Dear Alochoks
Yesterday I visited the graves of those who fell on 25th February 2009. It was a very sobering moment. I will never forget them.
I will never forgive those who committed this assault on our sovereignty and I will never forgive those who deliberately, or accidentally, aided the success of this assault.
From Dhaka I can tell you little but I can tell this:
Youtube has been blocked to prevent access to the Shenakunja recordings. The recordings are everywhere in Dhaka...
There are stories of strange characters who visited Dhaka in the last few months. They rented apartments and behaved very oddly.
There are also stories that soon after the 25th of February one or more flights of Biman were delayed at the last minute for 15/20 minutes so that they could be boarded by odd passengers.
Some of these people are believed to have come from, and returned to, the US and Saudi Arabia.
Hasina's entourage was banned from entering Shenakunja. Her military advisor and Motia Chowdhury were finally allowed in.
Motia was supposed to have set on stage/head table with Hasina but was forced to sit in the front row.
When the order came for those within 3 miles of BDR camp to be evacuated it was Chatra League that went to many houses and told them to evacuate.
There were no media people or Army at Gate 5 of the BDR camp. Most of the escapees exited through this gate - with arms.
At the National Parade Ground janaza all politicans were barred from entry - except President Zillur Rahman.
At other janazas politicans were barred and some were forcibly expelled.
The investigation was to be for 7 days - it has been extended by another 7 days.
Hasina: "Don't worry. As long as my sister and I are here we will look after you and your children.."
Crime levels are up in Dhaka city and people are generally very worried about security.
There is a feeling that the anger in the Army is subsiding with each passing day but no one really knows what is going on behind the scenes.
It is believed that some of the murderers crossed into Bangladesh across the border with India.
I also believe that almost everyone believes it was a conspiracy, organised locally and internationally, using the disgruntled BDR troops as a decoy.
And that the Army will never forgive itself for not going in to the camp somehow.
Moeen U ahmed is also in trouble. There are stories of him being insulted by junior officers..
This is not a factual anlysis - its just me telling you part of whats going in Dhaka.
Goodnight
Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "Ezajur Rahman" <ezajur.rahman@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Alochoks
>
>
>
> Today is a good day for me. I have been in some kind of trauma since the
> 25th of February.
>
> I hope that you too have recovered some composure - if you have been
> unfortunate enough to lose it.
>
> Reading the messages in Alochona today was quite sobering.
>
> Everybody is making good points. And yet, perhaps, there is no point to
> anyone's point.
>
>
>
> Here is a summary of where we are today:
>
>
>
> 1. We are correctly urged to show restraint, caution and patience.
> 2. We know that there can be a whitewash and the truth may not come
> out.
> 3. Some sections blame ISI and Pakistan, defending AL
> 4. Some sections blame RAW and India, defending BNP
> 5. Some sections blame savage factionalism within the Army
> 6. Hasina's televised speech was very good
> 7. The escape of so many guilty men is not good at all for AL - or
> for the Army
> 8. Khaleda's absence on the 25th is very bad indeed
> 9. Sending Nanak and Mirza Azam - even Sahara Khatun - was a
> disaster
> 10. It may emerge (as a whitewash or as reality) that allies of Al
> Qaeda are involved.
>
>
>
> We can commend Sahara Khatun's bravery - but was she the best negotiator
> in Bangladesh?
>
> Possibly. We are talking about Bangladesh after all. Right?
>
>
>
> It's possibly correct that he Army was not sent in earlier. I too didn't
> want it to enter.
>
> But the BDR camp should have been surrounded earlier.
>
> And why all the concern about civilians in nearby building when
> civilians were massed at the gates and walls?
>
>
>
> The 10th point is evolving at the moment.
>
> The hotel bombing in Karachi, the attack on Mumbai and now this in
> Dhaka.
>
> The FBI and Scotland Yard, having been now called in, will likely focus
> most on this possibility.
>
>
>
> I have exercised restraint on the forum because my friends have urged
> it.
>
> I am trying to wait for the investigation even though we have never
> satisfactorily concluded anything.
>
> I am trying to wait because that surely means I still have hope. That's
> all.
>
>
>
> Yesterday, my niece's husband was buried. I wrote this message below to
> a Mama in a moment of great sorrow and anger.
>
> It is completely unrestrained. I hope it will be posted because I want
> anger and sorrow to be recorded too. That's all.
>
>
>
> No one should really mind the ugliness in it.
>
> For no one really minds the closeup shots of the disfigured dead on our
> television screens while our children watch.
>
>
>
> No one should really mind the provocation in it.
>
> For no one really minds the daily provocations of the elected
> representatives and leaders of AL and BNP.
>
>
>
> No one should really mind its poor quality.
>
> For no one really minds the abysmal quality of debate and decorum in
> Parliament.
>
>
>
> How well our MPs captured the national mood in Parliament the other day!
> How comforting they were!
>
> How reassuring it was to see their moral strength and principled
> resolve! How glorious our choice of MPs!
>
>
>
> Forgive me friend. I'll stop and get comfort from a coffee so hot it
> will hopefully burn my tongue.
>
>
>
> Ezajur Rahman
>
> Kuwait
>
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________
>
>
>
>
>
> 2/3/09
>
>
>
> Mama
>
>
>
> The janaza of my niece's husband, Lt Colonel Sajjadur Rahman, was held
> this morning in Bangladesh.
>
> Last night in Kuwait we organized a dua mehfil for all our fallen
> soldiers. It was attended by more than 200 people from all parties and
> organizations.
>
> We prayed for all our fallen soldiers.
>
>
>
> Mama. There are two pains howling mournfully in all our hearts.
>
> One pain is for our soldiers. We can express our grief a little, like
> babbling, bumbling deeply wounded fools.
>
> Another pain is for our beloved country. That grief has no expression.
> That grief smothers our voice like a murderous pillow.
>
>
>
> Mama. They gutted us like a fish.
>
>
>
> They were brothers in arms and yet they had no arms.
>
> One unarmed brother died trying to help his unarmed brother.
>
> Our men are not trained to die for nothing.
>
> Our men are not trained to call for help and backup does not arrive.
>
>
>
> I'm glad it was on 25th February. I mean no disrespect to anyone but I
> believe we always do too much of some things in order to hide other
> things.
>
>
>
> Now 21st February will get a reality check. Our self congratulatory
> tricks will be more exposed now.
>
> If that's what you do for less than 10 dead on 21st February - what will
> you do for 150 dead on 25th February?
>
> 25th February will show us where we really are right now - not 21st
> February which shows us who we were back then.
>
>
>
>
>
> Maybe now our young men will not just sing songs about pretty girls,
> pink flowers, red saris.
>
> Maybe now our young men will not just act like eunuchs, without courage,
> without backbone.
>
> Maybe now our young men will know that it's their country, their future
> and it's being taken from them.
>
>
>
> We won the War of Sovereignty in 1971. But not the War of Independence.
>
> For Independence is not about the right for fools to govern fools.
>
> Independence is about the right people being empowered to do the right
> thing.
>
>
>
> My information is that junior officers hurled abuse at Hasina and
> Generals at the Shenakunja yesterday.
>
> For myself. I thank God I am not a trained soldier. For I am sick of
> seeing the same faces, again and again.
>
>
>
> Mama. If we can absorb this... We can absorb a few more deaths... Just a
> few more...
>
> Justice has never found even a small home in Bangladesh.
>
> Right now I am uncivilized. Because I have not acted, with my bare
> hands, against a shipping magnate from Chittagong.
>
> Irrespective of whether he is guilty or not.
>
>
>
> On Judgement Day Allah will ask us - Hey Bangladesh! Why did you not
> make it even halfway?
>
> And we will say - we didn't have enough time. And Allah will rage at us
> that He did give us time.
>
> It's just that we spat in the face of time. And kept saying Shomoi
> lagbeh! Astheh dhireh hobe! Rome wasn't built in a day!
>
> We don't want Rome! We want a toilet that works for the guy urinating in
> open public drains!
>
>
>
> I'm just waiting for the bill in this Parliament that will close all
> Madrasahs.
>
> When do you think it will happen? Why not? Does Jamaat have a majority?
>
>
>
> I am young am I not? Yes I am. I am foolish am I not? Yes I am.
>
>
>
> Forgive me.
>
>
>
> God rest our fallen men. God keep them close. God give their families
> peace.
>
>
>
> God give no quarter to all patriots who dare to call themselves real
> men. God give them no peace and no rest.
>
> Until a country, worthy of the fallen of 1971 and 2009, is returned to
> the next generation -
>
> unbeholden to anyone one man or his family.
>
>
>
> Ameen.
>
>
>
> Junel
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