December 30, 2007

Did Bhutto Martyr Herself?

By James Lewis
What would you say about a politician who refused to tolerate sensible security measures just a few weeks after a major assassination attempt came within a hair's breadth of killing her, using a baby wrapped in a bomb? That bomb in Karachi killed an estimated 140 people, including the child. Bhutto only survived because by some miracle --- or by some intuition of danger --- she bent down behind the metal shielding of her open truck a few seconds before the bomb went off. Then she went right back to riding in an open car, right in the middle of the street mobs. Israeli security sources can't understand why she wasn't better protected.   There she was, touching hands with a wild, chanting mob for hours and hours, reaching out from the sunroof of her protected vehicle to reach out to the masses. The assassins took advantage of that vulnerability, according to press reports. Anybody could approach her, and did. It makes no sense to a Western mind. The US Secret Service would...(Read Full Article)