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| 'Zardari cooperated with UN in BB murder probe' |
| 2013-12-11 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Heraldo Munoz, writer of the book "Getting Away With Murder -- Benazir Bhutto ... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in... 's Assassination and the Politics of Pakistain" said that former president Asif Ali Zardari cooperated every time the UN commission approached him for investigation. Talking to Daily Times at the Media Department of George Washington University, Munoz -- chief investigator of UN commission which was established to probe Benazir Bhutto's liquidation -- said, "President Zardari and PPP government did facilitate us though initially we have faced few difficulties." Along with students and US State Department officials, Mark Siegel -- close aide and friend of Bhutto family who had also testified in Benazir's murder trail -- attended the second inauguration event of the book at the university. In his book, Munoz, also a former UN assistant secretary noted, "We requested a private conversation with president Zardari to inquire about key facts relevant to our work. He accommodated us on at least two further occasions; our interviews included a lengthy and emotionally charged question-and-answer session at his suite at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Manhattan during his attendance at September 2009 General Debate of UN General Assembly in New York." In one of his chapter of the book "The Assassination", he highlighted that former Inter-Services Intelligence director general Major General Nadeem Taj in a meeting with Benazir Bhutto in early hours of December 27 did convey about a possible terrorist attack against her and urged Ms Bhutto to limit her public exposure and keep a low profile at the campaign rally at Liauqat Bagh later the day. "Intelligence officers from Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and United Arab Emirates had arrived by private plane in Pakistain the day before, General Taj said, to convey credible information about possible attack, which coincided with the revelation of ISI intelligence regarding terrorist cell in Mardan that might attack her in Rawalpindi," said Munoz in his 268-page book also carrying Benazir's picture on the cover. He further mentioned, "Using communication-interception technology, the ISI had been tracking three separate Pak Taliban cells that were supposedly planning to attack Benazir, and the agency already knew about the information coming from foreign intelligence counterparts." It is worth noting that Gen Taj responded to a query of Benazir during conversation at her residence in Islamabad on December 27 that: "General Kayani ... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI... 's policy was that the ISI, from now on, was going to stay out of politics." |
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