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U.S. condemns attack on Pakistan's Bhutto

WASHINGTON
Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:03am EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States condemned an attack that killed Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, a U.S. State Department official said on Thursday.

"The attack shows that there are still those in Pakistan trying to undermine reconciliation and democratic development in Pakistan," the official said.

(Reporting by Deborah Charles, editing by Lori Santos)



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