This STINKS to HIGH HEAVEN of a GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED INSIDE JOB!!!!
"Three are detained in bombing of Bhutto convoy; Police say men are being held for questioning" by Laura King/Los Angeles Times October 21, 2007
KARACHI, Pakistan - Authorities sifting through clues in last week's deadly bombing of Benazir Bhutto's homecoming parade detained three men for questioning yesterday.
The police and Bhutto's associates acknowledged, however, that the list of groups and individuals that might have an interest in harming the pro-Western former prime minister was a long one.
Police circulated a sketch of a man they believed blew himself up only a few feet from the former leader's armored vehicle Thursday, killing at least 136 people and injuring hundreds of others, as she returned from eight years of self-imposed exile.
Some Pakistani newspapers took it a step further, printing photographs of the man's decapitated head showing his facial features.
The three men in custody were picked up in Punjab province, which serves as a base for several major Pakistani militant groups.
A senior investigator, speaking on condition of anonymity, said police believe they may have traced a vehicle the bomber used to join in the massive convoy.
The investigator said the detained men, who have not been charged, may hold crucial clues on the attack.
A second detective, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said investigators are scanning government databases in search of suspects. They are focusing on requests for duplicate identity cards, indicating that some attackers may have been posing as Bhutto supporters.
Bhutto and authorities have blamed Islamic militants for the attack, but she also has suggested possible complicity on the part of some political allies of Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf.
The 54-year-old former prime minister also has asserted that measures by local authorities to guard her convoy were inadequate.
[Classic indication of an inside job!
Removal of security!
Like a STAND DOWN ORDER!]
Musharraf's government responded angrily yesterday, saying that everything possible had been done to ensure Bhutto's safety but that she had courted danger by insisting on an hours-long procession into the heart of Karachi.
[Yeah, it is ALL HER FAULT says the Musharaff government!
Helloooooo?!?
Inside-job STINK!!!!]
"The government provided the best possible security to her," said Tariq Azim, the minister of state for information.
[That was the best you guys could do?
Then RESIGN RIGHT NOW!!!]
In Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and its commercial center, tensions boiled over yesterday as angry Bhutto supporters sought to enforce a closing of shops and businesses in observance of the mourning period. The protesters burned tires and threw stones at shopkeepers who failed to observe the closure.
Police said 14 people suffered gunshot wounds in daylong clashes in several neighborhoods.
Bhutto's camp said the government might use the attack as a pretext for limiting campaign activity in advance of parliamentary elections due by early January.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said the attack was unlikely to delay elections but that the government would be alert for future attacks.
[Like they were alert to this one?]
Commentators, however, said the attack was having a chilling effect on political activity.
[And CUI BONO, readers?
Doesn't it stink that it is the government?]
The bombing "made it starkly clear that unless the streets are made safe, no free and fair elections can be held in January 2008," the Daily Times newspaper said in an editorial.
Both Bhutto and Musharraf have vowed to fight extremism and terrorism, and reiterated their pledges after the bombing.
Despite Bhutto's suggestion that some of Musharraf's political allies have militant links, the attack could push the two closer into an alliance against extremism, some analysts said.
[Did I ask CUI BONO, readers?
Yes, I did!!
And is it not DISTURBING and SICKENING that the CORRUPT "LADY" of Pakistan would sacrifice so many of her followers for political power?
This WHOLE THING STINKS!!!!!!!]
Adding to the volatile atmosphere, five people were killed yesterday in a car bombing in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, the scene of a long-running insurgency. A previously unknown rebel group claimed responsibility.
Baluch rebels have waged a low-key insurgency for years for autonomy and a larger share of the profits from resources in the province.
[In other words: NOT TERRORISTS!!
Just people getting RIPPED OFF and NOT LIKING IT!!!!]
Also yesterday, suspected pro-Taliban Islamic militants shot and killed two pro-government elders as they traveled through the northwestern tribal region of Bajur, officials said.
The men were part of a council of tribal elders that met last week with aides of militant leader Baitullah Mahsud, trying to forge a cease-fire between government forces and militants, said Fazal Rabi, a local government official."
[Gee, what's with the blurbs and drips on the war front.
Here is the West and their lackeys like Mushy, slaughtering these innocent folk up in the mountains, and we rarely hear about it in the shit MSM.
Just "suiciders" and "hostage-takers" and "terrorists" and "Al-CIA-Duhs."
I am SO SICK of being PROPAGANDIZED!!!!!]
