Report: Bhutto killed in attack

[almaty 19]

good information..thanks brother sriniv

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Pakistani democracy died the day the Urdu-speaking elite decided to not honor Mujibur's election. The ghost of Banglabandhu.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Pakistani democracy died the day the Urdu-speaking elite decided to not honor Mujibur's election. The ghost of Banglabandhu.

Some may disagree with that, claiming its death to be much earlier--specifically 1951/10/16, when Liaqat Ali Khan was bumped-off in Rawalpindi.

I will however, give "doubt-benefit" and say that Pakistani democracy was moribund from the murder of Liaqat to the election of Mujib--and absolutely, irrefutably doornail-dead after Yahya refused to recognise Mujib's election as valid.

[Charuhans 0]

Any country which is formed on the basis of religion and hate is doomed to fail, especially if that religion is held hostage by blood thristy perverts and the sensible close their doors and hide under the bed.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Any country which is formed on the basis of religion and hate is doomed to fail, especially if that religion is held hostage by blood thristy perverts and the sensible close their doors and hide under the bed.

Seems to be a death cult.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Any country which is formed on the basis of religion and hate is doomed to fail, especially if that religion is held hostage by blood thristy perverts and the sensible close their doors and hide under the bed.

Seems to be a death cult.

What? No compassion for the dead woman? How sad.

[almaty 19]

Any country which is formed on the basis of religion and hate is doomed to fail, especially if that religion is held hostage by blood thristy perverts and the sensible close their doors and hide under the bed.

whoa..say what you think...also, generalizations are so yesterday

[almaty 19]

see there are some violence..looting etc..heard the gov't gave an order to shoot to kill if they preceive a threat...

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

see there are some violence..looting etc..heard the gov't gave an order to shoot to kill if they preceive a threat...

Par for the course in the region. "Danga" (rioting) is an ongoing occurrence across most of the region.

[almaty 19]

I hear, maybe western media bias...that the blame is falling on President Musharraf...

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I hear, maybe western media bias...that the blame is falling on President Musharraf...

*shrug* it's all much ado over nothing. Assassinations happen, the people will riot for a while, they will pose for cameras while CNN films them torching a bus (oh the horror), and then life will go on. The nukes will be fine.

[almaty 19]

well, for the rest of the world..the nukes are what matters in the end...

[almaty 19]

A shocked Pakistan absorbed the news of Bhutto's death, authorities called for calm and asked residents to stay inside.

Many obliged, shuttering shops or rushing home from work and surrendering the streets to protesters who set fire to banks, shops and gas stations, blocked roads and pelted police with rocks, Pakistani media reported.

At least five people were killed in Karachi in the violence, GEO-TV reported, and dozens more were wounded. Police in Khairpur fired on an angry mob, killing two people, the station reported, and two more people were killed in Larkana.

"It's all mayhem everywhere," Shehryar Ahmad, an investment banker in Karachi, told CNN by telephone. "There's absolutely no order of any kind. No army on the streets. No curfew."

In Sindh province, where Karachi is located, police said demonstrators had burned a dozen banks, set two train stations on fire, along with three trains. Since Thursday, 240 vehicles have been burned.

Because of the violence, paramilitary forces in Sindh were told to "shoot on sight" anyone causing civil disturbances, a spokesman for the Pakistan Rangers said.

Local media reported that in some areas, police were on the streets but were avoiding direct confrontation with the mobs, not wanting to inflame an already tense situation

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Any country which is formed on the basis of religion and hate is doomed to fail, especially if that religion is held hostage by blood thristy perverts and the sensible close their doors and hide under the bed.

Seems to be a death cult.

What? No compassion for the dead woman? How sad.

Charuhans actually hit it on the nail:

• Jinnah wanted power, but wasn't comfortable with the idea that in a democracy he could get defeated; so he seeded hate to demand a separate Muslim nation where he would win by default
• after Partition, there were two roughly-defined political factions in Pakistan: the "love Pakistan" which was predominantly Bengali (East Pakistani) and the "hate India"; unfortunately, the latter prevailed after 1951 and has never been out of power since
• Pakistan has actually gotten the consequences of this more than once (most obvious example being 1971's "Operation Searchlight" which resulted in 2.3 million Bengali Muslims being murdered by Punjabi Muslims and mohajirs), but has never learned from it

[chri'stina 190]

I know what happened is "important" because of our situation with Pak, but I couldn't believe how on all the news channels all day yesterday it was only about the assasination.

Did most Americans even know who Bhutto was a few months ago? Doubt it. I didn't. How many people really did? My husband did but because he is from India.

I know because Bhutto brought a voice that sounded much more democratic is why it's in the news constantly. Why she decided to stand up out of the sunroof so unsafely, I have no idea. And sad to say, assasinations and attempts are normal in the region. How many attempts have already been made on Musharraf? Lots. I am not trying to sound unsympathetic but the media loves hyping things so much...is it necessary to ignore all the rest of the news of the world when something like this happens?