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Bhutto Assassination -- al-Qaida's Move for Pakistan's Nukes? Danger to America

By Michael Fjetland

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[December 27, 2007]  Benazir Bhutto was finally assassinated in Pakistan today. I say finally because it is the third attempt on her life since her return to Pakistan to run for president. This is important because Pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world.

Pakistan has gone from democratic hopeful to nuclear nightmare. Either al-Qaida or even Musharraf himself was behind this horrible act. It was a suicide bomber, an al-Qaida trademark. But then the shooter first shot her in the neck with a bullet before blowing himself up. That is NOT an al-Qaida trademark. It's been reported that the head wound was what killed her. For Musharraf it is a convenient way to suspend the constitution and avoid the only opponent who could beat him in January's election.

I just saw "Charlie Wilson's War" yesterday, and how we dropped the ball in Afghanistan after one man helped bring down the Soviet Union. What comes out in the movie is how the then-Pakistan President Zia had killed his predecessor, who was Benazir Bhutto's father. (The movie doesn't say that Zia himself was later killed in an assassination when his plane was shot down).

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We risk the same thing in Pakistan, the only major nuclear power with a growing nest of Islamic militants, including Osama bin Laden, who live in Pakistan's safe havens and are turning their attention from Afghanistan to Pakistan (according to Robert Gates).

Great turmoil and risk is ahead for the U.S. as much as the people of Pakistan. It could lead to extremists gaining nukes, especially if Musharraf succeeds in becoming a dictator, now that democracy has died with Ms. Bhutto.

Americans should pay attention to this. If one of their nukes or the technology falls into the hands of al-Qaida sympathizers, we are in serious trouble. A nuclear 9/11 would make the first event feel like a gnat bite in comparison.

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