Daily Online Alochona: May 27, 2009

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

[ALOCHONA] ACC Chief Ghulam Rahman & BB Governor Atiur Rahman

Dear Brothers & Sisters,

Greetings from the heart of Bangladesh.

The present ACC chief Mr. Ghulam Rahman was the secretary of PMO of Sheikh Hasina when BAL came into power in 1996 and recently he is appointed as the chairman of energy regulatory commission (ERC) after BAL came into power. Mentionable that past BNP government was refused to appoint him as the chairman of ERC like CEC Shamsul Huda, who was also refused to appoint as the BB Governor.

For details please follow the below link,

http://www.amardeshbd.com/dailynews/detail_news_index.php?NewsID=222140&NewsType=bistarito&SectionID=home&oldIssueID=2009/05/01

The present BB governor Mr. Atiur Rahman has written a book with a cover of Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujibar Rahman under the banner of his NGO. The book was displayed in his NGO stall, just right side of the west entry of Boi Mela, 2009.

Please also find the details of past BB Governors including the political connection & expertise of Dr. Atiur Rahaman in the below link,

http://www.amardeshbd.com/dailynews/detail_news_index.php?NewsID=222200&NewsType=bistarito&SectionID=home&oldIssueID=2009/05/03

We want to know true history and information about each and every open action of political governments, oppositions, Multinational & Big Companies, NGOs, Donors, Ambassadors etc activities.

Thanks & Regards,

Mosharraf Khokon

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Re: [ALOCHONA] A Brief Summary on Moudud and His Characteristics

The new link:

http://www.prothom-alo.com/archive/news_details_mcat.php?dt=2009-05-23&issue_id=1287&cat_id=3&nid=MTU2ODg3&mid=Mw==

It is under editorial of May 23 Prothom Alo.

From: J.A. Chowdhury <Chwdhury@hotmail.com>
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 6:15:05 PM
Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] A Brief Summary on Moudud and His Characteristics

I click it, bangla is unreadable. I check it today's(25/5/ 09)Prothom- alo but I did not find it.Can you tell me in which section of Prothom-alo?

Kind Regards

J.A.Chowdhury

To: alochona@yahoogroup s.com
From: m_musa92870@ yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 07:59:17 +0000
Subject: [ALOCHONA] A Brief Summary on Moudud and His Characteristics

The following article in Prothom Alo sums up concisely BNP leader Moudud's political life. It accurately portrays the most morally corrupt political mind in Bangladesh today.
Source: http://prothom- alo.com/print. php?t=m&nid=MTU2ODg3

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[ALOCHONA] Joy's dissatisfaction with media

Joy’s dissatisfaction with media

http://www.newagebd.com/2009/may/28/oped.html

Sajeeb Wazed Joy’s dissatisfaction with the media maybe sincere but our dissatisfaction with the importance given to his opinion is even more sincere.
   His opinion should be no more important than the opinion of any president’s child in his native United States.
   Ezajur Rahman
   Kuwait

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[ALOCHONA] Govt seems to be undermining Tipaimukh danger

Govt seems to be undermining Tipaimukh danger

THE Awami League-led government, it increasingly seems, has somehow been convinced by its New Delhi counterparts that there is benefit for Bangladesh to be had from the construction of the Tipaimukh Dam/s on the river Barak. Ever since the Indian high commissioner disclosed late last week India's plan to go ahead with the construction of the dam, at least three members of the cabinet said Dhaka would not oppose the project if it benefits Bangladesh.

The commerce minister, Faruk Khan, as usual, came up with by far the strongest hint that the government may have been already convinced that dam could after all benefit, and not harm, Bangladesh, when he told journalists on Tuesday that 'those who are talking too much against construction of the dam are talking without knowing anything…' He did say the government 'will soon send a delegation comprising experts and parliamentarians to see what is going on there and how it will benefit Bangladesh.' That is, however, hardly reassuring.

It would indeed be interesting to know who the commerce minister was accusing of 'talking too much… without knowing anything'; after all, the individuals who have been at the forefront of the ever-intensifying wave of opposition to the Tipaimukh project are mostly experts with years of experience under their belts. Interestingly still, many of them are Indians. They are unanimous in their conclusion that the Tipaimukh Dam/s would wreak an environmental disaster of an unimaginable magnitude and adversely affect millions of people on either side of the Bangladesh-India border who rely on the Meghna river system for their livelihood. Needless to say, their conclusions are based on an ever-growing pile of scientific evidence.

The benefit that the government may be envisaging, i.e. import of electricity generated from the dam, could turn out to be a chimera. In an article published in New Age on May 21, Dr Solbam Ibotombi, who teaches earth sciences at Manipur University and is a staunch critic of the Tipaimukh project, writes that 'the dam was originally conceived to contain the floodwater in the Cachar plain of Assam but, later on, emphasis has been placed on hydroelectric power generation, having an installation capacity of 1,500MW but only firm generation capacity of 412MW.' If so is the case, what percentage of the 412MW of electricity the government expects to import from India, which is no less electricity-starved than Bangladesh, and at what cost? As argued by Ibotombi and other Indian experts, the cost involved here is not just the cost of electricity but the irreparable economic and environmental damage that the project is likely to cause.

When there is a growing body of scientific evidence as well as strong opposition within India against the Tipaimukh project, the argument put forth by the commerce minister and some of his colleagues, i.e. there may be benefit in the project for Bangladesh, can hardly be construed as being a product of naivety and inadequate knowledge. In fact, given the Indian government's perceived predilection for the Awami League, it could very well be construed as the government's willingness to submit to Delhi's plans.. Here, the credibility of the government is not at stake alone, the livelihood of millions of people in India and Bangladesh is as well. The ministers in question would surely have done a great service to the country and to themselves if they took the pains to gather the details of the dam project and also go through the scientific evidences that point at the potential economic and environmental damage that the Tipaimukh project would cause. If they had, they might have thought twice before suggesting that Bangladesh is likely to benefit from the project and that the critics of the project are 'talking too much… without knowing anything'.

http://www.newagebd..com/2009/may/28/edit.html

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[ALOCHONA] Fw: Re: Entry of Armed Force in Politics and Controversy?

--- On Wed, 5/27/09, saeva@aol.com <saeva@aol.com> wrote:

Dr. Sultan Ahmad has correctly pointed out how the armed forces have crept into the politics of Bangladesh. The DGFI's failure to forewarn about any conspiracy and then to create a culture within the country that benefits the military to extract more concessions in all sectors - from grabbing lucrative positions in civil administration of the country to floating military-appeasing parties - has not been all that beneficial to our nation.

I remember how active the DGFI was during the previous caretaker government in trying to float a new party - Jagroto Bangladesh (or whatever it wanted to name). The DGFI hosted a program in Dhaka for the expatriates in December 2007 and before that with the cooperation of the Military Attache to the NY High Commission hastily arranged some meetings in some major U.S. cities when Gen. Moeen U. Ahmed was visiting the USA. In all these events the guests included DGFI-selected expatriates that were deemed supportive.

Many observers of the Peelkhana carnage believe that the same DGFI and Military Intelligence had failed not only to warn the government of the conspiracy but also deliberately leaked out the proceedings of the meeting between the prime minister and the family members of the victims. The BDR carnage created such a commotion within the Army that within the first couple of days of the event many young officers were on the brink of taking power in a military coup.

They approached some top ranking officers to get the blessing for the coup, and fortunately for our nation, one such officer approached was able to cool them down. Unfortunately, this same patriotic, non-partisan (without any party favoritism) officer who had stopped the coup from taking shape was asked to step down and forced to retire by mid-March, just few days before I was scheduled to meet him and give a talk in a seminar that he had arranged for me. One can only take pity on those decision makers in Bangladesh - as to how they transfer and retire honest good officers!

For quite some time, the armed forces of Bangladesh have been pushing for greater role in the model of Turkey and Indonesia. As any neutral analyst would testify none of those models has proven to be beneficial to those countries. In all likelihood, Bangladesh would not have a honeymoon experience either with such an experimentation. The unfortunate fact, however, is it is our corrupt politicians that have only helped the appetite of military elitists within Bangladesh through foul policies and vices.

Little thought has ever been given in the last four decades to the betterment of the real people - the downtrodden masses - the Salimuddin-Kalimuddins and Rahima Bibis within our society that work in the fields and factori es, pull the rickshaws and break the bricks. Thus, rather than investing more on social projects that help boost education and economy, thereby bettering the quality of life, we have been spending hard-earned foreign currency in the military sector, something that we can ill-afford on a long-term basis.

What is needed is a paradigm shift - a new and fresh way of introspection that helps our politicians and military guys to know their boundaries of acceptable engagement in the public sector. People expect them to perform their specific duties honestly, diligently and transparently. When they deliver those deliverables that would be the day we can all rejoice.

Regards,
Habib Siddiqui

-----Original Message-----
From: Isha Khan <bd_mailer@yahoo.com>
To: Dhaka Mails <dhakamails@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, 27 May 2009 10:40 am
Subject: Entry of Armed Force in Politics and Controversy?

Entry of Armed Force in Politics and Controversy?

By Dr Sultan Ahmad , USA

After the organized killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib with his most family members and relatives by a gang of junior army officers, it is believed that General Zia was associated at least informally. After this inhumane massacre, general Zia not only managed for them impunity but also rewarded them through posting in the Bangladesh missions abroad.Later he killed a lot of brave freedom fighter officers in the army and air force in the name of army mutiny through court Martial and firing squad during his tenure in office as Martial Law administrator and President of the country.

Then he started to form a political party by using army officers by instigating and forcing many political activists from different political parties, especially NAP (Bhasani), in many cases, using the countries security and intelligence organizations like DGFI and NSI. Not only that, army officers were given a quota in foreign assignments, appointed them as head of many state organizations that are being continued even by the so-called democratically elected governments.

Even during the Pakistan period, although most of the time the country was run by military rulers, there is no proof that army personnel were elected either members of Parliament or they were appointed ministers. It was general Zia who organized army officers to retire and join politics. Subsequently, major, Lt. Col, Brigadier, Major General and Lt. Generals were elected member of the parliament and even appointed ministers.

Subsequently, General Ershad, a non freedom fighter and repatriate army officer, took power illegally, used the intelligence and security organizations for launching his party and also his own political game. He managed to assassinate brilliant army officers in the pretext of their involvement in the killing of General Zia.. That Ershad is now established him as a major political pin even in our democratic culture.

These DGFI and NSI failed to provide prior information before the massacre of the Sheikh and members of his family and relatives; in providing information before the killing of genera l Zia, massacres of army officers recently in the BDR head quarter. The chief of these organizations are suspected to be engaged in the smuggling of huge amount of arms in Chittagong during the tenure of the last BNP-Jammat government. It is indicative that these organizations are not functioning for the safety and security of our beloved motherland, but for serving interests of the political parties. After 1990, all parties in power also used the intelligence to harass the opposition political parties? Why the army Personnel is appointed always as the head of NSI? Why then using taxpayers' money these organizations are run?

Lastly, the army chief told the press that the report of the enquiry committee on BDR massacre formed by the Armed Forces Division is an army property. Mr. Chief, it is the property of the state and you are under the ministry of defense. You are bound to submit the report to the defense minister for necessary action. Even, you have no right to open this report, but the defense minister.

Massacre of talented army officers in BDR head quarter in February 2009 may have been due to a mutiny organized by a few, but ultimately joined by a big group of BDR members willingly or forced to join , from their long term deprivation (they might think) of facilities, harsh punishment procedures normally practiced for army discipline, and the thought of alien force controlling and supervising them with different dress and attitude but enjoying much better facilities. BDR is patrolling the country's boarder day and night, in rain and hot sun; but the army is having their training in the cantonments. So army discipline rules should be the same for BDR and the army.

Believe it or not, army in Bangladesh has established it as a major partner in the political process of Bangladesh. The question is, should our political system continue this culture or develop a process that puts an end to it.

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Dr. Sultan Ahmad from USA.
E Mail : sahmad4321@yahoo.com

http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=265862

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[ALOCHONA] UK's MI5 named in Bangladesh torture claim

UK's MI5 named in Bangladesh torture claim

London, May 27 (bdnews24.com)—A British citizen is set to sue home secretary Jacqui Smith, alleging he was tortured while being held on suspicion of terrorism in Bangladesh with the complicity of UK security force MI5.

Former civil servant Jamil Rahman, who grew up in south Wales, claims he was interrogated by MI5 officers in between beatings by Bangladesh security forces, the British media reported on Wednesday. Rahman said he was forced to give false confessions, including that he masterminded the 2005 terror attacks in London.

The British government has replied that its security forces neither condone nor use torture. But a home office spokeswoman confirmed that Rahman's legal team had written to the home secretary and said the government would respond "in due course", reported the BBC.

According to the Guardian newspaper, MI5 agents have been accused of collusion in the torture of British nationals in many countries including Pakistan and Egypt and human rights group Amnesty International wants an independent probe into such claims.

Police said in March they would investigate claims that MI5 was complicit in the torture of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed in Pakistan.
In the latest allegations, Rahman says he faced repeated beatings by Bangladeshi agents while MI5 officers turned a blind eye.

The events recounted in detail in the Guardian report forms the basis of civil proceedings being brought against the home secretary, says the British newspaper. Rahman says he was arrested in December 2005 by the DGFI - one of Bangladesh's main intelligence agencies. It was the start of an ordeal that would last more than two years, claims Rahman.

The newspaper says the graduate and former civil servant had settled in Bangladesh that year after marrying a woman from Sylhet. The couple were taken to the local headquarters of the directorate general of forces intelligence (DGFI) and held in separate cells, says Rahman.

After being stripped, beaten and told that his wife would be raped and murdered and her body burned, he says he agreed to make a lengthy tape-recorded confession to a number of terrorist offences, including masterminding the suicide bomb attacks on London's transport network the previous July. Rahman claims he was then questioned by two well-spoken Brits by the names of 'Liam' and 'Andrew', who said they were MI5 officers.

Rahman says that after being interrogated for almost three weeks he and his wife were released, but he was told that he must remain in Bangladesh and not talk to anyone about his experiences. He says he was told that his calls would be monitored and that he was specifically instructed not to contact any lawyers or members of the media, or the UK high commission in Dhaka.

On his release, Rahman claims his passport was withheld for two and a half years. During that period, he says he was frequently summoned for interrogations by MI5 and Bangladeshi officials.

Rahman alleges that senior Bangladeshi agents who were supervising his mistreatment would give instructions that his head was not to be marked and that no bones were to be broken.

He says he was shown hundreds of photographs, including surveillance photographs of friends in the UK, whom he was asked to identify. If he did not co-operate, he says, the two British officers would leave the room, during which time he would be beaten. He claims that during these interrogations he was accused of "masterminding" the July 2005 suicide bomb attacks in London.

During many of the interrogations, according to Rahman, the MI5 officers would ask him: "We're not torturing you, are we." He would confirm that they were not, and on one occasion he was told to repeat his answer in a louder voice, which he did. Rahman believes that these exchanges were being recorded.

Rahman returned to the UK in May last year after his passport was returned by British consular officials in Dhaka. He embarked on legal proceedings once his wife and son were able to join him last week, reports the Guardian.

The couple's four-month-old boy remains in Bangladesh, however, as they have not received the British passport for which they applied 12 weeks ago. They say they are deeply concerned for his safety.

The Guardian has been reporting for almost four years on allegations that British intelligence officers have been colluding in the torture of British citizens during counter-terrorism investigations, and on the evidence that supports a number of the claims.

Lawyers for Rahman, who now lives in Britain, claim to have evidence including eyewitness testimony and medical information.

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[ALOCHONA] Re: When Dr. Dipu Moni goes to Myanmar on May 15: Responsibility to Protect

There is much I learned from the author. I thank him. Its important to learn of such matters.

But he greatly overestimates the ability of Bangladesh to stand up for itself internally or externally.

And the notion of Bangladesh raising an army of a million soldiers overnight to fight Burma is pure fantasy. Just like most of the other big talk that props up our national ego and hides our failures.

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bd_mailer@...> wrote:
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> When Dr. Dipu Moni goes to Myanmar on May 15: Responsibility to Protect
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> By Dr. Shwe Lu Maung, USA
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> Being
> aware of that:(1) Bangla-Mynamar relationship is being strained by the
> infantile disorders of Myanmar ultranationalist democracy. Maritime
> border dispute, border fencing, and Rohingya issues are the roadblocks
> in the advancement of friendship and cooperation between the two
> countries while understanding and joint effort are in urgent and
> immediate need to face the regional problems being posed by the global
> warming and rising sea level. Coming years will mark the days of
> struggle for survival for both Bangladesh and Myanmar.
>
>
>
> (2) The people of Bangladesh warmly adore Myanmar for her immediate
> recognition of Independent Bangladesh in 1971. As such, Myanmar is
> loved as a good neighbor by the Bangladeshis. The senior Bangladeshi
> people still remember the good old days when the people of India
> Subcontinent and Burma together fought against the British Colonialism.
> The Bangladesh people and government wish Myanmar healthy, happy, and
> prosperous. With this good will, Dr. Dipu Moni goes to Myanmar to
> promote the common interest, representing the Bangladesh people and de
> jure peoples government-
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> I would like to take this privilege to request Dr. Dipu Moni to kindly
> take the following thoughts of mine into kind consideration.
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> 1. Border, especially maritime border dispute is a common feature for
> the nations separated by a flowing river and ever-changing current.
> However, when it comes to the determination of economic zone and
> development of the natural resources and industries in the disputed
> area tension could grow high and border wars have occurred in the
> world.
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>
> 2. Border fencing is a hysteria created by previously Rangoon and now
> Naypyidaw. On the other hand it has become a phenomenon in the world as
> per examples set by China Great Wall and recent India and American
> fences. Since 1978, the Bangla-Myanmar border tension has been created
> by the fallout of Burmese internal war between the ethnic
> Rohingya-Rakhine and Rangoon forces. More than two hundred thousand
> Myanmar Muslims were driven out into Bangladesh, with the charges that
> they are the Bengali illegal immigrants. This is a serious accusation
> and Dr. Dipu Moni must be prepared to face it firm and strong.
> Recently, the Myanmar authorities, as usual, refused to accept the
> responsibility of the Rohingya boat-people with the limp excuse that
> they are the illegal Bengali in the Rakhine State of Myanmar.
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>
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> A Myanmar Consulate General by the name of Ye Myint Aung at Hong Kong
> went further to say that they cannot be Myanmar because they are
> dark-brown and ugly as ogres. When we pull the string it can be
> construed that the diplomat said Bengali are dark-brown and ugly as
> ogres. In this regard, the Irrawadday News Magazine at
> http://www.irrawaddy.org/cartoon.php?art_id=15109 has put up a good
> punching cartoon, featuring Dr. Ibrahim Gambari who is the United
> Nations Special Envoy to Myanmar. Nonetheless, it is pleasing to see
> that the international community does not pay any serious note to these
> Myanmar racial slurs. Myanmar is considered handicapped due to her
> congenital infantile disorders of right-wing ultranationalist
> democracy. Had an American diplomat uttered such racial slurs there
> would be uproar all over the world.
>
>
>
> 3. The question now is how long the Rohingyas will be able to tolerate.
> If pushed to the extreme a revolution could and would break out
> destabilizing the region. They are the Muslim descendants of the Arakan
> Empire which onetime ruled from Dhaka in the West to Pegu in the East.
> The Arakan Empire was founded in 1430 C.E. by a Rakhaing King named Saw
> Mwan alias Narameithla with the help of 30,000 Bengali soldiers
> provided by Bengal Sultan Jalaluddin Shah.
>
>
>
> The Arakan Empire lasted until 1666 when its commercial center,
> Chittagong, was seized by the Mogul. In those two hundred plus years of
> Arakan Empire, there is no question that there existed Bengali
> settlement in the mainland of Arakan, which is now the Rakhine State of
> Myanmar. World historians recorded the Muslim settlement in Arakan and
> Burma long before the days of Arakan Empire. Those Muslims who settled
> in the Arakan Empire are now known as the Rohingyas, a term derived
> from Rakkhapura which is the ancient name of Arakan. The descendants of
> Rakkhapura Kingdom are known as the Rakhine, Rakhaing, or Rakhaingthar.
> The terms ËœRohingya and ËœRakhaingtharâ„¢ are two sides of a coin.
>
>
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> Both words, ËœRakhaingthar and Rohingya, derive from the Sanskrit word
> Rakshak, which is the variant of the Pali word Rokkha/Rokkhi. Both
> ËœRakshak and Ã¢â‚¬ËœRokkha/Rokkhi mean defense or military. In India, the
> Indian Military is called Bharat RakshakÃ¢. In Bangladesh Proti-Rokkha
> means ËœNational Defence and Rokkhi Bahani means Defence Militia.
>
>
>
> In terms of Sanscrit and Pali language, a Rakhaing/Rakhaingthar,
> Roshang/Rohangya, or Rohong/ Rohongya simply mean a soldier, a
> comparable term to Rakkha Chaylay (herd boy or guard boy) of
> Bangladesh. In view of history it is noteworthy that Rakkhapura means a
> soldier village or a military cantonment. It probably originated as a
> military outpost of the Brahmaputra Civilization in the ancient past.
> Bangladesh historians and archaeologists are now finding evidence of
> the Brahmaputra Civilization in Rajshahi city of northern Bangladesh.
>
>
>
> In the Buddhist chronicles, the Brahmaputra Civilization is known as
> the Mizzimadesh, pronounced Mizzima deytha in Burmese, and it begins at
> Magadha and ends at Arakan Mountains. Rakkhapura or Arakan was not
> associated with Burma until the Burmese King Maung Wynne occupied it in
> 1784, violating the Arakan-Burma border treaty signed by the Arakan
> King Khari alias Ali Khan and the Burmese Ava King Narapiti in 1454 CE.
> In a Bangla-language book titled Ã¢â‚¬ËœArakan Rajsabhay Bangla Sahitya
> (1600-1700 AD) by Dr. Muhammad Enamul Huq and Sahitya-sagar Abdul Karim
> Sahitya Visarad, Gurudas Chattaopdhyay and Sons, Kalikata, 1935, it is
> mentioned During the 17th century AD when Muslim in Arakan nurtured
> Bengali Literature, the Muslim poets of that time identified the
> country as Roshang..
>
>
>
> Therefore, Roshangya or now Rohingya (a Myanmar corruption) is an
> ancient term, not an invention of the Arakanese Muslims 1958 as per
> Myanmar authorities and historians claim. The terms date way back to
> pre-Bengal and Pre-Myanmar era. A visit to Rashahi Varendra Research
> Museum and other museums in Dhaka and Chittagong will render good
> evidence in support of the above statement. On the basis of the Myanmar
> 1990 election data, I calculated that there were 1.87 million Rohingya
> Muslims and 2.13 million non-Rohingyas in the Rakhine State (see my
> book The Price of Silence, p252)..
>
>
>
> 4. The negation of the Rohingya people is not confined to the junta. To
> great dismay the Myanmar democratic forces such as the heavy-weight
> National League for Democracy (NLD), Arakan League for Democracy (ALD),
> United Nationalities League for Democracy (UNLD), National Coalition
> Government of Union Burma (in exile), National Democratic Font (NDF),
> and Rakhine academician-historians jumped up and sided with the
> military junta, committing the political genocide to the Rohingya
> people. Therefore, Dr. Dipu Moni cannot expect that the Rohingya issue
> would or could be solved in 2010 or later. The problem will persist for
> the decades to come.
>
>
>
> 5. It is the nature of the Myanmar authorities to back their political
> actions with the military might. Bangladesh has experienced it
> frequently. At present, Myanmar bullies around the region with army of
> 500,000 soldiers. Dr. Dipu Moni should make the Myanmar authorities
> understand that Bangladesh can raise her fighting force to a
> million-strength overnight and Bangladesh Navy and Air Force are
> superior to Myanmars.
>
>
>
> At Naypyidaw, the Bangladesh delegation will see three famous Myanmar
> Kings, Anawratha, Kyansitha, and Bayinnaung. Please remember that
> Bayinnaungs Second Myanmar Empire (1540-1599 CE) was put to an end by
> the Arakanese King Razagri alias Salim Shah Sultan in 1599. He was
> known as the Emperor of Pegu. Major portion of the Arakan Royal Army
> was made up of the Rohingya and Portugese soldiers. This is one of the
> reasons why the Myanmar military government and pro-democracy forces
> alike are negating the Rohingyas. Vindictive they are! The Rakhine
> people are now totally Burmanized and do not pose any threat to Myanmar
> neo-empire, but the Rohingyas do because they were the people who
> liberated Arakan from the hands of Burmese in 1430 and founded the
> Arakan Empire.
>
>
>
> Please allow me to refresh Dr. Dipu Moni's knowledge bank that Arakan
> King Razagri, as per tradition of the feudal conquerors, married
> Bayinnaungs grand daughter Princess Khin Ma Hnaung and, upon her
> request, appointed her brother as the Governor of Chittagong. The
> descendants of the Burmese Prince are now the chieftains of Bandarban
> and known as the Bo Mun and well placed in modern Bangladesh. Myanmar
> government and people should appreciate that Bangladesh and Bengali
> people have preserved their Emperor Bayinnaung blood.
>
>
>
> 6. Dr. Dipu Moni may kindly remind the Myanmar authorities that the
> Union of Myanmar (Pyihtaungsu Myanmar Naingan) was the outcome of the
> united struggle of the people, including the Muslims, of British Burma.
> Therefore, the Burma Citizenship Act 1982 is feudal and colonial in
> nature and as such shall be repealed. The Union of Myanmar is a
> nation-state but not a continuation of the feudal Myanmar or tribal
> nations. Accordingly, Myanmar shall duly recognize the Rohingya
> cultural identity, which is a mix of Bengal-Myanmar culture. More than
> six hundred years after their original settlement in Arakan in 1430 CE
> they are now more Burmese than Bengali.. Their loyalty is with Myanmar.
> They should be given equal rights like other ethnic people of Myanmar
> and allowed to enter into the main stream of national and political
> life. If the Myanmar authorities still insist that they are Bengali and
> continue dehumanization and ethnic cleansing, then Bangladesh and
> Bengali people will have no choice but provoke the Responsibility to
> Protect (R2P). This could sadly mean a repetition of 1430!
>
>
>
> 7. Finally, when no more bearable probability is high that a Rohingya
> revolution could and would break out. If so, Myanmar must bear full
> responsibility of the consequences.
>
>
>
> End and thank you.
>
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> ( Dr. Shwe Lu Maung, Ph.D., is a biological scientist and author of two
> books, ?urma Nationalism and Ideology (Dhaka, 1989), The Price of
> Silence (USA, 2005) and numerous articles on Burma and Arakan. He is
> also a former Central Committee of Democratic Alliance of Burma,
> Diplomatic Representative of ALD (in exile) and Patron of the Arakan
> Democratic Forces. He is a full-blooded Rakhaing who honors the
> compatriot Rohingyas for their partnership in building the Arakan
> Empire. He is now a US citizen and can be reached at
> kaukpandaung@... and http://www.shwelumaung.org).
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> http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=263475
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[mukto-mona] Re: Prosecution of Asghar

I would love to be prosecuted in a court of law in the West. It will enable me to expose not only Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, it will also help me prove to the court that the Quran is nothing, but a manual of terrorism. I will try my utmost to get as much publicity for the trial as it will be possible, so that the entire world comes to know what Islam is all about and what it teaches its adherents.

My evidence will be the Quran. I will not need any lawyer to defend me.

So, my would-be prosecutors, please go ahead and file a case in any court in the West and give me the chance to prove that I have not violated any human rights; rather, it is the Quran that is guilty of this crime and as such, the court should decide its fate!

Mohammad Asghar

In a message dated 5/27/2009 3:19:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, islam1234@msn.com writes:

Dear Dr.Sayeed> Following your logic, a doctor who kills a patient, does not have to worry about his punishment in washington court room---either getting hanged or sent to jail for 50 years. Are you suggesting that after getting hanged over here for a crime--Your Allah will again do the 'real hanging' over there? Aren't you ashamed of this blood thirsty Allah? What a silly person you are! You have thrown out the court system. Unknowingly you have become a Taalibaan. If a person assasinates your character, you just simply ignore him for the final judgment. Dear Dr.Sayeed, is this what you are saying? Lawsuit idea was proposed by Mufassil, Enayet and Ahsan. According to them, Mr.Asghar is defaming and harming Allah's religion, so he must be prosecuted according to the law in this world--in Dhaka or London. Please for God's sake, use your own brain for once! Allah can forgive those uneducated people of 7th century Arabia, but he will never forgive the socalled educated fools of today.

SaifDevdas
islam1234@msn.com

Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 01:50:00 -0700
From: abusayeedr@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: FW: Prosecution of Asghar
To: jashimuddin@comcast.net; jjmchowdhury@optonline.net; ajmol.ali@treas.state.nj.us; rascx@yahoo.com; mrisa@dhaka.net; islam1234@msn.com

Real victory will be on the day of final judgment in the world hereafter.

On that day the judge will be the creator of the universe.

Winning a verdict by human judge at the court room of Washington DC

is not the benchmark of success.

Let us all check ourselves whether we are prepared for that final judgment.

If we seriously realize that, I am sure, everybody will stop this silly fighting.

Dr Abu Sayeed

Khurram

--- On Wed, 5/27/09, SAIF Davdas <islam1234@msn.com> wrote:

From: SAIF Davdas <islam1234@msn.com>
Subject: FW: Prosecution of Asghar
To: "Jashim" <jashimuddin@comcast.net>, "jjmchowdhury@optonline.net" <jjmchowdhury@optonline.net>, "Ajmol ali" <ajmol.ali@treas.state.nj.us>, "abusayeeddr" <abusayeedr@yahoo.com>, "SULTAN" <rascx@yahoo.com>, "Faruque MW" <mrisa@dhaka.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 8:57 AM

Dear Enayatullah>
"Truth has arrived, and Falsehood perished: for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish." Quran 17:81
I am aware of the 'Hate Speech' laws of the United States of America. On behalf of Mr.Asghar, I am accepting your challenge to test the hate speech messages of Mr. Asghar against Islam in Washington D.C court room. You claim that Mr.Asghar has Slandered and defamed Islam intentionally---you should put your money where your mouth is. As an honorable man, I definitely would like you to protect the good name of your Allah and His Religion. You are 100% sure that your Quran and Hadiths are from your Allah---So why be afraid? I would love to be party to this libel law suit against Mr.Asghar. You see, in America, Libel is a form of defamation of character, a civil wrong that falsely impugns the reputation or character of a person---opening the target up to public ridicule. Mr. Asghar's willful, and slanderous statement against Islam must not go unchallenged. You and Mufassil should not allow this vicious, vitriolic and shameful attack on Islam by Mr. Asghar go unchallenged. I am not going to present any argument that is not in your Quran, the Sahih Hadith---Bukhari, Muslim, Abu-Dawud, Ibn Ishaq, Tabari, and Ibn Saad as evidence. Truthfulness will eventually triumph. Liar will be exposed. Lies will be exposed. Needless to say, punitive and compensatory measures are in order. Let's get started. Allah expects His slaves to defend His good name. Let the search for the truth begin.

SaifDevdas
islam1234@msn.com

To: history_islam@yahoogroups.com
From: enayet_2000@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 10:23:48 -0700
Subject: *~history**Islam~*** Asghar to Devdas: An emotional outpour!

Can someone provide the details of Asghar?

Asghar can be prosecuted to propel hatred and falsifying the true facts. Insuniating hate and insulting a book of faith againist UN Charter and also against the constitution of US. His emails can be considered as hate mail for legal prosecution.

--- On Mon, 5/25/09, Mufassil Islam <mufassili@yahoo. co.uk> wrote:

From: Mufassil Islam <mufassili@yahoo. co.uk>
Subject: *~history**Islam~ *** Asghar to Devdas: An emotional outpour!
To: history_islam@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, May 25, 2009, 11:30 AM

Dear All,

The following letter from Mr. Asghar to Devdas is self-explanatory.

Mufassil Islam

Thanks Mr. Saif Devdas for your strong support. We need many more brave people like you to face the hateful Muslims headon.

This man claims to be a human right defender, yet he very strongly supports the teachings of the Quran, which is, actually, a manual of terror and the worst violator of human rights. It commands its followers to kill the Polytheists, Jews and the Christians, if they do not convert to Islam, as it is the only approved religion of Allah, or if they refuse to pay protection tax to the Muslim hyenas.

I wonder where is the United Nations' Human Rights Watchdogs? Don't they know what Islam stands for, and how its followers are determined to exterminate the non-Muslims from the face of the earth? Or have they closed their eyes and ears and letting the Muslims do what they want to do?

It is the lack of initiative on the part of the Human Rights Watchers that has been encouraging people like the Harvard educated one to threaten the true defenders of human rights. But I am not afraid; rather, I will be happy to die while still defending the rights of all the human beings that will enable them to live their lives according to their own choices. No amount of threats will be able to force me out of my mission.

Mohammad Asghar

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[ALOCHONA] Political appointments in key missions

Political appointments in key missions

Courtesy New Age 27/5/09

http://www.newagebd.com/2009/may/27/fb.html

I started reading your front page news ‘government prefers political appointment in key missions’ (May 24) with interest and ended with disgust. After nearly five months during which key missions have been left without a head of mission (Germany has been without one for over a year and half!), this government has finally laid the ‘theoretical’ foundation of how it would establish diplomatic missions. As expounded by Mostafa Farooq Mohammad, a former diplomat and a Member of Parliament now, the government will henceforth send to key missions individuals who ‘must act as alter egos of the head of government’. I am afraid not many of us understood what he meant by this. Does it mean that the prime minister will choose for these posts those she knows personally and who in turn know her personally, like the name proposed to be the ambassador to Kuwait happens to be a friend of Sheikh Kamal?
   I was disgusted that such an idea has been given by a professional diplomat. The journalist who interviewed this gentleman should have asked him whether he would have subscribed to such a view when he was serving as a professional diplomat. There is no question that he would not for that would have meant acknowledging that he is incompetent. The ‘theoretical’ base that this government is laying for appointment of ambassadors/high commissioners is being laid by openly telling the professionals of the ministry of foreign affairs that they are incompetent.
   On the issue of being alter egos, how do former diplomats who have left the country to become citizens of another country become better alter egos of our prime minister? As alter egos, would they have an access to the prime minister of a regular basis? What would then happen to our poor Dipu Moni? Most importantly, does it mean that in the past 37 years when people like Mostafa Farooq Mohammad as professional diplomats headed missions had been worthless? I am told that this gentleman was a good professional diplomat but I am afraid in his eagerness to sell an un-sellable agenda of the government, he has proven himself no better no worse than a sycophant.
   At a time when we are trying to create a digital Bangladesh with emphasis on professionalism, we are doing the reverse by posting in our key missions individuals in place of professional diplomats. These political ambassadors would no doubt be placed in their positions over career diplomats who would be manning the ministry of foreign affairs. Does logic say that they would cooperate with these ‘outsiders’ in implementing the policies of the government? Or does Farooq Mohammad think that foreign policy and its implementation begins and ends in ambassadors being the alter egos of the prime minister? At this stage, I am not sure whether I should be laughing over it or be disgusted and say ‘God help Bangladesh!’
   The appointment of an expatriate in Russia as the country’s next ambassador to Moscow takes the cake! So does the appointment of the individual named for Saudi Arabia who happens to be a brother of the finance minister. People who know the foreign ministry better however know too well that no theory or anything is behind these appointments. These have been made on purely personal interests.
   All told, I am astounded how a former career diplomat comes out to make a statement denigrating his juniors in a service that I am sure he was proud to serve. This is betrayal to say the least.
   Rashed Ahmed
   Gulshan, Dhaka

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[ALOCHONA] Defiance, frustration led to mutiny: Probe report

Defiance, frustration led to mutiny: Probe report

"We've based the report on truth and reality. There is nothing based on speculation," Khan told reporters

Reluctance to comply with the army and pent-up frustration over unfulfilled demands led to the mutiny at Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Pilkhana on February 25.The government committee, headed by former bureaucrat Anisuzzaman Khan, said this in its report submitted to Home Minister Sahara Khatun on Thursday.

Khan today unveiled the findings of the report today at a press briefing at the secretariat in presence of the home minister."We've based the report on truth and reality. There is nothing based on speculation," Khan told reporters on Thursday at the secretariat after handing over the 309-page report.

The government formed the inquiry committee on Feb 26 headed by the home minister, but later reformed the committee with the retired civil servant amid protests from a quarter.

The committee is comprised of 11 former and serving bureaucrats and high-ranking officers from the army, navy and air force.The committee, reconstituted on March 2, began its work the following day. Its last deadline for submission of the report expired on May 11. Earlier, the time was extended for four times.

The first deadline for its report, March 9, was extended by seven working days.On Mar 23, the committee got another four days.Finally on Mar 30, the committee was given 30 more workdays to submit the report for a proper investigation into the bloodbath at the border guards' headquarters ay Pilkhana in Dhaka that left at least 57 army officers killed.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=17162

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