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Dec 21, 2007: Charlie Wilson’s War Movie:
Line from movie review comment: “I saw the movie last night, and the scene where Julia Roberts (as Joanne Herring) has Pakistan’s President Zia, (Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq) as her guest at the presentation,…. she introduced him as the guy that did not have (Zulfikar Ali) Bhutto assassinated”
Dec 27, 2007: Intel Headline: Two time prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto's - - the daughter of ex-prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto who was hanged and killed in 1979 by President Zia (Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq a) - - was assassinated today in a shooting and bombing at her Pakistan Prime Minister reelection political rally.
The Theater Movie: “Charlie Wilson's War” Production Notes
From the book, "Charlie Wilson's War by George Criles (RIP) - - In July 1977, the head of Pakistan's army, Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq, seized power and declared martial law. In 1979, he hanged Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the president who had promoted him. In retaliation, Carter cut off U.S. aid to Pakistan. In 1980, Herring went to Islamabad and was so entranced by Zia and his support for the Afghan freedom fighters that on her return to the United States, she encouraged Wilson to go to Pakistan. There he met Zia, learned about the Afghan moujahedeen and became a convert to the cause. Once Reagan replaced Carter, Wilson was able to restore Zia's aid money and added several millions to the CIA's funds for secretly arming the Afghan guerrillas, each dollar of which the Saudi government secretly matched.
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<> Draft, General Distribution <> I was just pulled out of a business meeting and briefed on the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Very disturbing news to say the least. Unfortunately, it fits within my November 15, 2007 U.S.-Middle East War “white paper” update as to the Intel forecast for the next twelve (12) months in the M.E. Region, - in which I have substantial expert knowledge going back twenty (23) years. According to reliable sources, Benazir Bhutto death was a prelude to an extremely violent and bloody 2008. A year where there will be a massive push by Islamic Extremists, and other anti-U.S. powers, to inflict heavy casualties on U.S. troops, and other targets in the Region and around the World. The macro purpose being a global push to get a Democrat elected to the U.S. Presidency in November 2008 – A Democrat that will officially cease the U.S.-Iraq~Afghanistan War and withdraw our troops from the Region. [snip to end] . . . It’s a sad day and there will be hell to pay for this event, generally not understood by the American public. Of course, I’m sure the George Soros Shadow Party is secretly quite happy with today’s events, may they rot in hell. ~ 12.27.07-0930, FlA - 2008 First Quarter Chairman, “South Florida Attorney’s for Fred” (Thompson for ’08 President)
Benazir Bhutto's Death is Victory for Islamic Hardliners
The Daily Telegraph (UK)
By Con Coughlin
27, December 2007 - Last Updated: 4:01pm GMT
Timeline: Pakistan's Tumultuous 2007
Benazir Bhutto's Assassination Leaves Pakistan in Turmoil
- - Pakistani Civil War becomes a serious possibility
The Scotsman (Scottish national newspaper, Edinburgh)
by Alastair Jamieson
27 December 2007 - 10:08 PM
Bhutto Assassination Sparks Disarray
International Herald Tribune (Paris)
by Salman Masood and Carlotta Gall
Friday, 28, December, 2007
Bhutto shot in the neck before her killer blew himself up
- - Pakistan teetering on the brink of civil war
The Scotsman
by Margaret Neighbour
Friday, 28 December 2007
Pakistan faces horror of civil war after Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in suicide attack
The Daily Telegraph
By Isambard Wilkinson, Pakistan Correspondent, Richard Edwards and David Blair
28, December 2007 - 2:37am GMT
- - Comprehensive update article with support articles links, photos, and video of Benazir Bhutto addressing political rally minutes before her death.
Articles Abstract: Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto was assasinated as she left a public rally in the city of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, threatening to plunge Pakistan into a civil war. Ms Bhutto, 54, twice the country's prime minister, was shot in the neck and chest - - according to different accounts - - as she stood in the open sunroof of a car and waved to crowds. Seconds later a suicide attacker detonated a bomb, damaging one of the cars in her motorcade, killing more than 20 people and wounding 50, the Interior Ministry said. She had just addressed thousands of people in the public park as part of her campaign for the country's parliamentary elections which are due on January 8. Her death threw the election campaign into chaos and created fears of mass protests and an eruption of violence across the country. Her death now presents President Pervez Musharraf with one of the most potent crises of his turbulent eight years in power, and Bush administration officials with a new challenge in their efforts to stabilize a front-line state — home to both Al Qaeda and nuclear arms — in their fight against terrorism.
12.27.07: From Obituary: Benazir Bhutto often referred to the example she said had been set by her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. He was a charismatic and often demagogic politician who was president and prime minister from 1971 to 1977, before being hanged in April 1979 on charges of having ordered the murder of a minor political opponent. Mr. Bhutto was the founder in 1967 of the Pakistan Peoples Party, the political vehicle that he, and later his daughter, rode to power. Like his daughter, Mr. Bhutto battled for years with Pakistan’s powerful generals. He was ousted from office, and ultimately executed, on the orders of Gen. Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, one of the long succession of military rulers who have dominated Pakistan for most of the 60 years since it emerged as an independent state from the partition of British India. Under house arrest at the time, Ms. Bhutto was allowed to visit her father before his execution in the death cell at Rawalpindi’s central prison, only a short distance from the site of the rally where she was killed nearly three decades later. In a BBC radio interview in the 1990s, she said seeing her father preparing to die steeled her for her own political career, which some biographers have suggested was driven, in part, by a determination to avenge him by outmaneuvering the generals. “After having to go through that last meeting with him in the death cell, I don’t think anything they could do would be worse than that,” she said.
BENAZIR BHUTTO FACTFILE
* Born June 21, 1953. Her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founded the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and was president and later prime minister of Pakistan from 1971 to 1977.
* Educated at Harvard and Oxford universities. Returned to Pakistan in 1977. Inherited leadership of the PPP after her father's execution in 1979 under military ruler General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq.
* First voted in as prime minister in 1988. Sacked on corruption charges in 1990. Took power again in 1993 after her successor, Nawaz Sharif, was forced to resign. Removed from power in 1996 by Sharif.
* 1999: Bhutto and husband Asif Ali Zardari sentenced to five years in jail and fined 8.6 million on charges of taking kickbacks from a Swiss company hired to fight customs fraud. Conviction overturned by higher court.
* Joined an Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy with her arch-rival Sharif in 2006.
* Returned to Pakistan in October 2007 from eight years of self-imposed exile. Military president Pervez Musharraf granted her protection from prosecution in old corruption cases.
* On her return, as she was driving through Karachi, a suicide bomber struck killing 139 supporters and members of her security team.
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Thanks! Our DVR has been recording the History channel broadcast this morning. It started at 7AM CST.
Looking forward to sitting down to watch the 2 hour broadcast - probably this evening.
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