[lit-ideas] Re: Benazir Bhutto (RIP)

--- Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> However, Bhutto was hardly an ideal person to lead a democracy. Although
> she 
> was the first woman to lead an modern Islamic country, she was also deeply 
> corrupt. She looted more than a billion dollars during her time in office. 
> There was no difference between her and other Arab heads of state: 
> corruption, abuse of power, and so on.

Of course, that she faced corruption charges was reported here as was the
Bhutto stance that these charges were just politically motivated smears - is
there compelling evidence of her guilt or complicity in such looting and of
the scale? 

Donal



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