Further On Bhutto Assassination

A friend of Benazir Bhutto makes a good point: the killing was not a normal suicide bombing, because the killer made a point to shoot Ms. Bhutto first. The implication is that it was a government hit (making use of fanatics) disguised to look like a terrorist suicide bombing. I'd guess it could well be, and in fact, my jaded nature says that's most likely.

It also could be that, the previous suicide bombing attempt at killing her having failed, they decided the bombing part alone was not guarantee enough. Either way, it's not a simple terrorist attack on a group of innocent people; it's a winning situation for Musharraf.

Nawaz Sharif picks up Bhutto's torch, and George Bush claims it was the work of "cowardly extremists".

Hat tip to TPM, which also reports that a group of Sharif supporters took sniper fire earlier today, making it all the more suspicious.