Posted on 12/27/2007 2:20:16 PM PST by HAL9000
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Suspects in the assassination of Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto number in the tens of thousands. Some 800 Pakistanis have been killed by suicide bombers in the past year. Bhutto had a close brush with death Oct. 18, a few hours after returning from eight years of self-imposed exile in Dubai and London. The suicide bomber killed more than 140 people and injured 350, some a few feet from where she was sitting in a large vehicle.Bhutto knew of at least three extremist leaders who had ordered her assassination. She had received a letter from someone who claimed to be a friend of Osama Bin Laden that said she would be slaughtered like a goat.
Two of Pakistan's four provinces -- Baluchistan and the North-West Frontier province -- are governed by a coalition of six politico-religious extremist parties (known as MMA) whose leaders are admirers of Osama Bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Any number of their adherents would volunteer for a suicide mission against Bhutto. Democracy, as Pakistani extremists see it, is a Western plot to weaken Islam with permissive behavior.
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WOW I haven’t seen him for long time Arnund
Arnaud de Borchgrave wasn’t too happy about the ‘neo-cons’ in the White House going into Iraq.
MAN I haven’t hear from him for LONG LONG TIME
I wonder if he died LOL!
He’s over eighty years old, but he’s still writing regularly, and I regard him as the expert on Pakistan.
God bless him he going strong at 80 years old
I haven’t seen the dude for long time so I presume he kick the bucket
Hmmmm
George Putnam is not to bad for his age. Must be well into the 90’s.
Yep. It'll work too.
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