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Bhutto: If I Die, Blame Musharraf

Wrote of concerns in email just weeks before death

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 28, 2007 4:42 AM CST

(Newser) – Assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto sent an email to a US adviser and close friend two months ago saying that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would share the blame if she was killed, CNN reports. Bhutto said his government had denied her request for extra security after the October attempt on her life and she mentioned threats against her from people high in the government.

"Nothing will, God willing, happen," she wrote. "Just wanted you to know if it does, in addition to the names in my letter to Musharraf of October 16, I would hold Musharraf responsible. I have been made to feel insecure by his minions." Her adviser forwarded the email to CNN with instructions that it only be made public if she died violently.

In this image taken from APTN, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announces three days of mourning for former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, in Islamabad, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Bhutto, was shot and killed in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday in a suicide attack on her vehicle as it pulled away from a...
In this image taken from APTN, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announces three days of mourning for former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, in Islamabad, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Bhutto,...   (Associated Press)
Pakistani former prime minister Benazir Bhutto (C) speaks to...
Pakistani former prime minister Benazir Bhutto (C) speaks to...   (Getty Images)
People read the morning newspapers with headline stories of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination, at a newspaper stand in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Friday, Dec. 28, 2007. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
People read the morning newspapers with headline stories of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination, at a newspaper stand in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Friday, Dec. 28, 2007. (AP...   (Associated Press)
Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto addresses her election rally in Lodhra, near Multan, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2007. Bhutto accused President Pervez Musharraf of failing to stop the spread of Islamic militants and promised to crack down on the groups if she wins next month elections. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto addresses her election rally in Lodhra, near Multan, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2007. Bhutto accused President Pervez Musharraf of failing to stop the spread...   (Associated Press)
Pakistan former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto addresses her supporters in Larkana, Pakistan on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007. Bhutto on Sunday accused President Pervez Musharraf's government of failing to crush militants in the Islamic nation. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
Pakistan former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto addresses her supporters in Larkana, Pakistan on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007. Bhutto on Sunday accused President Pervez Musharraf's government of failing to crush...   (Associated Press)
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