Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ISLAMABAD4809
2007-11-09 10:40:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
MGPK01: SITREP 14, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
VZCZCXRO2743 OO RUEHLH RUEHPW DE RUEHIL #4809 3131040 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 091040Z NOV 07 FM AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3114 INFO RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL PRIORITY 7738 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 6670 RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 2182 RUEHKP/AMCONSUL KARACHI PRIORITY 7968 RUEHLH/AMCONSUL LAHORE PRIORITY 3995 RUEHPW/AMCONSUL PESHAWAR PRIORITY 2520 RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO PRIORITY 3216 RUMICEA/USCENTCOM INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY RHMFISS/CDR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 004809
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/09/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
SUBJECT: MGPK01: SITREP 14, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
BLOCKED IN FRONT OF HOME
REF: ISLAMABAD 4805
Classified By: Anne W. Patterson, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 004809
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/09/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
SUBJECT: MGPK01: SITREP 14, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
BLOCKED IN FRONT OF HOME
REF: ISLAMABAD 4805
Classified By: Anne W. Patterson, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (C) Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto
attempted to leave her Islamabad home November 9, 1400 hours
(local). She remains in her car, surrounded by 40-plus PPP
supporters on foot. Bhutto talked her way through the first
barricade but has been stopped at a second one. As of 1500
hours, Bhutto had only progressed about 100 yards from the
house. She is reportedly blocked on all sides: between two
barbed wire blockades, with five lines deep of police in
front, an armored personnel carrier on their right, and
supporters clashing with police on their left. A magistrate
has entered Bhutto's property, but has not been able to reach
Bhutto in her car in order to serve her with a warrant, so
claimed a high-level PPP source on the scene.
2. (C) RSO sources report that Rawalpindi is quiet because
police have been successful in blocking roads in and around
the city.
PATTERSON
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/09/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
SUBJECT: MGPK01: SITREP 14, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
BLOCKED IN FRONT OF HOME
REF: ISLAMABAD 4805
Classified By: Anne W. Patterson, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (C) Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto
attempted to leave her Islamabad home November 9, 1400 hours
(local). She remains in her car, surrounded by 40-plus PPP
supporters on foot. Bhutto talked her way through the first
barricade but has been stopped at a second one. As of 1500
hours, Bhutto had only progressed about 100 yards from the
house. She is reportedly blocked on all sides: between two
barbed wire blockades, with five lines deep of police in
front, an armored personnel carrier on their right, and
supporters clashing with police on their left. A magistrate
has entered Bhutto's property, but has not been able to reach
Bhutto in her car in order to serve her with a warrant, so
claimed a high-level PPP source on the scene.
2. (C) RSO sources report that Rawalpindi is quiet because
police have been successful in blocking roads in and around
the city.
PATTERSON