Two large explosions in Karachi: probable assassination attempt on Bhutto

[MonkeyFunk]

being reported on CNN. Very close to Benazir Bhutto's convoy.

Bhutto reported to be uninjured, but others are hurt.

They're showing a video of one of them.. a large crowd in the street to see Bhutto, then a big bang went up in the middle. There must be many people hurt.


edit: reporting at least 30 dead now, probably more.

[malaise]

1. We had a thread earlier this morning when she arrived

no surprise this.

[Stinky The Clown]

2. MSNBC is calling it an assination attempt.

[MonkeyFunk]

3. Yes

it would seem to be.

[AlCzervik]

4. M$NBC is showing some video now, "death toll expected to rise"

[MonkeyFunk]

6. yeah

CNN, too.

It's horrifying. The streets were packed - they said up to a million people - and then a car just exploded in the middle of it all.

[Adsos Letter]

5. ...great...

the possible spark to civil war in Pakistan...just throw another pail of gas on the fire, Jolene...

[MonkeyFunk]

7. Yes

very scary.

[backscatter712]

8. Sigh...

We have problems with our fundies, Pakistan has problems with their fundies.

Fuck fundies, no matter what religion.

[MonkeyFunk]

9. Now reporting

that hundreds and hundreds are wounded. They have new video, but it's too graphic to show.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

10. Bhutto isn't very friendly with Musharraf OR the clerics, is she?

A very brave person, from what I read.

[MonkeyFunk]

11. No she's not

Yes, I'd have to agree she's very brave.

I'm not sure what to think about her though. I guess she was cleared of the corruption charges, but they sounded pretty damning. But then again, they could've been totally trumped up.

[MonkeyFunk]

12. update:

Now reporting it wasn't a car bomb, as first thought, but a suicide bomber.

CNN now saying up to 45 dead, but BBC says over 70.

[malaise]

14. Yep

could be the military or radical muslims. She has loads of enemies. Mushie's military friends hanged her father and they all helped create the Taliban for their American friends.
She met with peeps in DC and also has the full back ing of Britain which can't make her popular. Further Mushie knows she's returned to seize power in the January fraudulent election.

This morning's link
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2075327&mesg_id=2075327

Add.

[MonkeyFunk]

15. There are plenty of countries

as fucked up as Pakistan, but none of 'em have nukes.

[malaise]

16. Indeed

but Pakistan is a special case of fucked up. The Brits perfected divide and rule. And we can thank Cheney and Rumsfeld for those nukes.

Add.

[Shakespeare]

13. Aw, shit. That didn't take long. n/t

[MonkeyFunk]

17. Now 124 reported dead

more than 300 injured.

Damn!

[MonkeyFunk]

18. sigh

I should've entitled this "Ellen's 11-year old birth-control-using dog injured in Karachi blast". Then people would care.

This is BIG news. Not only is the death toll awful, but the fact that there was an attack on her so soon after arriving is newsworthy. We can't have Pakistan fall into chaos.