Dec
28
2007
Through the gracious assistance of Merlin, I have tried to reconstruct The Strata-Sphere posts that were lost in the drive crash. I probably got them out of order, I didn’t have date or time info to work with. Also all links by AJ back to his own posts were left out, too many were broken […]
Dec
28
2007
It seems police security in place at Bhutto’s rally left their post prior to the attack on her: Perhaps more shockingly, an attendee at the rally where Bhutto was killed says police charged with protecting her “abandoned their posts,” leaving just a handful of Bhutto’s own bodyguards protecting her. “Police officers had frisked the 3,000 […]
Dec
28
2007
One thing a President can’t be is a loose cannon willing to shoot wildly and with out purpose and thought. Presidential candidate “Wild Mike” Huckabee has demonstrated why this is so true with a wild shotgun blast over the heads of the news media at a photo shoot (pun intended): Any good sportsman, though, couldn’t […]
Dec
28
2007
In a prime example of how rumors can run wild it seems there were no bullet wounds to Bhutto, calling into question the news reported in the New York Sun earlier today. The changes in what happened is coming out as details become available from Pakistan: Mystery shrouds the death of former Pakistan prime minister […]
Dec
28
2007
Conflicting News Update Here It would seem the forces in Pakistan spooked by a possible Bhutto win include some elements of the Pakistani military or ISI, given the accounts being presented in the New York Sun today: American and Pakistani military leaders are seeking to account for what may be renegade commando units from the […]
Dec
28
2007
It seems Pakistan has clear evidence of al-Qaeda and Taliban complicity in Bhutto’s assassination: Pakistan’s interior minister says al-Qaida and the Taliban were responsible for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The Pakistani official tells the Associated Press that investigators have resolved the “whole mystery” behind the assassination. He says details will come at a press […]
Dec
28
2007
It seems Muqtada al-Sadr, the fiery Iraqi Shiite cleric with ties to Iran and filled with anti-US denunciations, has been basically de-fanged by the ruling Shiia forces: KARBALA, Iraq – Posted at the door of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s office recently, a flier denounced the arrest of his followers. Up and down the barricaded street, […]
Dec
28
2007
It seems the final stage of the war is on, given the fact al-Qaeda has taken credit for the killing of Benazir Bhutto (and gave information about the bomber only the planners would know): An al-Qaeda leader based in Afghanistan formally claimed responsibility for the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, whom he […]