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...addition, more than 1,500,000 Bengalis have fled to India, and those who have stayed behind are threatened with an approaching famine that the government does not seem anxious to combat. Most outside observers have laid the responsibility for the East Pakistani tragedy to the hobnail-tough martial law imposed by Lieut. General Tikka (meaning "red hot") Khan. The West Pakistani-dominated government insists that the army has "saved the country," not destroyed it. The new official line: Bengali rebels, acting "in high conspiracy with India," were tearing through East Pakistan with "tactics reminiscent of Nazi storm troopers...
...Games makes up in introspective bravado what it lacks in characterization or martial grandeur for a dirty little war, it is a stylishly dirty little book...
...Military Justice, the military equivalent of a grand jury inquiry. This would consist of a formal investigation, conducted by a superior officer of the accused general, who in turn would be permitted to cross-examine. If there is sufficient evidence, the military would then proceed with a court-martial. In the wake of the Calley verdict, it is unlikely that the Government will look the other way, despite the stars on the officer's shoulders...
Assistant Attorney General William H. Rehnquist defended the mass arrest procedures, saying the situation on Monday was one of "qualified martial...
...operations across the country. Along the well-travelled Cuernavaca-Mexico City Highway soldiers march with fixed bayonets. Armed searches at the toll stations have been frequent. Full dress military patrols roam the countryside in the state of Guerrero, famous as the home of Acapulco, while it remains under semi-martial...