"In fact,the most direct consequence of releasing them, I believe,would be to further inflame anti-American opinion and to put our troops in greater danger,"
VOA: standard.2009.05.13
The First Minister said he did not want toinflame the dispute.
But the government also has been trying not toinflame more religious Bangladeshis, who make up a sizable portion of the country's 160 million population.