BENAZIR BHUTTO VICTIM OF THE WAR OF TERROR?
Monday, December 31, 2007 - 03:08 PM EST - 278 Reads
Section: Who killed Benazir?
"Mossad Snubbed Bhutto's Protection Request", on 28th December 2007
an Israeli website: www.israelinationalnews.com, reported that "Slain Pakistani
opposition leader Benazir Bhutto "desperately" asked the CIA, Scotland Yard,
and Israel's Mossad to assist in her personal protection in the weeks before
her assassination, Maariv reported Friday. Bhutto said that President Pervez
Musharaf's men would not let her protect herself adequately: she was not
allowed to use dark-paned windows in her motorcade or use equipment for
location of roadside explosives. She suspected Musharraf wanted to make her an
easy target for assassins. In Israel, discussions were held on the subject
between the Foreign Ministry, which supported the request, Mossad, and other
bodies involved with protection of VIPs. No decision was reached because Israel
was concerned about upsetting the Pakistani or Indian regimes. The paper
reports that Bhutto sent an e-mail to one of her confidantes in Washington, an
American named Mark Siegel, in which she said that if something happened to
her, she blames Musharraf. She asked Siegel not to make the e-mail public
unless she was assassinated." On the other hand almost all the international
leaders, UN Security Council, including Israeli leadership condemned the
killings.
BENAZIR BHUTTO VICTIM OF THE WAR OF TERROR?
Dr Shahid Qureshi
31st December 2007
Benazir Bhutto was the victim of so called of war on terror and
its aftermaths? Since the arrival of Benazir Bhutto on 18th October 2007 more
than 200 innocent people including security officials and more than 700
injured, not to mention millions of dollars losses to the businesses and
properties as result of her death. What were the factors and forces behind her
re-launching into Pakistani politics? To get the safe passage into Pakistan's
active politics we don't know what promises were made and tasks assigned to
her? Those who were involved in the negotiations with Musharraf suggested that
Ms Bhutto had one point agenda 'withdrawing of the corruption charges'. The
National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) was the baby of those of negotiations.
No doubt Benzair Bhutto was from a rich and wealthy feudal family
close to the British Raj, on the other hand her husband Mr Asif Ali Zardari 'Mr
nobody' never missed any chance of making money in her both governments
according to reports. One analyst said, 'she died defending Asif Zardari's
corruption resulted in her self exile of eight years and compromises she had to
make".
"I (Ghunva Bhutto) wanted her (Benazir Bhutto) just explain to me
the killing of Murtaza" (by the police in Karachi while she was the prime
minister of the country) said Murtaza's wife Ghunva Bhutto on 30th December
2007 in an interview with Burkha Dutt of Indian channel NDTV. Fatima Bhutto
pointed finger to Mr Asif Zardari for the murder of her father in an article
published in The News.
Critics say that Benazir was continuously trying to sell herself
to the guarantors of the deal? Her inner anxieties and tensions were obvious
like she never switched herself off. Why? What made her so vulnerable, weak and
compromising that she kept on making mistakes and nobody around her intervened?
Who told her to open the roof of the bullet and bomb proof car? No one can
imagine a bomb proof car with a soft roof window? She was responding to the
cheering of PPP supporters when opportunists' terrorists struck her.
Aljazeera TV asked me in an interview after the death of Ms
Bhutto what was President Musharraf was not already doing which; Benazir could
do for? It is a million dollar question and sometimes US put too much pressure
on its friends who collapse as a result be it Musharraf or Benazir, I
responded.
So what were the motives and intentions behind her assassination?
Some believes she become irrelevant in the fast changing dimensions of War on
Terror? Ms Bhutto was very much concerned about her security and had no trust
in the security services of the very country she wanted to rule? May be for
that reason Ms Bhutto requested foreign intelligence agencies CIA, Scotland
Yard, and even Israeli agency MOSSAD for protection.
"Mossad Snubbed Bhutto's Protection Request", on 28th December
2007 an Israeli website: www.israelinationalnews.com, reported that "Slain
Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto "desperately" asked the CIA,
Scotland Yard, and Israel's Mossad to assist in her personal protection in the
weeks before her assassination, Maariv reported Friday. Bhutto said that
President Pervez Musharaf's men would not let her protect herself adequately:
she was not allowed to use dark-paned windows in her motorcade or use equipment
for location of roadside explosives. She suspected Musharraf wanted to make her
an easy target for assassins. In Israel, discussions were held on the subject
between the Foreign Ministry, which supported the request, Mossad, and other
bodies involved with protection of VIPs. No decision was reached because Israel
was concerned about upsetting the Pakistani or Indian regimes. The paper
reports that Bhutto sent an e-mail to one of her confidantes in Washington, an
American named Mark Siegel, in which she said that if something happened to
her, she blames Musharraf. She asked Siegel not to make the e-mail public
unless she was assassinated." On the other hand almost all the international
leaders, UN Security Council, including Israeli leadership condemned the
killings.
The Jerusalem Post reported on 28th December 2007, 'Israeli
leaders paid tribute to slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, even
though Israel and Pakistan do not have diplomatic ties. "I saw her as someone
who could have served as a bridgehead to relations with that part of the Muslim
world with whom our ties are naturally limited," Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
told The Jerusalem Post. He said the assassination was a "great tragedy," and
that he received the news "with deep sadness." Upon her return to Pakistan two
months ago, Bhutto had stopped in London and, through a mutual acquaintance,
relayed a message that she would "in the future like to strengthen the ties
between Israel and Pakistan," Olmert said. He called Pakistan a "very important
country," and said he hoped the assassination would not lead to anarchy there,
which would not bring "anything positive to the region or beyond."
President Shimon Peres said he was shocked by Bhutto's killing.
"Benazir Bhutto was a brave woman, who did not hide her opinions, did not know
fear, and served her people with courage and rare capability," he said in
statement. "I had the chance to meet her on several occasions, in which she
expressed interest in Israel and said that she hoped to visit upon returning to
power," Peres said. "Benazir was a charismatic leader and a fighter for peace
in her country and across the world."
Ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman recalled a meeting he had with
Bhutto just prior to her return to Pakistan. "My wife and I had an intimate
dinner with her and her husband," he said. "We spent over three hours with
them. She was an incredibly impressive person, one of the most impressive in
terms of her intellect, charm, and charisma that I've ever met." Gillerman said
Bhutto was interested in normalizing relations with Israel. "She was interested
in me relaying that information to Washington and the US, which I did," he
said. "We were in touch since that meeting by e-mail several times and she
expressed concern about her personal safety."
Gillerman said Bhutto had spoken about her fears of Pakistan
falling into the hands of Islamic extremists. "She shared with us her plans to
return Pakistan to democracy," he said. "She was very well aware of the
problems facing her; she knew she was endangering her life by returning. I
think she met with us to share with Israel, and through Israel, both her plans,
fears and dreams." A Foreign Ministry official said the possibility of sending
a representative to Bhutto's funeral was "not even on the agenda," because of
Israel's lack of diplomatic ties with Pakistan.
According to Wolf Blitzer of CNN (former spokes-person for
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Bhutto left him a letter that
blamed Musharraf in the event she was assassinated. Questions are being asked
why with Wolf with Blitzer and with one of her most trusted personal or
political allies within her own party, family, or staff?
Ms Bhutto was in power circles for long time and knew people in
the know world wide. People say may be she was reckless in keeping information
safe and rattling many cages by spreading misinformation and made herself
target of both friends and foes. She was openly singing from the hymn sheet of
lobby that is against Pakistan's nuclear program. It was quite reckless on her
behalf being twice PM of Pakistan in saying that 'mullahs are going to takeover
the Khauta nuclear plant'. The nuclear plant which Pakistan protected from both
India and Israel not to mention the reported beating of French diplomat by
security who stepped the line and went to Kahuta plant for fresh air?
She admitted assisting Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi against
'Sikh insurgency'. "Does India recall how I helped curb the Sikh militancy?
India was in a mess and Rajiv asked for help." She told Outlook Magazine
published on 31st December 2007. Does anyone remember that it was I who kept my
promise to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi when we met and he appealed to me for
help in tackling the Sikhs? Has India forgotten December 1988? Have they
forgotten the results of that meeting and how I helped curb the Sikh
militancy?"
Bruce Boyle wrote on 30th December 2007, "By the way, I heard
this from a call-in on C-span, and have not directly checked this out, "that in
an interview with David Frost Benazir Bhutto said that Osama Bin Laden was
assassinated at the end of 2002" and "claimed she knew who did it, when, and
how," and suggested that the subsequent bin Laden videos and audio tapes
(reportedly "released by Al Qaeda") are, in fact, "high tech constructs and
slick patch jobs produced by a third party."
One London based senior military analyst says, 'the fear of US
intervention in Pakistan is widespread in the country. The military is aware of
the dangers and is on guard but the political class is still focussed on 'who
next'.
A senior Pakistani military officer said that, 'we will not
tolerate anyone stepping the line". Well people of Pakistan need lot of
reassurance and would be on the back of its armed forces if they are given
breathing space to live?
(Dr Shahid Qureshi is senior award wining investigative
journalist and writer on security, foreign policy, and terrorism based in
London)
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