Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- I am always reminded of an FF friend of mine called Shahid who even in 1971 thought that once the war was over, there would be chaos and corruption. He was in a training camp which had its usual share of problems, nepotism and infighting. Although he came from one of the towns outside Dhaka, he had a national vision of you will.

He would say that there would be much disappointment due to these problems. "Just look at the camp. We are all here to fight for the country but even here we are fighting among each other. We are even deciding who can fight the war and who can't. Things won't get better after the war. It will get worse because there will be no enemy then and we shall all become each other's enemy.'

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