Benazir Bhutto Critically Injured At Rally [Update: Bhutto has died]

Sky News ^ | Dec.27,2007

[COUNTrecount]

Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been critically injured after a suspected suicide attack at a political rally in Pakistan.

It was believed to be a suicide attackShe is undergoing emergency surgery at a nearby hospital, Sky News sources say.

The explosion went off just after Ms Bhutto left the rally in Rawalpindi, minutes after her speech to thousands of people.

[Armedanddangerous]

Fox News just showed a picture of what they believed to be the murder weapon.

It looked to me like it was a Steyr M-9 pistol.

Sort of a strange glock looking gun.

[dfwgator]

The UN just condemned the killing in their harshest language.

And they will send a letter expressing their "deep concern."

[tobyhill]

The letter will be in bold print and in all caps.

[Publius6961]

Until, Al Qaeda is definitively proven to have no involvement in the Bhutto assassination, my personal terror alert level goes to “Orange”, and will stay there at least a week.

Might as well blame the gun or the explosives used.
This A-Q red herring attempts to hide the fact that fundamental islam, and all* the countries that fund and support terrorism are the culprits.*

* The Maggots

[dfwgator]

Might as well blame the gun or the explosives used.

Or we could always blame the evil SUV she was riding in.

[Jay777]

Republican Presidential Candidate Responses Video

Fred Thompson Response Video

Huckabee responds with foot in mouth.

[petercooper]

bttt

[peterpaul12345]

"Quite a few freepers seem convinced we have Pak’s launch codes - the required second key. God I hope they’re right."

Me and you both.

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The UN just condemned the killing in their harshest language.

Did they blame Israel?

[Armedanddangerous]

I wont calm down until I know Mike Gravel, Cynthia McKinney and Kucinich all condemn this dastardly act...8—)

[peterpaul12345]

"Excellent. You might add “Since I spent 8 minutes with her 12 years ago that makes me fully vetted, and gives me enormous experience in how to combat terrorism . I am the only candidate with this type of foreign policy experience, and the only one qualified to be President.Oh, did you know that Obama was still in grade school in his Madrassa then?”

LOL!! Good one!!

[FreeReign]

This A-Q red herring attempts to hide the fact that fundamental islam, and all* the countries that fund and support terrorism are the culprits.*

Gee, here I thought that Al Qaeda was a problem.

[Fudd Fan]

Bump and damn the assassins.

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

LOL. I stand corrected. I figured when I called them nutz I was drawing a pretty clear dividing line ;)

[FreeReign]

Or we could always blame the evil SUV she was riding in.

Al Qaeda = SUV.

I see what you mean.

[OBXWanderer]

She’s really blathering on, isn’t she? It’s all about her and the Iowa causcus

LAWTON, IOWA -- Hillary Clinton reacted to the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Ministar Benazir Bhutto today saying, "The world is once again reminded of the dangers facing those who pursue democracy and free elections in Pakistan and elsewhere, in areas that are rife with conflict and violence and extremeism and anti-democratic forces at work." "I have known Benazir Bhutto for a dozen years and I knew her as a leader. I knew her as someone was willing to take a risks to persue democracy on behalf of the people of Pakistan. She wrote a very moving autobiography which begins with the assassination of her father who was had been the leader of Pakistan and was killed as well." "I grieve for her family, particularly her two children. And I grieve for the people of Pakistan who deserve to have an opportunity to vote for leaders of their choosing, who deserve to have democracy take root in a country that has tremendous potential that is not being realized because their system of government has oppressed or undermined the abilities and talents of millions of Pakistanis." "And I hope that if their is any opportunity for the government and people of Pakistan to respond to this tragedy appropriately, it would be to move more steadfastly and determinately toward democracy. She has given her life for that hope." "And I know to the people of our country stand in solidarity with those who believe, as we do, in the rights of people to be heard at the ballot box. We're about to see that begin in our own country in just a week, and so it is a particularly poignant moment for us to extend our sympathy and condolences to the Bhutto family and to the people of Pakistan. And I certainly will do anything I can to support the continuing efforts to democratize a very important and critical nation to the future of that region and the world."

One problem with the witch's grieving. Benazir Bhutto leaves behind three children.

[tlj18]

Well, AQ wanted chaos in Iraq so that they could chase the Americans out, primarily. Chaos works in Pakistan because then they have more reign to do their stuff. Plus, it is a very blurry line between AQ and the Pakistan government. In some areas (of the government), they are synonymous. Lots of corruption. It is not in the regional interest to have a chaotic Pakistan. The US and India don’t want it, Russia possibly might like it, Iran probably doesn’t want it, Afghanistan doesn’t want it...

[Publius6961]

Pishposh. There's no such thing as "militant [mass murdering] fundamental islam" unless there are people and groups who practice it.
My label is totally accurate, as evidenced by their actions.
Unless you have been kept prisoner in a can of rutabagas for the last 30 years, the evidence that both muslim people and groups practice it is overwhelming.
How many thousand examples would you like?

Your little label is worse than useless, because it neglects that human aspect.
"Humanity" is, unfortunately, heavily dependent on culture, and the arabic and other Middle East cultures have demonstrated and proven beyond any doubt whatsoever that their diplomacy and persuasion of choice is death: explosives, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, plastique, dull rusty knives...

To compare them to normal human beings is inaccurate, misleading and ultimately suicidal.

That's my opinion. The politically correct, the terminally ignorant and the uninformed have drifted slowly in the same direction due to unavoidable evidence that it is the correct view of islam.

[peterpaul12345]

An international issue is being made out the situation because of the issues you listed. The issue isn't that either an unanticipated play was made or an unknown player had been introduced into the arena but when the unanticipated play will be made and by whom. Everyone is aware that region has been unstable for decades if not centuries. Throw in nutjobs that won't think twice about using dirty bombs, the threat of a regional war between two countries that have nukes and the situation has gone from bad to worse.

[tlj18]

I’m thinking assassinating Musharraf would require massive infiltration of his security protection. I am sure he has an incredible amount of security. I bet he doesn’t walk out in public (with or without protection) very often, if at all. It would probably be easier to assassinate our president.