Friday, December 28, 2007

No bullet

From Pakistan today, this depressing bit of spin:
"X-ray showed no sign of bullet injury in PPP leader Benazir Bhutto's body, the doctor who treated her at Rawalpindi hospital said.

The doctor claimed that Benazir's death was due to some shrapnel, which hit her head and fractured it.

He also added that Benazir's cardiac arrest was due to brain injury.

The Pakistan government has also said she did not die of bullet injuries." [...]

"However, the earlier version was quite different. It was said that the assassin was at the entrance to the rally ground, standing in the middle of a crowd of PPP workers shouting slogans.

Benazir stopped the car and stood out from the sunroof of the SUV to wave at party workers. The lone assassin was standing behind the car and he now fired three shots at Benazir Bhutto from close range."
Hmm. Could ballistics testing identify military-issue bullets? Just a thought. Although I guess we can assume that anyone close enough to have clearly seen what really happened isn't in a position to talk about it at this point.

Update: And now they're saying it wasn't shrapnel either, she died from hitting her head on the vehicle's sunroof after the blast. Um err, yeah right. Nothing to see here...