Photo of Benazir Bhutto standing through sunroof moments before being shot

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[Wolfstar]

Here is a link to a photo showing Benazir Bhutto moments before she was shot. (Videos on CNN show that her Toyota Land Cruiser had an armored interior. Had she remained fully within that armored protection, she likely would still be alive.) Here's what actually happened:

After the large political rally, she is shown getting into the SUV with several other people. The SUV and a black vehicle its left then drive about 50 yards, where a crowd surrounded her vehicle. She decided to stand up through the sunroof to greet the crowd. However, one or more assassins were in that crowd that stopped her vehicle as it was driving away from the rally. That's when she was shot.

This is a Getty Images photo, so I can only post a link: Photo of Bhutto just before her assassination

There are four pages of other Getty Images available of the assassination events. Here's a link: Link to Getty Images assassination photos. Warning: Some of the photos are very graphic.

[JasonC]

It was not foolish, simply brave. Her death was that of a soldier fighting in a just cause, and no aspect of it does her the slightest discredit. Only those who killed her are to blame here.

[Moose4]

So basically, Islamic Rage Boy is a Lakers fan. OK, got it.

}:-)4

[JasonC]

Why is everyone such a coward as to think she should care?

Everyone dies. Not everyone stands for something.

[weegee]

Considering the whole purpose of a bulletproof car is to keep from getting shot, it is foolish to circumvent the protection and go out of the way to get exposure.

[bill1952]

Why is the standard Islamic reaction to anything bad always to riot

Good question.

Every time I see pictures of these people - who always seem to be burning something - I always wonder what the Hell they all have against razors.
As in shaving more than once a week.
They all look like inner city Philadelphia bums to me, without the booze.

[weegee]

An Al Qaida figure has already come forward to take credit.

[TrishaSC]

Wow......I saw those...there seems to be close to ten of them of her. Bush and Karzai I can understand but with the photos of Hillary Getty is showing their bias.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I doubt she considered it the optimal end to what she was trying to accomplish.

[ArtyFO]

“then how did the assassin(s) know the route she was scheduled to take?”
Just like in Dallas, there is one likely route of egress from the city to the next venue. Oswald was positioned by his employment at the very spot most likely to be an assassination spot.

[Wolfstar]

If this was planned out, then one would simply have several bombers at each place that it was possible to leave.

Would one also "simply" have crowds along the route ready and willing to stop her vehicle at any point, thus giving an assassin(s) his opportunity?

Videos on CNN show her getting into the Land Cruiser, which then slowly drives off and make a right turn onto another street. The video ends moments after the vehicle makes that turn.

The vehicle travels roughly another block where it is stopped and the assassination occurs.

The implication, of course, is that the assassin(s) knew the route her vehicle would take after leaving the rally site -- by no means an impossibility.

[Wolfstar]

Just like in Dallas, there is one likely route of egress from the city to the next venue.

A video shown frequently this morning on CNN appears to show more than one route of egress. Of course, we'd need a map of the area to know for sure.

However, I realize you are referring to one likely route. In that, you may be right.

[Star Traveler]

You were asking — “Would one also “simply” have crowds along the route ready and willing to stop her vehicle at any point, thus giving an assassin(s) his opportunity?”

With Bhutto being popular, the crowds would be supplied by her own supporters... (unfortunate, but true...).

Regards,
Star Traveler

[dfwgator]

So basically, Islamic Rage Boy is a Lakers fan. OK, got it.

Nah, he's a Mets' fan.

[Domangart]

Yea like in LA. Detroit ect. Think. you polarize people.

[Dog]

Star Traveler is right there were several bombers at different exits and stationed along with those bombers were shooters....Bhutto was not getting out of the trap alive. The logistics of getting teams into place is what interests me.

It had to be a big group that they moved into place...into the heart of a major military garrison city.

[gilor]

Wait, was she shot or blown up????

[Wolfstar]

This is a photo (from Yahoo News) of Bhutto's vehicle just as it began pulling away from the rally site. From a Western point of view, at best her security can be described as sloppy.

[Dog]

Both.

[michigander]

Why is the standard Islamic reaction to anything bad always to...

And to carry the body in the coffin around with a big crowd....

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People carry the coffin of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto at a local hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Bhutto
was assassinated in suicide attack earlier Thursday that also killed at least 20 other people. Her death stoked new chaos across the nuclear-armed
nation, an important U.S. ally in the war on terrorism. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)



People carry the coffin of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto at a local hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Bhutto
was assassinated in a suicide attack earlier Thursday that also killed at least 20 other people. Her death stoked new chaos across the nuclear-armed
nation, an important U.S. ally in the war on terrorism. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

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How do they get it so quickly? Does the hospital just give it to anyone?

I hope they at least secured the coffin lid and she doesn't fall out (didn't that happen to the Ayatollah Khomeini?).