Bhutto's Son Calls For U.N. Probe

19-Year-Old Son Of Assassinated Pakistani Opposition Leader Distrusts Government Officials

(CBS/AP)  Benazir Bhutto's son on Tuesday called for a U.N.-sponsored investigation of her murder, saying that he does not trust officials in Pakistan.

"We do not believe that an investigation under the authority of the Pakistani government has the necessary transparency," Bilawal Bhutto Zardari told a news conference. "Already so much forensic evidence has been destroyed."

The 19-year-old Oxford University student was chosen to succeed his mother as leader of the Pakistan People's Party, though day-to-day leadership is in the hands of his father, Asif Ali Zardari.

"It was recognized at this moment of crisis that the party needed a close association with my mother through the blood line," said Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

"Also it was important to give hope to the new generation of Pakistanis who are looking not just to these elections but beyond."

Most importantly, Zardari made it clear that he wants his life at Oxford to remain private for the four years he attends and said he will not be playing a public role, reports CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar.

"Politics is also in my blood, and although I admit that my experience to date is limited, I intend to learn," Zardari said.

"However, my immediate priority is to return to Oxford to continue my studies. Unless I can finish my education and develop enough maturity I recognize that I will never be in a position to have sufficient wisdom to enter the political arena."

He criticized the U.S. government's support of President Pervez Musharraf as a key ally in its "war on terror."

"I believe that the problem is that dictatorships feed extremism, and once the United States stops supporting dictators we can successfully tackle the extremist problem as well," he said.

[barbaraf4]

This needs to just go away. Bhutto returned to Pakistan knowing she was taking her life in her hands. Otherwise, there would have been no need for security. The question did her security failed her is moot. She committed suicide by returning to Pakistan, no matter how good her intentions were.

[dgermenis]

OK, that''s enough about Bhutto. She''s dead, it''s over people.

[diplomacy3]

"I believe that the problem is that dictatorships feed extremism, and once the United States stops supporting dictators we can successfully tackle the extremist problem as well,"

Ms. Bhutto''s popularity was the main cause of her assassination, either by elements in musharraf government or the feudal lords. Her party would still win under the new leadership.

[rowdytexan2]

Posted by dgermenis at 08:47 AM : Jan 08, 2008

Actually, it''s not over. The Pakistani people need to know who killed her, in order to know who in their country is trustworthy, and who is not.

How can their country survive if they are living under a dictator who is going to off the leadership they choose to represent them. Or, how can they get rid of US support that very possibly had her offed. They need to know!

You can''t just sweep your problems under the rug and hope for the best. If you don''t take hold of the problem and fix it, then there''ll never be peace and stability.

[hungry1968]

I agree However, why will his family not allow a postmordem to be done?

Posted by jerryomara at 08:08 AM : Jan 08, 2008




She was shot from 10 - 12 feet away, then a bomb was detonated by the same man at the same distance.

Why do you think an autopsy is called for?

[docofthebay]

Son...she had millions of enemys, Pakistan is another arab based country full of animals who only value life if it''s on their terms, and she got killed for attempting to bring democracy to a place where greed and cruel power based on "the will of Allah" will stop at nothing. There will never EVER be truth, move on, get closure and peace and do something to improve that heinous situation over there.

[docofthebay]

OK, that''''s enough about Bhutto. She''''s dead, it''''s over people.
Posted by dgermenis

And yet, on and on and on and ON go the stories about a baseball player (alive by the way) squirting some who-gives-a-*** junk into his butt to get an edge on his game.

[brianbwb-2009]

"Unless I can finish my education and develop enough maturity I recognize that I will never be in a position to have sufficient wisdom to enter the political arena."

Well, he already has two points over Bush, honesty, and knowledge that his education is important to his future

[brianbwb-2009]

Posted by DocOfTheBay

Wrong dude, you confuse Muslims with Arabs, they are far from the same, you make the same mistake as one who mistakes an Italian Catholic and a Mexican Catholic.

[notblue]

brianbwb,???? Arabs are Muslim, Persians are Muslim, Indonesians are Muslim, Palestinians are Muslim, they all worship in a faith called Islam.

[ann3332]

what I cant undertand why they destroy most of forensic evidence. they should of not wipe that away until it it was investigated. i strongly I belief that Musshuraf had something to do with it.

[prinzowhales]

Of course they destroyed the evidence! Johnson had the vehicle in which JFK was murdered washed and repaired without forensic examination, took the body from the jurisdiction responsible for investigating the death, the patsy was murdered in police custody and numerous witnesses met untimely ends...When they ''did'' OKC, they demolished the building and buried the remains, putting them under armed guard to avoid a real investigation...for 9-11 they hauled the steel all the way to China, withheld dozens of video tapes of whatever hit the Pentagon and Bush fought tooth and nail against a real investigation of the crime...New York--like Texas in the case of JFK--did not investigate the murder of thousands of Americans.

The lone assassin myth was at least more durable than the "the sun roof killed her" myth...Interesting that she was supposed to meet with an assessory after the fact in the murder of JFK, Senator Arlen Specter, creator of the magic bullet fraud.

Just as the Secret Service agents responsible for shielding the rear of the vehicle were called off their posts just before the assassination of JFK... the police left prior to Bhutto being gunned down and bombed. She had even noted in an e-mail that she thought the official responsible for her protection was trying to have her killed. Musharaff refused to allow foreign body guards into the country to protect her--wouldn''t grant them visas.

[prinzowhales]

Now you have the case of murdered tribal leaders gathered for peace talks with the regime...It was the US and Pakistan''s ISI that spawned al Qaeda and radical Islam...who do you think whacked the tribal leaders? And now, we hear of a major Pak attack on the tribal areas to the north...coincidence? No!! You don''t just pick up and start a major military operation...its planned in advance...

...just as the Brits and Americans had troops and materials staged for the invasion of Afghanistan and the Indian press had reported it was coming in the fall, BEFORE 9-11...just as the Israelis had their ducks in a row for the invasion of Lebanon before the two Israelis fell into the hands of Hezb''allah... the Pakistani Army was prepared for the push in the chaos following the murder of Bhutto...

[b-easy63]

"though day-to-day leadership is in the hands of his father, Asif Ali Zardari."

Aren''t those the same hands of the man who had his fingers in so much corruption before? hands in Day to day stuff does not sound like a good idea, when someone is sticky fingered.

[libsluvsuvs]

Posted by brianbwb at 09:43 AM : Jan 08, 2008
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*****You are wrong my confused little friend..there is no such thing as an arab that is not muslim..an arab that is not muslim in middle east or anywhere for that matter is DEAD arab...understand??

[keithle1]

How long til her son gets his balls blown off?

[libsluvsuvs]

it is hard to deal with a society that is rooted and latched itself to an ancienT IDEOLOGY that is, to make matters worse, had been perverted by extremist clerics. This child will be assasinated because is more westernized than pakistani..and they dont like that. it is his people''s belief that he should be worried about