Who knows better than Major General MBI Munshi, Pakistan Defense Forum?
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "M.B.I. Munshi" <MBIMunshi@...> wrote:
>
>
> It seems that the just released army probe report into the BDR mutiny
> missed an important element concerning the indecision in taking an
> offensive military option against the mutineers. From the executive
> summary that appeared in virtually all the newspapers there was no
> mention of the cause for indecisiveness and lack of preparation and
> readiness of military equipment and weaponry. It appears that many of
> our senior military officers were in India on a joint training
exercise
> during those critical days. Was this mere coincidence or a pre-planned
> exercise to divert a section of our officers and soldiers away from
> Dhaka in those critical days? I will leave that to the readers to
decide
> but I think the nation deserves an answer.
>
>
>
> India, Bangladesh continue joint military exercise despite mutiny in
> Dhaka
>
> NEW DELHI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- India and Bangladesh continued their
> first joint military exercise in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district
> Thursday despite an on-going mutiny in Bangladesh, reported the
private
> Indo-Asian News Service.
>
> The Indian Army, Air Force and Bangladesh Army started on Feb. 22 the
> two-week exercise "to test their battlefield tactics," said the
report.
>
> "The exercise is not in any ways affected by the developments in
> Bangladesh," the report quoted an unnamed senior army official as
> saying.
>
> Indian Army and Air Force personnel held a firepower demonstration at
a
> firing range Tuesday, while some of the most powerful weapons in the
> Indian armoury, like Bofors guns, T-27 guns from the artillery and
> MiG-27, MiG-17 and Cheetah helicopters took part in the exercise, said
> the report.
>
> The exercise is also aimed at anti-terrorist purposes to fight
> "terrorist and insurgency problems", said the report.
>
> Thousands of Bangladesh Rifles para-military soldiers staged a mutiny
> Wednesday in Dhaka against to press for a series of demands including
> increasing salary and getting better facilities.
>
> http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/26/content_10903673.htm
> <http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/26/content_10903673.htm>
>
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