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Bangladesh's Sheikh Hasina alleges US role in ouster, says could've remained in power if she surrendered sovereignty of Saint Martin Island

m.economictimes.com Sheikh Hasina alleges US role in ouster, says could've remained in power if she surrendered sovereignty of Saint Martin Island

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in India, accused the US of orchestrating her ousting over disputes regarding Saint Martin Island, which she claimed was to assert control over the Bay of Bengal. In a statement, Hasina justified her resignation to avoid further violence and urged...

Sheikh Hasina alleges US role in ouster, says could've remained in power if she surrendered sovereignty of Saint Martin Island

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omg that woman is a giant
- Unless she employs small people in her guard this image is photoshopped. This page says she is 5 feet 4 inches.
  https://starsunfolded.co/sheikh-hasina-biography/
  
  That's the average male height in Bangladesh

Why does she look like a damn giant next to these people? Is that a child army?!
- I thought it was a picture of her behind them?

".... and THAT'S why it's totally justified for me to have murdered thousands of my own citizens, rather than behave like a democratically elected leader".

Why are they using a Photoshopped image?
- You mean this one?

That website is unusable.

- These guys aren't in some kind of parade or ceremonial display, nor do they appear to be at a guard post.
  They're just soldiers standing by. In that situation there's no need for a uniform display to impress anyone. Keeping soldiers at drill precision 100% all thetime is a good way to fatigue soldiers who don't need to be perfect quickly.
  Besides which, all of them have a hand near their trigger guards and most have hands resting on the barrel of their weapons so are reasonably prepared if someone does try something.

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