Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated yesterday during a rally. Although it was originally thought that she was killed by a gunshot targeted at her by a suicide bomber (who is rumored to be associated with al Qaeda), they have recently discovered that she was actually killed by the shrapnel from the bomb.
Her funeral was held today along with riots throughout the country and throngs of people that brought the funeral procession to a standstill. (If you have not watched the news, watch to see her supporters surrounding her coffin showing how much they loved her.)
While this assassination was definitely expected, it still came as a shock and will have huge effects on the nation. Pakistan has its elections coming up soon; however, if they are postponed, it could be a huge set back to bringing the nation closer to democracy.
With terrorism coming back to the forefront of the news and many people´s minds, most of the presidential candidates have made speeches in response to this occurrence. While before Bhutto´s assassination the nation seemed to be most concerned with the economy, now it seems as if the nation is focusing again on terrorism. Presidential candidates with foreign experience like McCain and Giuliani may now have an advantage as terrorism once again consumes the nation. McCain even claimed that this may help him in the presidential race.
I personally think that it may help McCain and Giuliani as the nation changes its focus. What do you think?
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all i have seen on the news these past couple of days is the bhutto assassination story. The last thing i expected was for it to affect our own election here in the U.S.. However now that it obviously has, i think it is showing the american people which candidates are more experienced and better to run our country. Foreign policy is something the newly elected president will have to deal with on a frequent basis so it will help the more experienced candidates like McCain and Giuliani to talk more about foreign experience.
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