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Benazir Bhutto Critically Injured At Rally [Update: Bhutto has died]
Sky News ^ | Dec.27,2007

Posted on 12/27/2007 5:12:06 AM PST by COUNTrecount

Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been critically injured after a suspected suicide attack at a political rally in Pakistan.

It was believed to be a suicide attackShe is undergoing emergency surgery at a nearby hospital, Sky News sources say.

The explosion went off just after Ms Bhutto left the rally in Rawalpindi, minutes after her speech to thousands of people.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqueda; asassination; assassinationplot; bhutto; dajjal; dhimocracy; gwot; islam; islamicjihad; jihad; martyrdom; pakistan; powerhungry; reckless; rop; taliban; trop; wot
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To: COUNTrecount

Critically injured, unconscious and undergoing surgery. Prayers up for that country.


21 posted on 12/27/2007 5:24:17 AM PST by timsbella (Mark Steyn for Prime Minister of Canada! (Steve's won my vote in the meantime))
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To: COUNTrecount

AP says she’s dead. (CNBC)


22 posted on 12/27/2007 5:24:59 AM PST by SShultz460 (If peace is the answer; it must be a stupid question.)
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To: gridlock

And possibly even bigger news as it develops. I’d bet state of emergency will be declared again. Mussharaf was...where?


23 posted on 12/27/2007 5:25:01 AM PST by tongue-tied
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To: COUNTrecount

Just saw it being discussed on F&Fs.


24 posted on 12/27/2007 5:25:18 AM PST by mathluv
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To: Past Your Eyes

What the hell is an unarmed (presumably) American doing over in that godforsaken hellhole, anyway?


25 posted on 12/27/2007 5:25:39 AM PST by hunter112 (Hillary Clinton - America’s Ex-Wife®)
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To: COUNTrecount

CNN reporting she has died! Yikes.


26 posted on 12/27/2007 5:25:50 AM PST by Normal4me
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To: COUNTrecount

Live streaming on FOX is saying she died


27 posted on 12/27/2007 5:26:05 AM PST by nuconvert ("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
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To: rhombus
Bhutto Killed in suicide attack headline on bloomberg
28 posted on 12/27/2007 5:26:39 AM PST by wiggen
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To: COUNTrecount

They’re reporting she was shot in the neck


29 posted on 12/27/2007 5:27:24 AM PST by nuconvert ("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
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To: COUNTrecount

Just reported she is dead.


30 posted on 12/27/2007 5:27:32 AM PST by mware (Americans in arm chairs doing the work of the media.)
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To: COUNTrecount

FNC reporting Bhutto has died....


31 posted on 12/27/2007 5:27:49 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: mathluv

They just said she was dead ?


32 posted on 12/27/2007 5:27:55 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: COUNTrecount

FoxNews reporting Butto has died.

Skynews MS Player link to continuing coverage:

http://live1.wm.skynews.servecast.net/skynews_wmlz_live300k?MSWMExt=.asf


33 posted on 12/27/2007 5:28:02 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: mware

Oh my.......... this is not good.


34 posted on 12/27/2007 5:28:09 AM PST by tiredoflaundry (Blessed Christmas to everyone!)
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To: TomGuy

Religion of Peace strikes again


35 posted on 12/27/2007 5:28:37 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: UKrepublican

oh no


36 posted on 12/27/2007 5:28:39 AM PST by RDTF
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To: theDentist

Wonder if Ann Curry feels like an idiot now. Probably not.


37 posted on 12/27/2007 5:28:55 AM PST by Sam's Army (If Gruden drops the next 2 at home, all hell is gonna break loose)
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To: traderrob6
Pakistan, ground zero for World War III.

It could be the "shot heard round the world." I hope it's not, but if it is, it is.

38 posted on 12/27/2007 5:28:55 AM PST by Rider on the Rain
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To: nuconvert
They’re reporting she was shot in the neck

Might explain why they went missing for 30 minutes.

39 posted on 12/27/2007 5:28:59 AM PST by mware (Americans in arm chairs doing the work of the media.)
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To: COUNTrecount

How big a following did she have? This will dictate repercusions.


40 posted on 12/27/2007 5:29:16 AM PST by umgud (no more subprime politicians)
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