::: "... Ms Bose does not state that NO rape took place or that the Pakistani military was completely innocent of any such claims...." , SHE MADE A VERY SIMILAR CLAIM. She said she found Pakistani military DOING NO HARM TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN. And again if she said Pakistani Military did SOME RAPES (!) then I should say she gave contradictory statements in her book. "...Quoting Archer Blood is a useless exercise, since he did NOT witness any of the acts taking place himself. He relied on information passed to him by junior officers of the American diplomatic mission in Dhaka, who themselves relies on local Bengali informants ...", Look S. Faris, If you claim that qouting Archer Blood is an useless exercise because he collected information from local Bengali informants and the Bengali informants are no saints, then I can also argue that citing Ms. Bose's book is also a useless exercise because she gathered information from some local Bengali informants who are no saints! Don't tag me imotional Mr. Faris! I'm giving you reasonable points for thought. Rather I see that you are getting imotional since you are ignoring the implicit notions and ideas and blindly giving full credence to Ms. Bose's statements and interpretations.