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The writer is an author. CERTAIN events in a nation’s history (however traumatic) need to be retrieved from the cupboard of memory. One such occasion occurred 50 years ago, when, following the surrender at Dhaka on Dec 16, 1971, 93,000 Pakistanis were herded into trains and transported across India to over a dozen jails and 50 detention camps. It took Indian Railways three weeks to carry 79,676 Pakistani combatants deemed Prisoners of War and 13,324 non-combatant Civilians under Protective Custody to their destinations. The International Red Cross knew the difference. Treatment of the POWs ...

Hopefully it will prevent escalation, but it has to be done quickly. >> reporter: experts say the personal relationship could be more crucial now because they believe failure to reach a deal in hanoi left kim with wounded pride, a dangerous proposition. >> kim jong-un thought he had a deal and could get a deal from president trump wh. when he didn't get a deal, he had a long 60 hour train ride back to pyongyang. he wants to show he is tough, not going to compromise, and you're not going to win if i lose. that's his attitude now. >> reporter: analysts warn we're at a strikingly important crossr...

>> to a lot of people it's unclear how exactly manning damaged national security. i want to read you a statement that wikileaks gave us. "throughout the proceedings an absence, absence of any victim. the prosecution did not present evidence that or claim that a single person came to harm as a result of bradley manning's disclosure. the only victim was the u.s. government's wounded pride." does wikileaks have a point? >> no. i understand there may not have been a victim of specific violence as a result of this. unfortunately, it looks like they have not released specific names of individuals wh...

I believe it cost american lives and to me you cannot have people in our government deciding on their own to disclose top secret classified information, which can only help our enemy. you can't play government role yourself. you have an obligation, once you take the oath, what's secret, you keep secret. you can't take it upon yourself to disclose secrets and put american lives at risk. >> so, a life sentence is fair? >> i think a life sentence is more than fair for him, yes. >> julian assange has just responded to the verdict and i wanted to play you something very specific he said. >> sure. >...