Pakistan says al Qaeda behind Bhutto killing
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has "intelligence intercepts" indicating that al Qaeda was behind the killing of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
"We have intelligence intercepts indicating that al Qaeda leader Baitullah Mehsud is behind her assassination," ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema told a news conference.
Mehsud is one of Pakistan's most wanted militant leaders and is based in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border.
