THE wheel has come full circle across India's eastern border after 44 years. Bangladesh is a powder keg. Violence on a scale seen last year can only be averted this week in the aftermath of an International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) verdict against deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina if the army chief, General Waker-uz-Zaman, uses an iron hand camouflaged in velvet gloves. The General, a Hasina-appointee who is related to the ousted PM through marriage, has the power to prevent the ICT fallout from getting out of hand.

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