THE ARMY ADVANCES …
Hot off its relative success in sweeping Swat of militants led by Maulana Fazlullah, sources report that the Pakistan Army has set its sights on Baitullah Mehsud, the purported mastermind behind the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
In addition to military action, sources also report that a major facet of the newfound campaign involves [...]

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Around Christmas, sources had reported that Pakistani intelligence had indications that the violence afflicting the rest of the country — Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi — was making its way to Lahore.
Today, it did. A suicide bomber detonated himself amidst a 70-member police contingent, minutes before a weekly lawyer’s protest in front of the Lahore [...]

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Late Saturday night during a Democratic Party debate, presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton stated that if elected president, she would propose joint US-British oversight of Pakistani nuclear weapons. Within hours, media outlets from New Hampshire to New Delhi had all picked up on the story, with headlines screaming, “Clinton Proposes Oversight of Pak Nukes.”
MISSION [...]

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Sources are indicating that Senator Barack Obama has requested to meet with Pakistani officials to discuss (read: learn about) the political situation in Pakistan and specifically, all matters pertaining to the Bhutto assassination.
Obama has taken some rather hardline stances in the past when it has come to Pakistan. He’s stated in the past [...]

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Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated. Bilawal and Asif Zardari, Bhutto’s son and husband, now co-chair the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) with Bilawal slated as heir to the Bhutto mantle. Asif Zardari, who has shown some maturity over the last few days, will be playing a behind-the-scenes role, similar to that of Altaf Hussain [...]

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From here at the Insider Brief, we’d like to thank all our readers for this blog’s continued success. In addition to the multitudes of web mentions (e.g. Matthew Good), we recently found ourselves speaking about Thursday’s tragic events on both TV and the radio.
TV: Fox News Channel
On Thursday morning, I made an appearance [...]

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The video below captures Bhutto’s assassin firing 3 shots from what appears to be a handgun (note how the shooter/suicide bomber was quite literally perched up onto the back of Bhutto’s SUV):

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Pakistan is in the throes of chaos following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.  Scores of people have died and there has been a grave loss of property attributable to violence, fires and looting.  The situation, as it stands now, according to sources: 

The government does not intend on imposing martial law at this point in time. [...]

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This picture was taken seconds before Benazir Bhutto was fatally wounded in a hail of assassin’s bullets.

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In light of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, sources are reporting that there is a “90% likelihood” that the January 2008 parliamentary elections in Pakistan will be postponed. Government officials are currently in meetings assessing the situation to make a final decision.  Updates soon.

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Benazir Bhutto, Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party and two-time Prime Minister, has been assassinated in a bombing in Ralwapindi.  In a sad twist of fate, the assassination took place at Liaquat Bagh — the park that marked the spot of the assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan — Pakistan’s first prime minister.

Chaos and looting continue [...]

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Reports are coming in of a suicide bombing at a rally being held by Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi. Benazir Bhutto and Sherry Rehman are in CRITICAL condition. The rear portion of Benazir Bhutto’s car, which was departing, underwent severe damage. Scores dead and wounded. Body parts litter Liaqat Bagh, where the [...]

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