Bhutto 'was about to spill the beans'

[katty]

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Bhutto 'was about to spill the beans'
5:00AM Thursday January 03, 2008

KARACHI - Benazir Bhutto was poised to offer proof that Pakistan's election commission and shadowy spy agency were seeking to rig an upcoming general election the night she was assassinated, a top aide said.

Senator Latif Khosa, who authored a 160-page dossier with Bhutto documenting rigging tactics, said they ranged from intimidation to fake ballots, and were in some cases unwittingly funded by US aid.

Bhutto had been due to give the report to two visiting US legislators over dinner on the day she was killed in a suicide bombing.

"The state agencies are manipulating the whole process," said Khosa, head of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party election monitoring unit.

"There is rigging by the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence), the election commission and the previous government ... They were on the rampage."

[rAVES]

1. Well color me surprised... I thought it was because she represented freedom and peace..

[katty]

2. yeah, duh--and she want ed F&P too-they were none too pleased

[LaStrega]

3. "...and were in some cases unwittingly funded by US aid..."

I'm not so sure about the "unwittingly" part.

[ladjf]

4. Crooks are in charge everywhere. How did the honest people

go wrong?

[Spurt]

7. The honest people...

...failed to pay attention and make themselves heard.

Politics is not a spectator sport. For all too many voters, awareness is only headline news and participation is no more than casting a ballot. That is not enough for an effective democracy.

[Briar]

8. Moreover

a lot of the "honest" people want what the corrupt offer. Security at the cost of freedom, for example. A viciously hostile policy towards immigrants and asylum seekers. Punitive penal codes. Corruption spreads a lot further than the leadership.

[farmbo]

5. But..but..but... She was killed by al Queda extremists...Right?

Both Bush and Masharraf said it was so.

And would they lie to us?

:grr:

[tom_paine]

6. Bushies are the same everywhere.

n/t

[0007]

9. ........They have large busy tails and Small, round, and shiny beady eyes.

They all lay claim to loving Jesus and doing God's will.

.....another tip off is they all have very bad breath.