Saturday, 29 December 2007
Condolences To Benazir Bhutto
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto plunged Pakistan into violent turmoil last night and the western world into a state of trepidation.
The immediate fear was of civil war in the volatile, nuclear-armed nation where Islamic extremism flourishes.
The country's charismatic and controversial former prime minister died after an assassin blew himself up by her car in the midst of thousands of her followers in the garrison town of Rawalpindi.
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto plunged Pakistan into violent turmoil last night and the western world into a state of trepidation.
The immediate fear was of civil war in the volatile, nuclear-armed nation where Islamic extremism flourishes.
The country's charismatic and controversial former prime minister died after an assassin blew himself up by her car in the midst of thousands of her followers in the garrison town of Rawalpindi.
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto plunged Pakistan into violent turmoil last night and the western world into a state of trepidation.
The immediate fear was of civil war in the volatile, nuclear-armed nation where Islamic extremism flourishes.
The country's charismatic and controversial former prime minister died after an assassin blew himself up by her car in the midst of thousands of her followers in the garrison town of Rawalpindi.
According to News today, Al Qaeda had claimed responsibility for the assassination.
The opposition leader of the Pakistan People's Party was pulled from the wreckage of her vehicle and rushed to hospital where she underwent emergency surgery but could not be saved.
Body parts were scattered across the entrance to the park. Police caps and shoes littered the asphalt and the clothing of victims was shredded.
The scene is just a few miles from where her father, another former prime minister, was executed 28 years ago and adds a further bloody chapter to the history of a political dynasty.
Both of Bhutto's brothers died in mysterious circumstances and she claimed Al Qaeda hitmen tried to kill her several times in the 1990s.
The most recent attempt on her life was in October, when she survived a suicide bombing which killed 140 at her homecoming parade.
These are some pictures to the rally of death:

Written down by Matt at 10:20:00 am