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Bhutto's long and tangled list of enemies
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Dec 28, 2007 08:34am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Friday, December 28, 2007 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Analysts suspect that Al Qaeda had a hand in the assassination, possibly along with other extremist groups.
By Josh Meyer, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 28, 2007
WASHINGTON -- It may have been a single assassin who killed former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, but if so, he could have been working with any number of Islamic extremist groups, U.S. intelligence officials and South Asia analysts said Thursday.
Bhutto had returned from eight years of self-imposed exile with a pledge to reform Pakistan in ways that would upset entrenched political interests, powerful fundamentalist religious organizations, and Al Qaeda and the Taliban. She was aligned with the U.S., and vowed to crack down on the increasingly popular radicalism spreading through the country. And she had publicly accused the government's military and intelligence establishments of coddling terrorists.
As a result, the list of people and groups considered Bhutto's archenemies was a long one. But determining who killed her, and why, could be a complicated and confounding investigation, say current and former U.S. officials and analysts. They say it is not likely that someone working alone killed the daughter of a Pakistani political dynasty. |
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