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India-Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto survives bomb attack
2007-10-18
FORMER Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto has survived an apparent assassination attempt which has left at least 78 people dead after two bombs detonated near the motorcade carrying her through the crowded streets of Karachi today.

The bombs exploded as a modified truck carrying Bhutto inched along Airport Rd in Karachi where hundreds of thousands of supporters had turned out to welcome her back to Pakistan after eight years of self-imposed exile. At least 78 people were killed, including 20 policemen, and more than 151 injured.

Police and officials said Bhutto is safe. "There was a huge car bomb very close to Benazir Bhutto's truck," a senior police official said.

Interior ministry spokesman Javed Cheema said: "There was a massive explosion in the procession and there are many casualties including policemen and PPP workers", a referrence to the Pakistan People's Party. "Benazir Bhutto is safe."

Dozens of bodies lay on the ground and body parts were scattered around the scene close to a burning car, a Reuters correspondent said.
Posted by:Oztralian

#24  The ISI and their taliban hard boyz waste no time in giving the message: we are the power here. The old days are gone Benny, they aren't going to let you do squat.
Those of you worrying about the nukes are right, but Pakistan doesn't have to break-up for there to be loose nukes. All that's needed is for the jihadi elements (ISI, taliban, ets.) to take over the government. If they do so, securing the nukes will be a lot harder.
Posted by: Spot   2007-10-18 21:17  

#23  how about: "If we continue on the Jihadi path, we'll all be dead carbonized plasma"?
Posted by: Frank G   2007-10-18 20:48  

#22  Alaska,
What does Pakistan have going for it?
Pakistan is real good at breaking up old, worn-out ships. That makes them at least one step up from the Paleos.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-10-18 20:43  

#21  What does Pakistan have going for it?

It's close to India.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2007-10-18 20:41  

#20  Need some way to scan a neutron flux across areas, spot increased muon or neutrinos generation and then flood the spots with neutrons to eliminate the A-Bombs.
(the sci-fi method)
or just bomb the hell out of the storage areas followed by some way of retrieving or detonating them.

Posted by: 3dc   2007-10-18 20:40  

#19  My question is what does Benazir Bhutto have in mind to make a turnaround in Pakistan. From its very inception the country has been a mental, cultural, social, and economic backwater sh*thole.

What does Pakistan have going for it? Something fundamental to build upon is what is missing. If you were to start turning around Pakistan, you would have to jail or take out the so-called religious leaders to put a stop to their hate-filled, self-destructive rhetoric that gets the Just Plain Joes on a rampage, destroying everything positive.

What does Pakistan have to sustain itself economically besides massive aid from Saudi Arabia (think Madarasas producing Jihadi-Bots) or US military and economic aid, and maybe some Chicom aid?

The literacy rate is 50% overall with 63% for males and 36% for females.

Anyone wanting to make something happen in Pakistan would have to be a dictator, and that is still an uphill battle. I hate to be so pessismistic, but Benazir is wasting her time and her life on this place. Pakistan needs to have the subsidies taken away and allow to progress or fail. My guess that it would become a dope growing and processing region and that would be it.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2007-10-18 20:36  

#18  My hope is that the we (and the Indians) have a team whose sole purpose is securing nukes in unstable regions. Should have set one up during the breakup of the Soviet Union anyway.
Posted by: Jonathan   2007-10-18 19:58  

#17  I didn't think Perv had the Nerve.

Pakistan will disintigrate soon. We need to know where each and every one of the Paki nukes is, and have plans with multiple redundancies to "secure" them (i.e. seize or destroy - by unconventional means if neccesary). If we do not, then one of them could be detonating in Detroit, soon after.
Posted by: OldSpook   2007-10-18 19:45  

#16  Welcome home, Benny. At least the ground rules have been established right up front...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-10-18 19:41  

#15  Damn, the MSM is slowing down. They haven't blamed Bush or Haliburton yet.

"If Bush hadn't invaded Afghanistan........"

The reactions should be interesting.
Posted by: AlanC   2007-10-18 19:40  

#14  I never realized my surprise meter could read so far into the negative range.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-10-18 19:24  

#13  Maybe should look into buying some of those 'modified trucks' for our guys in Iraq.

From another posting today:

A shipping container strengthened with bulletproof glass took her through Karachi
Posted by: tipper   2007-10-18 19:11  

#12  The bombs exploded as a modified truck carrying Bhutto inched along Airport Rd in Karachi

How do you kill 100+ people and not get the one you were aiming at? Maybe should look into buying some of those 'modified trucks' for our guys in Iraq.
Posted by: jpal   2007-10-18 18:55  

#11   Does this woman have a military/intelligence service she can rely upon for her personal safety?

In two words: Hell No!

Don't forget her father was hung by the very same officers who are supposed to be her GHQ.

P.S. The death toll is now up to 108.

Al
Posted by: Frozen Al   2007-10-18 18:36  

#10  Adendum, BBC is likely do it today, without delay.
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-10-18 17:46  

#9  Excal, CNN would probably spin it in some fashion that Butto is racist/nazi because she is against Islam's cultural norms and how dare she not to wear a burka and therefore she is actually responsible for the bombing. If CNN does not spin it that way today, then they'll at some point tomorrow. N.M.E. they are.

Sounds like a libberish? Yea, sadly, that's what I expect from these dhimmified idiots.
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-10-18 17:43  

#8  BBC Newsnight explain it clearly as ex-ISI, with a whole lot of taquiya.

Would post link to interview from tonight, but BBC cut-backs have kicked in.
Posted by: rhodesiafever   2007-10-18 17:42  

#7  Time will tell Mark.
Posted by: Icerigger   2007-10-18 17:41  

#6  As of 5:32 EST the number of persons killed (not wounded or killed...killed) is put at "almost" 100. This is a report off of the radio (Fox).

Does this poor woman (B. Bhutto)have any allies in Pak? Does this woman have a military/intelligence service she can rely upon for her personal safety as well as those in Pak who don't subscribe to the AQ/ Taliban mentality?

Given that I've been coming to and reading RB for every bit of four years, are these stupid questions?
Posted by: Mark Z   2007-10-18 17:27  

#5  
Posted by: Tarzan Uleamble6134   2007-10-18 17:24  

#4  Countdown to CNN explaining how she should have expected it.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-10-18 16:34  

#3  Religion of peacepieces.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-10-18 16:32  

#2  As of 4:40 EST, 30 dead, probably a lot more to come. What a homecoming. (ISI, anyone?)
Posted by: Jonathan   2007-10-18 16:30  

#1  Wow! Didn't take the bad guys long to go after her.
Posted by: Mike   2007-10-18 16:30  

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