# Benazir Bhutto is killed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371 "2007-12-27T13:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/1 "2007-12-27T13:40:25Z")
[Breaking News](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article624126.ece) Some reports say killed by shrapnel, some say she was shot in the neck. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/2 "2007-12-27T13:49:34Z")
I knew they were going to get her, whomever “they” are. I can’t help but think she knew this, too. The thing is, I have a hard time believing she came back for any other reason than a power grab, which will definitely get you killed in a military dictatorship (which I believe Pakistan is in everything but name perhaps). Pakistan is a truly effed up bunghole of a country, and they have nukes. Og help us all. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/3 "2007-12-27T13:50:53Z")
NPR has no official confirmation on her death, so perhaps there’s a lot of chaos and the report’s are in error, but I’m not betting on it. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/4 "2007-12-27T13:51:31Z")
I am not familiar with her political history…do you think she would have made a better prime minister than Musharraf? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/5 "2007-12-27T13:52:25Z")
Latest per CNN: Shot. By suicide bomber who then suicided by bomb. Apparently wanted to take out BB _and_ as many random bystanders as possible. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/6 "2007-12-27T13:52:39Z")
[I think NPR may be a bit slow.](http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/pakistan.sharif/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/7 "2007-12-27T13:52:42Z")
BBC saying she’s gone as well. > **[BBC NEWS | South Asia | Benazir Bhutto killed in attack](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7161590.stm)** > > Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is killed in a suicide attack at an election rally. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/8 "2007-12-27T13:57:45Z")
Yep, BBC says she was killed. I can’t wait to hear what that weasel Musharraf says about it. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/9 "2007-12-27T13:58:22Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] [I think NPR may be a bit slow.](http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/pakistan.sharif/index.html) [/QUOTE] Or maybe they’re just being careful. They’ve reported that news accounts in Pakistan and that her party leader is saying she’s dead, but apparently, they’ve _not_ heard from hospital spokespeople or government officials. Ah, they’ve just broke in and stated that they’ve confirmed the death. They did have a reporter on the ground in the area, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/10 "2007-12-27T14:03:03Z")
Time for another Sate of Emergency, I guess ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/11 "2007-12-27T14:03:12Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I am not familiar with her political history…do you think she would have made a better prime minister than Musharraf? [/QUOTE] She was prime minister twice prior to Musharraf. In my opinion she was better, but ymmv. Her party was pro-democracy but she left the both times under charges of corruption. Always hard to tell how real those are or trumped up by opponents and how closely related to her. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/12 "2007-12-27T14:07:41Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] Time for another Sate of Emergency, I guess [/QUOTE] Yeah, the NPR reporter pointed out that no one in Pakistan could escape remembering that this was the same city where her father was hanged by the army, and that it’s considered the “home town” of the army. If they’re running amok there, then you _need_ a state of emergency, unless, of course, you had something to do with it, but I’m sure that Musharraf had _nothing_ to do with this. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/13 "2007-12-27T14:16:31Z")
Say what you will about the allegations of corruption. Has there ever been a political leader/politician that wasn’t? I doubt it. She was pro-democracy and an advocate for women’s rights. This is a sad day. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/14 "2007-12-27T14:18:01Z")
Is Al Qaeda claiming responsibility? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/15 "2007-12-27T14:22:22Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Is Al Qaeda claiming responsibility? [/QUOTE] They have their own problems. There are plenty of idiots on all sides of the political compass in that country to go on happily slaughtering each other for decades without the need for Al Qaeda to be involved. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/16 "2007-12-27T14:23:21Z")
Sad indeed. CNN’s talking heads are saying the U.S. was pushing for her return. Why? Were we trying to incite instability, or did we really think that NOW is the best time for change? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/17 "2007-12-27T14:25:23Z")
NPR’s interviewing a former collegue of hers, and he puts the blame solely on Musharraf’s shoulders. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/18 "2007-12-27T14:34:53Z")
Depressingly predictable. Of course some terrorist group will claim responsibility, and Musharraf (HE was the one in my death pool, Light burn him) will vow to catch the vile perpetrator, and nothing will be done. Meanwhile money has changed hands, and Bob’s your uncle. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/19 "2007-12-27T14:40:31Z")
[QUOTE=fessie] Sad indeed. CNN’s talking heads are saying the U.S. was pushing for her return. Why? Were we trying to incite instability, or did we really think that NOW is the best time for change? [/QUOTE] Oh please. I don’t believe for one second that the US would take a public position in support of Bhutto that Musharraf would consider antagonistic toward him. Bush still bleats like a freaking sheep in support of Musharraf. I do agree with you that this is a sad day, sad, sickening and disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371/20 "2007-12-27T14:41:43Z")
[QUOTE=Enfant Terrible] Depressingly predictable. Of course some terrorist group will claim responsibility, and Musharraf (HE was the one in my death pool, Light burn him) will vow to catch the vile perpetrator, and nothing will be done. [/QUOTE] Yeah, okay. OJ Musharraf will find the real killer. Look in the mirror, you animal. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benazir-bhutto-is-killed/431371.md?page=2)