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March 27, 2008

Man accused in Bhutto's book of attack on her homecoming parade freed for lack of evidence

Well, we already knew it was a shoddy book.

"Suspect in Bhutto parade attack freed on bail," from Agence France Presse (AFP) (thanks to DFS):

KARACHI: An alleged Al-Qaeda militant detained over the bombing of Benazir Bhutto's homecoming parade which killed 139 people has been freed on bail, police in Pakistan said on Wednesday. A court freed Qari Saifullah Akhtar, accused by the former premier of plotting against her in a book published after her assassination in December, was released "after the police failed to produce evidence against him," police investigator Nawaz Ranjha said. The court ordered police to produce evidence as soon as possible, he added....

Incidentally, I wrote to Bhutto's ghostwriter, Mark Siegel, informing him that in the book he had attributed words to me that I did not say and positions that I do not hold. I got no answer. What a surprise.

Posted at March 27, 2008 4:52 AM

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