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...spare killers.' SHEIKH HASINA, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, rescinding the amnesty she had offered to border guards who killed more than 73 officers during a two-day mutiny...
...dead bodies that have been recovered, 33 cannot be identified. Together with arson and looting of officers' houses, there are also unconfirmed reports of rape and murder of officers' family members, with at least one wife, that of the BDR commanding officer, confirmed killed. While Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was widely hailed for her steady handling of the crisis, some critics are arguing that if she had sent in troops to storm the compound at once many of these killings and atrocities could have been averted. (See pictures of Bangladesh and Pakistan's forgotten...
Investigations are underway, with the prime minister revealing on the floor of the parliament that she has approached the U.S. government as well as the United Nations for assistance. The stakes are high in the search for those responsibile for the mutiny and their real motives. Sheikh Hasina's government was elected into office two months ago following two years of rule by an army-backed caretaker government, one that surprised many political observers by voluntarily relinquishing power. The army got good marks for the electoral transition and has been praised for suppressing the mutiny. But in everyone's mind...
...Sheikh Hasina's victory in December was seen as a triumph for a secular, democratic government over both the Islamist forces within the country and the army, which backed a caretaker government that held power for two years. The anger fueling this mutiny is a sign of just how deep the army's power had extended under that government, which stepped down after the 2008 elections. But in order to fulfill any of her ambitious campaign promises - to stabilize the economy, quell jihadist activity and fight corruption, among others - the Prime Minister needs the cooperation, if not the support...
...Khulna, a city in southern Bangladesh, the BDR soldiers, inspired by their colleagues' revolt, took control over the Goalkhali BDR camp. This is the BDR's most bloody mutiny in Bangladesh's 38-year-old political history and has taken place in the first 50 days of the Hasina administration. If the civilian government of Bangladesh is unable to come to terms with its military, this mutiny may not be the last...