Bhutto was a corrupt ex-PM who was possibly involved in (setting up) a few assassinations during her two terms in office, including her own brother.* Recently returned from exile (to flee corruption charges), Bhutto was one of the two major opposition leaders to Pakistan's current leader, Pres. Pervez Musharraf.** With her death, the government is placed in a VERY awkward position: think of it as though, say, right before the 2004 election, John Kerry was assassinated.
*I'm not saying she was, but that she might have been. **The other opposition leader, Nawaz Sharif, was deposed by Musharraf in a coup d'etat in...'98? '99? He was also massively corrupt, and not much of a nice guy either. Musharraf started taking action against Sharif after Sharif essentially tried to have him killed (and everyone else on his plane with him).
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Date: 2007-12-28 10:56 pm (UTC)*I'm not saying she was, but that she might have been.
**The other opposition leader, Nawaz Sharif, was deposed by Musharraf in a coup d'etat in...'98? '99? He was also massively corrupt, and not much of a nice guy either. Musharraf started taking action against Sharif after Sharif essentially tried to have him killed (and everyone else on his plane with him).