1.0 link 78584 <![CDATA[Who Benefits from Bhutto's Killing?]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-lauria/who-benefits-from-bhuttos_b_78584.html The inevitable question after any assassination is: who benefited from it? The answer in this case is Musharraf and the extremists. Bhutto was the enemy of both. Could they have worked together to eliminate her?

With her murder Musharraf has had his chief rival removed and he can resume his authoritarian rule with the Americans off his back: Washington has nowhere else to turn. He is the man. He has secured power--for the time being anyway. Musharraf has played America brilliantly....

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