Benazir Bhutto killed

Skylace · Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Just watching the breaking news Sad

maycm · 'cheeky banana' Joined: 29 Apr 2006

Just saw this too. Tragic for the chances of democracy in Pakistan.

Skylace · Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

My thoughts as well maycm. I can only imagine the chaos that is going on in that region as well.

Skylace · Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

Sadly it's not much of a surprise that she's been killed - but it is a real shame. I didn't actually agree with her on a huge amount, but she was one of the few chances that the people of Pakistan had. I wonder if Imran Khan will be next?

Mandy · Joined: 07 Feb 2007

GG's statement from http://www.georgegalloway.com/

Statement on the assasination of Benazir Bhutto - from George Galloway

George Galloway the Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow was a friend of Benazir Bhutto for more than twenty five years. He was on air at Talksport when news of the attack on Ms Bhutto came through. He will discuss the crisis in Pakistan on his next show, Friday 28th, at 10pm.

Benazir Bhutto is yet another martyr from a family whose tragedy would have taxed Shakespeare himself. Her father, both brothers and now she have been murdered one way or another whilst serving Pakistan. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party was hanged by the military tyrants who have sucked Pakistan’s blood since its foundation. Her brothers, Shahnawaz was poisoned, and Mir Murtaza was gunned down in much the same way as she now has been herself. I have no doubt that Benazir has been murdered by the dictatorship of "president" General (Retd) Parvaiz Musharraf. The professionalism of the assassination, the way in which the killer managed to get within pistol range of the opposition leader, the decoy "suicide bomb" story.. all point to the intelligence apparatus of the dictatorship being involved in the crime. But it is worse than a crime, it’s a blunder. A terrible wave of violence and extremism will now sweep and perhaps break Pakistan. I was lucky enough to be Benazir’s friend from the time she arrived thin, bleeding from her ears as a result of ill-treatment in the Rawalpindi jail in the early 1980s. I was with her when she became the first elected woman leader of a Muslim country in 1988, with her too when she was twice deposed with western collusion and in her long exiles. She was the bravest woman I ever met, bright brave and beautiful. I planned to be with her on the campaign trail from January 2nd. I am broken hearted that I will never see her again

11antoniacourt · Joined: 30 Apr 2007

I am so stunned I can't even comment.

nekokate · Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Location: West Yorkshire, UK

I feel so terrible for the people of Pakistan. Everything I've ever heard her say made sense to me - Pakistan is now fucked.

eefanincan · Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Canada

nekokate · Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Location: West Yorkshire, UK

We need Imran Khan now.

major.tom · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:17 am Post subject:

I saw this while "back home" for X-mas and was more stunned than I thought I would be. It seems pretty clear who stands to benefit from her death. From the beginning, this was chalked up to "terrorism" and "extremists" and today I heard they're trying to say she *didn't* die of a gunshot wound, despite the video showing the gun pointed at her from hardly 10 feet away. That kind of spin takes some nerve.

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

where did you see the video major? I've not seen anything like that.

welcome back btw

major.tom · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:27 pm Post subject:

It was on CNN, Anderson Cooper, I think.

Thanks for the welcome back. I just got home last night, so I've plenty of catching up to do.

thatcomedian · Joined: 01 Dec 2007 Location: Long Beach, California

major.tom · Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:21 am Post subject:

Nice find, Comedian. That looks like the CNN website's article corresponding with the coverage I saw earlier on TV.

The video works if you launch the website in a separate window or tab. The problem seems to be with cookies. (Firefox users: right-click in the frame and select This Frame / Open Frame in New Window/Tab)