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Bangladesh arrests 250 border guards over mutiny: police
 Bangladeshi police on Thursday arrested 250 border guards accused of spreading violence across the country during a mutiny that started at a military base in Dhaka, officers said.
| I think this is the same 250 we reported yesterday ... |
| I don't know, they seem to keep finding more. Has anyone been keeping track? |
The latest arrests are in addition to the 1,300 rank-and-file troops already in custody accused of staging the February revolt in Dhaka. | A major expense for Pakistan's ISI. But they'll be ok once our next jizya payment arrives. |
The arrests on Thursday were in connection with violence that spread across parts of the country in the second day of the 33-hour siege and were made at various Bangladeshi Rifles (BDR) paramilitary bases, Chittagong police chief ZA Morshed told AFP. More than 70 people were killed, including 56 senior army officers, during the revolt on February 25.
The findings of a government and separate army inquiry into the events are yet to be made public.
Twenty border guards have died while in custody over the mutiny, according to the military, prompting rights groups to demand an inquiry into the deaths because they allege some are a result of torture. The military says all the deaths are suicide or from illnesses.
| Every last one of them died of 'heart failure'. |
| There are organizations out there which are everything the CIA has ever been accused of. On the other hand, as an op-ed I saw yesterday on the Wall Street Journal's opinionjournal.com reminds us, the more esoteric civil rights give way when national survival is in imminent danger. Speaker of the House Pelosi would be well advised to remember that the next time she starts feeling self-righteous. |
Posted by: Steve White 2009-05-15 |
