PPP in UK - Bhutto's killing 'fascist act of CIA'

[TonyGosling]

Bhutto's killing 'fascist act of CIA'
Thu, 10 Jan 2008

The PPP says the US and Pakistani spy agencies are the number one suspects behind the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.

"Her assassination is calculated. Her killing is a fascist act. US Central Intelligence agency (CIA) and Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) should shoulder responsibility for her assassination," Amanullah Khan, a Britain-based leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) said on Wednesday night, the Times of India reported.

He added Bhutto was longing to go back to Pakistan in her effort to restore democracy there but was 'deceived and stabbed in the back by the CIA and ISI'.

Meanwhile, Khalid Mahmood, a Labor MP, has said Bhutto knew the threat to her life but the 'West cajoled and forced her to return to Pakistan.'

The son of the slain Pakistani opposition leader told reporters on Tuesday that Washington's policy of appeasing dictators is one of the main factors behind the expansion of extremism in the world.

Amanullah Khan

[TonyGosling]

White House shrugs off Pak warning
Sat, 12 Jan 2008
US State Department avoided commenting on Pakistan's warning
The White House has ignored the warning by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf against a unilateral US military move into his country.

http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=38469

According to US military chief Admiral Michael Mullen, Pentagon continues to air extreme concern about al-Qaeda operations in Pakistan.

"We know it is having a significant impact, not just in Afghanistan, but certainly there are concerns about how much they have turned inward inside Pakistan," said Mullen in a press conference.

State Department spokesman Tom Casey also avoided commenting on Musharraf's warning, saying he is 'not sure what Musharraf actually said or didn't say' as he had seen only the press reports.

Reports that Washington may increase the authority of CIA and the US military to conduct covert operations in Pakistan sparked an outcry among the Pakistani government.