finding commission began on Wednesday an inquiry into the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Bhutto was murdered in a suicide gun-and-bomb attack in the city of Rawalpindi on Dec. 27, 2009, after an election rally. Her murder threw nuclear-armed US ally Pakistan into crisis and her Pakistan People's Party rode a wave of sympathy to win a February 2008 election. Her widower, Asif Ali Zardari, later become president. 3-member probe team: Headed by Chile's UN Ambassador Heraldo Munoz. The other two members of the UN “Bhutto Commission” are Indonesia's former attorney general Marzuki Darusman and Peter Fitzgerald, a retired senior officer with the Garda Siochana, Ireland's national police force. Time frame: 6 months for its investigation. The team will arrive this month in Pakistan Limitation: The UN team will not be empowered to launch criminal proceedings related to the assassination.Main suspect: Pakistan's previous government, led by Pervez Musharraf, and the CIA have accused Pakistani Taleban chief Baitullah Mehsud of killing Bhutto, a staunch supporter of the US-led campaign against militancy. Mehsud has denied involvement. He carries a US reward of $5 million and a Pakistani reward of 50 million rupees ($615,000).Conspiracy theories These were fueled when authorities ordered the scene of the attack hosed down shortly after the assassination, washing away evidence. Some of Bhutto's aides have expressed dissatisfaction over the previous investigation.
