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	<title>Comments on: An Inside Job?  The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto</title>
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		<title>By: Mike McNiven</title>
		<link>http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/12/an-inside-job-the-assassination-of-benazir-bhutto/#comment-12111</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike McNiven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr.LaVenia,

Based on a pattern which started in 1979, it is correct to consider the governments of the following countries as responsible for Benazir's assassination:

US/ UK/ Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Israel/China/Netherlands/
Saudi Arabia/ Iran/Qatar/Kuwait/Egypt/U.A.E./Pakistan.

1979, is the year that Brzezinski, on behalf of the Trilateral Commission, started the implementation of the imperialist "Green Crescent" theory, against socialism, by creating Islamist regimes! That is also the year that Zia declared Pakistan as an Islamist regime in conformity with his imperialists masters! You know the rest...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr.LaVenia,</p>
<p>Based on a pattern which started in 1979, it is correct to consider the governments of the following countries as responsible for Benazir&#8217;s assassination:</p>
<p>US/ UK/ Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Israel/China/Netherlands/<br />
Saudi Arabia/ Iran/Qatar/Kuwait/Egypt/U.A.E./Pakistan.</p>
<p>1979, is the year that Brzezinski, on behalf of the Trilateral Commission, started the implementation of the imperialist &#8220;Green Crescent&#8221; theory, against socialism, by creating Islamist regimes! That is also the year that Zia declared Pakistan as an Islamist regime in conformity with his imperialists masters! You know the rest&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Shabnam</title>
		<link>http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/12/an-inside-job-the-assassination-of-benazir-bhutto/#comment-11949</link>
		<dc:creator>Shabnam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It Should be "The Taliban took power in Kabul in September 1996." sorry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It Should be &#8220;The Taliban took power in Kabul in September 1996.&#8221; sorry.</p>
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		<title>By: Shabnam</title>
		<link>http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/12/an-inside-job-the-assassination-of-benazir-bhutto/#comment-11945</link>
		<dc:creator>Shabnam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr. LaVenia thank you for this article.  I was also surprised to see that you did not suspect Washington for what has  happened in Pakistan. 
 I think although Bush was talking about “democracy” and “rule of law” in Pakistan yet he did not trust Bhutto and in General Bhutto family because of Benazir’s father attitude towards the US.  Number of republican candidates including John McKane have supported Perves Musharraf and have warned us that it is very important not to send a mix signal since Musharraf is a partner in the phony “war on terror”.  The western leaders including Sarkozy and British prime minister like Bush have condemned the assassination and Brown said: “she has been assassinated by cowards who are afraid of democracy."   Who is afraid of democracy?  In the eye of the imperialists and Zionists, only the “Islamists” are afraid of “western democracy.”   German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the "cowardly terrorist attack ... also targets the stability and democratic process of Pakistan."   Even Kucinich has said: “This is a very dangerous moment for the world.”  
The Taliban took power in Kabul in September 1966.  It was during Bhutto’s rule that he Taliban gained prominence in Afghanistan.  She viewed the Taliban as a group that could stabilize Afghanistan and enable trade access to the Central Asian republics.
So who is going to benefit from her assassination where has created an environment of fear and desperation, similar to post 9/11, at the beginning of the American election where the republicans are not doing well?
Now, we will hear a lot about the “Islamists” and their threat to America who want to kill Americans and are against our “way of life” and they are against “democracy”.  So the question of “security” will jump to the top not Iraq war, health care or the Palestinian question.
What is the benefit for so called “the Islamic extremists” in killing Bhutto? Most likely one can say NONE with confidence.    People of Pakistan are fed up with the “war on terror” which has mainly served the interest of the United states, where they have  killed thousand of people in the region and it has created a channel sending billions of dollar to their oppressors, Musharraf and the military – elites - to maintain the status quo. 
I think Bush in order to silent the democrat on the  issue of “democracy” in Pakistan, he has  presented himself as someone who wants to bring “democracy” and “ the rule of law” to Pakistan by supporting Bhutto in public to improve the republican standing in the general election but he really does not mean it.  Musharraf knows that he does not have that much time to maneuver, everyone including republican feel that Musharraf must be replaced with someone who they can trust to help them for future wars in the region against the population and other countries to secure the empire interest against
Iran, Russia and China.
The US has filled all senior positions in Pakistan’s military and intelligence service, ISI, with pro-American generals.  In case that Musharraf is ousted, the US believes it can maintain firm control over Pakistan. 
 Mr. Lavenia, this assassination might be the beginning of the end of Musharraf’s rule by a coup to bring in a new face such as Ashfaq Pervez Kiani who has been educated in Pakistan and the United States.
The only positions from which a coup can be organized are those of the deputy head of the army and the chiefs of two intelligence services, the ISI, and military Intelligence, MI.  The person who is “qualified” to turn against Musharraf might be General Ashfaq Kiani who In October 2007 promoted as a full general, and made the chief of Pakistan Army after Musharraf’s retirement on November 28, 2007.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. LaVenia thank you for this article.  I was also surprised to see that you did not suspect Washington for what has  happened in Pakistan.<br />
 I think although Bush was talking about “democracy” and “rule of law” in Pakistan yet he did not trust Bhutto and in General Bhutto family because of Benazir’s father attitude towards the US.  Number of republican candidates including John McKane have supported Perves Musharraf and have warned us that it is very important not to send a mix signal since Musharraf is a partner in the phony “war on terror”.  The western leaders including Sarkozy and British prime minister like Bush have condemned the assassination and Brown said: “she has been assassinated by cowards who are afraid of democracy.&#8221;   Who is afraid of democracy?  In the eye of the imperialists and Zionists, only the “Islamists” are afraid of “western democracy.”   German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the &#8220;cowardly terrorist attack &#8230; also targets the stability and democratic process of Pakistan.&#8221;   Even Kucinich has said: “This is a very dangerous moment for the world.”<br />
The Taliban took power in Kabul in September 1966.  It was during Bhutto’s rule that he Taliban gained prominence in Afghanistan.  She viewed the Taliban as a group that could stabilize Afghanistan and enable trade access to the Central Asian republics.<br />
So who is going to benefit from her assassination where has created an environment of fear and desperation, similar to post 9/11, at the beginning of the American election where the republicans are not doing well?<br />
Now, we will hear a lot about the “Islamists” and their threat to America who want to kill Americans and are against our “way of life” and they are against “democracy”.  So the question of “security” will jump to the top not Iraq war, health care or the Palestinian question.<br />
What is the benefit for so called “the Islamic extremists” in killing Bhutto? Most likely one can say NONE with confidence.    People of Pakistan are fed up with the “war on terror” which has mainly served the interest of the United states, where they have  killed thousand of people in the region and it has created a channel sending billions of dollar to their oppressors, Musharraf and the military – elites - to maintain the status quo.<br />
I think Bush in order to silent the democrat on the  issue of “democracy” in Pakistan, he has  presented himself as someone who wants to bring “democracy” and “ the rule of law” to Pakistan by supporting Bhutto in public to improve the republican standing in the general election but he really does not mean it.  Musharraf knows that he does not have that much time to maneuver, everyone including republican feel that Musharraf must be replaced with someone who they can trust to help them for future wars in the region against the population and other countries to secure the empire interest against<br />
Iran, Russia and China.<br />
The US has filled all senior positions in Pakistan’s military and intelligence service, ISI, with pro-American generals.  In case that Musharraf is ousted, the US believes it can maintain firm control over Pakistan.<br />
 Mr. Lavenia, this assassination might be the beginning of the end of Musharraf’s rule by a coup to bring in a new face such as Ashfaq Pervez Kiani who has been educated in Pakistan and the United States.<br />
The only positions from which a coup can be organized are those of the deputy head of the army and the chiefs of two intelligence services, the ISI, and military Intelligence, MI.  The person who is “qualified” to turn against Musharraf might be General Ashfaq Kiani who In October 2007 promoted as a full general, and made the chief of Pakistan Army after Musharraf’s retirement on November 28, 2007.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter LaVenia</title>
		<link>http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/12/an-inside-job-the-assassination-of-benazir-bhutto/#comment-11930</link>
		<dc:creator>Peter LaVenia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is an important paragraph from one of the better books written recently on Pakistan:

"But the neo-Talibs and their al-Qaeda sponsors did not rise on their own.  US intelligence and senior intelligence sources in India both accused elements of Pakistan's intelligence establishment and the army of giving succor to the new movement.  A hard-core group had emerged that was alleged to have consorted, coached, and sheltered the neo-Taliban et al.  They included General Mohammed Aziz, who until October 2004 was Musharraf's chairman of the joint chiefs of staff; General Hamid Gul, the former director general of the ISI, forced out of office by Benazir Bhutto after planning with Osama bin Laden to assassinate her; General Javid Nasir, the former director general of the ISI who blocked CIA attempts to recall Stinger missiles from Afghanistan; General Mahmood Ahmed, another former ISI director who had been linked by the FBI to the World Trade Center bombers; General Zahir-ul-Islam Abbasi, who had plotted a coup against Benazir Bhutto in 1995 and was pardoned by Musharraf in October 2001; and Squadron Leader Khalid Khawaja, a former ISI officer, a man accused of knowingly leading the Jewish-American reporter Daniel Pearl to meet Islamists in Karachi before they decapitated him in February 2002.  Khawaja was already in jail on another matter, having instigated a band of female students at the Jamia Hafsa madrasah in central Islamabad, a seminary very closely connected to the Taliban (and to the ISI's headquarters in the capital), to demonstrate in support of Osama bin Laden.  On 28 March 2007 the same women students stormed a building they said was a brothel, taking three women and two police officers hostage.  The deputy imam of the Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz, teacher to the students, supported the actions and went even further, telling his congregation that they should become suicide bombers if the government ever decided to move against them.  This was not the tribal areas - this was happening, with no reaction from Musharraf, in the nation's sophisticated capital."  - from Levy, Adrian &#38; Scott-Clark, Catherine.  "Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons."  New York: Walker &#38; Co., 2007, pg. 434.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an important paragraph from one of the better books written recently on Pakistan:</p>
<p>&#8220;But the neo-Talibs and their al-Qaeda sponsors did not rise on their own.  US intelligence and senior intelligence sources in India both accused elements of Pakistan&#8217;s intelligence establishment and the army of giving succor to the new movement.  A hard-core group had emerged that was alleged to have consorted, coached, and sheltered the neo-Taliban et al.  They included General Mohammed Aziz, who until October 2004 was Musharraf&#8217;s chairman of the joint chiefs of staff; General Hamid Gul, the former director general of the ISI, forced out of office by Benazir Bhutto after planning with Osama bin Laden to assassinate her; General Javid Nasir, the former director general of the ISI who blocked CIA attempts to recall Stinger missiles from Afghanistan; General Mahmood Ahmed, another former ISI director who had been linked by the FBI to the World Trade Center bombers; General Zahir-ul-Islam Abbasi, who had plotted a coup against Benazir Bhutto in 1995 and was pardoned by Musharraf in October 2001; and Squadron Leader Khalid Khawaja, a former ISI officer, a man accused of knowingly leading the Jewish-American reporter Daniel Pearl to meet Islamists in Karachi before they decapitated him in February 2002.  Khawaja was already in jail on another matter, having instigated a band of female students at the Jamia Hafsa madrasah in central Islamabad, a seminary very closely connected to the Taliban (and to the ISI&#8217;s headquarters in the capital), to demonstrate in support of Osama bin Laden.  On 28 March 2007 the same women students stormed a building they said was a brothel, taking three women and two police officers hostage.  The deputy imam of the Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz, teacher to the students, supported the actions and went even further, telling his congregation that they should become suicide bombers if the government ever decided to move against them.  This was not the tribal areas - this was happening, with no reaction from Musharraf, in the nation&#8217;s sophisticated capital.&#8221;  - from Levy, Adrian &amp; Scott-Clark, Catherine.  &#8220;Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons.&#8221;  New York: Walker &amp; Co., 2007, pg. 434.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter LaVenia</title>
		<link>http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/12/an-inside-job-the-assassination-of-benazir-bhutto/#comment-11926</link>
		<dc:creator>Peter LaVenia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is, of course, possible that I'm wrong - I don't claim to be clairvoyant.  I'm simply providing an analysis of the situation as I see it,  as someone who has studied international relations at an academic level, and with a particular interest in Pakistan.

Examining the situation, though, as with any murder case, we have to look at who would have a motive to commit the assassination, and who would support such an act.  Elements of the Pakistani government had a reason to eliminate Bhutto, as well as the Islamic militants who are connected to the military and state apparatus.  It will be interesting to see whether the groups acted on orders from the ISI/Musharraf, or the assassination was tacitly acceded to by said groups.  

Do you deny that Musharraf had the most to lose from a PPP  victory in the elections, which would certainly have brought Bhutto into the position of PM, or that the Pakistani state has the resources to conduct such assassinations (and has done so in the past)?  Or, that militant religious zealots in the government have ties with Pashtun/Taliban militants and other elements in Waziristan and the Kashmir?

I would encourage independent analysis and research on this event.  It is difficult to trust fully what any government says, and it is likely that the official story emanating from Pakistan and the US government will either be false or only partially true.  Yet, unlike events such as 9/11, it is quite possible to believe a military government would have ordered a hit on a prominent and vocal critic of their policies, even she had initially aided them in her previous two terms.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is, of course, possible that I&#8217;m wrong - I don&#8217;t claim to be clairvoyant.  I&#8217;m simply providing an analysis of the situation as I see it,  as someone who has studied international relations at an academic level, and with a particular interest in Pakistan.</p>
<p>Examining the situation, though, as with any murder case, we have to look at who would have a motive to commit the assassination, and who would support such an act.  Elements of the Pakistani government had a reason to eliminate Bhutto, as well as the Islamic militants who are connected to the military and state apparatus.  It will be interesting to see whether the groups acted on orders from the ISI/Musharraf, or the assassination was tacitly acceded to by said groups.  </p>
<p>Do you deny that Musharraf had the most to lose from a PPP  victory in the elections, which would certainly have brought Bhutto into the position of PM, or that the Pakistani state has the resources to conduct such assassinations (and has done so in the past)?  Or, that militant religious zealots in the government have ties with Pashtun/Taliban militants and other elements in Waziristan and the Kashmir?</p>
<p>I would encourage independent analysis and research on this event.  It is difficult to trust fully what any government says, and it is likely that the official story emanating from Pakistan and the US government will either be false or only partially true.  Yet, unlike events such as 9/11, it is quite possible to believe a military government would have ordered a hit on a prominent and vocal critic of their policies, even she had initially aided them in her previous two terms.</p>
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		<title>By: jimmy</title>
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		<dc:creator>jimmy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Superb article.....spot on Mr LaVenia. Not too sure about Mr Ajit and Mr Sabri. Shame they can't handle the truth. They're probably the ones that believed the official JFK story as well..If only they knew, the world would be a better place.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Superb article&#8230;..spot on Mr LaVenia. Not too sure about Mr Ajit and Mr Sabri. Shame they can&#8217;t handle the truth. They&#8217;re probably the ones that believed the official JFK story as well..If only they knew, the world would be a better place.</p>
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		<title>By: B J Sabri</title>
		<link>http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/12/an-inside-job-the-assassination-of-benazir-bhutto/#comment-11841</link>
		<dc:creator>B J Sabri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, this analysis is faulty, short on substance, contextually irrelevant, imperialist at best, cocksure, and is full with manifest anti-Islamic bias since it immediately identified Islamic forces within Pakistan and ties them to the apparatuses of the Pakistani State and its nuclear program.   

When you say, “As will no doubt turn out to be the case, Ms. Bhutto has also been assassinated by the Pakistani government, etc…” you effectively put the nails in the coffin of your analysis. You proposed a limited-vision hypothesis as a model for the assassination of Bhutto, and my question is, based on what yardstick of data you reached that conclusion? And why did you exclude external forces with interest in the occupation of Afghanistan such as the American neocon establishment as recently evidenced by F. Kagan calling for contingency plans to seize Pakistan nuclear weapons, and the Zionist Obama prospecting the use of nuclear weapons in the same country?  Why, instead of theory we can rely of Rice’s “creative chaos” theory whereby the assassination of Bhutto could provoke upheaval in the country thus providing the rationales to implement Kagan’s exhortation? 

In Short, what is the source of yours, “No Doubt”? And then you tried to convince the reader that the things are the way to describe them, by calling on us that “must understand that the inter-twining of the Pakistani government and militant Islamist groups has been common practice (and common knowledge within international circles)” 

Excuse me Sir, but can you identify these circles? And why is that Pakistani matters are known to these circles? Are you Sir, a part of these circles?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, this analysis is faulty, short on substance, contextually irrelevant, imperialist at best, cocksure, and is full with manifest anti-Islamic bias since it immediately identified Islamic forces within Pakistan and ties them to the apparatuses of the Pakistani State and its nuclear program.   </p>
<p>When you say, “As will no doubt turn out to be the case, Ms. Bhutto has also been assassinated by the Pakistani government, etc…” you effectively put the nails in the coffin of your analysis. You proposed a limited-vision hypothesis as a model for the assassination of Bhutto, and my question is, based on what yardstick of data you reached that conclusion? And why did you exclude external forces with interest in the occupation of Afghanistan such as the American neocon establishment as recently evidenced by F. Kagan calling for contingency plans to seize Pakistan nuclear weapons, and the Zionist Obama prospecting the use of nuclear weapons in the same country?  Why, instead of theory we can rely of Rice’s “creative chaos” theory whereby the assassination of Bhutto could provoke upheaval in the country thus providing the rationales to implement Kagan’s exhortation? </p>
<p>In Short, what is the source of yours, “No Doubt”? And then you tried to convince the reader that the things are the way to describe them, by calling on us that “must understand that the inter-twining of the Pakistani government and militant Islamist groups has been common practice (and common knowledge within international circles)” </p>
<p>Excuse me Sir, but can you identify these circles? And why is that Pakistani matters are known to these circles? Are you Sir, a part of these circles?</p>
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		<title>By: Mike McNiven</title>
		<link>http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/12/an-inside-job-the-assassination-of-benazir-bhutto/#comment-11828</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike McNiven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The first coup against her was authorized by the father Bush administration!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first coup against her was authorized by the father Bush administration!</p>
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		<title>By: Max Shields</title>
		<link>http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/12/an-inside-job-the-assassination-of-benazir-bhutto/#comment-11814</link>
		<dc:creator>Max Shields</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>sk, it's that interview that keeps DN a major alternative. Insightful and very interesting perspectives as is  Peter LaVenia article here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sk, it&#8217;s that interview that keeps DN a major alternative. Insightful and very interesting perspectives as is  Peter LaVenia article here.</p>
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		<title>By: sk</title>
		<link>http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/12/an-inside-job-the-assassination-of-benazir-bhutto/#comment-11789</link>
		<dc:creator>sk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>FYI, interesting interview of Tariq Ali and Manan Ahmed on &lt;a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/28/pakistan_in_turmoil_after_benazir_bhuttos" rel="nofollow"&gt;Democracy Now&lt;/a&gt; this morning.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FYI, interesting interview of Tariq Ali and Manan Ahmed on <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/28/pakistan_in_turmoil_after_benazir_bhuttos" rel="nofollow">Democracy Now</a> this morning.</p>
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		<title>By: Ajit</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ajit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This article shows what is wrong with many leftists today. The writer assumes just because Rawalpindi is a garrison city  everything that happens there happens because of the knowledge and approval of Military. In real world , things are messy. Nobody is in control of everything. All these bureaucracies are inefficient and incompetent to varying degrees. 

This article has the same assumptions which are the basis of 911 Truth Movement. Because if something happens it only means someone powerful pulled the strings. There is no place for randomness, no place for the initiatives taken from someone adventurous. 

&lt;i&gt;It is highly unlikely that militant groups inside Pakistan would carry out an attack on Benazir Bhutto without at least tacit acceptance by high-ranking figures inside the Pakistani government. To do so would invite retribution from their allies in Islamabad, who would be displeased with unrest for which they were unprepared. &lt;/i&gt;

     Really, By this standard Musharraf faked assassination attempts
on himself.   There has already been 2 or 3 attempts on his life. The Jehadi elements have escaped control. These guys have their own ideas. It is stupid to expect all these jehadi elements will obey orders from higher ups.  There is a great deal of unrest in Frontier Province. Hundreds of soldiers have been kidnapped by militants. We wouldn't know that from this piece. 
        The writer also says ISI created Taliban. He probably doesn't know this move was approved by Benazir Bhutto. She vetoed military's plans to invade Indian held Kashmir but approved the Taliban Plan. 
Her Interior Minister Nasirullah Babar was the driving force behind the Taliban. She enthusiastically supported Taliban during her second stint as PM.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article shows what is wrong with many leftists today. The writer assumes just because Rawalpindi is a garrison city  everything that happens there happens because of the knowledge and approval of Military. In real world , things are messy. Nobody is in control of everything. All these bureaucracies are inefficient and incompetent to varying degrees. </p>
<p>This article has the same assumptions which are the basis of 911 Truth Movement. Because if something happens it only means someone powerful pulled the strings. There is no place for randomness, no place for the initiatives taken from someone adventurous. </p>
<p><i>It is highly unlikely that militant groups inside Pakistan would carry out an attack on Benazir Bhutto without at least tacit acceptance by high-ranking figures inside the Pakistani government. To do so would invite retribution from their allies in Islamabad, who would be displeased with unrest for which they were unprepared. </i></p>
<p>     Really, By this standard Musharraf faked assassination attempts<br />
on himself.   There has already been 2 or 3 attempts on his life. The Jehadi elements have escaped control. These guys have their own ideas. It is stupid to expect all these jehadi elements will obey orders from higher ups.  There is a great deal of unrest in Frontier Province. Hundreds of soldiers have been kidnapped by militants. We wouldn&#8217;t know that from this piece.<br />
        The writer also says ISI created Taliban. He probably doesn&#8217;t know this move was approved by Benazir Bhutto. She vetoed military&#8217;s plans to invade Indian held Kashmir but approved the Taliban Plan.<br />
Her Interior Minister Nasirullah Babar was the driving force behind the Taliban. She enthusiastically supported Taliban during her second stint as PM.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Kenny</title>
		<link>http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/12/an-inside-job-the-assassination-of-benazir-bhutto/#comment-11778</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kenny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very good analysis. I have an idea that the US neocons may have seen Bhutto as a "pretty face" to make Musharraf look better on the international stage but she may have seen US support as a lever to dislodge Musharraf and probably had no intention of toeing the US line if elected. The penny may have dropped somewhere in the murky swamps of neoconland and it may have been decided that getting rid of her was the lesser evil. Interestingly, the neocon websites are shedding no tears over her. They're simply exploiting her death as proof that all good men and true are going to have to roll up their sleeves and kill all those "Islamofascists" etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very good analysis. I have an idea that the US neocons may have seen Bhutto as a &#8220;pretty face&#8221; to make Musharraf look better on the international stage but she may have seen US support as a lever to dislodge Musharraf and probably had no intention of toeing the US line if elected. The penny may have dropped somewhere in the murky swamps of neoconland and it may have been decided that getting rid of her was the lesser evil. Interestingly, the neocon websites are shedding no tears over her. They&#8217;re simply exploiting her death as proof that all good men and true are going to have to roll up their sleeves and kill all those &#8220;Islamofascists&#8221; etc.</p>
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