{"id":5651,"date":"2009-02-26T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5651"},"modified":"2009-02-26T02:40:37","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T07:40:37","slug":"breaking_mutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/26\/breaking_mutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Mutiny in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dhaka headquarters of the border guards known as the Bangldesh Rifles (BDR) was under siege yesterday, as renegade soldiers took civilians and army officers hostage.<\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" align=right vspace=10 hspace=20 alt=\"_45513754_loudhailer466afp.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/_45513754_loudhailer466afp.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n\n<blockquote>The violence appeared to stem from the border guards\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 longstanding grievances about better pay and treatment from their army commanders&#8230;\n<br><br>\nAround 9 a.m., they took an unknown number of army officers hostage, and a number of women and children were apparently caught inside.\n<br>\nTo quell the mutiny, soldiers surrounded the narrow lanes surrounding the building. Two army helicopters hovered nearby, taking fire&#8230;\n<br><br>\nThe Bangladesh Rifles has more than 40,000 members. Its rank and file are under the command of the Bangladesh Army. The mutinous guards\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 demands included better pay, the ability to participate in lucrative United Nations peacekeeping missions and a change in the command and control structure of the border force. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/27\/world\/asia\/27bangla.html?_r=1&#038;hp\">link<\/a><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>In the immediate aftermath, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) paramilitary troops to lay down their arms, offering a general amnesty, but by all accounts the <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/02\/26\/bangladesh.unrest\/\">unrest is spreading<\/a>, with six other towns reporting violence.<\/p>\n\n<p>At least 50 are reported dead, and now PM Hasina is taking a harder line, warning:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>Do not force me to take tough actions or push my patience beyond tolerable limits. <a href=\"http:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/domesticNews\/idINSP37806420090226\">link<\/a> <\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Details are still sketchy.Q&amp;A about the situation from Reuters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/latestCrisis\/idUSDHA361689\">here<\/a>. Readers in Bangladesh, our thoughts are with you. Please update on the situation in the comments.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dhaka headquarters of the border guards known as the Bangldesh Rifles (BDR) was under siege yesterday, as renegade soldiers took civilians and army officers hostage. The violence appeared to stem from the border guards\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 longstanding grievances about better pay &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/26\/breaking_mutiny\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}