Just keeping the conspiracy quiet.
"2 officers indicted in Bhutto’s killing
ISLAMABAD - Two police officers and five members of the Pakistani Taliban will be tried in the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a state prosecutor said. The policemen were charged yesterday with failing to provide Bhutto proper security and with destroying evidence Bhutto and 23 other people were killed Dec. 27, 2007, in Rawalpindi (AP)."
"CROWDS RECALL BHUTTO -- Pakistanis brought posters of slain leader Benazir Bhutto to a ceremony in Islamabad yesterday to mark the fourth anniversary of her death. Bhutto, a former prime minister, was assassinated in Rawalpindi on Dec. 27, 2007 (Boston Globe December 28 2011)."
"Former Pakistani president faces arrest" January 08, 2012
ISLAMABAD - Pervez Musharraf, the former president of Pakistan, will be arrested in connection with the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto if he returns to the country, a government prosecutor said yesterday....
Musharraf has been living in London and Dubai since 2008 when the government, led by Bhutto’s party, forced him to resign.
Bhutto was killed in 2007 in a gun and suicide bomb attack near the capital, Islamabad, after returning home to contest elections. Musharraf, at the time, had blamed the Pakistani Taliban for her murder, but the prosecution alleges he was part of the plot.
Musharraf now heads his own faction of the All Pakistan Muslim League, a small political party without a major base in the country. Some former supporters have quit his party.
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FLASHBACK:
"Court issues arrest warrant for former Pakistani leader; Musharraf faces accusation of ties to Bhutto’s death" by Asif Shahzad, Associated Press / February 13, 2011
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court issued an arrest warrant for ousted military leader Pervez Musharraf yesterday over allegations that he played a role in the 2007 assassination of an ex-prime minister and rival. It was a major setback for the onetime US ally, who was plotting a political comeback from outside the country....
The stunning allegation that Musharraf — a self-declared opponent of Islamic militancy — was linked to extremists accused in the attack was likely to keep him out of Pakistan, at least in the short term....
Musharraf’s spokesman said the former leader was in Dubai....
Then SOMEONE GO and GET HIM!!
Ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was killed Dec. 27, 2007, in a gun and suicide bomb attack after returning to Pakistan to campaign in elections Musharraf reluctantly allowed. Musharraf blamed the Pakistani Taliban for the attack, but government prosecutors now say he was part of the plot.
Related: Pakistan's JFK
“A joint investigation team, in its report to the court, has found Musharraf guilty of being involved in the conspiracy’’ to kill Bhutto, said Zulfikar Ali Chaudhry, the lead prosecutor.
He said evidence that Musharraf was “completely involved’’ has come from the Pakistani Taliban....
Those liars?
Musharraf’s lawyer said his client is innocent but has no plans to contest the allegations in court, where he has been ordered to appear Saturday.
“This is just a drama. It is all politics,’’ Mohammad Ali Saif said.
Musharraf has not been indicted. The court is conducting preliminary hearings about the accusations, and prosecutors say Musharraf will have an opportunity to defend himself.
A UN investigation into the assassination said Musharraf’s government didn’t do enough to ensure Bhutto’s security and that a sloppy investigation may have erased or missed evidence. The UN was not tasked with finding out who was behind the killing.
CUI BONO?
Also see: Throwing More Dirt on Bhutto's Grave
After her death, Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party rode a wave of public sympathy to garner the most seats in 2008 elections. It then forced Musharraf to step down by threatening impeachment.
Kind of backfired on him, huh?
He left for London and has spent a good deal of time on the lecture circuit, including in the United States.
Maybe not.
Washington backed Musharraf for much of his military rule because he was, at least officially, a close ally in its fight against militants, including those who used Pakistan’s soil as a hideout to prepare attacks in neighboring Afghanistan.
Yeah, ONCE AGAIN AmeriKa BACKED A DICTATOR against the wishes of his own people!
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