The Bush administration and the corporate medi seem to be rallying around the claim that Al Qaeda was behind the assassination of Bhutto.
As always we should be careful when swallowing anything we get from the corporate media. The Al Qaeda story is convenient because it offers a justification for continued aid to the Musharraf dictatorship.
But as Robert Fisk argues, its not what the folks in pakistan believe, and with good reason.
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I don't have any greater insight into this, but I do have an abiding distrust of whatever CNN and co. are telling me about the world.
People should read Fisk's piece in its entirety for the real argument, but the final passage offers a decent summation of why we should suspect Musharraf's hand in this:
It doesn't, after all, take much to comprehend that the hated elections looming over Musharraf would probably be postponed indefinitely if his principal political opponent happened to be liquidated before polling day.
So let's run through this logic in the way that Inspector Ian Blair might have done in his policeman's notebook before he became the top cop in London.
Question: Who forced Benazir Bhutto to stay in London and tried to prevent her return to Pakistan? Answer: General Musharraf.
Question: Who ordered the arrest of thousands of Benazir's supporters this month? Answer: General Musharraf.
Question: Who placed Benazir under temporary house arrest this month? Answer: General Musharraf.
Question: Who declared martial law this month? Answer General Musharraf.
Question: who killed Benazir Bhutto?
Er. Yes. Well quite.
You see the problem? Yesterday, our television warriors informed us the PPP members shouting that Musharraf was a "murderer" were complaining he had not provided sufficient security for Benazir. Wrong. They were shouting this because they believe he killed her.
What do other folks think?
