Networks obtain secret dossier alleging Pakistani vote-rigging scheme; Bhutto didn't Trust Bush

[tekisui]

t the time she was assassinated, Pakistani opposition leader Benezir Bhutto was just hours away from meeting with two US lawmakers to hand them a dossier alleging that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) was plotting with its Election Commission to rig the upcoming elections.

According to CBS News, which has obtained a copy of the report, it "alleges widespread plans to stuff ballot boxes, rig voting lists, and intimidate, even kill, opposition voters."

CNN quotes the document more specifically as saying, "Where an opposing candidate is strong in an area, they have planned to create a conflict at the polling station, even killing people if necessary, to stop polls at least three to four hours."

The report, titled "Another Stain on the Face of Democracy," was compiled from Bhutto's own sources within the police and intelligence services. It was to be given to Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), because Bhutto did not trust the Bush administration, which is seen in Pakistan as strongly backing Musharraf.

more at link: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/CNN_CBS_obtain_secret_Pakistan_election_0102.html

[mod mom]

1. McClatchy covered this on NYE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2572465&mesg_id=2572465

[tekisui]

5. I wish CNN and CBS would put out the report now. It's 160 pages of proof.

It also involves vote-rigging with the some of the same machines we vote on here.

[rodeodance]

9. recall how justice stops when the upper echalon is in view??

[Supersedeas]

2. the Bush Admin has an agenda to fulfill and Oil Tankers to name

[napi21]

3. I KNEW she was a smart woman! n/t

[Horse with no Name]

4. They did this in Ohio

They ONLY need a few hours....

[meegbear]

6. That explains why Specter and Kennedy were there ...

interesting.

[spanone]

7. arlen will bury it if he can.

[eroded47095]

8. An American Hero

IF she shakes a few complacent Americans outta their rotten pollyannish belief in all things outta the mouth of the White House and the Kristol-loving New York Times.

The American Government IS CAPABLE of all that and more.

Oh, and, vote Democratic, and get attacked, don't forget.

The Nexus of Politics and Terror, indeed.

[Bitwit1234]

10. Up to killing people sounds like a blueprint for the last couple of

republicans WINS? And if what the whistle blower in Alabama had to say about rove is true, then remember, her house was burned to the ground. thankfully she wasn't home. And then she was run off the road and survived that one... So maybe other killings or attempted killings to try to win were possible.