Pskistan's Bhutto killed
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Oh.. that was fast?
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yupOriginally posted by mhcampboy:Oh.. that was fast? -
Sad... Showing on CNA now.
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I mean.. she was just released from curfew right?Originally posted by BeRt^.^:yup
she shld listen to the govt... -
damn those suicide bombers .. #%@@%
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Here goes the Pakistani coming election.
Destined for failure. -
Pakistan no hope liao.Originally posted by Spartans:Here goes the Pakistani coming election.
Destined for failure.
Pakistan's Bhutto killed in suicide bombing at rally
Posted: 27 December 2007 2059 hrs
Pakistan's Bhutto killed in suicide bombing at rally
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has died after being hit in a suicide attack at her campaign rally, and at least 10 people were killed, with more people feared dead.
A news agency quoted party offical Rehman Malik as saying, "She has been martyred."
A suicide bomber fired shots and blew himself up just after the rally.
It was not immediately clear how she died.
"It may have been pellets packed into the suicide bomber's vest that hit her," interior ministry spokesman Javed Cheema said.
There are also news reports saying that she was shot in the neck and the chest prior to the explosion.
Russia condemned the killing and called on the authorities to ensure stability in the country, Russian news agencies reported.
The United States also condemned the attack. An official was quoted as saying, "The attack shows that there are still those in Pakistan trying to undermine reconciliation and democratic development in Pakistan." - CNA/ac
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Reports said she was assasinated by at least 5 bullets from Ak47.
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Fire in the hole... run* run*
bang** BANG* BANg!!!* booMzz!!! -
Dun pity her. She the one unwilling to co-operate wif our garment during the SQ incident.
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With the death of former Premier Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan will face another heightened state of emergency. With the election scheduled on 8 Jan 08, the unrest will escalate. The oppositions, the Islamist Extremists, and trouble makers (India and others) will stir the atmosphere of hatred, instability, uncertainty, terror, to make life difficult for everybody including Musharraf.
My trip to PakistanÂ’s Gwadar in near future will now be in doubt. -
You working w/ PSA?Originally posted by pisces8:With the death of former Premier Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan will face another heightened state of emergency. With the election scheduled on 8 Jan 08, the unrest will escalate. The oppositions, the Islamist Extremists, and trouble makers (India and others) will stir the atmosphere of hatred, instability, uncertainty, terror, to make life difficult for everybody including Musharraf.
My trip to PakistanÂ’s Gwadar in near future will now be in doubt. -
best to be in singapore la. argue argue act want to fight in the end our friends will pull them apart and say eh relack ar relack. problem solved.
in singapore, at the end of the day, all of us are fellow soldiers. i really really love our closely knitted racial communities. and singlish is the language that bonds all the races together.
singapore ftw. alot of countries including US and UK should learn from us. -
and then now when i wan to travel.. look at USA's current threat level...
"The threat level in the airline sector is High or Orange.
which means...Significant risks of terrorist attacks...
Or has it always been orange?
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YaOriginally posted by sbst275:You working w/ PSA? -
but her name sounds very vulgar
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how come so sudden??????!!!!!!!!!
she only entered politics a few months ago as a well-known major figure and now she dies so suddendly???!!!!!
it's like condi rice dying out of the blue!!!!!!
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There was a previous thread title...Originally posted by jay_rocks:but her name sounds very vulgar
And btw it is true? Her refused co-operation with our govt during the hijacking incident? -
entered politics a few months ago????????Originally posted by Nikar2:how come so sudden??????!!!!!!!!!
she only entered politics a few months ago as a well-known major figure and now she dies so suddendly???!!!!!
it's like condi rice dying out of the blue!!!!!!
at least 3 decades liaos!
i remember her father was a politician also
was PM or something
then when he lost power
his opposition hung him
drity politics
then his very capable daughter rose up to beocme a politician also
to do what the father had not managed to do...
now they also killed her -
Pakistan police tear gas protesters after Bhutto's assassination
Posted: 27 December 2007 2305 hrs
PESHAWAR, Pakistan : Pakistan police used tear gas and batons to break up an angry demonstration on Thursday in the city of Peshawar after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, an AFP reporter on the scene said.
More than 100 angry Bhutto supporters blocked the main trunk road in the northwestern city, torching billboards and posters of the main party behind President Pervez Musharraf, a Bhutto rival, before police moved in.
They shouted slogans including "Musharraf is a dog" and "Long live Bhutto".
Furious protesters took to the streets in groups, some of them opening fire in the air and screaming.
One local police station was pelted with stones, as were some private vehicles, the reporter said.
Demonstrators were also seen ripping down campaign posters of rival candidates.
Bhutto returned from exile in October, planning to contest the January 8 parliamentary election.
There were also protests in the central city of Multan, where around 100 people from Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) burnt tyres in the streets and blocked traffic.
Residents said police had stepped up patrols. Local traders announced a three-day period of mourning when shops and markets would be shut.
Shops were also closed in Karachi, Bhutto's home city. Protesters burnt tyres and blocked major roads, triggering a massive traffic jam in some places.
"This is a very big tragedy. May Allah save Pakistan," said Karachi resident Shahina Begum. - AFP/de
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The effects coming in liao.....
President Musharraf appeals for peace after Bhutto's death
Posted: 27 December 2007 2314 hrs
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf appealed to the nation to remain peaceful on Thursday after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto "so that the evil designs of terrorists can be defeated," state TV said.
The announcement came while the president was holding an emergency meeting of top officials after Bhutto was killed in a suicide attack following a campaign rally in the city of Rawalpindi. - AFP/de
Pakistani police confirm Bhutto was shot before bombing
Posted: 27 December 2007 2329 hrs
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto was shot in the neck by her attacker before he blew himself up in a suicide attack Thursday outside a campaign rally, police officials confirmed.
She succumbed to her injuries in hospital but it was not immediately known if it was the gunshot wound that killed her in the city of Rawalpindi.
"The attacker fired and then blew himself up," said one of the officials, who asked not to be named.
Irfan Elahi, the chief of administration in Rawalpindi city, told state television that the apparent cause of her death was a head injury but that officials were waiting for the results of the post-mortem examination.
"She was waving to the crowd from the sunroof of her car and then there was blast," Bhutto spokesman Farhatullah Babar told state television.
Babar said doctors declared her dead at 5:25 pm (1225 GMT). - AFP/ac
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UN Security Council to meet on Bhutto's assassination
Posted: 27 December 2007 2351 hrs
UNITED NATIONS : The UN Security Council is to meet in emergency session on Thursday to discuss the situation in Pakistan following the killing of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, a UN spokeswoman said.
Marie Okabe said the 15-member council would meet at noon (1700 GMT) to assess the situation after the suicide attack.
Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi on Thursday, just two months after she returned from exile for a political comeback. Sixteen other people were killed and 56 wounded.
In Brussels, the European Commission condemned the killing of Bhutto as "an attack against democracy and against Pakistan."
"The European Commission condemns this callous terrorist attack perpetrated less than two weeks ahead of election day in the strongest terms," Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in a statement.
"This is an attack against democracy and against Pakistan," he said, sending the EU executive arm's condolences to the family of Bhutto and of the other victims.
"We hope that Pakistan will remain firmly on track for a return to democratic civilian rule," he added.
In Washington, the United States condemned the assassination of Bhutto, which triggered new fears for the stability of a key US ally.
The White House said US President George W. Bush would make a statement, but refrained from mentioning the former prime minister in its initial reaction to the media.
"We condemn the acts of violence which took place today in Pakistan," said spokesman Scott Stanzel. "The president will make a statement about the situation."
The State Department adopted a similar stance, condemning the violence but not specifically mentioning Bhutto's death.
"We obviously condemn the attack that shows that there are people out there who are trying to disrupt the building of democracy in Pakistan," said Deputy State Department spokesman Tom Casey.
In New Delhi, India called the assassination of Benazir Bhutto an "abominable act."
"We express our shock and horror at her death," Foreign Minister Pranab Mukehrjee told reporters while junior foreign minister Anand Sharma said at a separate news conference "no words are enough to condemn this abominable act."
Sharma said the killing dealt a blow to the democratic process in the neighbouring country with which India has fought three wars, two over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir.
"It is a terrible blow to the democratic process in Pakistan," Sharma said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was on a visit to the tourist resort state of Goa, said Bhutto's killing was a reminder of the "common dangers" faced by both India and Pakistan.
"The manner of her going is a reminder of the common dangers that our region faces from cowardly acts of terrorism and of the need to eradicate this dangerous threat," he said in a statement issued in Goa.
"The people of Pakistan have suffered a grievous blow," Singh said and added he was "deeply shocked and horrified to hear of the heinous assassination of Benazir Bhutto."
"Mrs Bhutto was no ordinary political leader, but one who left a deep imprint on her time and age," Singh said.
Singh praised Bhutto's efforts when she served earlier as prime minister to forge normal relations between mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority Pakistan as "exemplary".
India's Hindu nationalist opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani condemned Bhutto's killing and added it showed Pakistan had come under the influence of "extremist elements" such as Taliban militia forces in neighbouring Afghanistan.
"This is a process of Talibanisation of Pakistan which is not only dangerous for that country but poses a new threat to India as well," the Bharatiya Janta Party leader said.
China expressed shock at the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and "strongly condemns" the attack, state media reported.
Foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said China "is shocked at the killing of Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and strongly condemns the terrorist attack," Xinhua news agency said.
"We also extend condolences to the families of Bhutto and other victims," Qin said.
Russia condemned the killing and called on the authorities to ensure stability, Russian news agencies reported.
"We firmly condemn this terrorist act, we express our condolences to Benazir Bhutto's relatives and loved ones, and we hope that the Pakistani leadership will manage to take necessary steps to ensure stability in the country," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin was quoted as saying.
"It will probably unleash a wave of terrorism," Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov was quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency as saying.
"We think this is a dangerous development that will add to the instability ahead of elections in Pakistan," Losyukov said.
[size=large]Anatoly Safonov, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin said the assassination was "extremely worrying" and could destabilise Pakistan,[/size] Interfax news agency reported.
"It's clear that a powerful factor has been added to an already not very calm situation in Pakistan, which could radically change the situation in the country," Safonov said. - AFP/de
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She was corrupted, like Thaksin and many politicians are.
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The worst is yet to come.
Oil price spikes close to US$97 after Bhutto's death
Posted: 27 December 2007 2359 hrs
LONDON : World oil prices surged Thursday towards 97 dollars per barrel on geopolitical jitters following the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, analysts said.
News of Bhutto's death sent New York's main contract, light sweet crude for February, to a one-month peak of 96.70 dollars per barrel. The contract later stood at 96.36 dollars, up 39 cents from Wednesday's close.
In London, Brent North Sea crude for February delivery reversed earlier losses to stand at 94.28 dollars per barrel, which marked a gain of 34 cents.
Benazir Bhutto was killed in a suicide attack on Thursday, just two months after the former premier returned from exile for a political comeback.
The news "is helping prices ahead of the data," said AG Edwards analyst Eric Wittenauer.
Bhutto's death "highlights the geopolitical tensions, because it's not a major oil exporting region, but it is important in terms of geopolitical impact," Wittenauer said.
There are "rising geopolitical tensions in Pakistan ... and that is supportive for the crude market," he added.
Gold prices, meanwhile, surged to a one-month high of 830.41 dollars per ounce. Gold and crude are widely regarded as a safe investments in times of geopolitical uncertainty.
Oil prices found further support from market expectations of falling crude inventories in the United States.
The US Department of Energy (DoE) was due to publish its report at 1530 GMT on Thursday, one day later than normal due to the Christmas holiday on Tuesday.
American crude reserves are forecast to have fallen by 1.75 million barrels in the week ending December 21 -- which would mark the sixth successive weekly decline.
Last week's DoE update revealed that US crude oil stocks had fallen below their five-year average for the first time in more than three years, heightening supply concerns.
Prices had surged Wednesday as speculators' nerves were rattled by Turkish air raids against Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq, which stoked supply concerns in the crude-rich Middle East region.
"Yesterday (Wednesday), oil futures surged higher in thin trade amid renewed concerns geopolitical concerns as Turkey yet again bombed Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq," said Sucden analyst Andrey Kryuchenkov.
"Further attacks are expected and should serve as a reminder of the ongoing instabilities in the key oil producing area of the Middle East."
Turkey praised the United States on Wednesday for providing intelligence in support of attacks against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, as it confirmed its third such air strike in 10 days.
The air strike was the third against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq that the military has confirmed since December 16.
Last November, oil prices hit a record high 99.29 dolllars as traders reacted to tight global energy supplies amid sizzling tensions between Turkey and Iraq.
- AFP /ls