The Seeds of Blowback

The Chittagong Hill Tracts rarely make the Western news, unless they're being invaded by wave after wave of hungry rodents. But there is a great deal of conflict in that remote corner of southeastern Bangladesh, an area traditionally inhabited by tribes that are ethnically distinct from the nation's Bengali majority. As settlers have moved into the Tracts, violent clashes have ensued.

So why should Joe Sixpack care? Because the Muslim settlers who've been frustrated in their efforts to incur o...