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  • A generation ago, Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was pregnant with, and gave birth, to her daughter Bakhtawar on January 25,
  • Benazir Bhutto () was a Pakistani politician and the country's first female prime minister.
  • Up ahead, tough talk from the woman who used to rule Pakistan and hopes to do so again.

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    The Situation Room

    Details of Failed Secret Plan That Could Have Prevented Iraq War; Interview With Benazir Bhutto

    Aired September 27, -   ET

    THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


    WOLF BLITZER, HOST: To our viewers, you're in THE SITUATION ROOM.
    Happening now, new details of a failed secret deal that could have prevented the Iraq War.

    What was Saddam Hussein demanding in exchange for leaving his country peacefully?

    Also, fearless in the face of threats from Al Qaeda and the Taliban, Pakistan's former prime minister preparing to return to her country and challenging its military leader. I'll have a one-on-one interview with Benazir Bhutto.

    And the flight from hell -- passengers trapped on the tarmac for hours, finally revolting when they've had enough.

    I'm Wolf Blitzer.

    You're in THE SITUATION ROOM.

    But up first, a major new development in the racially c

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    We Should All Be Feminists - April 12,

    My brother, Chuks, and my best friend, Ike, are part of the organizing team, so when they ask me to come, I couldn't say no. But I'm so happy to be here. What a fantastic team of people who care about Africa. I feel so humble and so happy to be here.

    And I'm also told that the most beautiful, most amazing little girl in the world is in the audience. Her name is Kamzia Adichie and I want her to stand up. She's my niece! [applause]

    So, I would like to start by telling you about one of my greatest friend, Okuloma. Okuloma lived on my street and looked after me like a big brother. If I liked a boy, I would ask Okuloma's opinion. Okuloma died in the notorious Sosoliso plane crash in Nigeria in December of Almost exactly seven years ago. Okuloma was a person I could argue with, laugh with, and truly talk to.

    He was also the first person to call me a feminist. I was about fourteen, we were at his house, arguing. Both of us bristling with half-bi

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    Bhutto Killed

    A day after Bhutto, 54, was killed in a gun and bomb attack after an election rally in the city of Rawalpindi, world leaders voiced outrage but urged the country to exercise calm and stick to the path of democracy.

    In a letter to Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, French leader Nicolas Sarkozy called the attack an "odious act" and said "terrorism and violence have no place in the democratic debate and the combat of ideas and programs."

    The UN säkerhet Council emerged from an emergency möte on the killing with a statement condemning "this heinous act of
    terrorism."

    Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi condemned the "fanaticism" that caused it and Spain spoke of a "frontal attack on Pakistani democracy."

    In a statement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the "cowardly act underscored the need to continue the fight against terrorism and support those who suffer its consequences."

    German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the death of Bhutto was