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Pakistani channel airs photos of Bhutto's assassins
The Times of India / PTI ^ | 30 Dec 2007, 0030 hrs IST | The Times of India / PTI

Posted on 12/29/2007 2:45:25 PM PST by CarrotAndStick

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani TV news channel has aired photographs of two men it said were involved in the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto after an election rally in Rawalpindi on Thursday.

One of the two grainy photos -- which Dawn News channel said were clicked by an amateur photographer -- showed a youth wearing sunglasses aiming a pistol at Bhutto's back while she waved through the sun-roof of her bulletproof vehicle to her supporters.

The other picture, apparently taken before the shooting, showed the same youth standing next to another man who had a white cloth wrapped around his face. Dawn News described the second man as the "suspected suicide bomber".

The position of the youth with the pistol in the photo coincided with the position of the shooter seen in video footage of the attack on Bhutto released by the interior ministry on Saturday. In that footage, the face of the shooter is obscured but his hand can be seen holding a pistol that is used to fire three to four shots towards Bhutto.
 

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One of the two grainy photos -- which Dawn News channel said were clicked by an amateur photographer -- showed a youth wearing sunglasses aiming a pistol at
 

 

 

 

 

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A TV grab shows the suspected gunman (in sunglasses) and the alleged suicide bomber (in white scarf) near Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's vehicle in Rawalpindi.



TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benazir; bhutto; pakistan
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1 posted on 12/29/2007 2:45:26 PM PST by CarrotAndStick
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To: bjs1779

Pinging; the same pics as in your YouTube clip.


2 posted on 12/29/2007 2:47:12 PM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

Alleged suicide bomber in white head scarf and what looks like a mustache.


3 posted on 12/29/2007 2:48:25 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer
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To: CarrotAndStick

http://broadband.indiatimes.com/videoshow/2660784.cms

First video frames of assassin shooting Bhutto


4 posted on 12/29/2007 2:51:06 PM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick
From the photo, I'd say that they should be looking for a guy in sunglasses, possibly muslim....

but seriesly, that first pic is CHILLING. It's a little like looking at a snuff pic.

That poor, brave woman.

Even with her faults and shortcomings...such a waste.

5 posted on 12/29/2007 2:51:55 PM PST by The Drowning Witch (Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:)
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From the photo, I'd say that they should be looking for a guy in sunglasses, possibly muslim....

Based on the video from the Indian media, they should be looking for pieces of the guy in sunglasses -- it looks like the bomb blast was in the same spot.

6 posted on 12/29/2007 2:55:14 PM PST by r9etb
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To: CarrotAndStick

What’s that guy holding in the picture,...a sunroof lever?!


7 posted on 12/29/2007 2:59:13 PM PST by FReepapalooza
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To: CarrotAndStick

A bomb is an effective way to destroy video devices as well as assassins. Seems like it was intended to go off the moment the killing was done.


8 posted on 12/29/2007 2:59:22 PM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ( "Do well, but remember to do good.")
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To: The Drowning Witch

That poor brave woman ripped off Pakistan to the tune of 1.5 billion dollars, She was no Mother Theresa.

That said, she wasn’t deserving of this.


9 posted on 12/29/2007 3:01:47 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: r9etb

Possibly Muslim. Ya think?


10 posted on 12/29/2007 3:03:04 PM PST by tom paine 2
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To: CarrotAndStick

I’m surprised they haven’t “computer enhanced” the pictures yet. It’s 2007 - - should be easy.


11 posted on 12/29/2007 3:05:20 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: CarrotAndStick
The BBC has a great picture of the Pakistan rioting going on:


The guy looks crazed.

12 posted on 12/29/2007 3:06:34 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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Possibly Muslim. Ya think?

A good guess, given that Pakistan is probably 99% Muslim.... The question is, whose people did it? Musharraf is not likely -- he has much more to lose from her death than he ever did from her political opposition. The extremists are the real beneficiaries here -- A-Q sympathizers is my guess.

13 posted on 12/29/2007 3:06:35 PM PST by r9etb
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To: CarrotAndStick
Pinging; the same pics as in your YouTube clip.

Thanks. This video looks like the best evidence so far that she wasn't killed by a sunroof lever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7hcsUzYiCo

14 posted on 12/29/2007 3:09:22 PM PST by bjs1779
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To: r9etb

Im Sure Pervez Mush. is curled up in his little bed sleeping gently.


15 posted on 12/29/2007 3:10:50 PM PST by jd777
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To: FReepapalooza
What’s that guy holding in the picture,...a sunroof lever?!

That would be the famous 9MM Semiautomatic Sunroof Lever.

16 posted on 12/29/2007 3:11:18 PM PST by Dumpster Baby ("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
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To: mylife
That Bhutto "ripped off Pakistan to the tune of 1.5 billion dollars" is still not confirmed. You have to take into account that Pakistani politicians and military leaders seem to frequently set out to discredit one another (to be fair, not that far off from what American politicians do, but to a larger degree). Accusing a political rival or inconvenient leader on trumped up corruption charges isn't new in the 'third world.'

However, of the opinion that people went a bit to easy on her because she's pretty. Bhutto probably was corrupt or at least not the greatest leader, but looks bestowed admiration, and more crucially, media coverage.

Again, there are parallels in American government.

17 posted on 12/29/2007 3:14:28 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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To: CarrotAndStick
Use caution if checking out websites that claim to have pictures/video:

Bhutto murder used to spread malware
  Posted by snarkpup
On 12/28/2007 10:23:00 PM CST · 7 replies


The Register ^ | 12/28/2007 | John Leyden
Malicious JavaScript pushes Trojan Virus writers are exploiting morbid curiosity about the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's to spread malware. Surfers searching for video footage of the suicide attack that killed Bhutto and at least 21 others on Thursday are liable to find malware posing as video clips that attempts to trick users into running malign ActiveX controls. The malicious downloaded file is detected by Symantec as the Emcodec-Trojan.

18 posted on 12/29/2007 3:17:58 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

Valid points there. But Pakistan is essentially a feudal state.


19 posted on 12/29/2007 3:19:22 PM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick
video shows the gunman shooting Bhutto - you can hear the shots clearly and see the flash of the first bullet...so that lays to rest the other dumb story that she died from hitting her head when she ducked back into the car...

She knew they would do everything to kill her - but she refused to ride in a bullet proof bubble and she ALWAYS followed the same routine after a speech - ‘get in the car and then stand up through the sun roof’ = didn’t take the assassins long to figure out how easy it would be to get her.

She set herself up for it....and refused much of the security precautions Musharraf wanted her too - because she wanted to be accessible to “her people” = She contributed to her own death. What a waste.

20 posted on 12/29/2007 3:20:51 PM PST by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
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