In this story from Adnkronos news service Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for the murder of former Pakinstani prime minister Benazir Bhutto. This attack comes just days before the elections in Pakistan and it seems clear that this is an attack on the democratic process as well. Pakistan is a country that needs to move in the direction of the modern world and the terrorists understand that they can forstall that by killing those who represent that transition. Benazir Bhutto, even with all of her flaws, was one of these.
“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.
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