Bhutto flying back to Pakistan from Dubai - husband

tekisui

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Sat Nov-03-07 10:15 AM
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Bhutto flying back to Pakistan from Dubai - husband

Source: Reuters

Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto boarded a flight back to Pakistan from Dubai on Saturday, her husband said, after President Pervez Musharraf invoked emergency powers and suspended the country's constitution.

"(She's flying back) tonight, yes of course," Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zardari told Reuters by telephone from Dubai, saying she was already on the plane.

"It's definitely not pleasant news, it's not welcome news," he added. "We're hoping to build institutions, not destroy them."

Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-30313020071103

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tom_paine

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Sat Nov-03-07 10:32 AM
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1. Mussharraf will have her killed, like Wellstone or Benino Aquino or anyone

who dares oppose the Bushies and their pals.

I hope she takes good care of herself, because Bushies like Mussharraf do not hesitate to murdertheir opponents, and they have an easier time of it when not in the BushPutinist Homeland of Amerika, where the whole think has to look like a "tragic accident".

Bhutto, if she isn't careful is going to find out that the Pakistani Bushies don't have to do all that pussyfooting around.

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maddezmom

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Sat Nov-03-07 10:36 AM
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2. brave but probably a dangerous choice

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ohio2007

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Sat Nov-03-07 11:20 AM
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3. she is sitting at the aiport in Pakistan waiting to hear Musharrafs national radio address

should be in the next hour or so when he explains why he has put the unruly country in lockdown

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mallard

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Sat Nov-03-07 11:26 AM
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4. She can stay at the airport ...

... until tomorrow morning, to decide whether or not to fly back out. Nothing more's going to happen tonight, IMO.

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cal04

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Sat Nov-03-07 11:48 AM
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5. Troops surround Bhutto’s home; U.S. calls developments ‘regrettable’

Musharraf declares state of emergency, jams TV
Troops surround Bhutto’s home; U.S. calls developments ‘regrettable’
Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto flew from Dubai on Saturday and was sitting on a plane at Karachi airport, waiting to see if she would be arrested or deported, her spokesman Wajid Hasan said after speaking to the former prime minister by telephone from London.

Witnesses said 100 police and paramilitary troops were deployed at her home in Karachi, though it was not immediately clear if they were there as a protective cordon or to apprehend the opposition leader. A bomb disposal squad was also at the scene.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21609019/

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janx

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Sat Nov-03-07 11:50 AM
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6. Insane!

Edited on Sat Nov-03-07 11:51 AM by janx

She's sitting at the airport waiting to see what Musharraf will do? She shouldn't have to be in such a crazy situation.

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tekisui

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Sat Nov-03-07 01:15 PM
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7. cali had a post earlier saying Bhutto was in on this.

She and Pervez have a power sharing deal worked out.

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aquart

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Sat Nov-03-07 01:44 PM
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8. Link? Basis in fact?

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ohio2007

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Sat Nov-03-07 02:36 PM
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9. Maybe it was from the CBS news writers that are on strike

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tekisui

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Sat Nov-03-07 06:55 PM
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10. Sorry, here is the link to the DU thread.

I didn't have time earlier to find it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=2197396

When I followed the link in the OP, it required a login to access the full article.

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