Musharraf: Security not involved in killing

Source: AP

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday denied accusations that the military or intelligence services were involved in the killing of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.

Speaking at a news conference a week after Bhutto was killed in a suicide attack, Musharraf said he was not "fully satisfied" with his government's own investigation, and had invited British investigators to assist the probe to dispel any suspicions about official involvement in her assassination.

"We don't mind going to any extent, as nobody is involved from the government or agency side," he said.

He also denied there had been a security lapse and implied that Bhutto, who was greeting supporters through the sunroof of her armored vehicle at the time of the attack, was partly responsible.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080103/ap_on_re_as/pakistan

Bhutto was assassinated.

No, she hit her head getting out of a car.

Ignore the videos, we are telling the truth!

But we are tracking down the assassin anyway, even though there was no assassin.


:eyes:

Bhutto, Pakistan, Lockheed-Martin and Cheney

Rep. Patrick Kennedy and Rep. Arlen Specter were scheduled to meet with Bhutto on the day she died.
http://www.attytood.com/2008/01/was_bhutto_killed_to_preventa.html

http://winterpatriot.blogspot.com/2008/01/musharraf-postpones-election-calls-in.html
The police handgun found at the crime scene ... has been identified as a 9mm - Steyr M9 ..

Now guess who uses the Steyr M 9X19mm handgun exclusively - the Pakistani army - special forces division.

That may be the reason why Musharraf just wants the whole incident of Bhutto's assassination to just disappear and go away. Because the gun used was issued to a member of the Generalissimo's military.
The Musharraf Commission to announce that a lone nut killed Bhutto

out of his mouth anyway? It would be like believing anything that GW Bush had to say.

His leading opponent is assassinated. Mere hours after she has been murdered, they hose down the crime scene. He needs to resign.

On the other hand, I believe that there are some Pakistanis that see Musharraf as being the only thing between an orderly state and a state of anarchy so, what can I say. What a sad "state" of affairs.

You see, in the garrison city of Rawalpindhi, it was strictly hands off for Pakistani security with respect to Bhutto that morning. They weren't involved at all, wink wink, nudge nudge, know what I mean?

On a side note, people draw parallels between the life and death of Benazir Bhutto and that of Princess Diana. This is yet another, IMO.

they quietly walked away and let it happen.

Sorry Mush, you've got zero credibility. Just like your pal george.

I warned Benazir of terror threat, she ignored it: Mush
-snip-

"Our own intelligence and a foreign Intelligence warned us about a threat to Bhutto. We advised her not to take chances. During my last telecon with Bhutto, I warned her about the security threats," Musharraf insisted.

Speaking about the probable assassins, he said, "Anyone who wants to assassinate must weigh the pros and cons. Who is the maximum gainer from doing this? Would the government be the maximum gainer or somebody else who will gain more?"
-snip-

"No intelligence agency in Pakistan is capable of inducting a man for a suicide attack," he asserted.

"In the last three months, there have been 19 suicide bombings, most of them against the military and the Intelligence. If the same military and Intelligence use the same people, it's a joke!" he snapped.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/i-warned-benazir-of-terror-threat-she-ignored-it-mush/55551-2.html

Doesn't add up.

"Bhutto had been given four mobile police squads comprising 30 personnel led by an officer she had hand-picked, he said."
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080037645&ch=1/3/2008%2010:06:00%20PM

Unfortunately, she was "discouraged ... from hiring American or British private security firms" by "diplomats and security experts at the American Embassy":

"The State Department official said diplomats at the United States Embassy in Islamabad, including Ambassador Anne W. Patterson, were in daily contact with officials from Ms. Bhutto’s party. The Americans passed along information and specific advice on private security contractors to hire, counsel that Ms. Bhutto and her aides apparently spurned, the official said.

Diplomats and security experts at the American Embassy, for example, discouraged Ms. Bhutto from hiring American or British private security firms, fearing that a Western guard detail would draw too much attention to her and become a target.

Security officers at the embassy instead recommended the names of half a dozen Pakistani security companies that the United States and other Western countries had used to protect their personnel, the State Department official said. “The local companies employed guards who spoke the language and knew the landscape,” the official said.

But Ms. Bhutto and her husband rejected that suggestion, the official said, apparently fearing that even the reputable Pakistani firms might be infiltrated by extremists."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/world/asia/02inquiry.html

and hey Musharif what time does the next train leave for Uranus? and thanx for making the trains run on time.

That would make a cat laugh. . .