"We Have Arrested So Many"

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Khaleda Zia entered politics after the 1981 assassination of her husband General Ziaur Rahman. In a rare interview with Western journalists, Zia, 60, talked to Time's William Green and Alex Perry in Dhaka about corruption, her political nemesis and her campaign to crush the threat of militant Islam.

Tell us about your crackdown on the Islamic insurgents.
Zia: We have arrested so many. There are two or three big leaders left. We will get everybody. It's possible because the people are with us. Even religious leaders are not supporting them. We have broken their...

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