NPR: Pakistan Blames al-Qaida, Taliban

Pakistan Blames al-Qaida, Taliban

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The Jan. 6 edition of Parade

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Pakistan's Interior Ministry tells reporters that al-Qaida and the Taliban were responsible for killing opposition leader and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto after a campaign rally on Thursday.

Spokesperson Javed Iqbal Cheema says the ministry intercepted a note of congratulations from an al-Qaida leader after the attack on Bhutto. Cheema goes on to say that Bhutto was killed not by bullets or shrapnel, but by hitting her head on the sunroof of the vehicle she was riding in. As NPR reports:

Chema said she was killed when she tried to duck back into the vehicle, and the shock waves from the blast smashed her head into a lever attached to the sunroof, fracturing her skull.

Meanwhile, an advance copy of Parade magazine featuring Bhutto on the cover has landed in our office. I couldn't help noticing this quote from Bhutto:

"We must be out on the streets, or the terrorists win."

Check it out.

Laura Conaway

12:43 PM ET | 12-28-2007 | permalink

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