News and Opinion from the Bug!
The Times Online of London reports that Rashid Rauf, the British mastermind believed to be “behind the 2006 suspected al Qaeda plot to blow up 10 trans-Atlantic passenger jets with liquid explosives,” is thought to have been killed in a US missile strike.
The pre-dawn missile strike hit a target in North Waziristan.
At massive explosion at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad killed at least 40 people.
The actual target of the bomb is reported to be senior CIA officers who were at the hotel.
The map segment (right) shows the location of the Marriott along Agha Khan road.
ABC News is reporting that at least one member of the U.S. [...]
Excellent article from Vanni Cappelli today:
“Benazir Bhutto’s assassination – not far from the jail yard where her father, former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was hanged – symbolizes the tenuousness of civilian political life in Pakistan. Yet, though many in Washington assert that the killing has severely limited U.S. policy options, few are fundamentally questioning [...]
I received this article from a friend. It is reprinted here with permission:
Benazir Bhutto Assassination: Searching For Answers
How did the assassin get to Bhutto’s car without being tackled by her personal security? Even if the Pakistani government had stripped her motorcade of police protection, she had to have dozens of trusted personal bodyguards forming [...]
A new video of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination has emerged.
The new video is shot from a different angle. Hot gases exploding outward from the gun barrel lift Benazir’s shawl briefly and she falls down inside the vehicle.
I’m not sure about Muslim prohibitions against disinterring her, but based on this video it would seem to [...]
Pakistan has offered to disinter Benazir Bhutto if her party requests it.
The offer was made to settle doubts about the manner of her death as many dispute the goverment’s findings.
Over 30 people have been killed in violence stemming from the former prime minister’s assassination three days ago.
Read The Full Story At The Telegraph.
A new video at Sky News shows the moment Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. The video clearly shows a gunman opening fire with a handgun, followed by an explosion.
Watch the video at Sky News
Remember Benazir for her courage and commitment to her fellow Pakistanis.
Rest in peace Benazir.
Fora.tv is offering three videos featuring Benazir Bhutto. Let’s all remember Benazir for her courage and commitment to her fellow Pakistanis:
Benazir Bhutto at CFR
Benazir Bhutto at the Oxonian Society
Benazir Bhutto at IISS
The assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto evidences who is really in command in Pakistan: Islamic terrorists and their ideology. Pervez Musharref has done nothing to promote civil liberties, constitutional order or rule of law in Pakistan. He is a despotic ruler who has been playing the Roman god Janus with [...]
