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Benazir Bhutto killed in attack; Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Topic Started: Dec 27 2007, 09:30 AM (51 Views)
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack

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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide attack that also killed at least 20 others at the end of a campaign rally, aides said.

"The surgeons confirmed that she has been martyred," Bhutto's lawyer Babar Awan said.

A party security adviser said Bhutto was shot in neck and chest as she got into her vehicle to leave the rally in Rawalpindi near the capital Islamabad. A gunman then blew himself up.

"At 6:16 p.m. she expired," said Wasif Ali Khan, a member of Bhutto's party who was at Rawalpindi General Hospital where she was taken after the attack.

Her supporters at the hospital began chanting "Dog, Musharraf, dog," referring to Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf.

Some smashed the glass door at the main entrance of the emergency unit, others burst into tears. One man with a flag of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party tied around his head was beating his chest.

In Washington, the State Department said it was seeking confirmation of Bhutto's condition.

"Certainly, we condemn the attack on this rally," deputy spokesman Tom Casey said. "It demonstrates that there are still those in Pakistan who want to subvert reconciliation and efforts to advance democracy."

The United States has for months been encouraging Musharraf to reach an accommodation with the opposition, particularly Bhutto, who was seen as having a wide base of support in Pakistan. Her party had been widely expected to do well in parliamentary elections set for next month.

At least 20 others were killed in the blast that took place as Bhutto left the rally where she addressed thousands of supporters in her campaign for Jan. 8 parliamentary elections.

Bhutto served twice as Pakistan's prime minister between 1988 and 1996. She had returned to Pakistan from an eight-year exile Oct. 18.

On the same day, her homecoming parade in Karachi was also targeted by a suicide attacker, killing more than 140 people. On that occasion she narrowly escaped injury.

She was shot and then the gunman blew himself up. Others were killed as well. Madness.
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ImpulseEngine
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I heard about this on my way into work this morning. :( There will probably be some backlash for this too from her supporters.
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24thcenstfan
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I have to wonder if there is any hope for that region. However, if some progress hadn't been made, a woman like Bhutto would have never made it to the position of PM in the first place.

Political and social change for the better may eventually happen in that region, but I don't think we will see much progress in my lifetime.
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TribbleMom
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Unfortunately it has already been many, many lifetimes that that region of the world has experienced such political unrest and violence. It will probably be many more lifetimes before it ceases.
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I've been glued to the TV since I heard of this tragedy. I find it awesome that she was the first woman to be elected to lead a Muslim nation. Although her two terms were marred by controversy and claims of corruption, I must give her credit for trying to bring some semblance of Democracy to Pakistan.

I find it fascinating that despite the discrimination they have against women in some Muslim nations that Benazir Bhutto, a Harvard and Oxford educated woman, was able to position herself politically and become the Prime Minister of Pakistan not once but twice. She could have easily chosen another path, but I suppose she believed this was her destiny. I read somewhere that there is one younger sister left. Both her brothers were killed as well trying to further their political aspirations.

It is ironic how a country like Pakistan, where the culture is suppressive and oppressive to women , can produce a woman prime minister and we here in the West, a culture that supposedly encourages women to be strong, cannot produce a woman president.... yet. :D

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Dec 29 2007, 09:20 AM
I've been glued to the TV since I heard of this tragedy. I find it awesome that she was the first woman to be elected to lead a Muslim nation. Although her two terms were marred by controversy and claims of corruption, I must give her credit for trying to bring some semblance of Democracy to Pakistan.

I find it fascinating that despite the discrimination they have against women in some Muslim nations that Benazir Bhutto, a Harvard and Oxford educated woman, was able to position herself politically and become the Prime Minister of Pakistan not once but twice. She could have easily chosen another path, but I suppose she believed this was her destiny. I read somewhere that there is one younger sister left. Both her brothers were killed as well trying to further their political aspirations.

She was a strong woman to choose the path she did in that part of the world.

I think any other of her family members would be wise to think long and hard before also getting into politics (if they haven't already done so). There are extremists who appear to be after her entire family.

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It is ironic how a country like Pakistan, where the culture is suppressive and oppressive to women , can produce a woman prime minister and we here in the West, a culture that supposedly encourages women to be strong, cannot produce a woman president.... yet.    :D

Yes, but unlike in Pakistan (or most other Muslim nations), we have achieved equality in most other respects, and its only a matter of time before we elect a woman President.

I'll take our current situation over there's anyday. :D




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Can't say i'm suprised to be honest. :(
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