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Bhutto clan divided by Asif Ali Zardari’s rise to power(fear of vengeful Zardari)
Times of London ^ | 09/07/08 | Christina Lamb

Posted on 09/07/2008 5:54:38 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Bhutto clan divided by Asif Ali Zardari’s rise to power

Asif Ali Zardari’s ruthless ascent to the presidency of Pakistan has spread fear among relatives and rivals

Christina Lamb in Islamabad

In its short history of coups, wars and heads of state being toppled by everything from execution to a mysterious air-crash, Pakistan has learnt to expect the unexpected. But among all the myriad scenarios discussed when Benazir Bhutto flew home last year after eight years in exile, nobody predicted the one where the inconvenient husband ends up running the country.

Under a deal hatched in Washington and Whitehall, Bhutto was supposed to become prime minister to General Pervez Musharraf’s president, as the best hope for stopping the flow of militants into Afghanistan. Less than 11 months on, neither Bhutto nor Musharraf is on the scene, one tragically killed and the other humiliated into resignation.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


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

1 posted on 09/07/2008 5:54:38 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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2 posted on 09/08/2008 7:00:07 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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To: TigerLikesRooster

Will read this later. Thanks.


3 posted on 09/09/2008 7:50:27 PM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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