Suicide bomber kills Benazir Bhutto, 15-20 others

Sad, sad news coming out of Pakistan this morning. Michelle Malkin has the details.

Jules Crittenden speculates on what the future may hold for Pakistan as a result of the assassination:

I have a very bad feeling about all of this. The potential for critically destablizing a flank that was difficult enough as it was, is huge. I’d feel slightly better if Rumsfeld had doubled the size of the Army, and wish Bush and Congress would crank that up. This war is far from over. This war is no artificial Bush creation or figment of anyone’s imagination, and should still be very much part of our own election, wishful thinking notwithstanding.

The Pakistani Spectator blog reports that chaos is ensuing in Pakistan.

She may be gone, but her pro-democracy legend will live on forever amongst freedom-loving people around the world. Here’s the Fox News fact sheet on Benazir Bhutto.

11 Responses to "Suicide bomber kills Benazir Bhutto, 15-20 others"

Tango says:

December 27, 2007 at 10:07 am

The sh*t figures to be hitting the fan in Pakistan. Hard to say how far it might go. Anywhere from increased violence all the way to full blown civil war. India’s got to be very nervous about this. Bhutto’s murder saddens me, but it was also very predictable.
A Blog For All says:

December 27, 2007 at 10:15 am

Suicide Bomber Assassinates Benazir Bhutto-20 Dead

It was a matter of time before the jihadists succeeded in killing Bhutto. It was one of my fears upon her return to Pakistan, and within hours of her arriving back in her country, her convoy came under attack, with more than 100 killed.
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December 27, 2007 at 10:36 am

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Steve Skubinna says:

December 27, 2007 at 10:39 am

Bhutto, for all her faults, comes across with more positives on balance. In comparison to the cowardly vermin who murdered her and many others she’s positively heroic.

But what saddens me more than the knowledge that there are vermin busily gnawing at the underpinnings of civilization is the realization that there are many, many people on our side, ostensibly anyway, who are more than happy to let them do it.

I eagerly await Rosie O’Donnel’s verdict on what we must do to head off the threat these radical Christian fundamentalists pose.
Leslie says:

December 27, 2007 at 11:28 am

Hmm, yes–what will nervous India do, Tango? Good point.

Steve, I don’t think Rosie could find Rawalpindi on a map.
benning says:

December 27, 2007 at 11:31 am

I caught this at Black Five, but then ended up at Think Progress – one of the Google News links on this event – and was surprised, but not much, to see GWB castigated in the comments. Ugly, but the usual, I suppose.

Pakistan is in for more chaos.
Great White Rat says:

December 27, 2007 at 11:34 am

The left’s been wishing for a “civil war” in Iraq. They may actually get their wish now, except in the wrong country – one with nuclear weapons, no less.
Sunil says:

December 27, 2007 at 11:56 am

West will NEVER EVER understand the mindset of south asian’s just the south asian will never figure out the west.

It is not in analysis..It was the work of Musharaf and you think he is with the west..go dream..he is playing both ways..he is with taliban, al-quida and with the west when it suits him..the man is just trying to survive his last days and he is most dangerous at this moment…we hope after west incite mush..he does not leak nukes to the talibans.
Mwalimu Daudi says:

December 27, 2007 at 12:48 pm

I wonder when the MSM will follow the lead of ThinkProgress and blame Bush?
Tango says:

December 27, 2007 at 2:48 pm

Les, I’m pathetically short on ‘sources’ lately (owing to death, retirement, and ordinary reassignments). So all I can do in this case is presume the common sense approach. Namely that India’s various security and military elements are likely on an ultra-heightened state of alert.
Wry Mouth says:

December 27, 2007 at 4:24 pm

Bhutto will be sorely missed by the UN administration and those government “leaders” on the African continent whose corruption, in comparison to hers, seemed almost benign. ;o/

Still, and again in comparison to many other leaders of nations similar to Pakistan, Bhutto was a breath of fresh air, though not necessarily one out of the Western mold (and again — that’s not a necessity).

She didn’t deserve to go out that way. Here’s hoping her death tips the scales hard against the Islam-o-Whackjob factions.

P.S. — I’ll take the low road here, and claim that Rosie O’Donnell could find Rawalpindi on a map, if you coated it with milk chocolate…

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