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I can't destroy the whole army, and anyway [Tikka Khan] bad reputation for the events in Dacca is exaggerated.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Age: 51 †
Born: 1928
Born: January 5
Died: 1979
Died: April 4
Diplomat
Former Prime Minister Of Pakistan
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
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I don't say it in the Indian fashion that is hypocritically. I say it sincerely because, instead of hatred, I feel great compassion for Mujib Rahiman.
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For instance, in the name of unity. You can't build without destroying.
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If the people wanted my head I would bow without demur. If I had lost the confidence or respect of the people I would not want to live. The tragedy of the drama is that the very opposite is true.
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There's only one man really responsible for those events - Yahya Khan. Both he and his advisers were so drunk with power and corruption they'd even forgotten the honor of the army.
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A regime which puts in a bunker the highest law in the land does not have the moral authority to say that nobody is above the law.
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[Tikka Khan] went to East Pakistan with precise orders and came back by precise orders. He did what he was ordered to do, though he wasn't always in agreement, and I picked him because I know he'll follow my orders with the same discipline.
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Lets build a monument for the veto. Lets build a monument for impotence and incapacity.
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Yes, there are circumstances where a bloody suppression is justifiable and justified.
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We(Pakistan) will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own (Atom bomb).... We have no other choice!
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Mujib [Rahman], as you've seen, is a congenital liar. He can't help telling lies - it's something stronger than he.
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Yahya Khan wasn't interested in the government of the country, he was interested in power for its own sake and nothing else.
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Mujib [Rahman] talks at random, depending on his mood and the disorders of his sick mind.
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What can you say of a leader who starts drinking as soon as he wakes up and doesn't stop until he goes to bed? You've no idea how painful it was to deal with Yahya Khan. He was really Jack the Ripper.
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[Yahya Khan ] had given me an appointment for the following day. And, days later, General Mohd Umar revealed to me that he'd resorted to this stratagem so that I'd stay in Dacca and see the efficiency of the army. I give you my word of honor that all this is true.
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[Yahya Khan] thought of nothing but acquiring beautiful cars, building beautiful homes, making friends with bankers, and sending money abroad.
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Tikka Khan was a soldier doing a soldier's job.
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I've known him since 1954 and I've never taken Mujib Rahiman seriously - I understood from the very first moment that there was no depth to him, no preparation, that he was an agitator breathing a lot of fire and with an absolute lack of ideas.
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I tried to explain that there was a great difference between me and Mujib [Rahiman]: he was a secessionist and I wasn't.
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To conclude, the tragedy of March 25 [1969] caught me by surprise. Yahya Khan fooled even me.
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Even to get Yahya Khan to reason was an impossible task - it only made you lose your temper.
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