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India-Pakistan
Pak channel airs photos of Bhutto's assassins
2007-12-30
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani TV news channel has aired photographs of two men it said were involved in the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto after an election rally in Rawalpindi on Thursday.

One of the two grainy photos — which Dawn News channel said were clicked by an amateur photographer — showed a youth wearing sunglasses aiming a pistol at Bhutto's back while she waved through the sun-roof of her bulletproof vehicle to her supporters.



The other picture, apparently taken before the shooting, showed the same youth standing next to another man who had a white cloth wrapped around his face. Dawn News described the second man as the "suspected suicide bomber".



The position of the youth with the pistol in the photo coincided with the position of the shooter seen in video footage of the attack on Bhutto released by the interior ministry on Saturday. In that footage, the face of the shooter is obscured but his hand can be seen holding a pistol that is used to fire three to four shots towards Bhutto.
Posted by:john frum

#23  At Zardari's insistence, Bhutto was buried without an autopsy and the debate over her cause of death has undermined confidence in the government and further angered her followers.

Why would he do that? Would not it have been important to establish whether or not she had been shot? Jeesh.

And I have to admit those photos do look doctored. Without an autopsy, now we will never know.

Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611   2007-12-30 22:58  

#22  You may remember the pic of the sunroof handle covered in gore from yesterday. Today NBC news showed a pic of an absolutely pristine sunroof handle offered as evidence that she hadn't impacted on it.
Posted by: KBK   2007-12-30 21:50  

#21  TOPIX > KOREA {Koreas?] CANNOT IGNORE THE BHUTTO ASSASSINATION.

Neither can the Guam Mafias/Underworld but thats another story.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-12-30 21:29  

#20  NEWS FLASH > RANTBURG will disable the >>> SIGN for 2008. Overuse in 2007.


Well, I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but that was disquieting video, to say the least.

I still don't understand what would be gained by lying about her manner of death. She hits her head - she's shot - she's still dead.

The only thing that this does is increase the suspicion of the government.

Gee, I guess I just answered my own question. I guess I could see how there would be members of the ISI that would benefit from that.

They need to exhume the body, stat.
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Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-12-30 21:13  

#18  Doesn't look like she hit anything on the way down...
and the bomber does look like he is wrapped in a sheet...
Posted by: john frum   2007-12-30 20:57  

#17  Well, that last video seems pretty conclusive to me. She is shot up to 3 times, drops like a stone into the car, splodeydope goes off killing over a dozen - but noone in the car died other than her.
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2007-12-30 20:16  

#16  Wow. Um, sorry guys. The submit kept taking me to the stupid "roadside America" link and it never posted it before if it took me there.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-12-30 19:40  

#15  It is a screenshot of the new video of the assassination. Bhutto is very clearly shot, her veil and hair lift up and she drops like a stone back into the vehicle. This blows the "official" government report out of the water and brings serious questions about why they would either lie, or be completely wrong.

10-1 the Pakistani intelligence service is in on it.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-12-30 19:38  

#14  Also wanted for questioning:


Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2007-12-30 18:33  

#13  arm might belong to the guy in the middle of the highlighted area.
Posted by: 3dc   2007-12-30 18:15  

#12  He's got very long arms. Must be a knuckle-dragger.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2007-12-30 17:30  

#11  It's Carlos the Jackal! I thought the French had him banged up.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2007-12-30 13:50  

#10  Something looks odd about that arm (and not just the two tone suit)
Posted by: john frum   2007-12-30 13:46  

#9  That first picture sure looks 'doctored' to me! Unless thats some type of two toned dark formal suit he has on; the right arm sleeve looks totally 'washed' unto the photo. Did HE really do the shooting or does someone need 'the angle' to make it work?
Posted by: smn   2007-12-30 13:10  

#8  In the military town that safehoused Kalid Sheikh Mohammed, it's truly a surprise that so many assassins (including one wrapped up for burial) could get so close to Bhutto.

(close snark)
Posted by: danking70   2007-12-30 12:50  

#7  short, white....it's Tom Cruise in MI4!
Posted by: Frank G   2007-12-30 12:09  

#6  The guy looks lighter skinned than the others in the photo. Shaky and inconclusive, for sure, still, just sayin'...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2007-12-30 09:50  

#5  link

Sources said that the bomber used a 30-bore pistol and his three shots missed the target. They said that the police seized two pistols, one used by the bomber and other of an unidentified person, were in the police custody. Sources said that Rawalpindi Police barred Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials from examining the crime scene.

They should have come with their own damn fire hoses...
Posted by: john frum   2007-12-30 07:49  

#4  why does he have a white cloth wrapped around his face?

Could he have been wrapped in a Muslim burial shroud under his civilian clothes?

Or did the Pak security allow a guy dressed in a burial shroud approach the vehicle?
Posted by: john frum   2007-12-30 06:34  

#3  more here
Posted by: john frum   2007-12-30 06:23  

#2  why does he have a white cloth wrapped around his face?

This lines up with the notion that she was shot rather than that nonsense about hitting the sunroof.

I wonder if the shooter knew the bomber was there to eliminate him.

Those are pretty good photos. Someone should be able to identify them.
Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611   2007-12-30 04:32  

#1  Might be interesting to note that Blackwater Security has never lost a principal (protected person).
Posted by: Besoeker   2007-12-30 01:55  

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