Assignment - Mutiny in Bangladesh

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 27 August 2009

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Six months ago there was a short military revolt in Bangladesh that threatened to push the country into nationwide armed conflict. But some things remain mysterious. Why was it so brutal? Who was really behind it? What did they hope to achieve? In this week’s addition of Assignment, Mark Dummett has tracked down key participants and eyewitnesses in search of some answers.

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0:19.0	Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 800 hours.
0:24.0	So just sees control of the main gates and armory
0:27.0	of a powering the officer on guard.
0:30.0	So began and apparently spontaneous revolts
0:33.0	by thousands of well-armed Bangladeshi border guards.
0:36.0	Its ferocity shocked the country and pushed it
0:39.0	to the brink of a nationwide armed conflict.
0:42.0	Many things about it remain mysterious,
0:45.0	who was behind it?
0:47.0	What did the mutineers really want?
0:49.0	Was it unplanned?
0:52.0	In this BBC program, we'll be piecing together
0:55.0	the events of those 48 hours through eyewitnesses
0:59.0	who have come forward for the first time.
1:07.0	As this data journal started its address,
1:10.0	sharp probably at 0902 hours.
1:13.0	And at one point, he mentioned that last year
1:16.0	the discipline state of this forces were poor.
1:20.0	At that time, two soldiers entered
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