a bomb exploded at a Benazir Bhutto rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan killing the former prime minister
MSNBC is reporting that SkyNews states Benazir was injured in the attack and that she is undergoing emergency surgery.
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Skynews says critically injured. No other news organizations have anything else yet.
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AP reports she has died,
and other news organizations
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she was shot in the head, neck and chest and then the assassin blew himself up.
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Bush will speak on this at 11AM
now we should REALLY worry
cant he just continue to clear brush
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our scumbag-in-charge just spoke. he wore a lot of makeup. said something to the effect "we should continue her fight for democracy which she bravely gave her life" --- then, Mr Bush --- RESIGN so we can restore democracy here. i so HATE him.
it is so obvious that Pakistan is ready to explode.
We have bet the house on this country and Musharraf
and of course, Pakistan has nuclear weapons.
With her death --- there is no telling what can happen in the entire neighborhood, including the Middle East and South Asia.
It is reported she was shot in the neck and the the suicide bomber blew himself up --- so it would seem the bombs were a diversion or cover for the successful assassination.
Musharraf will undoubtedly re-declare Martial law.
This is not good (to say the least).
(people are getting so semantical on where Pakistan is located, technically i guess it is not the Middle East - but it is sure close enough - so I added South Asia and just called it the neighborhood)
Benazir Bhutto was educated at Harvard, was a two time prime mininster and was the daughter of a prime minister --- her father was hanged by General Zia, who later died mysteriously in a plane crash
this is some "stable" country we have hung our hats on. and if George's BFF Pervez is in any way connected to this....watch out