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Subject: Banasir Bhutto badly injured in a suicide bomb attack.
Herald12345    12/27/2007 8:21:18 AM
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1298475,00.html Benazir Bhutto Critically Injured At Rally Updated:13:01, Thursday December 27, 2007 Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been critically injured after a suspected suicide attack at a political rally in Pakistan. It was believed to be a suicide attack It was believed to be a suicide attack She is undergoing emergency surgery at a nearby hospital, Sky News sources say. The explosion went off just after Ms Bhutto left the rally in Rawalpindi, minutes after her speech to thousands of people. More follows ... ____________________________________ I'm going out on a limb here and suggesting that the usual suspects may not be the blame boys. How about the ISI? Could those bastards have pulled a stunt like this and tried to make it look like an AQ job? Herald
 
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sentinel28a       1/1/2008 6:23:00 AM
But it's fun!
 
 
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tigertony       1/1/2008 10:26:59 AM
 " Tiger, before you go shooting off your mouth, make sure you know what the hell you're talking about.  Zhukov was in the Far East theater, which mostly escaped the purges.  He didn't kiss Stalin's ass; historical records show that Zhukov was one of the few Soviet marshals who wasn't afraid to speak his mind, and didn't give a rat's ass if Stalin disagreed with him.  Stalin respected that.  When Beria tried to have Zhukov arrested shortly before Stalin's death, the latter refused--"I won't give you Zhukov."  A murderous, paranoiac thug Stalin was, but he was not stupid.  Far from it, which is why he was a scarier opponent than Hitler.  He knew a kiss-ass when he saw one, and tended to suspect those far more than he suspected straight shooters."
 
 
  

Soviets Print Excerpts Of Attack by Zhukov On Stalin's War Role

Published: January 21, 1989

LEAD: Pravda today published previously secret sections of the memoirs of Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov that sharply criticize Stalin's war leadership and blame him for the annihilation of thousands of Soviet citizens.

Pravda today published previously secret sections of the memoirs of Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov that sharply criticize Stalin's war leadership and blame him for the annihilation of thousands of Soviet citizens.

The memoirs in the Communist Party daily shattered the Soviet image of Stalin as a war hero. The dictator depicted himself as the savior of the Soviet Union during the war, in which at least 20 million Soviet citizens died.

The image has endured despite Western studies concluding that a large part of the Soviet losses were the result of Stalin's purge of the army's officer corps in the late 1930's and his refusal to believe that Hitler could turn on him and order an invasion.

Marshal Zhukov, who died in 1974, was deputy commander in chief of the Soviet armed forces during the war, second only to Stalin. The marshal is considered a hero of the defense of Moscow and Stalingrad.

Pravda quoted Marshal Zhukov's daughter Mariya as saying the marshal's memoirs have often been cited by Stalinists as proof that Stalin was a magnificent leader rather than the criminal portrayed in recent Soviet publications. Sections Hidden in Safe

But she said key sections of her father's writings had been left hidden in his safe for publication at some future, less dangerous time.

''Many thousands of outstanding party workers, members of the armed forces, faithful patriots of the motherland and talented leaders of the country were annihilated by the order of Stalin,'' the marshal wrote of the period from 1937 to 1939. ''Of course, one cannot forgive Stalin.''

The full page of excerpts in Pravda include Marshal Zhukov's report that Stalin played no role in directing the war effort, although he often called front-line commanders to issue orders devised by the general staff as if they were his own.

Pravda said Marshal Zhukov h

 
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Shirrush    Durka-durkastan Zindabad!   1/1/2008 2:28:14 PM
As usual, Caroline gets it.


 
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