A sad day for Pakistan and the fight for freedom!
One of the last photos taken of Benazir Bhutto before the gunman/suicide bomber struck
Former Pakistani Prime Minister, and the first woman to preside over the government of a largely Muslim country, knew the risks when she returned to Pakistan. On her return to the country last October, she noted that a terrorist had kidnapped a child, rigged it with explosives and attempted to hand it to her in a blast that nearly killed her.
Today, the monsters succeeded in killing Ms. Bhutto and throwing Pakistan into chaos.
It’s a sad day for Pakistan and a sad day for all those who worked hard under conditions of great personal danger to save Pakistan from extremism and death.
UPDATE from Curt
John McCain on the assassination via The Corner. Also, al-Qaeda has now claimed responsibility:
A spokesperson for the al-Qaeda terrorist network has claimed
responsibility for the death on Thursday of former Pakistani prime
minister Benazir Bhutto.“We terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to
defeat [the] mujahadeen,” Al-Qaeda’s commander and main spokesperson
Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid told Adnkronos International (AKI) in a phone call
from an unknown location, speaking in faltering English. Al-Yazid is
the main al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan.It is believed that the decision to kill Bhutto, who is the leader
of the opposition Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), was made by al-Qaeda
No. 2, the Egyptian doctor, Ayman al-Zawahiri in October.Death squads were allegedly constituted for the mission and
ultimately one cell comprising a defunct Lashkar-i-Jhangvi’s Punjabi
volunteer succeeded in killing Bhutto.
Of course we are to believe from the left that this enemy and this war is nothing but a bumpersticker slogan. No real war going on here people, keep moving, nothing to see here.
The fact remains Pakistan, a nuclear armed state, is in turmoil now and one of our strongest allies has been killed by our enemy.
One more thing to chew on. Just prior to the 9/11 operation commencing a strong ally of ours was assassinated in Afghanistan.
UPDATE II from Curt
Video of the rally just prior to her assassination:
And violence is raging:
The main court, banks and other buildings were set on fire in Jacobabad, hometown of Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister, after Benazir Bhutto’s assassination Thursday, an AFP reporter said.Mobs also torched several shops, including some belonging to relatives of Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro, said residents of the city, in the southern Sindh province.
Portraits of Soomro were also set on fire while demonstrators took to the streets, blocking roads and a railway track, after Bhutto was killed in a suicide attack earlier in the day.
Reports of unrest were coming in from several cities in Pakistan, which had been facing months of political turmoil before Bhutto’s death.
JammieWearingFool has found that the left is still unhinged:
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If
only we could read that Bush and Blair had been blown to bits with this
greedy corrupt bitch who was persuaded to return for the American style
of imposed democracy.
Why have the war criminals Bush and Blair have not been assasinated?
Reply | posted 09:46 am on 12/27/2007
Bush on the Assassination:
UPDATE III by Curt
Fred Thompson reaction to the assassination: (via NRO)
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