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Bhutto's widower elected in Pakistan
International Herald Tribune ^ | Published: September 7, 2008 | Jane Perlez and Salman Masood

Posted on 09/06/2008 4:49:43 PM PDT by skully

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of the assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who has little experience in governing, was elected president of Pakistan on Saturday by a wide margin.

Zardari, 53, who spent 11 years in jail on corruption charges that remain unproved, succeeds Pervez Musharraf, who resigned last month under the threat of impeachment. He is expected to be sworn in on Monday or Tuesday, Pakistani officials said.

Zardari has the tacit approval of the United States, which views him as an ally in the campaign against terrorism. He has promised a tougher fight against members of the Taliban and Al Qaeda ensconced in the nation's tribal areas, from where they mount assaults on American and NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan.

(Excerpt) Read more at iht.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bhutto; islam; mohammedanism; pakistan; zardari

1 posted on 09/06/2008 4:49:43 PM PDT by skully
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To: skully

Bhutto’s widower is the one who hired the hit man on his wife.


2 posted on 09/06/2008 4:50:38 PM PDT by yazdankurd (a)
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To: skully

He was a community organizer!

And he did spend a night at a Holiday Inn Express.

Now he’s in command of nukes aimed at India and a military that keeps picture of Osama Bin Laden on the walls in their barracks

sleep well tonight!


3 posted on 09/06/2008 4:51:59 PM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: yazdankurd

Do you have a source on that allegation? I was very interested in the Bhutto assassination, and I unfortunately didn’t follow up on it much. I would appreciate a link to more info. if you have it.


4 posted on 09/06/2008 4:56:43 PM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ Pro-Palin & NObama Gear : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: skully

Well, I hope despite his inexperience he does a good job. I hope things will become better for women under his presidency as well due to the number of hardcore Sharia-ists in his country. He’s got a tough job on his hands, and probably could use our prayers whether he’s really for us or against us.


5 posted on 09/06/2008 4:57:58 PM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ Pro-Palin & NObama Gear : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: skully

Breaking?


6 posted on 09/06/2008 5:06:03 PM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: LibertyRocks

From what I’ve heard he’s corrupt.
Just rumor
How big is a nuke bomb?
Are they always detectable coming in to our country?
How many containers are actually checked????????????


7 posted on 09/06/2008 5:06:37 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: skully

And let the games begin. If B.O. gets elected, our world will be a very dangerous place indeed. Time to start buying guns and hoarding goals.


8 posted on 09/06/2008 5:15:14 PM PDT by DownInFlames (C)
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To: yazdankurd

While I don’t know about that, it could be worse I suppose. Wasnt there a guy who was running who is big into the Madrassas and friend of the Taliban?


9 posted on 09/06/2008 5:24:36 PM PDT by aft_lizard (One animal actually its eats its own brains to conserve energy, we call them liberals.)
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To: skully

Known as Mr. 10%. I wonder if he’ll promote himself to Mr. 20% now.


10 posted on 09/06/2008 5:26:41 PM PDT by Parmenio
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To: LibertyRocks

LOL! That was funny.


11 posted on 09/06/2008 5:49:47 PM PDT by saganite (Obama is a political STD)
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To: TheBlueMax; WLR; iThinkBig; Molly K.; bayouranger; beebuster2000; maine-iac7; lancer; voletti; ...

Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م

FReepmail if you want on or off

12 posted on 09/08/2008 7:00:43 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat (The thing about politics is it's never so bad that it can't get worse)
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