[Marxism] WSWS: Bhutto assassination heightens threat of US intervention in Pakistan

[Jerry Wells <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI: From WSWS:

Bhutto assassination heightens threat of US intervention in Pakistan
By Bill Van Auken
29 December 2007

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/dec2007/bena-d29.shtml

"...
Without any substantive evidence, the crime has been attributed to Al
Qaeda, while Bhutto herself has been proclaimed a martyr both in the
struggle for democracy in her own country and in the US âglobal war on
terror.â Meanwhile, the government of President Pervez Musharraf has
been exonerated. There is ample reason to question this âofficial storyâ
on all counts.

The obvious intent is to turn this undeniably tragic event into a new
justification for the pursuit of US strategic interests in the region.
..."




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