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Benazir Bhutto assasinated
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| Skipper |
What an enormous loss for democracy in Pakistan...
RIP.
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide attack that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally, aides said.
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"The surgeons confirmed that she has been martyred," Bhutto's lawyer Babar Awan said.
A party security adviser said Bhutto was shot in neck and chest as she got into her vehicle to leave the rally in Rawalpindi near the capital Islamabad. A gunman then blew himself up.
"At 6:16 p.m. she expired," said Wasif Ali Khan, a member of Bhutto's party who was at Rawalpindi General Hospital where she was taken after the attack.
Her supporters at the hospital began chanting "Dog, Musharraf, dog," referring to Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf.
Some smashed the glass door at the main entrance of the emergency unit, others burst into tears. One man with a flag of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party tied around his head was beating his chest.
At least 20 others were killed in the blast that took place as Bhutto left a political rally where she addressed thousands of supporters in her campaign for Jan. 8 parliamentary elections.
Bhutto served twice as Pakistan's prime minister between 1988 and 1996. She had returned to Pakistan from an eight-year exile Oct. 18.
Her homecoming parade in Karachi was also targeted by a suicide attacker, killing more than 140 people. On that occasion she narrowly escaped injury.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide bombing that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally, a party aide and a military official said.
"At 6:16 p.m. she expired," said Wasif Ali Khan, a member of Bhutto's party who was at Rawalpindi General Hospital where she was taken after the attack.
A senior military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment, confirmed that Bhutto had died.
Her supporters at the hospital began chanting "Dog, Musharraf, dog," referring to Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf. Some of them smashed the glass door at the main entrance of the emergency unit, others burst into tears. |
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| jon jon |
| quote: | Originally posted by Skipper
What an enormous loss for democracy in Pakistan...
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| UmmiE |
Sad news...RIP Benazir Bhutto.
The amount of sick people that live there,It deserves to be under a military rule. |
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| capo tutti di |
| ing animals.../thread |
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| Omega_M |
I remember back in India she used to be in the news constantly, when she was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Shocking news indeed.
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| quote: | Originally posted by UmmiE
Sad news...RIP Benazir Bhutto.
The amount of sick people that live there,It deserves to be under a military rule. |
Out of curiosity, were you born and brought up in Pakistan ? |
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| UmmiE |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_M
I remember back in India she used to be in the news constantly, when she was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Shocking news indeed.
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Out of curiosity, were you born and brought up in Pakistan ? |
I was born in Pakistan.....One year later the whole family moved to dubai and lived most of my life in the middle east,came to Canada in 2001. |
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| TheVrk |
| Just terrible:sadgreen: |
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| Tordan |
| a very sad day indeed. |
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| MarkT |
I heard the breaking story on CBC Newsworld this morning as I was getting ready for work.
chilling.
Kind of makes you appreciate our political climate here and puts its flaws into perspective... |
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| Minhaj |
im not surprised
these ing muslims couldnt stand the fact of a woman being some sort of leader
RIP |
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| Orko |
Took longer than I thought it would. I figured it would happen right after she was allowed back into the country.
RIP |
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