In a city with supposedly tight security, police stop one suicide bomber from attacking Bhutto’s rally in Rawalpindi, but let a second slip through the cracks, killing the former PM, and failing to prevent an attack on members of rival opposition leader Nawaz Sharif’s camp killing four…
- 15-year-old Bomber Stopped at Bhutto Rally (News.com.au)
- Four Dead in Pakistan Poll Rally (BBC News)
- Bhutto Killed in Suicide Attack (Washington Post)
…however according to a former CNN correspondent lax security isn’t the only problem facing the country, but also issues of literacy, government transparency and honesty, and religious freedom:
- What’s Holding Pakistan Back (Christian Science Monitor)
Leading Iraq war supporter reveals skyrocketing costs of empire and occupation:
- Wars Cost $15 Billion a Month, GOP Senator Says (Washington Post)
TSA begins implementing behavioral profiling program as a more ethical and effective alternative to racial profiling:
- Airport Profilers: They’re Watching Your Expressions (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
In latest Malaysian row over issues of religious conversion, Hindu mom loses legal battle to prevent her former husband from converting their 4-year old to Islam:
- Malaysian Hindu Loses Bid to Ban Muslim Conversion (Reuters/New York Times)
