UN report calls Bhutto assassination a “failure” of government protection

Fri, 04/16/2010 - 13:28
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A long awaited UN report on the 2007 assassination of Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto finds that Pakistan's government - then headed by Pervez Musharraf - failed to protect Bhutto even after multiple threats and that an investigation into the attack was a "deliberate" failure. Ambassador Heraldo Munoz, chair of the UN commission, presented the findings on Thursday.
"A range of government officials failed profoundly in their efforts. First, to protect Ms. Bhutto and second to investigate with vigor all those responsible for her murder. Not only in the execution of the attack but also in its conception, planning and financing."
The attack also killed 24 other people and injured 91.
To learn more about the findings, we're joined by Sharad Joshi. He's a Research Associate and faculty member at the Monteray Institute of International Studies in California. His research focuses on security issues and terrorism in South Asia.

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