Bhutto exhumation okay, Pakistan official says.

This should clarify all the rumors.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/29/bhutto.death/index.html

Bhutto exhumation okay, Pakistan official says

The Pakistani government has no problem with officials from Benazir Bhutto’s political party exhuming the slain opposition leader’s body if they see a need to do so, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Saturday.

Brig. Javed Iqbal Cheema made the remark when asked about comments from a top Bhutto aide who helped bathe Benazir Bhutto’s body after her death.

Sherry Rehman, Pakistan People’s Party information secretary, said it was clear that the former Pakistani prime minister suffered bullet wounds to her head, contrary to a government report that she died because she hit her head on a sunroof lever.

Cheema noted that if Rehman – as she said – believes she saw bullet wounds that caused Bhutto’s death, “We don’t mind if the People’s Party leadership wants her body to be exhumed and post-mortemed. They are most welcome, but we gave you what the facts are.”

Cheema emphasized that the government’s conclusion on the cause of death was based on “absolute facts, nothing but the facts.”

“It was corroborated by the doctor’s report; it was corroborated by the evidence of the footage we showed you.”

Rehman – who had been riding in the car behind Bhutto’s when it was attacked – called the government’s conclusion that Bhutto was not shot “the most bizarre, dangerous nonsense.”

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“It’s beginning to look like a cover-up to me,” Rehman said in a CNN interview.

Rehman said Bhutto was hemorrhaging on the way to the hospital and that the two cars used to get her there were blood-soaked.

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Will Zardari allow this?

He refused the doctors request before to carry an autopsy on Thursday, so will he now allow her body to be exhumed for this purpose and clear the doubts from conspiarcy theorists?

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i dont see why not, unless it is in certain people's interest (including zardari) to not have a post mortem. lets have a post mortem, set teh record straight, whatever it is.

I mean what does it change, whether the cause of death was bullet, shrapnel or impact on a knob. none of this would have happened if there was not an attacker there who shot at her and blew himself up.

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Is it a case of allowing or can the govt force the issue if people are looking for clarification, and to stop finger pointing and rumor mongering?

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I think government could be wrong in so quick to jump to conclusion about the reason of her death.
But PPP leaders seem to be playing in Qaeda/Taleban hands by exonerating Taleban from this attack and putting TOTAL blame on government.

Just think about it:
- If government would kill anyone then it will not be suicide attack. None of government's people would be willing to kill himself. Suicide attacks is Taleban/Qaeda symbol.
- Aftab Sherpao has had a couple of suicide attacks himself, even though he served in the government. Why would government want to kill their own guy?

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It does not matter, but cause of death need to be identified. If nothing else it will stop all the rumor mongering and stop the war of words which Pakistan does not need at the moment.

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i agree 100%, PPP should exhume the body now and lets have an open post mortem and make all details available to public.

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It's a case of allowing I believe, and the decision is Zardari's. So the responsibility now lies on him to clear all these misconceptions as to how she died. If he does not allow the exhumation, then he and the PPP leaders will not have the moral authority to accuse the authorities any further of cover-ups.

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Has the PPP EC meeting today taken up this offer of exhuming the body for autopsy?

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No they are refusing to allow exhuming the body. The bullet in the Abdomen has thrown additional questions.