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Bhutto Fails to Break Barricade

Police block her from driving out to lead rally

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(Newser) – Benazir Bhutto tried unsuccessfully to break through the police blockade outside her Islamabad home today to lead a rally in a nearby city, the AP reports. "We are trying to pass through because we want to reach Rawalpindi," Bhutto said after trying to drive through the blockade. "There was a baton charge. There was a barbed wire."

Bhutto and about 50 supporters made it only about 40 yards before police stopped them. "The government is paralyzed," she shouted to supporters by megaphone. Despite her home confinement, Bhutto encouraged supporters to rally in Rawalpindi today to demand an end to emergency rule. She also demanded that Pervez Musharraf step down as chief of the army by next week.

Pakistans former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto adjusts her shawl during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Bhutto denounced a pledge from Pakistan's military president Thursday to hold elections by mid-February as insufficient and said he should step down as army chief within a week. (AP...
Pakistans former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto adjusts her shawl during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Bhutto denounced a pledge from Pakistan's military president...   (Associated Press)
A supporter of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is taken away by police in front of a barbed-wire barricade outside of her home in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Pakistani police placed Bhutto under house arrest Friday, uncoiling barbed wire in front of her Islamabad home and reportedly rounding up...
A supporter of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is taken away by police in front of a barbed-wire barricade outside of her home in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Pakistani police placed Bhutto...   (Associated Press)
Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, center, speaks from behind a police barbed wire blockade outside her home in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday Nov. 9, 2007. Pakistani police placed Bhutto under house arrest Friday, and reportedly rounded up 5,000 of her supporters to block a mass protest against emergency rule. (AP...
Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, center, speaks from behind a police barbed wire blockade outside her home in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday Nov. 9, 2007. Pakistani police placed Bhutto under house arrest...   (Associated Press)
Police gears are seen under a poster of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto outside her residence in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Pakistani police backed by armored vehicles detained opposition leader Benazir Bhutto at her Islamabad residence Friday and reportedly rounded up 5,000 of her supporters...
Police gears are seen under a poster of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto outside her residence in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Pakistani police backed by armored vehicles...   (Associated Press)
Police block a street leading to the residence of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Nov 9, 2007. Pakistani police backed by an armored vehicle surrounded the Islamabad home of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Friday, and officials said she had been detained in her...
Police block a street leading to the residence of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Nov 9, 2007. Pakistani police backed by an armored vehicle surrounded...   (Associated Press)
A street to the residence of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is blocked by police in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Pakistani police backed by armored vehicles detained opposition leader Benazir Bhutto at her Islamabad residence Friday and reportedly rounded up 5,000 of her supporters to...
A street to the residence of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is blocked by police in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Pakistani police backed by armored vehicles detained opposition...   (Associated Press)
Police officers in riot-gears line up outside the residence of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, not in the photo, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Pakistani police backed by armored vehicles detained opposition leader Benazir Bhutto at her Islamabad residence Friday and reportedly rounded up 5,000...
Police officers in riot-gears line up outside the residence of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, not in the photo, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Pakistani police backed...   (Associated Press)
Police officials seal a main entry point to city with container and barriers ahead of Pakistan%u2019s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto%u2019s rally against emergency rule, Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The banner on top reads
Police officials seal a main entry point to city with container and barriers ahead of Pakistan%u2019s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto%u2019s rally against emergency rule, Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 in...   (Associated Press)
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