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Word: osmani (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Only time and the test of fire will show whether or not the Mukti Bahini's leaders can forge them into a disciplined guerrilla force. The present commander in chief is a retired colonel named A.G. Osmani, a member of the East Pakistani Awami League. But many feel that before the conflict is over, the present moderate leadership will give way to more radical men. So far the conflict is nonideological. But that could change. "If the democracies do not put pressure on the Pakistanis to resolve this question in the near future," says a Bangla Desh official, "I fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal | 8/2/1971 | See Source »

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