World Public Opinion Poll
Equal numbers 40 pct each favor and oppose 3rd term premiership for Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto more popular than General Pervez Musharraf
Benazir Bhutto 27 pct
Nawaz Sharif 21 pct
President Pervez Musharraf 21 pct
PM Shaukat Aziz 2 pct
51 pct support return of Nawaz Sharif
PART-1---TRADING BARBS
Very powerful figures behind the assassination attempt- BB says
Bhutto blames government for turning off streetlights
Bombers used C4 plastic explosive
First bomber carried 17 to 22 pounds of explosives
Second 33 pounds explosives
BB accuses Pervez Elahi, Arbab Rahim and IB Chief
I survived, but 140 of my supporters didn't- Benazir Bhutto
Benazir accuses Baitullah Mehsud, Hamza bin Laden and a Red Mosque militant
Shujaat Hussain accuses Asif Zardari plotted the attack
We support a credible investigation and we support an investigation that will get to the bottom of what has happened and for perpetrators to be brought to justice- Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad
Taliban deny link to attack on Benazir Bhutto- Daily Outlook quotes Taliban commander Mullah Hayatullah Khan
Part-2----------Attack Investigations
No breakthrough in investigations so far- Wasim Akhtar
Two suicide bombers involved- Wasim Akhtar
Finger prints, images sent to NADRA- Wasim Akhtar
No need to call foreign investigators-
Lights were never tuned off-
Not sure so far who is behind these attacks- Wasim Akhtar
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