[Marxism] Alan Wood on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto

[Joaquin Bustelo]

Alan Woods says, about the murder of Bhutto: <<Who was responsible? The
identity of the murderers is not yet known. But when I asked the comrades in
Karachi, the reply was immediate: "it was the mullahs". The dark forces of
counterrevolution in countries like Pakistan habitually dress up in the garb
of Islamic fundamentalism.>>

I found this part of Woods's article disquieting. Because aren't "The dark
forces of counterrevolution in countries like Pakistan" actually the CIA?
And doesn't a lot of the resistance to the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan
"habitually dress up in the garb of Islamic fundamentalism"? 

Yet my impression was that imperialism was rather favorably disposed towards
Bhutto, in a "lesser evil" kind of way, given how politically weak
Musharraff (who I thought has been clearly "their boy") had become. I really
would like to read a fuller explanation from someone who understands what is
going on there.

That said, given the whole imperialist ideological framework of a war of
civilizations, and the liberal cover for this as a crusade against
"Islamo-fascism," doesn't that sort of argue against adopting the kind of
tone and stance implicit in statements like "it was the mullahs," especially
in an article addressed to a "Western" audience? Or am I missing something
here?

Joaquin