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  • December 2007

    • Pakistan Tells Doubters to Exhume Body

      CNN  |  Dec 29, 07 3:55 PM CST

      Pakistan Tells Doubters to Exhume Body

      (Newser) - Benazir Bhutto’s political party is free to exhume her corpse to verify her ever-shifting cause of death, a Pakistani official said today. So far, the government has issued three accounts—gunshots, shrapnel, and then a fractured skull from hitting her head—which has PPP leadership crying cover-up, CNN reports. “We don’t mind if [they want] her body exhumed,” the official said, “but we gave you what the facts are.” More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • Pakistan People's Party  • Baitullah Mehsud

    • US Supplied Bhutto With Security Intel

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 29, 07 2:59 PM CST

      US Supplied Bhutto With Security Intel

      (Newser) - Washington gave Benazir Bhutto intelligence to protect her from militants for weeks but would not guard her with its own private contractors, the Los Angeles Times reports. An ex-adviser to Bhutto said the US refused to be "micromanaging the security arrangements of another country." The US embassy in Islamabad was slipping Bhutto the data on likely threats and advising her on how to boost her own security. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • Joe Biden

    • Bhutto Aide Sees Cover-Up in Changing Cause of Death

      CNN  |  Dec 29, 07 7:35 AM CST

      Bhutto Aide Sees Cover-Up in Changing Cause of Death

      (Newser) - A top aide to Benazir Bhutto charges in a CNN interview that the Pakistani government is trying to cover up the cause of Bhutto's death. Aide Sherry Rehman blasts as "bizarre, dangerous nonsense" the government's conclusion that Bhutto was not struck by bullets, but died of a skull fracture after hitting her head on a sunroof latch. Rehman said Bhutto bled profusely  on the way to the hospital, leaving the two cars she was carried in covered with blood. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • assassination  • suicide bombing

    • Did the US Do Enough for Bhutto?

      Time  |  Dec 28, 07 4:58 AM CST

      Did the US Do Enough for Bhutto?

      (Newser) - Finger pointing has begun in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto—and several fingers are pointing at Washington, reports Time magazine. Critics say the White House is so committed to supporting President Pervez Musharraf, a key ally in the war against terror, that the US has been too trusting of his administration and failed to pressure the Pakistan leader to give Bhutto adequate security.      More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Pervez Musharraf  • Taliban  • Benazir Bhutto  • Joe Biden  • assassination  • Center for American Progress

    • Bhutto: If I Die, Blame Musharraf

      CNN  |  Dec 28, 07 4:42 AM CST

      Bhutto: If I Die, Blame Musharraf

      (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. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • assassination

    • Pitched Power Battle Triggered by Bhutto Death

      Wall Street Journal  |  Dec 28, 07 3:23 AM CST

      Pitched Power Battle Triggered by Bhutto Death

      (Newser) - The assassination of Benazir Bhutto will exacerbate already fraught tensions between competing Pakistani political parties, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bhutto's secular, generally pro-Western Pakistan Peoples' Party was expected to do well in upcoming parliamentary elections, but the future of the PPP is now uncertain in the aftermath of Bhutto's death. Numerous Pakistani political factions will now battle for political standing. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • assassination  • Pakistan elections

    • Sharif Calls for Election Boycott

      Time  |  Dec 28, 07 3:15 AM CST

      Sharif Calls for Election Boycott

      (Newser) - Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif called on his countrymen to boycott the coming elections and demanded President Pervez Musharraf resign following the shocking assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Sharif, 57, long a political adversary of Bhutto, rushed to the hospital in Rawalpindi and sat silently by her body after she was shot dead yesterday. "Benazir Bhutto was also my sister," he said later, his eyes welling with tears. More »

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      Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • Nawaz Sharif  • assassination  • boycott  • Pakistan Muslim League

    • Bhutto's Body Flown Home

      CNN  |  Dec 27, 07 7:54 PM CST

      Bhutto's Body Flown Home

      (Newser) - The body of Benazir Bhutto was flown to her ancestral homeland in Pakistan Friday as riots in the wake of her assassination claimed the lives of at least nine people. Police reported widespread unrest in Karachi and across the country, CNN reports. TV footage showed Bhutto supporters torching cars and throwing rocks at police. She will be buried Friday near her father in their family village. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • assassination  • funeral

    • Bhutto Killing: Deadly Blow to Pakistan Stability

      BBC  |  Dec 27, 07 1:51 PM CST

      Bhutto Killing: Deadly Blow to Pakistan Stability

      (Newser) - The assassination of Benazir Bhutto deals a devastating setback to hopes for political stability in Pakistan. The death today of the nation's most charismatic opposition leader is likely to trigger an outpouring of anti-government sentiment, political analysts tell the Wall Street Journal, and force postponement of next month's scheduled elections. It raises fears that unrest will trigger declaration of military rule. More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • assassination  • Islamic extremism

    • Bush Condemns Bhutto Killers

      Associated Press  |  Dec 27, 07 12:15 PM CST

      Bush Condemns Bhutto Killers

      (Newser) - President Bush today called for action against the killers of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. “The United States strongly condemns this cowardly act by murderous extremists who are trying to undermine Pakistan’s democracy,” Bush said at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. The US had strenuously promoted Bhutto's return to Pakistan in a potential power-sharing arrangement with president Pervez Musharraf. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Pakistan  • Mitt Romney  • terrorism  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • Joe Biden  • assassination

    • Bhutto Killing: End to Volatile, Risky Career

      BBC  |  Dec 27, 07 10:14 AM CST

      Bhutto Killing: End to Volatile, Risky Career

      (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 »

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

    • Benazir Bhutto Killed in Attack on Rally

      Washington Post  |  Dec 27, 07 7:13 AM CST

      Benazir Bhutto Killed in Attack on Rally

      (Newser) - Benazir Bhutto died in surgery today after an explosion at a rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The suicide attacker detonated a bomb as the former prime minister left the rally where thousands were gathered to hear her speak. "She has been martyred," said a spokesman for Bhutto's party. The interior ministry confirmed Bhutto's death, but the government has said nothing about the fate of January's election. At least 15 others died in the blast. More »