Dear Alochok Cyrus
My sincere condolences to you and all the families of the fallen.
Whatever our external demeanour we are most of us no doubt keeping
howling winds at bay within our hearts. I too am sorely tempted to
try and figure out what happened whatever my limitations. It is only
pain, not wisdom, that prevents most of us from unleashing on our
keyboards. And prevents uniformed men from taking the law into their
own hands - so far. We are on dangerous ground still.
Investigations must not only be thorough and substantive - they must
be seen to be so.
We must stay calm.
Even though we have no precedent of the truth being handed to us on a
plate.
My sincere condolences to you again. May Allah bless the families of
the fallen.
Best regards
Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Cyrus <thoughtocrat@...> wrote:
>
> Mr. Munshi...did you drum up that badly written conspiracy theory
yourself, or read it in some BNP/Jamaat leaflet? Have you not learned
anything except AL and India? It's curious that those who are known
to support BNP or Jamaat are the first ones to post their comments
here, all pointing fingers at India, U.S., and of course Israel, who
supposedly cooked up the BDR mutiny. I mean, enough already! There
has to be a point when this collective stupidity has to end, and
rational analysis needs to begin.
>
> I have lost over 14 friends, distant family members, and family
friends in this heinous massacre, and I really don't have the stomach
for conspiracy theories that point West. This is no mutiny. This is
pre-meditated massacre to throw the last bit of law and order out the
window, throw the country into total disarray, and challenge the
current govt's authority. Mutineers don't murder innocent civilians,
rape women and children, loot properties. Soldiers, real soldiers,
fight for their rights. These are cowards and thugs, who apparently
had help from the intelligence and political communities. Unlike you,
I am not going to post conspiracy theories. Let's see how things
unfold and what we discover. Only then we will judge the actions of
those responsible, as well as the actions of the government and the
opposition. Until that happens, I would advise you not to stay up at
night and come up with remarkably meaningless conspiracy theories.
>
> Cyrus
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: M.B.I. Munshi <MBIMunshi@...>
> To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2009 2:07:28 PM
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] The BDR mutiny - revenge for Padua and Boraibari
>
>
> The BDR Mutiny - revenge for Padua and Boraibari
> Â
> Â
> It is now widely believed that the barbarous mutiny at BDR HQ
(Pilkhana) in Dhaka was perpetrated in revenge for the death of 19
BSF jawans killed (after they intruded on to Bangladesh territory) in
the counter-attack by the BDR at Padua of Sylhet and Boraibari of
Roumary on April 18, 2001. The BDR was then headed by Maj. Gen. ALM
Fazlur Rahman who has since maintained that the three BDR soldiers
killed in that encounter should be decorated with National Sword as
Birsreshtho and should be commemorated in exactly the same way as the
martyrs of 1971. This has regrettably not been done by any of the
governments since the incursion by the BSF into Bangladesh in 2001
and it was surprisingly not one of the demands of the rebellious BDR
soldiers in the Pilkhana mutiny of 2009. While the mutineers were
able to recall many injustices committed against them over the
several decades since independence this single most glaring example
just managed to escape their
> over-wrought attention.
> Â
> Revenge for Padua and Boraibari was the principal justification for
the planning and execution of the mutiny but another important
objective was to have Bangladesh accept a Peace Mission from India to
protect the Kolkata-Dhaka Friendship train service as explained in
some news reports. The real purpose for this Peace Mission would be
to act as an occupying force and spark further trouble and enmity
between the army and the BDR that was likely to ensue after the
savage murders at Pilkhana. This would have held out the double
benefit and advantage to India of furthering their agenda for
securing a transit facility across the country and at the same time
cripple the defence and security services of Bangladesh . This would
merely be the fulfillment of what had been planned after the 1971 war
with Bangladesh having no standing army and the defence needs of the
country being organized under Indian army tutelage and control as
spelled out in the 7 point
> agreement signed by the Mujib Nagar government which had only been
partly implemented after liberation. The internal law and order
situation would according to this agreement be handled by a
paramilitary force trained and equipped by India 's external
intelligence agency RAW. The first part of this plan was thwarted
when the Indian army was forced to leave (which would probably be the
same fate of this proposed Peace Mission but with more violent and
disturbing consequences for India) after resentment began to grow
amongst freedom fighters and the ordinary people of Bangladesh
against their prolonged presence which was seen to be tantamount to
being an occupying force. The second part of the 1971 plan was
suddenly disrupted after the August 15, 1975 coup when the
paramilitary force called the Rakkhi Bahini was disbanded soon
thereafter. The Rakkhi Bahini earned the reputation of being an
undisciplined, brutal and violently vindictive force under the
> direct control of Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni and later Tofail Ahmed.
It has now been recommended that after the mutiny at Pilkhana the BDR
force should similarly be disbanded and like the Rakkhi Bahini have
its members assigned to other security forces of the country. In its
place a new paramilitary organization would be established and given
the name - as one senior army officer has proposed - the Bangladesh
Border Force or BBF. This would be the appropriate outcome for the
BDR which has by its despicable and heinous acts condemned itself to
utter oblivion.
> Â
> A further comparison may now be made with the situation prevailing
immediately after 1971 relating to the suspicious role played by the
Awami League leadership. The conduct of the AL government during the
recent mutiny is increasingly coming under close and intense scrutiny
especially in its failure to act in a timely fashion to counter the
revolt by sending in the army directly into Pilkhana compound on the
very first day of the uprising. To stall such a move the AL
administration sent Sahara Khatun, Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Mirza
Azam to negotiate terms with the mutineers. None of these individuals
have any experience or expertise in conducting such negotiations and
they carry little weight or influence within the country or party but
were nevertheless chosen. There were, however, several senior leaders
in the party who were far better qualified to undertake this task but
were simply not asked by the Prime Minister. It is a surprise and a
miracle that
> after the number of civilians that were killed or injured outside
the gates of Pilkhana these `negotiators' (Sahara Khatun, Jahangir
Kabir Nanak and Mirza Azam) managed to successfully dodge the bullets
and were not automatically set upon by the rebels on their entry into
the compound. Another aspect of the AL handling of the crisis that
has raised objections relates to their deliberate policy of dividing
the country on purely partisan lines on the issue of the rebellion.
In a time of national emergency it would be expected that the
government would attempt to unite the country by calling for all-
party involvement in the decision making process. Instead the AL (on
the basis of accusations made in the Indian press and media) started
pointing fingers at the opposition parties for complicity in the
mutiny. The view has been expressed in some quarters that this self-
defeating approach to the revolt was deliberate so that the army
would be undermined in
> revenge for their role in the 1/11 takeover and also in their
pursuance of corrupt politicians in the AL and their ultimate trial
and prosecution during the tenure of the two year caretaker
government. This is entirely consistent with the AL 's inherent
distrust of the armed forces â€"originally encouraged and inspired by
India â€" which also existed during the government of Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman and became greatly intensified after the coup's of 1975 which
saw the AL pushed into the political wilderness for the next two
decades. Against this inclination of the AL the people of Bangladesh
will expect this government to declare the victims of the mutiny as
martyrs to be honoured in the same way as the freedom fighters who
lost their lives in the 1971 war but which still has not been done
for the BDR soldiers who died in Padua and Boraibariwhile protecting
the territory and borders of the country against Indian intrusion and
aggression. Â
>
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