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UK Probe: Blast Killed Bhutto

She died from head injury caused by blast, says Scotland Yard

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Feb 8, 08 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Scotland Yard detectives investigating the assassination of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto have concluded that the cause of death was not a bullet, but the massive head injury she sustained when she was thrown by the suicide bomb blast. The findings mesh with the Pakistan government's version of the killing and were immediately rejected by skeptical Bhutto supporters, who renewed calls for a UN investigation, reports the Guardian. More »

More about:  Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Asif Ali Zardari • suicide bomber • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Pakistan
Busts 2 More
in Bhutto Hit

Arrests come
as nation ends
mourning period

AFP AFP Feb 7, 08 6:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistani authorities have charged two alleged terrorists with participating in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, reports AFP. The two men are from Rawalpindi, where the former PM was killed in December. "Their tentacles are from the tribal region and Baitullah Mehsud," said a senior official, referring to the militant from Pakistan's northwest. Investigators last month arrested a teenager who said he was a back-up bomber for a squad sent to kill Bhutto. More »

More about:  Pakistan • al-Qaeda • Benazir Bhutto • Asif Ali Zardari • suicide bomber • Baitullah Mehsud • Bhutto assassination • Rawalpindi

In Will, Bhutto Taps Husband as Successor

Zardari, now party co-chair, may aim for PM position

Reuters Reuters Feb 5, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto's political will, published today, calls for her husband to take control of her party, Reuters reports. "I would like my husband Asif Ali Zardari to lead you in this interim period until you and he decide what is best," says the document. He chose to release Bhutto’s will publicly to address concerns that his leadership is illegitimate. More »

More about:  Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan elections • will

Bhutto's Niece Calls Party Undemocratic

Young writer says Benazir backers 'cash
in on her blood'

Times (UK) Times (UK) Jan 12, 08 10:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Some call her the real heir to slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, but Fatima Bhutto, the ex-PM's estranged niece, rejects her claim to “the family business,” the Times of London reports. In fact, the 25-year-old columnist living in Pakistan called the idea of enshrined Bhutto power “dangerous" and disputed the ascension of cousin Bilawal lead the Pakistan People's Party. More »

More about:  Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • democracy • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Son Urges
UN Probe Into Bhutto's Death

New opposition leader calmly critical of US
in first public remarks

Washington Post Washington Post Jan 8, 08 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto’s 19-year-old son and successor today called for a UN-backed investigation into her assassination, saying he had no faith in the Pakistani government to solve the case, the Washington Post reports. "It is our belief that had she been provided with adequate protection she would be alive today," Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said in his first press conference since his accession. More »

More about:  Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Bhutto Uncle Opposes Role for Widower

Patriarch blasts Zardari as incompetent, wants 'a real Bhutto' to lead

McClatchy Newspapers McClatchy Newspapers Jan 2, 08 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto's designation of her widower as interim leader of the Pakistan People's Party has inflamed family and tribal tensions, and renewed past disagreements over her leadership. Patriarch Mumtaz Bhutto, Benazir's 74-year-old uncle, blasted Asif Ali Zardari for having "no political background or acumen" and predicted his leadership would result in the party's "total disintegration," according to McClatchy newspapers. More »

More about:  Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Bhutto family • interim leader

Aide: Bhutto Died as She Readied Dossier on Rigged Vote

Government, opposition still at loggerheads

Associated Press Associated Press Jan 1, 08 7:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was killed the same day she planned to give US lawmakers damaging information on government actions to rig upcoming elections, a top aide charged yesterday. The "thoroughly rigged" elections were to "benefit" President Pervez Musharraf's party, said the aide. The charge was made as government officials and opposition leaders remained sharply divided on the timing of the upcoming elections. More »

More about:  Pakistan • al-Qaeda • Benazir Bhutto • Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari • Bhutto family

Police Stopped Bhutto Autopsy: Hospital Rep

Top cop says
ex-PM's husband
nixed post-mortem

CNN CNN Dec 31, 07 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The Rawalpindi police chief prevented doctors from performing an autopsy on Benazir Bhutto, according to an open letter issued today by a representative of the hospital where she died. Chief Aziz Saud invoked the investigators' “exclusive responsibility,” CNN reports, but Saud says Bhutto's husband objected. The lack of an autopsy allows leeway for the government's widely maligned claim that Bhutto died of a skull fracture. More »

More about:  Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • assassination • Asif Ali Zardari • Rawalpindi

Bhutto Slumped as Shots Rang Out: Video

Husband calls official version of cause of death "useless excuse"

CNN CNN Dec 31, 07 5:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Newly released videotape of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto bolsters Bhutto's supporters' claim that the Pakistani opposition leader was killed by gunshot wounds and not—as the government insists—by hitting her head on her car sunroof when a bomb exploded. The video shows Bhutto slumping forward after gunshots ring out and before the bomb explodes, CNN reports. More »

More about:  Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • suicide bombing • Asif Ali Zardari

Bhutto's Son Quietly Political at Oxford

'Well-liked' student backed mother on his
Facebook page

Time Time Dec 30, 07 7:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Bilawal Bhutto Zardari may be Benazir Bhutto's son, picked today to lead the Pakistan People's Party, but the 19-year-old is also still in school. Bilawal has been studying at Christ Church, Oxford, without security, often hiding his political identity but supporting his mother on his Facebook profile, Time reports. "He is a very sociable student and very well liked," said one of his classmates. More »

More about:  Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Oxford University • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

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Bhutto Husband & Son Picked
to Head Party

Election likely
to be delayed
up to 8 weeks

Reuters Reuters Dec 30, 07 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - As violence continued to flare in Pakistan following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, officials indicated that Jan. 8 elections will likely be postponed six to eight weeks, Reuters reports. Officials from Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party, meanwhile, picked her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, and 19-year-old son, Bilawal, to take over party leadership. More »

Bhuttos Mourn; Son Eyed as Successor

19-year-old Bilawal could take up leadership of PPP

Globe and Mail Globe and Mail Dec 28, 07 12:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto was the Pakistan People's Party's "chairperson for life," and her assassination leaves a vacuum in the leadership of the country's largest party. One possible successor, reports the Globe and Mail , is her 19-year-old son Bilawal, who, with his family, attended his mother's burial today. Bhutto's widower, Asif Ali Zardari, refused to speculate on the leadership, saying, "All I can say is we're devastated." More »

Bhutto Killing: End to Volatile, Risky Career

Heir to political dynasty, PM embodied both hope and corruption

BBC BBC Dec 27, 07 10:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto's assassination today ended a volatile political career that saw her transformed from one of the world's most powerful women to persona non grata and back again. Obituaries detail her reluctant entry into politics after the execution of her father, PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The 54-year-old joined him and her two brothers as victims of political violence. More »

More about:  Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Asif Ali Zardari • Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

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