Saturday, January 05, 2008
Politicians - in Pakistan
When it comes to foreign politics we are clearly at the mercy of the media.
That's bad enough just in it's own right, and totally suspect when stories originate in a not necessarily free speech country...
That's bad enough just in it's own right, and totally suspect when stories originate in a not necessarily free speech country...
In the Washington Times, Arnaud de Borchgrave reports about Pakistan:
"There is a fresh and sordid postscript to Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Tainted by her husband Asif Ali Khan Zardari's penchant for graft and corruption, Mrs. Bhutto was twice fired as prime minister (1990 and 1996). Her closest friends now say she did not appoint Mr. Zardari to succeed her as party leader in case of death. The political testament Mr. Zardari read on television was his recent creation, not hers.
These friends of longstanding had never heard of such a document. Mr. Zardari is known as 'Mr. 10 Percent' and is widely reviled as one of the most corrupt political hacks of the last 30 years. As 'Minister of Investment' in Mrs. Bhutto's second Cabinet, all government contracts passed through his hands. They were not approved until a kickback was deposited in a numbered foreign bank account. There are cases pending against him in three foreign jurisdictions, including Switzerland, for money laundering."
