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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 29, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba By Matthew Fisher k Arachi Pakistan the pakistani government accused Al Aida of assassinating opposition Leader Binazir Bhutto and ordered the army into the streets of Karachi to quell mob violence in the country is largest City Friday. Tens of thousands of distraught mourners converged on the murdered political icons ancestral Home near the Remote Village of Gar i Khuda Baksh Warnaka to bid Farewell to the former prime minister with cries of Long live Bhutto As she was buried beside her father in the family mausoleum. Bhutto is coffin which was draped in the red Green and Black colours of her Pakistan Peoples party and covered in Rose petals was followed to the domed White Marble shrine by her weeping husband Asif Ali Zard Fari and their three teenage children. Conspicuous by their absence at the funeral were pakistani Security officials or any government officials. As Bhutto was being buried Interior ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Javed Iqbal Cheema announced that the government had irrefutable evidence in the form of intelligence intercepts indicating that Al Aida is Bai Tullah me Sud one of pakistanis most wanted terrorists is behind her assassination because he had been heard congratulating allies for thursdays attack. But the charge that me Sud who operates in Lawless tribal areas near the afghan Border is the chief suspect was dismissed by Bhutto is political supporters who claimed that her murder was the result of the governments failure to protect her properly. While Bhutto herself had spoken of threats to her life by Al Aida she had Many enemies in the military the intelligence services and the rough and Tumble world of pakistani politics. Her own father former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged in 1979 after being overthrown in a military coup and she and her husband were often accused of corruption when she was in Power in the 1980s and again in the 1990s. Bhutto is assassination after a Campaign Stop in Rawalpindi for parliamentary elections still scheduled for Jan. 8, was a cataclysmic event with As yet unknown consequences for this deeply divided nation. Already however it threatens to topple president Pervez Musharraf is military regime and undermine u. S. Hopes of stopping a rising tide of islamic extremism Here and in neighbouring Afghanistan. The u. S. Was aiming to work with Musharraf while civilian Rule was restored in Pakistan through Bhutto is election. At least 30 pakistanis have died in riots since the slaying of the 54 year old Harvard and Oxford educated politician. It was the second attempt on her life since she returned from exile two months ago to try become prime minister again. At least 140 supporters died in the earlier bombing. Binazir was very popular and there was a genuine attachment to her Here said Aman Siddiqui an Engineer now living in Toronto who was in Pakistan to install Airport navigation systems. The violence is in every Village every City and every province now and i do not think the government will be Able to control it. Only the army can do anything and we have not yet seen much of them and we have not seen the police at All. Parts of Karachi looked like a Battlefield late Friday. Great Clouds of smoke cast a pall Over the City and gunfire could be heard occasionally after a Day in which As Many As 500 cars were torched and scores of Banks and shops were looted or burned by furious Bhutto supporters. Karachi is the capital of Singh province a densely populated impoverished Region that has been the Bhutto family is political heartland for decades. After several trains were attacked and burned in the South Many trains Between Singh and the Punjab in the North were cancelled. The Karachi Airport the country is largest was almost completely deserted on Friday although a few overseas flights continued to arrive and depart. But passengers had great difficulty getting there because few Drivers braved the roads. The situation today was totally horrible said Awais Hamed who greets arrivals at the Airport for a Karachi hotel. Bhutto is supporters Are in a mood to Burn and they have enjoyed themselves. I understand their frustration but they have Only made the situation worse. There were riots in Many other places across Pakistan on Friday too. With the army Given orders to shoot to kill anyone causing trouble in certain areas schools and most businesses including All Gas stations remained closed. Most pakistanis stayed Home during the first of three Days of National mourning decreed by Musharraf who As army commander seized Power eight years ago from then prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Bhutto is death has caused Sharif who also returned from exile to contest the january elections to say he will Boycott the vote. Combined with the precarious Security situation the Fate of the Jan. 8 elections is unclear. Until now however the government has insisted they will proceed As planned. It was widely reported that Bhutto was killed by gunfire or an explosion detonated by a suicide bomber. However Cheema of the Interior ministry said no bullets or bomb fragments were found in her body. He claimed she died from a Skull fracture after striking her head on the Sunroof of her armoured car As she ducked Down to avoid gunfire. Can West news service Pakistan in chaos Winnipeg free press saturday december 29, 2007 a5 Winnipeg repress. 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Islamabad Pakistan a transcript released by the pakistani government Friday of a purported conversation Between militant Leader Bai Tullah me Sud who is referred to As Emir Sahib and another Man identified As a Maulvi Sahib or or. Cleric. The government alleges the intercepted conversation proves Al Aida was behind the assassination of Binazir Bhutto Maulvi Sahib peace be on you. Me Sud peace be on you too. Maulvi Sahib How Are you Emir Sahib me Sud Fine. Maulvi Sahib congratulations. I arrived now tonight. Me Sud congratulations to you too. Maulvi Sahib they were our men there. Me Sud who were they Maulvi Sahib there were Saeed the second was Badar Wala Bilal and Ikramullah was also there. Me Sud the three did it Maulvi Sahib Ikramullah and Bilal did it. Me Sud then congratulations to you again. Maulvi where Are you i want to meet with you. Me Sud i am in Makin. Come i am at Anwar Shah is Home. Maulvi Sahib of i will come. Me Sud do not inform their family presently. Maulvi Sahib right. Me Sud it was a spectacular Job. They were very Brave boys who killed her. Maulvi Sahib Praise be to god. I will give you More details when i come. Me Sud i will wait for you. Congratulation once again. Maulvi Sahib congratulations to you As Well. Me Sud any service Maulvi thank you very much me Sud peace be on you. Maulvi same to you. The associated press transcript of alleged intercepted Call Al Aida killed Bhutto government authorities lax Protection to blame say her supporters Anjum Naveed / the associated press smoke Billows from tires set ablaze at a rally by Bhutto is supporters. Shakil Adil / the associated press supporters of Binazir Bhutto surround an ambulance carrying her body As it arrives at her family is ancestral graveyard Friday ;