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January 6, 2008 By Reuters
WASHINGTON – Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf concedes that a gunman may have shot Benazir Bhutto, but said the opposition leader exposed herself to danger and bore responsibility for her own death, CBS News said yesterday.
Musharraf also was quoted as telling the CBS “60 Minutes” program to be broadcast tonight that his government did everything it could to provide security for Bhutto, assassinated Dec. 27 in a gun-and-suicide-bomb attack after a political rally.
“For standing up outside the car, I think it was she to blame alone. Nobody else. Responsibility is hers,” Musharraf said in the interview, taped yesterday morning.
Pakistan's government has said Bhutto died when she struck her head on a handle on her vehicle's sunroof – a contention widely derided in Pakistan, where many people suspect Musharraf's government of complicity. The government also has blamed al-Qaeda for the attack.
Musharraf was asked by CBS whether a gunshot could have caused Bhutto's head injury. He replied, “Yes, absolutely, yes. Possibility.”
Elections in Pakistan were postponed from Tuesday until Feb. 18 as a result of the assassination.
Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, called yesterday for a U.N. investigation of the killing and accused members of Pakistan's ruling regime of involvement. His remarks were made in an op-ed article in The Washington Post.
January 6, 2008 By Reuters
WASHINGTON – Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf concedes that a gunman may have shot Benazir Bhutto, but said the opposition leader exposed herself to danger and bore responsibility for her own death, CBS News said yesterday.
Musharraf also was quoted as telling the CBS “60 Minutes” program to be broadcast tonight that his government did everything it could to provide security for Bhutto, assassinated Dec. 27 in a gun-and-suicide-bomb attack after a political rally.
“For standing up outside the car, I think it was she to blame alone. Nobody else. Responsibility is hers,” Musharraf said in the interview, taped yesterday morning.
Pakistan's government has said Bhutto died when she struck her head on a handle on her vehicle's sunroof – a contention widely derided in Pakistan, where many people suspect Musharraf's government of complicity. The government also has blamed al-Qaeda for the attack.
Musharraf was asked by CBS whether a gunshot could have caused Bhutto's head injury. He replied, “Yes, absolutely, yes. Possibility.”
Elections in Pakistan were postponed from Tuesday until Feb. 18 as a result of the assassination.
Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, called yesterday for a U.N. investigation of the killing and accused members of Pakistan's ruling regime of involvement. His remarks were made in an op-ed article in The Washington Post.