Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007)
Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Source: John Moore/Getty ImagesFormer Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated at a political rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, this morning. During the first hour, we'll talk to journalists, policy experts, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, and U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez. What questions do you have about the killing of Benazir Bhutto? And how do you think her death will affect Pakistan's future?
You can read more about our guests, after the jump.
Peter Wonacott, a senior correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, will join us from Islamabad, Pakistan. Zia Mian, of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, will talk to us about Pakistan's national security. Former Ambassador Peter Galbraith, who was friends with Benazir Bhutto, will speak to us about her influence and the political fallout from her assassination. And Ahmed Rashid, the author of Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, will take part in the conversation from his home, in Lahore, Pakistan. In the final segment, we'll talk to Ambassador Mahmud Ali Durrani, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, and Sen. Robert Menendez, who sits on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Tags: Benazir Bhutto | Islamabad | Pakistan | assassination | attack
1:59 PM ET | 12-27-2007 | permalink
