Bhutto Assassinated

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Another giant step forward for the religion of detonation;

An attack on a political rally killed the Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto near the capital, Islamabad, Thursday. Witnesses said Ms. Bhutto was fired upon before the blast, and an official from her party said Ms. Bhutto was further injured by the explosion, which was apparently caused by a suicide attacker.
At least a dozen more people were killed. “At 6:16 p.m. she expired,” said Wasif Ali Khan, a member of Ms. Bhutto’s party who was at Rawalpindi General Hospital where she was taken after the attack, according to The Associated Press.
Hundreds of supporters had gathered at the rally, which was being held at Liaqut Bagh, a park that is a common venue for political rallies and speeches, in Rawalpindi, the garrison city adjacent to the capital.
Amid the confusion after the explosion, the site was littered with pools of blood. Shoes and caps of party workers were lying on the asphalt, and shards of glass were strewn about the ground.

Ed Morrissey notes another four were killed at a rally for Nawaz Sharif in Rawalpindi. “It looks as though the radical Islamists made their statement today.”
Related: Radical Believers: Abortion doctors are dropping like fly – In a statistics-free report, National Post writer Adrian Humphreys offers that Muslims are “linked” to the Sept. 11 attacks “and other acts of terrorism”.
More – Her list of enemies has a common pedigree, with the usual suspects now taking credit.
Final word;

Since her last spell in power, Pakistan has changed, profoundly. Its sovereignty is meaningless in increasingly significant chunks of its territory, and, within the portions Musharraf is just about holding together, to an ever more radicalized generation of young Muslim men Miss Bhutto was entirely unacceptable as the leader of their nation. “Everyone’s an expert on Pakistan, a faraway country of which we know everything,” I wrote last month. “It seems to me a certain humility is appropriate.” The State Department geniuses thought they had it all figured out. They’d arranged a shotgun marriage between the Bhutto and Sharif factions as a “united” “democratic” “movement” and were pushing Musharraf to reach a deal with them. That’s what diplomats do: They find guys in suits and get ’em round a table. But none of those representatives represents the rapidly evolving reality of Pakistan. Miss Bhutto could never have been a viable leader of a post-Musharraf settlement, and the delusion that she could have been sent her to her death. Earlier this year, I had an argument with an old (infidel) boyfriend of Benazir’s, who swatted my concerns aside with the sweeping claim that “the whole of the western world” was behind her. On the streets of Islamabad, that and a dime’ll get you a cup of coffee.

80 Replies to “Bhutto Assassinated”

  1. There may be some good come of this, if Musharraf has the guts to take the bull by the horns. Bhutto was a corrupt politician who could have given thieving lessons to Canadian liberals. Her main reason for existence at this time was to act as window dressing for Musharraf’s return to democracy, which was mainly for international consumption.
    Now, if he has the courage, he can throw the Army into gear, and really go to town on the Islamists, while painting himself to the world as the “avenger of the great democrat Bhutto.”
    Should be an interesting few weeks to come in Pakistan.

  2. The spin around the death of BB—may she rest in peace—is another death knell for truth and freedom in the West. However it happened, it appears that she was assassinated—itself a word derived from the murderous Islamic world—by a Muslim fanatic, an act now so common, one would think the useful idiots would have to finally concede we have a problem: with Islam, not with every other religion on the planet.
    Irwin daisy said, at 12:20, “Multiculturalism and moral, cultural equivalence are the handmaidens to Islamic terrorism.” Amen to that.

  4. As has been mentioned in many of the posts above, this is surely another example of the religion of peace at its best.
    I really think that Ms. Bhutto chose a bad time to return to Pakistan, and was never going to be in control of the country. Despite the unfortunateness of the events perpetrated by evil Islamists, I don’t wonder if she’d won an election and come to power if we would have seen similar events with much higher stakes. Pakistan controls nuclear weapons, so any coup that takes place puts the perpetrators in control of them. Perhaps if the Islamists had waited a little while longer they would be in a position to do more damage than just assassinating an opposition leader.

  5. The assassination is a victory for the Taleban, Al Queda, and the rest of the extremist Islamists who are at war with with all of us.
    It is certain that the days in which an educated, independent and strong woman could aspire to high office in any Muslim country are over.

  6. Pakistan lost a great leader today. One that could have brought equality and peace to the region.

  7. Anyone who professes to understand what goes on in Pakistan is either lying or just plain wrong. Chief among those is Eric Margolis (who is both), who CTV refers to as a “Terrorist Expert”. They could just leave out the “Expert”, or perhaps exchange it for “Apologist”, and be more accurate.
    I think he should be investigated for his writings in Middle-East publications. If you think what he says here in Canada is ridiculous, you should see the unedited/expanded versions. Incendiary and dangerous! If I can find examples, I’ll post them in future reader tips.
    Pakistan – what a mess. And they have nuclear weapons.
    It seems previous posters were correct in pointing out Bhutto (and her husband) was utterly corrupt. That said, it’s not why she was killed. I’m hoping for the best now, but fearing the worst.

  8. So now Lefties, including especially the deluded Mr. Jeff Davidson, is it starting to look like a really, REALLY good thing that we have an army on the ground in Assghanistan, conveniently located right next door to Explode-istan?
    They have nukes there, y’know. Them things that blow up whole entire cities at one shot? You heered a them, eh? Just the ticket for a fruitcake general to obliterate a whole beach-head of soldiers, or a carrier battle group, or Israel…
    How dandy that the West (meaning us, the Brits, the Yanks and any Euro countries whose leaders don’t have a big yellow stripe up their backs) can reinforce in nice, safe Afghanistan and roll over Pakistan from two or three directions at once.
    One might almost think that was planned.

  10. Jack Layton shivers in his boots, saying “Canadians should be worried about events in Pakistan” (I paraphrase).
    Good grief,a wimp and coward is “worried”,. a couragous person observes and prepares.

  12. My ‘pologize, too, for this snip from Angry; it’s beyond the pail. A dead Bhutto? It’s a real Tsk.
    …-
    Who is responsible for another dead Bhutto?
    Apologies for the crude title, but it is the title of a thread on the Pakistani Defence Forum at PakistaniDefence.com concerning the news that Benazir Bhutto has been killed today. There is a poll there that is very revealing. Though we might count supporters of Pervez Musharraf or elements of the Pakistani Security Services in the ranks of suspects, it is interesting to see the world’s number one villain bubbling to the top of the list in this unscientific survey.
    The United States. Of course. It’s so obvious when you think about it.
    Presumably Stephen Harper and the Conservatives are cackling in neocon glee. …-
    http://stevejanke.com/

  13. It’s not democracy I care about, but the mullahs getting Pak’s bomb (inefficient tho it is).
    That doesn’t mean support for Musharraf as he is having great difficulty holding the islamo-fascists back; Bhutto would have had problems too, but at least have some “legitemacy” from elections. Sharif is head of a religious party; he will be swamped by the mullahs.
    I know many Pakistanis have left Pakistan for a better life and avoiding this crap; now is the time for them to fight back against the horde.

  15. Hey, not all murderous islamo-fascist homicidal bombers dislike peaches.
    Some troll will undoubtably post something like: “A rush to judgement, we do not know who did it”, he said tauntingly.

  16. fc,
    Just hoping all parties keep a cool head . Next few days there are going to be chaotic , at best .

  17. Like all other nations with an inability to achieve or maintain a civilized state, one of the destabilizing factors Pakistan faces is the emigration of very large numbers of its citizens who are unwilling to tolerate such an existence.
    As distasteful as it may be, shutting down all immigration from such countries would be of long-term benefit to the stability of those nations.
    (Yes, I remember the SS St. Louis; the situations are not parallel).

  18. As distasteful as it may be, shutting down all immigration from such countries would be of long-term benefit to the stability of those nations.
    Tenebris ,
    There’s an interesting conversation waiting to be had , nicely put .

  19. Ms. Bhutto is no particular loss for us. She was just another corrupt Muslim leader whose only distinction was being a “attractive female” corrupt Muslim leader. She was no white knight to save Pakistan, democracy or be our friend no matter how hard the US state dept. naively hoped.
    She gave birth to our friends the Taliban for goodness sake.
    Upheaval in the Land of the Pure? Like this is new?

  20. Unlike the west, which spend an inordinate amount of time separating any reference of church from state, Pakistan and most if not all of the countries in that region have their politics and religion intertwined. So was the assasination/suicide bombing a political or religious act? Or perhaps both. I’m predicting marshal law declared pretty soon.
    Bottom line is that nuclear power is in termoil and the facts that any nuc conflict would be very bad mojo for the rest of the world.

  23. This is very sad news. She believed in a secular government and was strong against extremists. I think she did good in terms of building the PPP into a party that could win a majority in the next election.
    In a way, this may have a positive result. This will delay the elections for probably 6 months while a new leader of the PPP is chosen. This will give Musharraf more time to stabilize the country and provide a good excuse (with much more political support) to increase activities against extremists.
    Time is the main thing. It is the enemy of AQ and all such extremists. They cannot sustain themselves ideologically over the long term.

  25. I think she martyred herself. She had to go back or become irrelevant in the country’s history.
    She’ll go down in history as a great leader of Pakistan instead of being remembered as someone who was exiled from the country because of politics/corruption.
    It could also start a civil war, which would elevate her status even more.

  26. 13 billion dollars. Thats the amount of money she may have stolen from Pakistan’s coffers. Her husband is known as Mr. 10%. Thats the bribe he expects to get things done.
    Her father died at the hands of a colorless religious zealot who was promoted because of his apparent apolitical stance. That man went on to become the man who turned Pakistan upside down – General Zia Ul Haq. The Islamisization of Pakistan took place under him.
    Zia was no villain in the west. He was Reagan’s great ally in the war against the godless commies. Reagan was very fond of him, as were the Saudis and all those billions of dollars from the Wahabbis and CIA went into Pakistani coffers and were used to fund Osama’s last Jihad -against the Soviets.
    Zia died mysteriously – in a plane crash that also claimed the life of the US ambassador. He had hanged the senior Bhutto, and he backed Nawaz Sharif.
    Benazir became PM but the real powers lay in the hand of the military (Gen Mirza Aslam Beg) at the time. Under her, Pakistan’s ISI sent in the now famous Taleban, to turn war-ravaged Afghanistan into, as the Pakistanis called it back then, “strategic depth” for Pakistan. She was tossed out of the country on the basis of corruption – to the tune of $13 bn.
    And now, she is dead. At the hands of the Taleban that she herself supported in the early 1990s. Reagan, Zulfikar Bhutto (her father), and Benazir have one thing in common – their little Frankensteins have turned on them. Short term interest turns into long term problems when one plays games that stir up religious extremism.
    Whither Pakistan? Ironically enough, the Indians must be hoping not. Its easy to look at it from here and get alarmed, but frankly speaking, South Asia has more than its share of intellectuals. Someone else will fill the void – I do not doubt it.
    Pakistan may have lost a famous name, but theres no need to be alarmed just yet. They’ll figure their way out of this mess. They ve done it before.

  28. She wanted to be a martyr, because she wasn’t stupid beyond comprehension. Why is that so surprising anyway? The guy that killed her got his wish as well…

  29. Saint Benazir was her party’s “president for life”, and I she willed that position to her 19 year son [http://www.newsweek.com/id/82403]. Yay democracy!

  30. Here’s the motto of her Party:
    “Islam is our Faith – Democracy is our Policy – Socialism is our – Economy – All Powers to the People”
    http://www.ppp.org.pk
    From their “2008 Manifesto”:
    “The first principle of the Party is: Islam is our
    Faith.”
    Of course passges like this have to be taken with a grain of salt, since Albanians will be on the moon before any of these things could actually take place:
    “The PPP reiterates its firm commitment to provide
    Food, Clothing and Shelter (Roti, Kapra Aur
    Makaan) to every poor family in Pakistan through
    our unique emphasis on full employment. The
    PPP is the only party with a coherent vision of a
    welfare state for Pakistan where market forces
    are balanced with safety nets for the
    underprivileged and the poor.”

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