OH SHIT: Pakistan: Al-Qaeda claims Bhutto's death

[kpete]

Pakistan: Al-Qaeda claims Bhutto's death


Karachi, 27 Dec. (AKI) - (by Syed Saleem Shahzad) - A spokesperson for the al-Qaeda terrorist network has claimed responsibility for the death on Thursday of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

“We terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to defeat mujahadeen,” Al-Qaeda’s commander and main spokesperson Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid told Adnkronos International (AKI) in a phone call from an unknown location, speaking in faltering English. Al-Yazid is the main al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan.

It is believed that the decision to kill Bhutto, who is the leader of the opposition Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was made by al-Qaeda No. 2, the Egyptian doctor, Ayman al-Zawahiri in October.

Death squads were allegedly constituted for the mission and ultimately one cell comprising a defunct Lashkar-i-Jhangvi’s Punjabi volunteer succeeded in killing Bhutto.

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1710322437

[Marrah_G]

1. sigh.............

[Pale Blue Dot]

2. This makes a bizarre lack of sense.

My tinfoil hat is going nuts on top of my head.

[bryant69]

6. Why wouldn't they claim it?

I mean a job like this is good PR whether they did it or not.

Bryant
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[Pale Blue Dot]

18. I really don't see how doing it OR claiming it supports their goals.

I'm not saying they didn't do it - not yet, anyway, - but I don't see any possible benefit for them.

[Recursion]

28. Several ways

Bhutto was, like Musharref is, viewed as someone who accommodates the west too much. A hit on Bhutto would benefit AQ by:

1. Showing AQ is strong in Pakistan (their "flashiest" strikes are mostly for recruitment)
2. Showing Musharref is weak in Pakistan (he can't even protect an opposition leader from his own army)
3. Maintaining Musharref in power, which they want for much the same reason they want * to stay in power -- continued war.

[Marrah_G]

31. You do realize they have more then just anti-american right?

[Marrah_G]

29. Why does this not make sense

Do you think Bin Laden wanted her to live and be elected?

It makes perfect sense that she be a target for them. She was a target to alot of these extremist bastards.

[sentelle]

33. why doesn't it make sense

They've tamed Musharraf, but Bhutto on the other hand was pro-west, anti-radical AND a woman.

[yella_dawg]

3. I am shocked.

Shocked, I tell you.


That's al-CIAda, right?

[Junkdrawer]

7. Background....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2537007

[Junkdrawer]

15. More Background...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2537599&mesg_id=2537599

[helderheid]

8. DING DING DING DING!

[malaise]

36. LOL

I will not be played by these morons.

Still I expect the already dead Bin Laden to be dead before the November elections. This is their moment to increase numbers in Pakistan.

Did anyone else here that Specter met today with Pakistan's New Army Chief.

One more thing - did anyone else notice that the gun that killed Bhutto just happened to survive the bomb blast and just happened to be lying on the ground for the world to see. It did remind me of the passport after 9/11

Of course this was before Mushie men washed away the crime scene with fire truck hoses.

[nradisic]

4. Thank the Shrub....

What fucking morons we have leading us....

[BushOut06]

11. Six years of war have done NOTHING to weaken Al-Qaeda

If anything, it's only served to strengthen their resolve and help their recruiting.

[hatrack]

5. Al who? Ayman Zawhat's-his-name?

Oh, YEAH!! Al-Qaeda! The 9/11 guys - I'd almost forgotten about them, what with the Iraq war being so much more important and the central front and all of that!!

:eyes:

[Cha]

9. That's just fucking nuts.

They helped bushits and fascism around the world ..saying this was al qaeda.

[Lex]

10. No sale.

nt

[asjr]

12. If she had been snake-bit they

would have blamed Al Queda.

[pnwmom]

13. And Bush is responsible for the fact that Al-Queda is still alive and active

since he decided to shift the focus from eliminating Al-Queda in Afghanistan to teaching his Daddy a lesson in Iraq.

[Recursion]

14. Sure, they "claim" it

The question is, who actually did it and who paid for it?

[fed-up]

22. BINGO! My first thoughts also....nt

[Bigmack]

16. I'm so selfish...

... that I'm just looking at Bhutto's killing from the perspective of how it's going to hurt me and mine. I've given up about worrying about the state of the world.

I'm concerned that now the RW in this country can beat the drums for more war. ("Those damned Al-Quieda killed our girl... we need to nuke Iran!)

[tbyg52]

26. I'm afraid that's the first thing I thought of as well

I really don't think the world's ever been this messed up, but I can't claim to know history backward and forward. (Although better than a lot of people you read about....)

[TahitiNut]

17. So, Al-Yazid sees Musharrif as an ally of Al-Qaeda, then?

That's the inference. Fascinating.

[krispos42]

23. And Musharrif is Bush's good friend and buddy, right?

Ergo...











<sigh>

"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

""Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue"

- Sir John Harrington

[Recursion]

24. Alternately, Bhutto and Musharref are considered one and the same

From an AQ point of view they're both apostates and accommodationists.

[Oilwellian]

32. Exactly

The subtle message here is Musharrif plays ball with Al Qaeda and that's why he's still alive.

[L. Coyote]

19. D'OH! n/t

[maxsolomon]

20. quid pro quo

thanks for the asylum, General!

[lpbk2713]

21. If Al Qaeda really made the hit .....

You can believe BushCo leaked info to them about Bhutto's vulnerabilities, travel plans, lodging, etc. BushCo has always seen war as good business .... as long as someone else's kids have to fight it.

[Beetwasher]

25. Propoganda And Disinformation Will Be Flying Fast And Furious From Every Direction

Is this true? I dunno. Everything needs to be examined w/ a critical and discerning eye. Don't believe half of what you hear and none of what you see.

[librechik]

27. Al CIAda did it

[Kucinich4America]

30. Well, that settles it. It was a Bush Crime Family hit.

If their creation is "taking credit" for the job, it's only a matter of time before they spin this into something else. Can't see how they could possibly tie it to Iran, so the endgame must be a way of delivering Osama Bin Laden just in time for the 2008 Repuke convention, restoring Chimpy's "legacy" as the neocons claim a "victory" in the bullshit "war on terror" which they invented in the first place.

[in_cog_ni_to]

34. How precious. What a wonderful Christmas gift to the GOP, eh? Al Qaeda conveniently raises its ugly

head in such a TIMELY manner. What LUCK the GOP has! What good fortune has been rendered unto them in this fine holiday season! G-d really does love them, doesn't she?:eyes:

[malaise]

37. And just before the primaries

Some guys have all the luck although listening to Romney he didn't have a clue how to use this good news.

[soothsayer]

35. old OBL, eh? sayyyy, he's in packystan, isn't he?

[AnnieBW]

38. They're cover for the ISI

My guess is that someone in the Pakistani Intelligence Services (ISI) fired the shot, and the AQ suicide bomber was there to provide cover.

[leftofthedial]

39. so the "american" international banking cartel's hired thugs' hired thugs' brand name

claims to have murdered the asset of the "american" international banking cartel's hired thugs'

??????

[FVZA_Colonel]

40. And if we had actually been going after these thugs instead of pissing away our time in Iraq,

she might still be alive.