Bhutto may have been killed

Posted on December 27th, 2007 by ecthompson md

This is awful news. I can not express how badly I feel for the Pakistani people and for Bhutto’s family. I’ll have more later.

Update:  It wasn’t clear what happened when I first posted this early this morning.  Now, it is clear that Benizar Bhutto was shot.  The assassin then blew himself up.

Video added.

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From WaPo:

Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday at a political rally, two months after she returned from eight years of exile to attempt a political comeback, officials said.

Bhutto was shot at close range as she was leaving the rally in this garrison city south of Islamabad, aides said. Immediately after the shooting, a suicide bomber detonated explosives near Bhutto’s car, killing at least 15 other people. (more…)

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Tags: Pakistan // 2 Comments »

  • melissarn

    Today’s assassination of Bhutto is a grim reminder of history in the making and the fire raging on. I wanted to post this but did not know how, please feel free to post this on your site. http://www.teacheroz.com/fire.htm Happy New Year??

  • http://www.whereistheoutrage.net ecthompson

    Melissa –

    Thanks for your comments.

    I have seen the video before. It is a great video which has been posted on several blogs.

    Thanks again.

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