I can’t say this news comes as any type of surprise.
Al qaeda or Musharref?
Things just got kicked up another notch over there.
Sounds like Musharif knew what he was talking about every time they put this woman under house arrest due to threats.
Prayers for the Americans, our allies, and the Christians in Pakistan. Please protect them in the chaos.
Somewhere Ann Curry is smiling
Huckabee down, Rudy up on this news. And dems down.
The U.S.A. could easily slip into an “accidental empire” stretching from Pakistan to Syria, with Magog looking on in jealousy.
How long will it be before the Klinton spin-machine turns this into an angle that Hitlery will press on in her quest to be the first “woman” president against all odds, even though the evil conservatives wish ill of her.....
tick, tick...
It’s time for Musharraf to get off the fence.
They said on FOX that Al Qaeda has a 48% favorability rating, so they go ahead and kill Bhuto and the fanatics blame Musharaf. Suddenly their favorability is through the roof. I told my dad this is just like Star Wars and how the Emperor seized power.
It is also similar to the Reichstag fire where the nazis burned it down and blamed it on the communists so hitler could seize power.
How incredibly sad. She was a remarkable woman.
Whether people in his government made it easier for the assassination to happen or not, General Musharraf is now in a very tight spot, IMHO. Unless he acts decisively and convincingly, he’ll look like the guy who had the most to gain from Bhutto’s death.
As someone said in an earlier comment, this is a win-win situation for extremists, who weaken the government and decapitate the only viable alternative there ever was in one fell swoop.
Dare I ask this:
Wasn’t she driven out after her reign...due to corruption?
(Ducks and covers!)
Can someone please provide me with a “Pakastine-101 for dummies”?
About all I know is:
1. Musharraf is an ally of the US in terms of fighting extremests and maintaining security over nuclear assets
2. Al Qaida blows up everyone there, regardless of political party.
3. Bhutto was the opposition party leader about to run against Musharraf.
4. Lots of brainwashing madrassas in Pakistan
who the hell is on who’s side over there??
MS Player link for dawn.tvpakistan.com in English
[My feed is very choppy — may be my ISP.]
This is very bad.
Brave lady RIP.
This should move things around in our own political race. Foreign policy and the WOT just shot to the top of the conversation.