BEIJING, Dec. 28(Xinhuanet) -- A spokesperson of Al-Qaeda has Thursday claimed responsibility for the killing of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Italian independent news agency Adnkronos International (AKI) said. "We terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to defeat the mujahadeen," Al-Qaeda's commander and main spokesperson Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid told AKI in a phone call from an unknown location. Al-Yazid, who is the main Al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan, said that the decision to kill Bhutto, who is the leader of the opposition Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was made by al-Qaeda number two Ayman Al-Dhawahiri in October this year, according to AKI. Bhutto had just addressed a pre-election rally on Thursday in the garrison town of Rawalpindi when a suicide bomber blew himself up.

北京， 12月28日（新华网） -- 基地组织的一名发言人于星期四声称对巴基斯坦前总理贝布托遇刺身亡事件负责。此消息是意大利独立新闻机构AKI发布的。
““我们破坏了最有价值的美国资产，她曾发誓要击败穆斯林游击队。”基地组织的领袖也是主要发言人穆斯塔法•阿布•耶齐德从不知名的地点通过电话对AKI说。
据AKI称，耶齐德是阿富汗地区基地组织的主要领导人，他说刺杀反对势力巴基斯坦人民党领袖贝布托的决定是基地组织二号人物埃曼扎瓦赫里在今年10月发布的。
星期四贝布托才刚刚在驻防城镇拉瓦尔品第的预选集会上发表演讲，一个自杀性炸弹携带者就引爆了炸弹。