The Bhutto Bombing

Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated today.

Who takes credit for it? Why, Al Qaeda of course. They don’t like Muslim leaders who call for the end of the mujahadeen.

A spokesperson for the al-Qaeda terrorist network has claimed responsibility for the death on Thursday of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

“We terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to defeat [the] mujahadeen,” Al-Qaeda’s commander and main spokesperson Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid told Adnkronos International (AKI) in a phone call from an unknown location, speaking in faltering English. Al-Yazid is the main al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan.

It is believed that the decision to kill Bhutto, who is the leader of the opposition Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), was made by al-Qaeda No. 2, the Egyptian doctor, Ayman al-Zawahiri in October.

Death squads were allegedly constituted for the mission and ultimately one cell comprising a defunct Lashkar-i-Jhangvi’s Punjabi volunteer succeeded in killing Bhutto.

Pakistan is one of their last strongholds. Bhutto’s popularity threatened to get her back in power at some point. Al Qaeda are desperate to stay alive. If Pakistan wasn’t such a basket case they would be in a lot worse shape. They are running out of save havens. While the Musharraf is also opposed to terrorists, he’s been unable to squash them. I doubt Bhutto could have done a better job, but I think they want to get a more sympathetic politician in power.

That won’t happen now. They have turned a lot of Pakistanis against them. Al Qaeda has just shot themselves in the foot. Like they did in Iraq.

As sad as this assassination may be, it might have a good effect. 

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