NEW YORK (AP) — Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf blamed Benazir Bhutto for her own death, saying in an interview broadcast Sunday she should not have poked her head out of her vehicle's sunroof while leaving the rally where she was assassinated.
Bhutto, a former Pakistani prime minister and rival of Musharraf, died Dec. 27 in a suicide bombing and shooting in the city of Rawalpindi.
Musharraf said his government had provided Bhutto with enough protection and it was her own negligence that led to her death. She should have left the rally quickly instead of lingering to wave to supporters, and was lucky to have made it into the vehicle alive, Musharraf said in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" program.
"I mean, God was kind — she went into the car in spite of the fact that she was waving and all that. She did go into the car. Now — now is the point. Why did she stand outside the car?" he said.
"For standing up outside the car, I think it was she to blame alone. Nobody else. Responsibility is hers," he added.
On Saturday, Bhutto's husband accused members of Pakistan's government of involvement in his wife's killing and demanded a U.N. investigation. Opposition activists have denounced the government's initial assessment that an Islamic militant was behind the attack and that Bhutto died not from gunshot wounds but from the force of the blast.
Musharraf has acknowledged that investigators may have drawn conclusions too quickly and mishandled evidence, including hosing down the site hours after the attack. But he has insisted his government is capable of conducting its own probe with help from British forensic experts.
He denied in Sunday's interview that he had anything to do with Bhutto's death.
"This is unfortunately a very baseless allegation. Nobody has a right to blame anyone for killing anyone unless they have the proof," he said.
What else would you expect him to say. If nobody has a right to blame anyone for killing anyone unless they have proof as he says then why did he go on TV accusing Al Qaida of her assassination?? He accused several individuals of having plotted the whole thing, why if he had no proof?? They asked for protection and he denied them that protection, but would he go out into the public with the same type and amount of protection that she had?? If his government is capable of conducting its own probe then why did they jump to conclusions and mishandle evidence?? Why do they refuse to allow a UN investigation to take place-I'm sure they may later, once evidence has been destroyed, along with any possible links to the REAL killer. Too fishy and full of crap if you ask me. Don't trust any of them!
You know what I found interesting, is that the Bush Administration and Musharraf were involved in endorsing her return from exile. They worked on it "behind closed doors" as they say... I don't know exactly what that means just yet, I'll have to read up more on that... it just sounds kinda fishy.
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He accused several individuals of having plotted the whole thing, why if he had no proof?? They asked for protection and he denied them that protection, but would he go out into the public with the same type and amount of protection that she had?? If his government is capable of conducting its own probe then why did they jump to conclusions and mishandle evidence?? Why do they refuse to allow a UN investigation to take place-I'm sure they may later, once evidence has been destroyed, along with any possible links to the REAL killer. Too fishy and full of crap if you ask me. Don't trust any of them! ![[Blah blah blah]](images/smiles/76.gif "Blah blah blah")
