Alochok Farida
I think, with each passing hour, the spectre of conspiracy is
overshadowing the theory of rebellion.
I keep trying to gather my thoughts but my mind is unravelled.
God please let this be the last injustice we tolerate. For we have
tolerated far too many injustices for far too long.
What a heavy burden it is to truly love this country with open eyes.
57 officers lost in 9 months in 1971 to the Pakistanis.
100 plus officers lost in one day to Bangladeshis.
The reason we never look in the mirror is because there is no mirror
big enough to show us what we need to see.
Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Farida Majid <farida_majid@...>
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> This was not a 'mutiny' over low pay or fair treatment,
though the stunt worked well for about 40 hours or so.
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> As we mourn the members of our Armed Forces, we should not
forget the loss of lives of bystanders like the rickshawalla and the
sabziwalla. I identify myself with them.
> The real target of the carnage is the general populace of
Bangladesh, just as they were in 1971.
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> Back to 1971 war: Hand of Pak friends seen in mutiny - Carnage
planned, millions pumped in: Dhaka
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> OUR BUREAU
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> Relatives of a BDR soldier in front of the force's headquarters in
Dhaka. (Reuters)
> Calcutta, Feb. 27: The root of what is turning out to be the
world's worst mutiny in recent times could go all the way back to an
event Bengal and the rest of India cannot forget: the Liberation War
of 1971.
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> The Bangladesh Rifles mutiny, in which scores of army officers and
several others have been killed, could have been engineered to thwart
a determined effort by the Shiekh Hasina government to punish the pro-
Pakistan collaborators of 1971 who are still friends with Islamabad,
sources told The Telegraph.
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> The Bangladesh government today said the mutiny was "pre-planned"
and that "millions of takas" had been spent on its execution. No
suspect was officially named — that task has been left to a six-
member committee which will probe the carnage.
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> But government sources said they saw an "ISI hand" in the
mutiny. "The issues involved — pay and perks parity — were not so
grave that it could have led to a spontaneous revolt of such
magnitude that it warranted the killing of so many army officers," an
official said.
> The sources said the real cause of the revolt could be linked to
the drive to punish the "war criminals" — one of the most important
promises made in the Awami League's election manifesto.
> After coming to power two months ago on a landslide, Hasina's Awami
League moved a resolution in parliament that all "war criminals"
would be tried and punished.
> The sources said many of the "war criminals" were now leaders of
the hardline Jamaat-e-Islami and were known for their close ties with
Pakistan. "This resolution by the Awami League and its resolve to
push ahead with the election promise obviously upset the Jamaat
leaders who realised that sooner rather than later the government
would zero in on them," an official said.
> The extent to which the Jamaat leaders were upset can be gauged
from the fact that recently Pakistan sent Zia Ispahani, a special
envoy, to Dhaka to discuss the issue with Bangladesh's foreign
minister.
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> After the meeting, the special envoy had told reporters that this
was not the right time to punish the war criminals. "Pakistan wants
to help Bangladesh now, so they should not go ahead with their
resolution," Ispahani had said.
> If the suspicion of the Bangladesh officials turn out to be true,
it will mark a disturbing turnaround for the BDR which, in its
earlier avatar as the East Pakistan Rifles, had taken up arms against
the Pakistan Army in 1971. Since then, barring some skirmishes, the
border force has been largely accommodative of India's concerns.
> However, over the years, the lower ranks of the force could have
been infiltrated by hardline elements, the sources said.
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> Hasina today said the violence was a "plot by a section of
conspirators" to destabilise her government and refused to grant
amnesty to those who indulged in killings.
> She told reporters after a visit to Dhaka's Mirpur Cantonment to
console the families of the dead commanders: "It seems a certain
group staged the incident. It must also be inquired if any quarter
provoked this incident. We must see whether there was any plan to use
this incident for a different purpose."
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> Jahangir Kabir Nanak, the minister for local government and the key
negotiator with the rebels, said "millions of takas" were distributed
to make the plot a success.
> He also wondered who was behind the group of people seen egging on
the mutineers by standing outside the complex and shouting slogans
such as "BDR, you go ahead, we are with you".
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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090228/jsp/frontpage/story_10604594.jsp
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> A second grave said to contain multiple bodies has been found in
Bangladesh after a border guard mutiny left some 100 people dead this
week.
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> The discovery was made by the army in the border guards' compound
in Dhaka.
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> A mass grave thought to hold the bodies of 58 officers killed by
the mutineers was found in the compound on Friday.
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> Some 70 officers remain missing after the two-day revolt ended on
Thursday. The government says there will be no amnesty for the
perpetrators.
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a corner and well hidden," fire service operations chief Sheikh
Mohammad Shahjalal told the AFP news agency.
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we are sure there are more. We are not sure how many," he said.
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> Late on Friday, the head of Bangladesh's armed forces pledged
support for the government, despite reports of discontent among the
military about the way the government had handled the mutiny.
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> Gen Moin U Ahmed spoke after talks with Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina in the capital, Dhaka.
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> Some officers have said the government should have quelled the
mutiny by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR)by force, not talks, arguing
this might have saved the lives of some of their colleagues.
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offered the mutineers an amnesty.
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the deaths would be punished.
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> "No-one has the right to kill anyone," Sheikh Hasina was later
reported as saying.
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> At least 200 suspected mutineers have been arrested. They were held
while trying to escape dressed in civilian clothes from the barracks.
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> The mutiny was reportedly triggered by a spontaneous row over pay
and conditions, although some officials say the revolt may have been
planned.
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> Three days of official mourning began on Friday and will end at
midnight on Sunday.
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