UN to investigate Benazir Bhutto assassination

The Pakistan army's alleged links to Islamic extremists are set to come under international scrutiny after the United Nations surprisingly agreed to a request from Islamabad for an investigation into the assassination of the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

Bhutto was killed in December in a shooting and suicide bomb attack. Taliban or other Islamist fanatics have been blamed outside of Pakistan for the assassination, though within the country the intelligence agencies and other arms of the state are widely believed to have been involved. Bhutto's widower, Asif Zardari, held "the establishment" responsible shortly after her death.

There is widespread suspicion that sections of the Pakistan military, particularly its ISI intelligence agency, secretly support Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and at home, as a bulwark against foreign influence.

Experts said those alleged links would have to be examined by the UN.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/11/benazirbhutto.pakistan1

Caution This is a long term market as investigations by the UN tend to take years to end.