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Scotland Yard Team Begins Pakistan Probe

Brits arrive to help investigation of Bhutto assassination

By Zach Samalin,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 4, 2008 3:08 PM CST
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(Newser) – Investigators from Scotland Yard arrived in Pakistan today to assist with the government's investigation of Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Pervez Musharraf invited the team to lend credibility to the investigation and help put to rest what the president called "conspiracy theories," but critics remain skeptical about what the Brits will—and won't—be permitted to do, AFP reports.

The team "will work under the patronage of the government," said Bhutto's former top aide. "It is going to be a meaningless exercise." He and others have called for an independent investigation, perhaps by the UN. Musharraf, whose government is accused at varying extremes of providing lax security, covering up the cause of death, or even carrying out the killing, said investigators would not be allowed on a "wild goose chase."

Members of the British anti-terror team are seen inside a van as they arrive at the Islamabad airport, in Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Members of the Scotland Yard team arrived in Pakistan to join the investigation into Benazir Bhutto's assassination Friday, a day after President Pervez Musharraf dismissed allegations...
Members of the British anti-terror team are seen inside a van as they arrive at the Islamabad airport, in Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Members of the Scotland Yard team arrived in Pakistan to join...   (Associated Press)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf speaks to the national in this image taken from TV Wednesday Jan. 2, 2008. Musharraf said Wednesday that he had requested a team of investigators from Britain's Scotland Yard to assist in the investigation into the killing of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. (AP Photo/PTV, via AP...
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf speaks to the national in this image taken from TV Wednesday Jan. 2, 2008. Musharraf said Wednesday that he had requested a team of investigators from Britain's Scotland...   (Associated Press)
Framed photographs of the extended Bhutto family, including the wedding photo of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zadar, right, sit on a table in the sitting room of a cousin of Benazir Bhutto in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. As the House of Bhutto...
Framed photographs of the extended Bhutto family, including the wedding photo of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zadar, right, sit on a table in the sitting room of a cousin...   (Associated Press)
A member of the British anti-terror team is seen inside a van as he arrives at the Islamabad airport, in Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Members of the Scotland Yard team arrived in Pakistan to join the investigation into Benazir Bhutto's assassination Friday, a day after President Pervez Musharraf dismissed...
A member of the British anti-terror team is seen inside a van as he arrives at the Islamabad airport, in Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Members of the Scotland Yard team arrived in Pakistan to join the...   (Associated Press)
A member of the British anti-terror team arrives at the Islamabad airport, in Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Members of the Scotland Yard team arrived in Pakistan to join the investigation into Benazir Bhutto's assassination Friday, a day after President Pervez Musharraf dismissed allegations his government may have had a...
A member of the British anti-terror team arrives at the Islamabad airport, in Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Members of the Scotland Yard team arrived in Pakistan to join the investigation into Benazir...   (Associated Press)
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