Nepal, Dec. 21 -- Charismatic pro-democracy youth leader is killed, Dhaka newspaper offices set on fire One thing is certain. The killers of Osman Hadi are celebrating today. Things could not have worked out better for them.

His killing accomplished three interrelated goals:

The first was the removal from the scene of a charismatic, uncompromising, and incorruptible voice of the July Uprising from the political firmament.

Whether one was a fan of Osman Hadi or not, one could not question his integrity or his commitment or his willingness to speak truth to power, including to his erstwhile comrades.

While so many of the July revolutionaries had become compromised or corrupted in one way or another, and are on the fast track to nowhere ...