Comments on: Stop Press: Benazir Bhutto Killed

By: old knudsen

old knudsen — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:09:20 +0000

Musharraf is a much to blame as his Al Qaeda chums, bastards the lot of them and funded by the west, great huh?

By: Jasjeet Singh

Jasjeet Singh — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:17:31 +0000

Just one thing - many other “common” people also died on the scene and later in the riots. But all the media attention is obviously for Mrs. Bhutto. Being common sucks! No body seems to care, I know its natural but very disturbing anyway. Celebrity culture has extended beyond imagination!

By: problemchildbride

problemchildbride — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:15:53 +0000

She was the strongest moderate secular voice in that part of the world and, although I wasn’t surprised when I woke up this morning to the news of her assassination, I am very, very sorry to see her cut down like this. I thought she was a great hope for Pakistan because she really got democracy in a way that Musharraf - with his martial law, mass arrests and dubious strong-arm tactics just didn’t. He talks pretty for the US but what he really presides over is a military junta which cows dissent - he is a de facto dicatator. The only reason we have any truck with him or give him any credence whatsoever is in the hopes that he can assuage some of the Islamic extremism bubbling away in his country.

Bhutto might have had her flaws but she galvanised the democratic movement in Pakistan at enormous personal risk to herself; she was eloquent and impassioned in her love for her country and her alarm at the road it’s going down; she was open-eyed about democracy and its limitations but fervent in her belief that this is the only system with which to rationally and moderately govern a country churned up in nutters, religion and would-be dictators; she had regional and international credibility and respect as a leader; and she had the charisma, in my opinion, to move Pakistan towards stability. I really think this is a disastrous day for anyone who favours a strong but moderate leader in the Islamic world. It will be difficult to replace her level of commitment to and experience in Pakistan.

I know little about her conviction for corruption, only that it was overturned. I can’t say I thought she was immune to political skullduggery - but nor do I know she had any tendencies that way. All I know is that I think her death is a real disaster and a huge loss.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:23:16 +0000

I quite concur. I awoke to this disturbing news this morning - Musharraf is a dangerous man, and steps should be taken by the international community to rein him in.

Ms. Bhutto was a wonderful person - a woman in what is really and truly a man’s world, and a voice for calm and reason.

By: Syyed Mansoor Agha

Syyed Mansoor Agha — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:11:04 +0000

Ms Bhutto has accused some former military officers for the attack on her rally on 18th October, in which some 140 people were killed and other 500 injured. She has made many enemys for herself. Hand of some former officers or elements in Pakistani Security forces cannot be ruled out in her assasination.