Bhutto Cover-Up

Guide Note: Benazir Bhutto's opposition party is challenging the three official versions of her assassination, accusing the Pakistani government of trying to cover up shortcomings in the days prior to planned 2008 elections.

Fast Facts:

1. Attending physicians say she had a large wound on the side of her head
2. Video shows shots being fired and head scarf flying upwards
3. Witnesses claim that bullet wounds were apparent while body was bathed
4. Government states Bhutto died when head struck against sunroof lever

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The Mahalo Top 7

1. CNN.com: Ministry Backtracks on Bhutto Sunroof Claims (January 1, 2008)
2. CNN.com: Police 'prevented Bhutto Autopsy' (December 31, 2007)
3. CNN.com: Medical Report of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto (907KB)  
4. FOXNews: New Video of Bhutto Assassination May Contradict Government Version (December 31, 2007)
5. Washington Post: Bhutto party accuses government (December 29, 2007)
6. IBN Live: Benazir's husband rejects govt's 'explosive' claims (December 29, 2007)
7. VOA News: Pakistan Dispute Erupts Over How Bhutto Died (December 29, 2007)
8. Video: Bhutto Aide: The coverup begins (Time 07:26)

Bhutto Cover-Up News

• Google News: Bhutto Cover-Up
• CNN.com: Decision on Pakistan election delayed; new video emerges (December 31, 2007)
• CNN Video: Was Bhutto shot? (December 30, 2007)
• CNN Video: Bhutto's husband speaks (December 30, 2007)
• CNN.com: Bhutto exhumation okay, Pakistan official says (December 29, 2007)
• FOX News: Assassin Believed Seen in Video Images; Bhutto Aides Accuse... (December 29, 2007)
• Al Jazeera: Fighters deny Bhutto killing link (December 29, 2007)
• Time: Bhutto's Jihadist Enemies (December 29, 2007)
• CNN.com: How did Pakistan's Bhutto die? (December 29, 2007)
• CNN.com: Bhutto aide suggests cover-up (December 29, 2007)
  • A top aide who helped bathe Benazir Bhutto's body after her death said it was clear that the former Pakistani prime minister suffered bullet wounds to her head, contrary to a government report that she died because she hit her head on a sunroof lever.
• San Francisco Chronicle: The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto (December 29, 2007)
• Bloomberg: Bhutto's Party Rejects Al-Qaeda Claim as Riots Spread (December 29, 2007)
  • The Pakistan Peoples Party rejected government claims that a Taliban commander linked to al-Qaeda was behind the assassination of its leader Benazir Bhutto, as the death toll from rioting rose to 38.
• The Star: How Benazir Bhutto Died (December 29, 2007)
• CNN.com: U.S. suspects Taliban leader behind Bhutto plot (December 29, 2007)
• Guardian Unlimited: Bhutto buried beside her father as mourners promise revenge (December 29, 2007)
• Time: Bhutto Conspiracy Theories Fill the Air (December 28, 2007)
• ContraCosta Times: Militants, Bhutto aides allege cover-up (December 28, 2007)
• FOX News: Alleged Al Qaeda Conversation Regarding Bhutto Killing (December 28, 2007)
• Los Angeles Times: Bhutto's long and tangled list of enemies (December 28, 2007)
  • "Bhutto had returned from eight years of self-imposed exile with a pledge to reform Pakistan in ways that would upset entrenched political interests, powerful fundamentalist religious organizations, and Al Qaeda and the Taliban."

Bhutto Cover-Up Blogs and Commentaries

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• New York Daily News: Freed to kill again (December 29, 2007)
• Huffington Post: US May Intervene In Investigation (December 28, 2007)
• Counter Terrorism Blog: Al Qaeda Spokesman Denies Involvement in Bhutto Attack (December 27, 2007)
• The Swamp: Expert: Bhutto victim of extremists, not Musharraf (December 27, 2007)
• Portfolio.com: What Bhutto's Death Changes (December 27, 2007)
  • The assassination not only interrupts the 2008 Elections, but also an economic boom in cities like Karachi and Lahore, where much-needed foreign investments may be threatened by violence and political unrest.
• TheTerrorWonk: Bhutto's Assassination Needs a Real Investigation (December 27, 2007)

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