"An odd coexistence of military despotism and anarchy" holds sway over Pakistan and facilitated the assassination, says Tariq Ali now in the Guardian, two weeks after a long excerpt from his upcoming work reviewed the sordid details of the Bhutto family's political machinations in the LRB. Ali went on to give some excellent summation and analysis along with Manan Ahmed on Democracy Now (transcript here, audio/video here).
Sepia Mutiny rounds up some bangers but is rather facile in the bulleted outline (a PowerPoint already?) presented in lieu of an analysis. Note the images from the Getty photographer at the scene, who gives a shaky audio interview to the New York Times. The Times of London reports riots and train stations in flames across the country but only 30 dead. The Hindu provides consistent detail from its own reporters and the wires on at least what the Pakistani government is advancing as its theory of the case, while interviewing Indian security experts who describe Bhutto's security as "dismal, almost as bad as if it was designed to facilitate her assassination"... «MORE»
Sepia Mutiny rounds up some bangers but is rather facile in the bulleted outline (a PowerPoint already?) presented in lieu of an analysis. Note the images from the Getty photographer at the scene, who gives a shaky audio interview to the New York Times. The Times of London reports riots and train stations in flames across the country but only 30 dead. The Hindu provides consistent detail from its own reporters and the wires on at least what the Pakistani government is advancing as its theory of the case, while interviewing Indian security experts who describe Bhutto's security as "dismal, almost as bad as if it was designed to facilitate her assassination"... «MORE»
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