Poor Security Blamed in Bhutto Assassination

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UNITED NATIONS - A U.N. commission on Thursday said the assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, could have been prevented and blamed all levels of government for failing to provide adequate security. It also accused intelligence agencies and other officials of severely hampering the investigation into those behind her murder.

Bhutto was killed in a Dec. 27, 2007, gun and suicide-bomb attack as she was leaving a rally in the garrison town of Rawalpindi, where she was campaigning to return her Pakistan People's Party to power in parliamentary elections. There had previously been an attempt on her life when she returned to Pakistan 10 weeks earlier on Oct. 18, 2007 after more than eight years in self-imposed exile.

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Poor Security Blamed in Bhutto Assassination

The panel said her death could have been prevented if the government under then-President Pervez Musharra...

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