If one were to look at this from al Qaeda’s point of view, it would make perfect sense: first, you kill an opposition leader; then, you spread rumors that the current president did it; after that, you mix some gunmen in with the protesters and shoot at the police/troops to get them to fire back and kill some innocent by-standers; at which point, things WILL get out of control and you can make some more gains in the chaos.
Yeah, true. If they kill the opposition leader and then get everyone thinking Musharraf did it, they can kill him next with no backlash from the population, half of which sympathizes with OBL anyway. Then the people will be glad Mushy’s gone (since they think he was the one who murdered Bhutto), and may even support a Taliban-type guy to take over, since they were the ones who disposed of him.
Just my late-night conspiracy theory for the day...
According to one Indian intelligence expert, its Brig. Ejaaz Shah, (retd.) head of IB, that could have ordered the hit.
Apparently no one knows how deep Al-Qaeda penetrates inside the Pakistani Army.