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PM stayed worried about govt's fate

Star Report
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had remained worried aboutthefateofher government in the wake of the BDR mutiny in 2009, said a secret US embassy dispatch leaked by WikiLeaks.
The cable said during a meeting with US ambassador James F Moriarty on March 12, 2009, Hasina reiterated her belief that the mutiny was the result of a conspiracy to destabilise her government. Hasina, however, admitted that she did not have any concrete evidence for it till then.
She vehemently disputed claims that the bloodshed could have been avoided if only she had sent in the army early on February 25 instead of waiting until the afternoon of February 26, said the cable.
The prime minister said some, including the Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia, former president HM Ershad and a number of army officers, claimed that the army could have been in place in less than an hour and could have saved many lives.
Hasina speculated that Khaleda and Ershad were using the tragedy to strengthen themselves and weaken her, said the cable.
The ambassador noted that all indications were that the victims died within the first two hours of the mutiny
that began at the BDR headquarters on February 25 morning, 2009.
“The Prime Minister we met today was solemn and pre-occupied, a far cry from her good spirits in meetings early this year. She clearly remains fearful about her ability to maintain her government,” Moriarty wrote in the cable.
According to Hasina, her priority throughout the two-day ordeal was to “pacify the mutineers and convince them to lay down their arms and surrender with as little bloodshed as possible."
It was not until after the mutineers surrendered late on February 26 that Hasina and her advisers learned of the extent of the violence the jawans had inflicted on most of their officers, 43 of whom escaped.
Hasina urged FBI experts to return to Bangladesh soon, and said international expertise was needed to find the truth and establish public confidence in the findings, said the cable.
“She warned of dire consequences if the investigations were not satisfactorily resolved.”
The ambassador expressed US support and emphasised the importance of a transparent investigation and highlighted that no evidence of an outside conspiracy had yet come to light.
During her March 12 meeting with
the ambassador, Hasina expressed grief and disbelief at the savagery of the February 25-26 mutiny by BDR soldiers.
According to Hasina, the negotiators she sent to calm the jawans did so at great personal risk.
"I sent them into the tiger's cage," she said. Home Minister Sahara Khatun and other government officials entered the BDR headquarters unarmed and greatly outnumbered by the mutineers. Hasina said her negotiators worked throughout the night of February25-26 to convince the jawans to lay down arms as well as rescue hostages.
Hasina said she was convinced that such an incident could only be the result of a "deep-seated conspiracy" to destabilise her government and cause a civil war. Questioned by the ambassador, she admitted that there was no proof of this, yet.
Hasina slammed BNP Chief Khaleda and JP leader HM Ershad for criticising rather than supporting her during the crisis.
The ambassador noted that while there was still no evidence to support the conspiracy theory in which she and her advisers continued to believe, there was no question that the mutiny had weakened her authority and the democratic institutions re-established by the December2008 elections.