Murdering moderates: Bhutto gunned down

Pakistani Opposition leader killed -AP

[T]he charismatic former prime minister [and] Pakistani opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday, apparently after being shot and then attacked by a suicide bomber as she left a campaign rally, aides said. Twenty others also died.

Bhutto [was] seen as having a wide base of support here [Pakistan].
[Jerusalem Post]

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'Al Qaida behind Bhutto's assassination' -AP

Al Qaida took responsibility for assassinating Pakistani former prime minister Benazir Bhutto...The Foreign Office in Islamabad said in a statement it was not certain as to the report's veracity
[Jerusalem Post]


Al-Qaeda Heads List of Suspects in Bhutto Assassination - Joby Warrick & Thomas E. Ricks

At the top of the list of suspects in the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is the al-Qaeda terrorist network and its legion of allies, including loosely affiliated groups that espouse similar views and, in some cases, share training facilities and other resources.

Retired Marine Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, former chief of Central Command, the U.S. military headquarters for the Middle East, said there is "no doubt in my mind" that the culprits are linked to al-Qaeda. Bruce Reidel, a former CIA official and onetime member of the National Security Council, said of al-Qaeda: "They had means, plenty of martyr wannabes. And they probably had inside information on her route and security."
(Washington Post)