore calm to the country.
‘What’s the significance of how she died?’
Being shot at close range is a direct indictment of the Pakistani security forces.
On the flip side, death by a ‘suicide bomber’ can be explained in terms that don’t indict the Pakistanti security forces, especially given how many thousands of people have been killed by that method over the past four decades.
I agree. It’s BS.
Exactly.
Still, as in previous threads on this most mysterious news release, died by assassination.
She knew she was a target, why in the world would she stand up thru a sunroof? Stupidity.
“Where will they run to next for simpathy... Dearborn?”
Nah. The economy sucks here in MI and they’ll have a hard time getting a job in an all night convenience store.
That was my first thought when I heard this on the news in the car a while ago. My BS meter went all the way to the top.
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