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When Benazir Bhutto returned to her beloved Pakistan in October, she was warned that her life may be in danger. Defiantly, she continued her campaign for Parliament in the face of violent opposition.

She was assassinated today. Click the monitor for the rest of the Notebook.

As news broke that Pakistani opposition party leader Benazir Bhutto had been assassinated, supporters erupted in anger and tears, smashing the glass doors of Rawalpindi General Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Online, the emotion is just as palpable as Pakistanis vent fears and frustrations about the upcoming election and mourn the loss of a political icon who many are now calling a martyr.

Bhutto was a polarizing figure, loved by some and despised by others. As a blogger at Metroblogging Islamabad writes, “Bhutto was not perfect, but at least she was for a democratic process. Democracy once again dies with her.”

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