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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Martyr Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto knew she was putting her life at risk, but she felt a duty to return to Pakistan after 8 years in self-imposed exile. Following in the steps of her father and brother, she lost her life while fighting to better her country for it's people. Here she discusses the risks with Wolf Blitzer:



Bhutto was gunned down this morning, at a political rally in Rawalpindi,by a suicide bomber who then killed another 20 people as he blew himself up. Rawalpindi, a former capital, has a history of political violence. The park where Bhutto made her last speech is the same one where the country's first prime minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, was shot to death in 1951. It's also the site where her father was executed in 1979. From an eyewitness report:

As Bhutto left the rally in a white SUV, youths chanted her name and supportive slogans, said Sardar Qamar Hayyat, an official from Bhutto's party who was about 10 yards away. Despite the danger of physical exposure, a smiling Bhutto stuck her head out of the sunroof and responded, he said. "Then I saw a thin young man jumping toward her vehicle from the back and opening fire. Moments later, I saw her speeding vehicle going away. That was the time when I heard a blast and fell down," he said.


Bhutto's assassination may well be the final spark in a region of already smoldering powder kegs. . .

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3 Comments:

Blogger Stan Matuska said...

Very sad news. Benazir Bhutto is one of the bravest women I have ever heard of. She pretty much knew this was going to be her fate, but not even she could have known it would have come this soon.

May she rest in peace, as peace is what she wanted most.

title="comment permalink">December 27, 2007 10:42 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

The email she left, to be opened upon her death is very revealing..Musharraf is fingered..which isn't a surprise.

title="comment permalink">December 28, 2007 4:41 AM  
Blogger Michael Bains said...

Sadly, and as horrific as her death is and its consequences will be, it's unlikely to be the worst of the New Year.

Still we'll try, eh. That's what we can do.

namas te

title="comment permalink">December 28, 2007 6:40 AM  

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