Originally Posted by The_Heretic

See, the reason they need to lie about the cause of death is simple. The usual profile of an al-Qaeda suicide bomber is to just blow up. To smuggle a suicide bomb vest [or whatever other version thereof] means they have to forego a firearm, since that's a security response magnet. But this assassin was first tasks with killing Bhutto in such a way as to be readily apparent she was dead. And, either he killed himself or- not knowing he was wired, his handler pulled the plug on him with a remote detonator.