Posted on 12/29/2007 1:05:54 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
Israeli media reports on Friday revealed that slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto intended to establish official relations with the Jewish state if elected and was seeking Mossad protection in the interim.
Speaking to The Jerusalem Post, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert grieved over Bhutto's assassination following an election rally on Thursday, and said that upon her return to Pakistan in October after years of exile Bhutto conveyed to him via a mutual acquaintance that she wanted close ties between Israel and Pakistan.
The Hebrew daily newspaper Ma'ariv further revealed that Bhutto had asked Israel's Mossad spy agency, along with the CIA and Britain's Scotland Yard, to help protect her in the run-up to Pakistan's January 8 election. Bhutto complained that current Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was trying to make her an easy target for assassination by now allowing her to use adequate protective measures.
According to the report, Israel's Foreign Ministry was in favor of aiding Bhutto, though the government ultimately decided against it for fear of angering the Musharraf regime and upsetting relations with neighboring India, a close ally of Israel engaged in an ongoing bitter confrontation with Pakistan.
Israeli leaders lamented that Bhutto, a popular former prime minister who was twice deposed by authoritarian elements, could have served as a bridge between Israel and the Muslim world.
What a incredibly stupid thing by Olmert to reveal this (even posthumously). This is in the Muslim world a PR boost for the anti-Bhutto and Islamist factions.
Ping. This is rather interesting.
Olmert is a Liberal. Therefore doing and saying incredibly stupid things is part of his nature
Or maybe a smart thing to do. A leak like this lessens the martyr status of Bhutto and boosts Musharraf. He’s alive. She’s dead.
And she's sticking her head out of a vehicle while parading around in Pakistan?
Incredible...
People who can’t keep their noggins inside the armored truck have no right to whine about security.
Well it’s pretty obvious why Al Qaeda would want her dead.
She is dead. Gone. Good.
Everything after the words “further revealed” is unattributed. The only thing attributed to Olmert is that she wanted closer ties to Israel.
It is hard to understand why a public figure such as Prime Minister Bhutto could expose her body knowing the entire terrorist organization in Pakistan had a death warrant on her head. This just don’t make sense. I pray President Pervez Musharraf has better advice and Protection than this. I don’t want to alarm anyone but,
A Nuke in the hands of a taliban would begin WW3
It's one thing to call for relations with Israel, but for your people to find out that da Jooz are running your protection is entirely another ballgame.
olmert MUST go.....
what a f’n idiot to make a statement like this!!!!
“It is hard to understand why a public figure such as Prime Minister Bhutto could expose her body knowing the entire terrorist organization in Pakistan had a death warrant on her head.”
My personal belief is that Bhutto was suicidal. She wanted to go out in a spectacular way, and she did.
No thought was given to future nukes or whatever. Basically, she was just another dung beetle crook like our own politicians.
“A Nuke in the hands of a taliban would begin WW3”
The MSM is playing this up big. Again, I’m not worried about this. The U.S. and one or two friends we may still have will wipe them clean to planet Goofy.
Again, these are my personal beliefs. I have lived too long outside of the U.S. to see or worry otherwise.
My big worry is all the crooks we have in our own government.
I entirely buy into this.
Shame, shame on Islam.
Which particular crooks. You don’t post a lot, and when you do, I’m curious what’s on your mind.
Aha! So Bhutto was seeking to establish relationships with Israel at the same time Mullah Mansoor Dadullah was kicked out of the Taliban. Maybe they discovered that Mullah Dadullah was a Mossad agent!
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To think that some conspiracy loons are blaming Israel for the assassination.
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