Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

October 7, 2008 4:02:41 PM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

« Back to the grid | Next story »

Al-Qaeda Killed Bhutto, Pakistan Says

Posted Dec 28, 07 11:27 AM CST in World 

(Newser) – The suicide bomber who killed Benazir Bhutto belonged to a militant group with links to Al-Qaeda, Pakistan’s Interior Ministry told GEO-TV today, fingering Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an outlawed Sunni group blamed for hundreds of killings.The US State Department considers the group a terrorist organization with links to the Taliban. The Pakistani government also offered disparate explanations for Bhutto's death, CNN reports.

Contradicting earlier reports that gunshots or shrapnel killed Bhutto, an Interior Ministry spokesman said the ex-PM suffered a fractured skull when she hit her head on her car's sun roof. An Italian news agency reported yesterday that Al-Qaeda's Afghan commander, Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid, called in the claim of responsibility. "We terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to defeat the mujahedeen," he was quoted as saying.

Sources CNN, CNN

0 comments | Print E-mail | Digg Seed this on Newsvine Add this link to Del.icio.us StumbleUpon

Related Newser Stories

  • Red Cross: Pakistan Now a War Zone

    Oct 3, 08 6:12 AM CDT
    Red Cross: Pakistan Now a War Zone Pakistan's escalating confrontation with the Taliban has plunged the country into full-scale war, the New York Times reports. A quarter of a million people have fled the fighting as the Pakistani army attacks the militants in tribal areas on at least three fronts, and 20,000 have flooded in desperation over the border into Afghanistan. "This is now a war zone," warned a Red Cross spokesman.
    More »

  • Taliban Leader Suspected in Bhutto Killing Dead

    Sep 30, 08 4:43 PM CDT
    Taliban Leader Suspected in Bhutto Killing Dead The Taliban leader suspected in the December assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto died today, officials tell CNN. Baitullah Mehsud, believed to be 34, succumbed to kidney failure, sources in his native tribal region of South Waziristan said; though Pakistani military officials also claimed Mehsud had died, some Taliban representatives denied it.
    More »

  • Pakistan Bomb Near Miss for President, PM

    Sep 22, 08 7:02 AM CDT
    Pakistan Bomb Near Miss for President, PM Pakistan's president and prime minister were supposed to be at a reception at the Islamabad hotel where a huge bomb killed at least 60 people and injured 270, reports the Times of London. Asif Ali Zardari and Yousaf Raza Gilani were expected to attend a large dinner at the Marriott, but the location was changed at the last moment. "The whole leadership was saved," said Pakistan's interior minister.
    More »

  • US Missile Strike Kills at Least 10 in Pakistan

    Sep 12, 08 5:59 AM CDT
    US Missile Strike Kills at Least 10 in Pakistan A US missile attack killed at least 10 people today in northwest Pakistan, where many al-Qaeda and Taliban militants are based, Reuters reports. Drones fired missiles at a former government school that housed militants and their families in the latest move in  a heated US-Pakistan disagreement over militants in the border region as Afghanistan’s insurgency grows. Pakistan condemned a US troop assault last week inside its borders, the first since 2001.
    More »

  • Next Wave of Terrorist Plotters: White Men

    Sep 9, 08 2:05 PM CDT
    Next Wave of Terrorist Plotters: White Men US officials are increasingly worried that the next terror attack could be perpetrated by Americans or citizens of the European Union, MSNBC reports. Three German citizens—two ethnically German—were arrested last week in a plot to destroy a club frequented by US military personnel. The arrests have drawn attention to “the white men of Waziristan,” the extremist haven in Pakistan. More »

People light candles to offer tribute to assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Dec. 28,2007.(AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)   (Associated Press)
Kashmiri Muslims offer special prayers for assassinated PakistanI former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto at the Grand Mosque in Srinagar, India, Friday, Dec. 28, 2007. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)   (Associated Press)
Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto surround their leader's dead body in an ambulance upon arrival for burial at her ancestral grave yard in Gari Khuda Bux near Larkana, Pakistan...   (Associated Press)
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto at her last rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Bhutto was assassinated with 20 others in a suicide attack as she left the rally....   (Associated Press)
Smoke billows from tires set ablaze by angry supporters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto during a protest rally, Friday, Dec. 28, 2007, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Bhutto's supporters rampaged through...   (Associated Press)
Angry supporters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto chant slogans after burning tires during a protest rally, Friday, Dec. 28, 2007, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Bhutto's supporters rampaged through...   (Associated Press)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
Our editors also recommend:

Threads (
1
 of 2)

Tags

Pakistan  • al-Qaeda  • Taliban  • Benazir Bhutto  • FBI  • terrorist


Loading...

Premium Articles from HighBeam

Find more articles like this

Today's Most Popular

Loading...

Other World Stories