150,000 Pakistanis mark Bhutto's death anniversary

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150,000 Pakistanis mark Bhutto's death anniversary
Published: 12/27/08, 3:25 AM EDT
By ASHRAF KHAN

GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH, Pakistan (AP) - Up to 200,000 Pakistanis gathered at the mausoleum of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Saturday on the first anniversary of her assassination, some of them walking hundreds of miles (kilometers) to get there.

Dozens of people kissed Bhutto's grave, which was strewn with flowers. Some were beating their heads and chests and wailing. One man burst into tears.

"I am taking these flowers to take home and will show my daughters this gift and this is for blessing," said 41-year-old Saifullah Khan.

Bhutto was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack as she was leaving a rally in the garrison town of Rawalpindi, just outside the capital of Islamabad on Dec. 27, 2007.


She was campaigning to return her Pakistan People's Party to power in parliamentary elections, a scenario supported by the United States, which admired her secular credentials.

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1. Has it really been a year already?

Seems like it just happened.

[Ghost in the Machine]

2. Yes it does seem like it just happened..

:hi: