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RIP Benazir Bhutto

#1 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:32 am

Killed by a suicide attack.
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#2 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:41 am

Wow, when I logged on just 15 minutes ago, the news on my homepage still just said "injured in an attack".

Sure enough, it has since changed....

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#3 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:43 am

Oh, man! :(
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#4 Post by gsabc » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:01 am

This is not good. Iran only has a potential bomb. Pakistan has the real thing, and if the Islamists manage to take over, I don't want to think about the potential for catastrophe.

Too many weapons, too little brains.
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#5 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:53 am

gsabc wrote:This is not good. Iran only has a potential bomb. Pakistan has the real thing, and if the Islamists manage to take over, I don't want to think about the potential for catastrophe.

Too many weapons, too little brains.
No, it's not good.
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#6 Post by kayrharris » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:55 am

It's a very scary thing to even think about.

She was definitely a brave woman. She knew what she was facing and did it anyway.
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#7 Post by mrkelley23 » Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:14 am

Oy.

Can you say Archduke Ferdinand?

I hope not, for all our sakes.
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#8 Post by ghostjmf » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:49 am

When I logged in for any Annie update previously, the news said "undergoing surgery". My sister just gave me the update. Very bad news.

Every time I read anything about Bhuto I remember an interview she gave around 30 years ago before she went back home to run for the 1st time, at the end of which she mused about who would be taking care of her 2 Siamese cats, who couldn't make the international trip for whatever reasons.

My sister is saying she should have been campaigning in a bullet-proof glass booth, but I say that doesn't go over well in Pakistan. Maybe it should.
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#9 Post by Buffacuse » Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:24 pm

This is bad in so many ways...
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#10 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:22 pm

A very brave and charismatic political leader, indeed. She will be missed.

It's a bit ironic that a "Jeopardy!" question last night was about Bhutto.

Also of note is the fact that Bhutto was the subject of the very first question answered incorrectly on WWTBAM in the States.
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