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BHUTTO

So they killed her.

There goes the bushie hope for more democracy in the world. He picked the wrong allies.

I was shocked but not surprised by the assassination.

I have been interested in Bhutto since she went to Radcliffe College and caused a stir in the Cambridge/Boston world. Phi Beta Kappa—1969-1973—Government.

She was the bright and articulate daughter of a popular Pakistani leader. A member of a venerable political family.

Here she is in 1976 when she began as an adviser to her father.

Later she took over from her dad.

She was dogged by corruption and other charges to say nothing of all forms of palace intrigue.

It is still in my mind for some reason. That young woman in the news then. Fresh and probably terribly naive.

I wondered how and why she had come back to her country when she was obviously in so much danger there.

To be a martyr?

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