At least 58 dead in Benazir Bhutto assassination attempt

nekokate · Post by **nekokate** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:40 pm

[web]https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7051804.stm[/web]

Post by **faceless** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:50 pm

that's terrible news - I was wondering what was going to happen when I saw her on the news earlier arriving back in Karachi.

11antoniacourt · Post by **11antoniacourt** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:52 pm

The article goes on to say 100 are dead. Horrific indicent(s) and a tragic loss of life. so senseless.

nekokate · Post by **nekokate** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:06 pm

The BBC website keeps updating to keep track of the official death toll. When I posted, it was reporting "at least 58". Sadly now it's more

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:09 pm

as tragic as this is, it would be a quiet day in iraq

Post by **Skylace** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:09 pm

I was wondering the same thing as Face. This is just horrible.

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:16 pm

nekokate wrote:The BBC website keeps updating to keep track of the official death toll. When I posted, it was reporting "at least 58". Sadly now it's more

Yep. One update on this BBC page was "At least 125 people have been killed including police and 100 wounded"

Now the number has been reduced. Shows the level of confusion.

She is getting into bed with a dictator who has WMDs and is v. unpopular domestically.

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:04 am

I don't know if she is getting in bed with him. Or at least if she is, she is doing so very gingerly. Didn't the General advise her not to return until the supreme court had ruled on the constitutionality of his run for President? That suggests to me that she is trying to apply pressure on him by returning so publicly now.

It's sad that so many have been killed while welcoming her home. I wouldn't be very surprised if the culprits weren't "pro-Taliban militants." The article mentions the culprits may have been suicide bombers -- it's just too early to tell.

Post by **faceless** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:16 am

I'd guess it was more than likely a military attack. It just seems too quickly planned,.

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:04 am

faceless wrote:I'd guess it was more than likely a military attack. It just seems too quickly planned,.

Latest report from BBC says
"Her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, said members of the government and intelligence agencies who were going to lose power were behind the attack.

Ms Bhutto earlier warned that if targeted she would hold what she described as hidden authorities within the government as partly responsible. "

Which supports face's / major.tom's feelings.

luke · Post by **luke** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:24 pm

well, according the front page of todays sun it was al qaeda. obviously theres no evidence, and if the sun has any they are more informed than the security services, but the sun saying it is enough for me ...