"BHUTTO (chuckling). Unheard of! We have our cock-eyed Pathan from the frontier. Did you know his wife was caught stealing panties at Marks and Spencers in London?

Cherry shakes her head and laughs.

BHUTTO (cont'd). She was convicted. A fine. Her husband said it was an imperialist-Zionist plot! (Both men laugh.) She returned home red-faced. Denied it all. Frame up, etc., etc., . . Then her husband's best friend, or so we thought, an upright old feudal type, also gave a press conference on the subject. (mimics) 'Why should this decent lady steal panties in the first place. She never wears any.' Cherry? How did he know? Our workers and peasants demand an answer!"

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Excerpt from "The Leopard and the Fox" by Tariq Ali