Assasination Attempt against Bhutto..

A day after Pakistan Ex- PM Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan after a self imposed exile her convoy was attacked while driving through Karachi in a devastating car bombing that killed more than 130 people and more than 600 injured.

Pakistani government claims that Taliban/Al Qaeda were involved in the attacks should be discounted because there are so many different terrorist groups that could have carried out the attacks. Pakistani officials have been quick to implicate the Taliban and al Qaeda in assassination attempt against former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. But before anyone gives too much credence to such reports, remember: This is Pakistan. And Pakistan harbors many terrorist groups of its very own.

Yes, both the Taliban and al Qaeda are active in Pakistan, especially where the country drifts into anarchy on its border with Afghanistan. And they could well be involved in this attack.

The larger issue, however, is Pakistan's inability (or unwillingness) to take on terrorists -- militarily and otherwise -- within its borders. On that score, the attack could give President Pervez Musharraf the political cover he needs to finally do something about Pakistan's terrorist problem.

Will Musharraf use the opportunity of the attack to clean out the services and mount an all-out offensive against the warlords -- including the Afghan Taliban, al Qaeda, local clerics and other tribals -- who have turned the border region of Waziristan into the new command headquarters for global terror?

In the past, he was reluctant to make such offensives for fear that he would be seen as doing the bidding of the United States. But now, with the support of Bhutto and her People's Party, perhaps Musharraf will have the backbone and the stomach to pursue the mission.Lets c !!!

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