She greeted me just saying thank God you're safe

Victoria Scofield and Benizio Bouto embraced

The old friends had fled in different directions after suicide bombers had blown themselves up next to Benizio's campaign bus in Karachi

She was worried about me obviously and she was worried about everybody and she was shocked

She'd had these warnings, but I think she hadn't realized it would happen so soon

It was October 2007

The attack killed more than 150 people

Our Zerlia Benizio had returned to Pakistan to start her campaign to be Prime Minister

It was somehow a very nasty awakening to how insecure she was and the security situation in Pakistan

Yes, because from that moment on

It was always likely to be honest that she would never

Finish this particular political campaign. I mean on day one they'd nearly killed her and there were a lot of days to go

Yes, I think the reality of the attack changed everything because it was very evident

that if they hadn't succeeded this time they might try again and

And what we don't know and which I still find one of those imponderables is

Were there any other attempts in that period when she was also targeted but escaped

In fact, I can reveal we do know of other attempts on Benizio Bouto in the weeks following the Karachi attack

And that's what today's episode is about

Well, it's about that and about what was going on in Washington to

The US often gets blamed for things it had nothing to do with but in this case

There were deliberations at the highest level about whether the United States should protect Benizio

We'll look at that too

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