Benazir Bhutto Killed In Pakistan

[Malcolm Tucker]

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed in a gun and bomb attack after a rally in the city of Rawalpindi on Thursday, her party said.

"She has been martyred," said party official Rehman Malik.

Bhutto, 54, died in hospital in Rawalpindi. Ary-One Television said she had been shot in the head.

Police said a suicide bomber fired shots at Bhutto as she was leaving the rally venue in a park before blowing himself up.

"The man first fired at Bhutto's vehicle. She ducked and then he blew himself up," said police officer Mohammad Shahid.

Police said 16 people had been killed in the blast.

Earlier, party officials said Bhutto was safe.

A Reuters witness said he saw bodies on a road as well as a mutilated human head.

A suicide bomber killed nearly 150 people in an attack on Bhutto on October 18 as she paraded through the southern city of Karachi after returning home from eight years in self-imposed exile.

Reuters

[Aηdy]

You beat me to it lol.

Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been killed in a presumed suicide attack.

News of her death was confirmed by a military spokesman and members of her Pakistan People's Party (PPP).
Ms Bhutto had just addressed an election rally in Rawalpindi when gunfire and an explosion occurred.
At least 15 other people are reported killed in the attack and several more were injured. Ms Bhutto had twice been the country's prime minister.
She had been campaigning ahead of elections due in January.
Nawaz Sharif, also a former prime minister and a political rival, told the BBC her death was a tragedy for "the entire nation".
"I can't tell you what the feelings of the people of Pakistan are today," he told BBC News 24 after returning from the hospital where she was brought.
The BBC's Barbara Plett says the killing is likely to provoke an agonised response from her followers, especially from her loyal following in Sindh Province.
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Ms Bhutto was key to her party, she was the focus of her party and she was a major political player amongst all those fighting for seats in the forthcoming elections, our correspondent adds.
The PPP has the largest support of any party in the country. Analysts note that Rawalpindi, a garrison city, is seen as one of the country's most secure cities, making the attack even more embarrassing for the military authorities.

[Malcolm Tucker]

It's so sad to see what the world has come to :(

[Bobby]

R.I.P Benazir :(

[Gumleaf]

i don't think i will see peace in the middle east in my life time.

[Xarra]

R.I.P benazir..
its sad to hear that the 1st woman prime minister of pakistan is dead..:(
what happened to the world!!!
everything has change...no more peace!!!:(

[Antares]

OMG I saw it coming. She was such a positive force in that area and around the world for women. What has the world come to? Can we just eliminate hatred and religion....sorry but its causing sooo many problems...wow....Bless her soul.

[redcar]

Very sad when I heard this. That women was fantastic, a real positive force in the region.

[goin to work]

um women im gov power she shold not have been killed but no woman should be in a possion of power

[Maverick]

um women im gov power she shold not have been killed but no woman should be in a possion of power
Why?

[Whisper]

Yes chippy do tell?

[redcar]

um women im gov power she shold not have been killed but no woman should be in a possion of power
Careful how you go here... I am big fan of women in power...

[goin to work]

well becuse no offence to girls but all the women iv see (exept mrs condi rice) are no good polioal leders and in the midle east they treet women bad.

im sry dude

[Gumleaf]

our deputy prime minister in australia is a women called julia gillard (the funny thing is she has the devil's look in her eyes). she is second in control after prime minister kevin krudd, sorry, thats rudd.

[goin to work]

no this is a verry consertive opion im not trying in anny way to offend anny one

[redcar]

The Irish president is a woman and our one before that also a woman. Great Presidents. Britians former Prime Minister a woman, Margaret Thatcher, great leader. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, fantastic leader.

[goin to work]

i was talking about the u.s. but i see you opionion

[Gumleaf]

the australia state of queensland and also northern territory have female leaders too now i think about it.

[Serenity]

i was talking about the u.s. but i see you opionion

So women in the US have absolutely no chance whatsoever of leading this country? So can you back that up, then? Facts, figures, and whathaveyou? Not just biased sexist statements...maybe?

[goin to work]

see where i come from i have never seen thes ppl

yess aculay um geanholme in michigan she has torn us apart well our state and mrs.cxlintion will destroy this country

[redcar]

Ok please don't double post, if you want to add more info just click the edit button, but don't post twice in a row.

[Serenity]

see where i come from i have never seen thes ppl

yess aculay um geanholme in michigan she has torn us apart well our state and mrs.cxlintion will destroy this country

And I'll ask again,

So can you back that up, then? Facts, figures, and whathaveyou? Not just biased sexist statements...maybe?

[goin to work]

grandhole has made the unemploement rate jump 78% we have no jobs in mishigan the big 3 are leving she has put us in an eaconmic ression clintion is the same kind of leder

[Serenity]

grandhole has made the unemploement rate jump 78% we have no jobs in mishigan the big 3 are leving she has put us in an eaconmic ression clintion is the same kind of leder

And HOW did she MAKE the unemployment rate jump, exactly? What did she do?

[DouggyO.o]

we are all doomed

[Malcolm Tucker]

we are all doomed

??? How lol

[Patchy]

Pakistan is really gonna sink now because now the extremist islams can now continue working on there plans to coz terror in western country's now that they know there's no one in there country going to officially stop them..but still not everyone in pakistan is like that there are tones of nice people there too...just thought I'd add that incase anyone thought I was being raciest

[redcar]

Pakistan is now in the hands of Mr. Musharraf. If he goes back to his old tricks of Emergency Rule, then there is going to be major setbacks in the country. Although there is even talks of a civil war, which really wouldnt be suprising.

[goin to work]

however they are i better condiction than most middle eastern countrys

[Patchy]

however they are i better condiction than most middle eastern countrys

probably coz of this not for long.

[Whisper]

Honesty the idea of peace in the middle east is a joke
the only way there will ever bee middle eastern peace
is if we kill all of them
Or a SUBSTANTIAL amount (I'm talking WMD's) to the point where they are forced to scatter to regroup so they can attack in another 10-20yrs

It's like the Congo, Sudan, Columbia, etc...
There will always be war
but the middle east has a bigger sway over the west
and yes the majority of that sway stems from the need to protect areas like Saudi Arabia

Its a simple fact of life
if theres something that you need to protect in order to maintain stability in your own country
then you'll fuckin protect it

thats why we have always jumped into the middle east and why for the most part we will always turn a blind eye to Africa like we are now, like we did in Rwanda

For now
we are dependant on the oil
its used for everything from running the tens of millions of vehicles to plastics

For this reason we will always remain
that combined with Muslim religion (that whole infidel must leave Muslim lands then must leave planet period thing)
and well...neither side is gonna budge

The middle east
will NEVER
have peace
not true peace anyway

[DouggyO.o]

??? How lol
haha the way i see it we are all gonna die by radio activity or some man made disease

[Malcolm Tucker]

Oh sorry. I didn't understant. And I sortof aggree...

[Tatsuya]

~she was a great leader....


thank god i live in Malaysia.....peacefull but very hot.....why it has to be that hot and wet?:P

[Dante]

It is sad that she was assasinated as I am sure she was going to become Prime Minister of Pakistan for a 3rd time.

I believe that the gov't is somewhat related to their murder and no Al-Qaeda. I think it is much easier for them to blame Al-Qaeda because lets face it, theyre a powerful terror organization. However, they usually take claim in things that they do and they came out and said they had nothing to do with her death. I think it is just very convenient for the Pakistan govt to say this because they know how the world views Al-Qaeda.

The People of Pakistan arent buying it and believe that Mushareff and the govt had something to do with this and i believe they do.

[Whisper]

Al-Qaeda wouldn't do that
clean cut assassinations aren't there style

besides like you said they like to brag about there work and so far not a pep

[goin to work]

Honesty the idea of peace in the middle east is a joke
the only way there will ever bee middle eastern peace
is if we kill all of them
Or a SUBSTANTIAL amount (I'm talking WMD's) to the point where they are forced to scatter to regroup so they can attack in another 10-20yrs

It's like the Congo, Sudan, Columbia, etc...
There will always be war
but the middle east has a bigger sway over the west
and yes the majority of that sway stems from the need to protect areas like Saudi Arabia

Its a simple fact of life
if theres something that you need to protect in order to maintain stability in your own country
then you'll fuckin protect it

thats why we have always jumped into the middle east and why for the most part we will always turn a blind eye to Africa like we are now, like we did in Rwanda

For now
we are dependant on the oil
its used for everything from running the tens of millions of vehicles to plastics

For this reason we will always remain
that combined with Muslim religion (that whole infidel must leave Muslim lands then must leave planet period thing)
and well...neither side is gonna budge

The middle east
will NEVER
have peace
not true peace anyway


this is true we need to kill them all so they get a new start

[redcar]

Kill them all? How about... no. Thats a terrible answer.

[Bobby]

Yeah, more killing. That is just what we need.
;)

[Hyper]

KILL THEM ALL!

All who make the upper statement loose all points of dignity and intelligence they might have posessed in their earlier life. Also I consider you all to be fascists, ty!

As on the subject makes you wonder doesn't it? Look back on who else got killed :)

[goin to work]

when u look at it iss peace rly an idea becuse as we have seen they just keep kelling eachouther so if we bom so they are all sepeated for a wile it may be good for eachouther