Scotland Yard believes Al-Qaeda assassinated Benazir Bhutto

[sabra]

Source: UK Sunday Times

BRITISH officials have revealed that evidence amassed by Scotland Yard detectives points towards Al-Qaeda militants being responsible for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

Five experts in video evidence and forensic science have been in Pakistan for 10 days since President Pervez Musharraf took up an offer from Gordon Brown for British help in the investigation of the December 27 killing. Last week they were joined by three specialists in explosives.

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“Linking Mehsud to Bhutto’s assassination was done for strategic reasons and had nothing to do with the ground realities,” said Sajjan Gohel, an expert on Al-Qaeda.

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But British and American officials, who have examined the transcript, say they believe it is genuine and share Musharraf’s view that Mehsud is behind most of the suicide bombings in Pakistan.

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The gun fired at Bhutto has been checked for fingerprints by the Scotland Yard detectives. A government minister told The Sunday Times that these have been traced through identity cards to a man in Swat, an area where Mehsud’s men have been fighting.

“There was no cover-up,” he insisted. “It was just unfortunate that in all the shock and confusion at the beginning, people shot their mouths off talking about sunroofs rather than simply saying it would be investigated.”




Read more: http://timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3177691.ece

[Bicoastal]

1. Yes, but in league with WHO?

And who had the most to benefit?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

2. Yes.

I believe the CIA Al Queda did it too.

[daleo]

3. Scotland Yard

When your cover-up needs the very best...

[State the Obvious]

4. Wow....that was one QUICK investigation.

British and American officials say they "believe" it (transcript) is genuine??

Haven't we heard these "we-believe-the-information-is-genuine" statements before... concerning "yellow cake"?

[asjr]

5. Yes, and the British told Shrub

all about the yellow cake from Niger. And then tried to frost it.

[Dancing_Dave]

6. Rawalpindi is the HQ of Pakistan's military

And the military executed Bhutto's father there after a coup in the 1970's.

Few Pakistanis will be fooled by Scotland Yard's participation in creating an obviously incomplete and biased official story.

[defendandprotect]

7. That must mean then that the US did it . .. cause . . . we created Al Qaeda ---

[Matilda]

8. So, why would Musharraf try to claim that she died from hitting her head?

If he'd kept his stupid mouth shut, perhaps some people would have bought
this story.

[melm00se]

9. saw on TV

yesterday that ~25% of Pakistani's surveyed think it was musharraf, ~25% think it was "politicians" and ~17% thought it was al qaeda

[Snarkturian Clone]

10. They looked at the evidence and said "What's all this then?!?!" NT

[Javaman]

14. LOL nt

[bitchkitty]

11. Oh, well, if Sherlock Holmes says so...

Oops, I mean Scotland Yard. I get my fiction mixed up sometimes...

[Brrrp]

12. Al Qaeda also ate my homework. :)

[woodsprite]

13. That was so quick I wonder if the ink is even dry on the check yet? n/t