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Ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has died

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    #11
    Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
    Crikey.... that place will erupt...
    No it won't. She represented the educated intelligentsia, such as it is in Pakistan, and those types of people don't riot.

    PS Wasn't she educated at Oxbridge?
    Hard Brexit now!
    #prayfornodeal

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      #12
      Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
      Crikey.... that place will erupt...
      What.. Bradford?
      How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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        #13
        Foolish move - she could become a martyr for thousands. And a convenient excuse for Musharraf to suspend elections. A sad day for democracy - she may not have been perfect but she was brave.

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          #14
          Not a nice Christmas for them over there then

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            #15
            So what are the likely consequences of this? If it is possible to get a sensible reply round here...

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              #16
              Originally posted by realityhack View Post
              Foolish move - she could become a martyr for thousands. And a convenient excuse for Musharraf to suspend elections. A sad day for democracy - she may not have been perfect but she was brave.
              I agree...
              Bazza gets caught
              Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

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                #17
                Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                No it won't. She represented the educated intelligentsia, such as it is in Pakistan, and those types of people don't riot.

                PS Wasn't she educated at Oxbridge?
                I suppose you are right... it's still shocking though....
                Bazza gets caught
                Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

                CUK University Challenge Champions 2010

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                  #18
                  PS Wasn't she educated at Oxbridge?
                  Yes she was.
                  That boy go raaaaaaa
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                    #19
                    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                    So what are the likely consequences of this? If it is possible to get a sensible reply round here...
                    As RH says, it gives Musharraf an excuse to clamp down even more even as his democratic rival has been eliminated. A win-win situation for him.
                    Hard Brexit now!
                    #prayfornodeal

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                      No it won't. She represented the educated intelligentsia, such as it is in Pakistan, and those types of people don't riot.

                      PS Wasn't she educated at Oxbridge?
                      Only a disappearingly small part of the electorate then, so why does it merit all the news coverage?
                      Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
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