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Bhutto vows to fight for democracy after bomb attack

KARACHI
Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:25am EDT

KARACHI (Reuters) - Benazir Bhutto said on Friday she would carry on her struggle for democracy in Pakistan, despite a suicide bomb and grenade attack on her motorcade that killed 133 people as she returned home after eight years of exile.

"I and my colleagues want to save Pakistan, and to save Pakistan, we want to save democracy," Bhutto told a news conference wearing a black armband.

"The attack was on what I represent. The attack was on democracy and very unity and integrity of Pakistan."

The 54-year-old former prime minister returned on Thursday to lead her Pakistan People's Party into national elections due in January that are meant to mark a transition from military to civilian led democracy.


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