Benazir Bhutto assassinated

[chrishansenhome]

...according to the BBC and CNN. This is a horrid end to a very turbulent political life, and carries on from the execution of her father, also once Prime Minister of Pakistan. Very sad day.

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[obsidianbear.livejournal.com]

I think Britain has a larger Pakistani population than the US. I hope there won't be riots there over this. Even in the US, stocks are down due to the assassination.

[chrishansenhome.livejournal.com]

I would be surprised if there were riots, but there will probably be a demonstration or a memorial march or two.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Not only sad, but boding very ill for Pakistan's stability (a questionable proposition at best, anyway).

[chrishansenhome.livejournal.com]

Indeed. It is pretty unstable at best. I suspect there'll be full-scale civil war.