Benazir Bhutto Murdered by al-Qaeda

On vacation but a huge story like this deserves a pause for comment.

Al-Qaeda took credit for the assassination in Rawalpindi of former PM of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto. The last thing we need is the complete breakdown of an ally in the War on Terror and that is what al-Qaeda has just orchestrated. This is telling:

“We terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to defeat [the] mujahadeen,” Al-Qaeda’s commander and main spokesperson Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid told Adnkronos International (AKI) in a phone call from an unknown location, speaking in faltering English. Al-Yazid is the main al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan.

It is believed that the decision to kill Bhutto, who is the leader of the opposition Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was made by al-Qaeda No. 2, the Egyptian doctor, Ayman al-Zawahiri in October. Death squads were allegedly constituted for the mission and ultimately one cell comprising a defunct Lashkar-i-Jhangvi’s Punjabi volunteer succeeded in killing Bhutto.

And there you have it; Bhutto knew that Jihadist's would be the downfall of her her country and that they had to be stamped out like cockroaches. Unfortunately she was right and they will prevail in bringing down a nuclear-armed nation.

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