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Bhutto Warned of Her Murder by Osama's Son

Names 4 hit squads in chilling posthumous autobiography

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 3, 2008 8:23 AM CST

(Newser) – Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was told that four suicide bomb squads had been sent to kill her—and names Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama, as the leader of one, the slain leader says in an eerie, posthumously published autobiography. Bhutto's claim appears... Read full story »

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