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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

[ALOCHONA] Misleading surveys on AL and BNP



Two surveys on popularity AL and  BNP
 
If there is an election tomorrow, which party would you vote for? 
 
     Prothom Alo/Org-Quest Research            Daily Star-Nielsen
 
AL                 46%                                                  39%
 
BNP               39%                                                  22%


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[ALOCHONA] what is going on with world cup cricket?

what is going on with world cup cricket? Please have a look

http://www.somewhereinblog.net/blog/sharaj/29300139

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[ALOCHONA] FW: Decendant of the First English Slave Trader Asks for Forgiveness




          Should the mass-murderers of 1971 in Bangladesh be brought down to offer public apologies in the like manner? Their descendants should take note of this news item and contemplate the consequences.  The impunity they have enjoyed so far may not last through generations!
 
                 Farida Majid




Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 10:07:18 PM
Subject: Decendant of the First English Slave Trader Asks for Forgiveness




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[ALOCHONA] Deliberate demand centering Moriarty serves Indian interest



Deliberate demand centering Moriarty serves Indian interest
By Mohammad Zainal Abedin, USA

The demand of 'The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports' centering American Ambassador to Bangladesh James F Moriarty drew my attention. It demanded his expulsion from Bangladesh and wanted him to be declared 'unwanted'. The forum uncovered at least four reasons in favour of such demand that included: (1) the US ambassador was a lobbyist of foreign companies eyeing the country's oil and gas sector, (2) put pressure on Bangladesh Prime Minister's energy advisor Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury to permit Asia Energy for open-pit coal mining in Phulbari, (3) asked Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury to allow British company Global Coal Management to begin open-cast coal mining to give the lease of the gas blocks to ConocoPhillips Company through export oriented agreement; and (4) persuaded the concerned officials to permit Chevron to buy old compressor machines and instruments in a high price suiting the interest of the US companies.

The forum for a long time tried to buy the sympathy and support of the people outwardly through its very name 'The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports'. Its outward pro-nationalistic agenda naturally gained some moral support to it. And I was one those supporters. But its policy now seems to be contradictory. Any dispassionate explanation uncovers some realities.

Mentors of this forum attached some very sensitive issues with its name, so that it gets acceptability from the patriotic and nationalistic forces of Bangladesh. But could it, in the truest sense of the term, protect our overall interest? Anu Muhammad and his group are engaged mainly in Phulbari ignoring other sensitive areas that are going to foreign control through overt and covert treaties, which are that not only contrary to economic, strategic and logistic interests of Bangladesh, but also to its sovereignty and independence, better to say very existence .

What did this forum do when Pinak Ranjan Chakraborty openly worked favouring Indian interest in Bangladesh? Did Anu Mohammad declared him persona-non-grata ? What did his forum do when Indian journalist branded Bangladesh as buffer State? Did this forum demand Pinak Ranjan's expulsion or call the people to boycott India and its products? What his forum is doing to release our economic zone in the Bay of Bengal which is now under Indian and Myanmar occupation? No protest was visible when our garment factories were set on fire and ransacked by Indian agents and bought by India companies one after another. No viable protest is visible when the incumbent government offers our ports, highways, waterways and railways to India free of cost.

Anu Muhammad and his forum perhaps still recognize India as friendly country though it kills our people in the bordering area, grabs our land, blockades water of the international rivers, uses tentacles to minimize Bangladesh to a satellite State, makes Bangladesh its monopoly market, captures the vital sectors of Bangladesh under the camouflage of investment. To resist Indian hegemonic design strong protest, even boycott of India and its commodities, are the need of the day. But the champions of patriotism, including Anu Muhammad axis, are unexpectedly mum. They remain silent when India claims and tries to snatch away those territories Bangladesh that are enriched with uranium and other mineral resources. Anu Muhammad and his group remained silent when Indian nationals enjoying BSF support cut away crops from Bangladeshi land. It did not even issued a statement when India, even distorting map, keeps hundreds of thousands of acres of Bangladeshi land under its occupation.

Their demand to expel American Ambassador could attract popular support if they did the same when India causes our interest, even existence. What is more detrimental to Bangladesh whether lobbying of an American Ambassador favouring foreign companies and open-cast coal mining or India's gradual hegemonic progress in Bangladesh? Contradictory and duel role of 'The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports' uncovers one reality that its officials, concealing their Indian connection, covertly stand for Indian interest.

India wants Bangladesh should be isolated from the rest of the world. With this end in view, India endeavours to brand Bangladesh as the haunt of the Islamic terror. To this goal, India finances its agents, shelters them and provides them with arms and explosives and brands them as Islamic terrorists mainly to annoy the western world, so that they leave Bangladesh. The latest demand of Anu Muhammad's group, is another trick directed to that end.

India never wants Bangladesh should maintain direct relation with any powerful country. India since the inception of Bangladesh relentlessly endeavours that Bangladesh should rotate and revolve around India. India has already progressed to that direction to a great extent. Bangladesh's foreign policy now is India-centric. Due to India-tilted policy Bangladesh already lost its link to the Muslim world that stopped recruiting Bangladeshi workers using many lame excuses. Though President Obama, after his victory announced to visit Bangladesh, he ignored it when he went to India. No Head of the State or the Government, except Turkey, visited Bangladesh during the last two years.

The much talked-about Prime Minister's visit to China practically was a cover to her pro-India policy. Foreign investment in Bangladesh declined to a great extent. No foreign company dares to invest in Bangladesh due to India-sponsored terrorist attack. Very recently, and earlier, under the cover of labour agitation some selected garments factories, particularly owned by the foreign companies, were set on fire, ransacked and looted and Anu Muhammad demands the release of such a woman whose activities are detrimental to garment industry. India leaves no stone unturned to destroy our garment industry and the so-called leaders of the garment factories indirectly are implementing Indian design and Anu Muhammad stands for them. It is enough to comprehend for whom his group stands for.

India also succeeded in foiling American investment when efforts were made to construct a private terminal in Chittagong Port. Mayor Mohiuddin belonging to ruling Awami League threatened to paralyze Bangladesh if American Company would have been allowed do to it. But the same Mohiduddin openly advocated in public that India had the moral right to use Chittagong Port and the current Hasina government made Mohiuddin's dream a success not only by awarding Chittagong Port, but also Mongla Port, railways, waterways and highways to India. What did Anu Muhammad do to protect our ports for which he outwardly struggles? Pinak Chowrobarty and his predecessors and successor overtly and covertly made the ground prepared to get these facilities that severely will weaken the viable sovereignty and independence of Bangladesh. Anu Mohammad and his forum did not demand the expulsion of any Indian diplomat from Bangladesh.

Knowledgeable sources believe the forum actually serves Indian interest in Bangladesh. India uses its agents and influence to discourage foreign investment in our mineral sector, as India desires that these resources should remain unutilized till India can either merge Bangladesh to India or at least, establish hundred per cent control on Bangladesh, so that it can grab our resources. On the other hand, if gas and oil are exploited Bangladesh not only will become rich, but it will cause their deposit in India. Anu Muhammad's forum since its inception simply succeeded in driving away the foreign companies from Bangladesh.

The demand of the forum will simply annoy America that can harm Bangladesh in multifarious ways. Bangladesh will lose the single largest buyer of our garment products. Moreover, America provides various types of supports in many sectors. Above all, a friendly relation with America will strengthen our economy, even sovereignty.

So America should comprehend India's game centering Bangladesh. India despite maintaining warm relation with America, does not favour that Bangladesh should maintain the same with America. India thinks she will control and manage the entire South Asian region, and no outside player, including America, should interfere here.

Bangladeshis in general do not support Indian dream. Bangladeshi people are not inimical to America or any other country, even India. It is India that made us anti-India. Our first priority is to secure our independence and sovereignty at any cost. For this reason our people value American friendship. Our friends, including America, should realize the sensitivities and problems of the Bangladeshis. They shouldn't cause our interest. They should not create any excuse, which the surrogates of our adversary will use to drive our friends from us and pave way for their mentor - India.*

[ Mohammad Zainal Abedin is a Bangladeshi journalist and researcher. Email: noa@agni.com ]


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[ALOCHONA] Myanmar gives AL another excuse to ignore US oil companies



Myanmar gives AL another excuse to ignore US oil companies
 
Wednesday January 05 2011
 
By MBI Munshi
 
It seems there is an organized and concerted effort to prevent US oil and gas companies from investing in Bangladesh with Prof. Anu Muhammad and the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports leading this selective campaign. Does this predicate the waning of US influence on this country and the filling up of the resulting vacuum by India and Russia? Myanmar's objection to Petrobangla's planned signing of a production-sharing deal with US oil giant ConocoPhillips is merely an adjunct to this negative campaign against US companies in Bangladesh. The thinking inside Myanmar is probably along the line that since Bangladesh apparently does not want American companies to explore for gas in the Bay of Bengal there is no harm if we object to any agreement between Petrobangla and ConocoPhillips.
 
If Myanmar were then to (forcibly) explore in the disputed blocks there is very little that our navy could do about it and it is unlikely we could ask for help from the United States, who we had just spurned. Dhaka may then look to New Delhi for assistance against Myanmar but that would also probably be a pointless effort since Bangladesh has disputes on ten exploration blocks claimed by India. In the end we could find ourselves with nothing to explore as all the blocks will have been taken over by the Indians or by Myanmar.
 
Only a very naïve person would think that India actually has our best interests in mind while they gradually gobble up anything and everything of value on this side of the border. Although Bangladesh is now the third largest exporter of RMG to the United States many of the companies now operating in this country are actually owned by Indians. The BGMEA president has recently suggested providing further incentives and inducements for Indians to be involved in our RMG industry and new agreements may be signed in this regard during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Bangladesh in February. The sudden outbreak of violence in the CEPZ targeting Korean and Japanese companies may be an attempt by external forces to push out (other) foreign competitors from Bangladesh.
 
The Indians have already taken a large stake in the telecommunications sector (at knock down prices) and it is even rumored that RAW has a local office operating from inside the DGFI HQ in Mirpur Cantonment. In the meantime steady progress is being made to provide free transit facilities to India and several agreements have been signed in the last two months to this end. All that needs to be done is for our country to be renamed Bangladesh Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Congress Party of New Delhi) with Sheikh Hasina as its CEO and Sonia Gandhi the Chairperson and Manmohan Singh the DMD of this new commercial enterprise. Security for its local offices in Dhaka will be provided by the Bangladesh Army (which would now have become a private security firm with its main expertise in peace keeping operations!), the police and the BGB with the Commanding Officers of these organizations being gifted a horse on their retirement.
 
MBI Munshi
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Myanmar objects to deal with ConocoPhillips
 
Myanmar has objected to Petrobangla's planned signing of a production-sharing deal with US oil giant ConocoPhillips, according to sources.
 
Myanmar in a recent letter to the foreign ministry requested Bangladesh government to refrain from signing production sharing contract (PSC) with the US firm until the maritime boundary dispute between the two countries was resolved, a senior foreign ministry official said.Myanmar claimed that both the deep-water offshore gas blocks DS-08-10 and DS-08-11, for which ConocoPhillips was selected to conduct exploration, lay within the boundary of its territorial waters.
 
The objection from the neighbouring country came at a time when the government completed all necessary formalities with ConocoPhillips before signing the PSC for oil and gas exploration in deep-water offshore gas blocks in the Bay of Bengal.
 
Petrobangla already inked an initial agreement with ConocoPhillips in October last prior to signing of the PSC on completion of its over two years' negotiation with the US firm.Under the agreement ConocoPhillips has agreed to start exploration works in two said offshore gas blocks immediately after signing of the PSC.It also agreed to avoid exploration activities in disputed areas in the blocks as claimed by neighbouring India and Myanmar.
 
ConocoPhillips has already been kept waiting to sign the PSC for over two years since launching of the 2008 offshore bidding round.The latest objection from Myanmar over signing of PSC might further delay the signing of PSC with the US firm, said officials.
 
In its bid in 2008 the ConocoPhillips pledged to invest $110.66 million in total and offered bank guarantee of the same amount for the two blocks it got approval for.The ConocoPhillips has committed to conduct 2D seismic survey covering 1200 line kilometres (LKM) during its initial five years of exploration period with an investment commitment of $ 2.496 million offering bank guarantee of the same amount.It has also committed to conduct 3D seismic survey in 500 square kilometres and drill a well during the first extension period of two years investing $58.1665 million and offering bank guarantee of the same amount.
 
The company has pledged to drill one well in its second extension period of two years with an investment commitment of $50 million.Officials said Myanmar also had raised objection during Bangladesh's offshore bidding round in 2008 too and had wrote letters to different international oil and gas firms asking them not to take part in the offshore bidding round.
 
Neighbouring India also raised objection over the bidding that time claiming part ownership over the offshore blocks as delineated by Petrobangla.Protest from the neighbouring countries resulted in lukewarm response during the country's 2008 offshore bidding when only seven foreign firms submitted bids for 15 gas blocks out of 28 offered blocks.
 
The government is now in talks with the neighbours to settle the maritime boundary disputes for kicking off exploration in the prospective offshore structures and shrug off the country's perennial energy crisis.It has also lodged suit with the United Nations tribunal to settle the maritime boundary disputes with neighbours.
 
At present Australian Santos operates Sangu gas field is the country's lone operational offshore gas field.The government has so far awarded only 12 hydrocarbon blocks -- both onshore and offshore -- since gas exploration began in Bangladesh in late 1960s. But the international companies are now active in only six blocks having given up the rest.
 
 
 


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[ALOCHONA] Col Osmani's Absence at the 1971 Surrender Ceremony



Mystery Behind Col Osmani's Absence at the 1971 Surrender Ceremony


By Abid Bahra, Canada

General Osmani who in 1917 was the Chief of Bangladesh forces surprisingly was absent at the Pakistan army's surrender ceremony in Dhaka. Under careful analysis it is now clear that it was a deliberately designed plan by the commanders of war who planned the ceremony. This seems to be due to the fact that the 1971 War meant many things to many parties involved in the war. To most Bangladesh though it was a triumph in the liberation struggle to free the motherland from Pakistani oppression but to India it was to bring another region of the subcontinent under its influence (of the execution of Nehru's Akhondo Bharot in the ever increasing number of inclusion of lands under Indian control) Such inclusions in the past included Sikkim, Goa, Hydrabad, Kaskmir that already went through the phrase. MBI Munshi in his book calls the process as India's execution of its "India Doctrine."(1)

Contrary to the Bangladesh plan, after the end of war when Bangladeshis in their delight wanted to see the Pakistani commender Niazi surrender to our commander Osmani, Osmani's halicopter was shot down and he was delayed to get to Dhaka from Sylhet. One unidentified source (2) reports about the incident:

"The helicopter was brought down in Fenchuganj. This area was cleared of Pakistanis, despite that the halicopter received ground fire as a result of which Lt.Col MA Rob received bullets wounds to his thigh and right hand, the choppers fuel tank was hit and when Osmani as a reflex tried to secure the leak with his hand, the hot oil injured him. He then used his own jacket to stop the leak.

"The rear ramp was open.The passenger wer sat on two benches on either side of the chopper, none had secured fastening. As the pilot took emergency measures unconcious Col MA Rob almost fell out of the copter, but was grabbed by Mustafa Allama.

"The helicopter crash landed into a field. Almost immediately an Indian Colonel in a jeep and two ambulances arrived on the scene. Unusually speedily.

"No investigations seemed to have been carried out by either the GoB or the Indians, both side conveniently have "forgotten" this "embarrassing" incidence.

"The clever Indians also experimented with a bit of friendly fire with their MiG-21s on BNS Padma and BNS Palash even when they clearly knew there were no Pakistani ships in Khulna on 10th December 1971, following which Artificer Ruhul Amin became Shaheed.

M. Azizur Rahman(3), an officer who worked with Osmani states:

" It pains me to see that very few have written about Bongobir General M.A.G. Osmany. Even those who enjoy the fruits of General Osmany's role do not remember him.

"The name Colonel (later General) Osmany electrified all Bengali officers and former Pakistani troops, and invigorated the Bangladesh Liberation War's freedom fighters. Finding a Bengali officer who was in Rawalpindi but did not enjoy Colonel Osmany's hospitality was hard. For anyone in any form of distress, Colonel Osmany was always there. These days men like him are rare.

"He had all the attributes of a successful leader: discipline, honesty, integrity, punctuality, selflessness, and simplicity. He cared for those under his command, handled crises well, made the right decisions, and was dependable, patriotic, loyal and selfless. He had no political ambitions beyond serving his country to the best of his ability.

"On September 1, 1918, Bongobir M.A.G. Osmany was born in Dayamir of Sylhet district. He was educated in Assam and Sylhet and graduated from Aligarh Muslim University in India. Before completing his Masters, he was selected for the prestigious Indian Civil Service (ICS) cadre. Instead, he joined the British Indian army as a commissioned officer in 1940 after training with the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun.

"World War II had already begun when he arrived at the Burma front as a newly promoted major. After the Indian partition, he joined the Pakistani army, and then retired as a colonel on February 16, 1967. He entered politics in 1970 and was elected a Pakistan National Assembly member on Awami League's ticket.

"I first met Colonel Osmany on April 9, 1971.We were at Sylhet town on the southern end of Keens Bridge over the Surma river. A fierce battle was raging between Pakistan's army and my company group of the 2 East Bengal Regiment which consisted of EPR (now BDR) members, police, Ansars, and local civilians.

"Under cover of heavy mortar and machine-gun fire, the Pakistani army, with its infantry, attempted to cross the bridge and capture the Surma's southern bank. Every time, their assault failed. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. Pakistan air force's jet fighters were also closely supporting its army. Bodies of wounded and dead fighters littered the Surma river's banks.

"As a young captain with no battle experience, I tried to maintain the morale of my men by visiting the front-line troops. At one point, the enemy fired on my jeep, which fell into the river near Jalopar Mosque. No doubt, the Pakistan army possessed superior firepower and continued to pin us down.

"On the way to the front line, I positioned myself on the roof of a half-constructed building near the bridge. This roof provided a better view to overlook and command the on-going battle. Amidst the confusing and deafening sounds, a thick voice suddenly spoke behind me: "Young man, what's happening?" as if the situation warranted some explanation from me.

"I could never imagine that a visitor of small stature as Colonel Osmany (I had never seen him before) would have the guts and curiosity to be on the battlefield. He must have traveled a long way on foot to reach me. It was very dangerous. After a brief introduction, he quickly learned the battle situation and felt pity for my immature tactical disposition and inept handling.

"I was sent there, from my battalion headquarters at Teliapara eighty miles away, to capture Sylhet town. My officers and I had assumed it was abandoned, or thinly held by the withdrawing Pakistan army. Not having any operational intelligence, I fought fruitlessly against a formidable adversary only to be violently repulsed. They were heavily entrenched around Salutikor airport, and with freshly reinforced troops, counter-attacked my position. By then, I had lost the euphoria of capturing my home district from the Pakistani army and establishing a free zone.

"I had only negative answers to the queries of my commander-in-chief: replenishing the losses of arms and ammunitions, arranging burials, evacuation and medical support for the wounded, reinforcing manpower, communicating with headquarters, arranging to feed the troops, sustaining against the Pakistani onslaught, and preparing the next plan of action, if any. My earlier training at the School of Infantry and Tactics fell short of battle requirements.

"Finding me at a puzzling loss, the C-in-C rescued me. He advised me to reorganise, break contact with the enemy, and withdraw to a better defensive position (he suggested the next position) after burying the dead fighters and collecting the wounded. He further cautioned me to not allow the Pakistan army to pursue my troops.

"This plan was not easy to execute. Only one who has gone through a similar plight can understand my difficulty. Surprisingly, before departing, he praised my fighters for their bravery against a larger and superior force, and gave me a big hug of reassurance. In any case, we had executed the C-in-C's order to the best of our abilities.

"We met next time at Khowai hospital in an Indian border town. General Osmany had come to see me after I was wounded at the Sherpur battle, a ferry site on the Sylhet-Moulvibazar road. He must have been following the battle situations of all the fronts and heard of my condition. Upon seeing the deplorable condition of the overburdened hospital and my poor medical treatment, he took me in his helicopter to the GB hospital in Agartala for better treatment.

"These two small incidents are sufficient to understand what an excellent leader this soldier was. Yet, such incidents were not isolated occurrences but part of his daily activities.

"Since his death on February 16, 1984, Bongobir Osmany Smrity Parishad has ventured to keep alive the name of this great son of the soil. The parishad organises two exercises each year on the dates of General Osmany's birth and death. These exercises take the form of seminars/discussion forums. The venue was dubbed the Osmany Milonayoton, thanks to the kindness of the Ministry of Works. These two days the hall is reserved for functions organised by Bongobir Osmany Smrity Parishad.

"Apart from this hall dedication, does not this great man deserve more from his nation? Bongobir Osmany spent his life and donated all his possessions for his people's welfare. As per the army's existing practice, his bust photographs hang in the troops' recreation rooms of all infantry units, East Bengal regimental centres, and School of Infantry and Tactics. Why isn't this practice extended to all units of the army, or better yet, for the entire armed forces, since he commanded all services as the C-in-C?

"An officer can be a general but all generals are not good leaders. General Osmany was such a leader and we were lucky to have had him as our C-in-C during the Liberation War and then in independent Bangladesh. No wonder that within nine months he was able to organise, plan, and execute the liberation of Bangladesh from a state of total disarray.

His illustrious life shall be an eternal guide to provide us with courage and direction during the turmoil. (ref:http://www.facebook.com/?ref=cue#!/photo.php?fbid=102604929765678&set=a.100551636637674.1137.100000485134709&pid=67279&id=100000485134709)

True, the 1971 war meant many things to many people. A recent report by UNB shows " Indians have allegedly occupied 32 kilometers of Bangladesh land in border area...s of Bianibazar and Zakiganj upazilas of Sylhet district.

"Local administration and land settlement officials of the two upazilas and local people said the occupied land has been omitted from the survey list at India's instigation in order to keep those out of the land settlement survey which is being jointly conducted by Bangladesh and India in the border.

Indians occupy vast Bangladesh land in Sylhet border, (4) UNBconnect, December 29, 2010.http://www.unbconnect.com/component/news/task-show/id-38072

Where is Hasina or "Khuko" Moni to defend our country and its territorial integrity? Surely they are finding enemies inside Bangladesh and finding friends outside!

Now going back to the original topic, the mystery behind Osmani not attending the ceremony? What if he was present representing Bangladesh? Was it going to be a show about Bangladesh as an independent party representing an independent country fought for its independence? Yes, India didn't want Bangladesh's glory. India's plan is all written in Hasina's second term in office. Is it then true to say that through independence Bangladesh has landed from the frying pan into the fire? It seems true what Bhasani said, "Bangladesh's freedom struggle continues"(5)

Endnotes:

1. MBI MUNSHI, India Doctrine

2.M. Azizur Rahman, http://www.facebook.com/?ref=cue#!/photo.php?fbid=102604929765678&set=a.100551636637674.1137.100000485134709&pid=67279&id=100000485134709

3. http://www.facebook.com/?ref=cue#!/photo.php?fbid=102604929765678&set=a.100551636637674.1137.100000485134709&pid=67279&id=100000485134709

4. Indians occupy vast Bangladesh land in Sylhet border, UNBconnect, December 29, 2010.http://www.unbconnect.com/component/news/task-show/id-38072

5. Abid Bahar, Searching for Bhasani, Citizen of the world. 2010

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Abid Bahra, Canada
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abid.bahar@gmail.com
 


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[ALOCHONA] Delhi’s best bet in Dhaka



Delhi's best bet in Dhaka

Ashok K Mehta
January 05, 2011

India should make every effort to improve relations with Bangladesh while the Sheikh Hasina sun shines. The time to act is now

We are a country because of you" was the sentiment expressed by several freedom fighters at Dhaka on the eve of their Victory Day celebrations to war veterans from India who joined them on Vijay Diwas last month. This was only the second time Indian war heroes, as the Bangladeshis call them, were jointly commemorating the 40th anniversary of Victory Day even as plans for constructing an Indian Martyrs Memorial in Dhaka are being finalised. God sent is this opportunity to redress the omissions of the past.

One theme that apparently reverberated across the country was the call for wartime trials and the appointment of an international tribunal. The Government has identified 30 prominent people who collaborated with the Pakistani Army in the genocide of 1971. Between two million and three million people were killed and nearly one lakh women raped as part of the Pakistani crackdown following the popular revolt of March 1971. Not surprisingly, many youth in Pakistan are oblivious to their Army's brutality that led to the division of the country. And Pakistanis talk glibly of human rights violations in Jammu & Kashmir.

On December 15, 2010 the BNP's Standing Committee member Saluddin Qadir Chowdhury, former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Gholam Azam and chairman of a faction of Islamic Oikya Jote, a partner of Begum Khaleda Zia's BNP-led four-party alliance Mufti Izharul Islam were arrested to mark Sheikh Hasina's Awami League Government's determination to start the trials. It is not clear whether the masterminds of the genocide in Pakistan will be brought to book.

Amid the euphoria of Vijay Diwas, political divisions were palpable, accentuated after Begum Zia's ouster from Army House after 30 years in Dhaka Cantonment. While she supports the freedom fighters, she is congenitally opposed to the India-leaning Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Her mentors are China, Pakistan and, some say, even the US, and certainly the Army which is more at ease with the BNP than the ruling Awami League. During BNP rule, no Victory Day parade was held or India remembered. Last month she boycotted not just the parade but also the President's reception but she did lay a wreath at the Martyrs' Memorial after the President and Prime Minister had left the site.

She is also opposed to war crime trials and her party has announced protest campaigns starting this month. She registered her disapproval of Victory Day celebrations by visiting China where she was accorded the honour of a state visit. Sheikh Hasina was quick to state that Khaleda Zia wants to protect war criminals.

Although Sheikh Hasina enjoys an overwhelming parliamentary majority and the Opposition BNP and JeI are electorally dwarfed, it is certainly not the beginning of their end. Sheikh Hasina, in two years of her rule, has made no spectacular gains, so the field is wide open and nobody can be written off.

The military which has ruled directly and indirectly for more than half the time after independence has played a crucial role in shaping the country's destiny. Last year, Sheikh Hasina weathered a Bangladesh Rifles revolt which witnessed barbarism replicating the 1971 genocide. The BDR, with 7,000 to 8,000 of its personnel under trial, has undergone sweeping reform and has been re-designated Bangladesh Border Guards.

The Army-led Victory Day parade demonstrated the professional élan of the three services and auxiliary forces. They provide the glue in keeping the country united and combating internal insecurities. For the first time the three Service Chiefs are of the post-1971 era, devoid of any linkage with Pakistan.

The grand success of intelligence agencies and the 2004 raised Rapid Action Battalion in drying out terrorism is commendable. Bangladesh has not seen a terror attack since 2005 and terrorist groups like HuJI and JMB are leaderless and lying low. There were fears that the present Government might disband the RAB simply because it was raised during Begum Khaleda Zia's time.

The Sheikh Hasina Government's impressive cooperation with India in the security sector is the high note in India-Bangladesh relations. Today there is not a single Indian insurgent group leader enjoying sanctuary in Bangladesh and the Government's determination in counter-terrorism cooperation is vital to India's internal security.

Defence cooperation is negligible except for some training exchanges. The first ever joint exercise of commando platoons was done this year at Jorhat and another is planned next year at company level. The first Army to Army dialogue was held last year and another is underway this month. But it is at a low level.

The proposal for similar interactions for Navy and Air Force were rejected by the Ministry of Defence where a babu reportedly wrote on the file: "These exchanges have not taken place in the past so why now?" As for defence equipment, India is nowhere on the scene with China firmly established. Military diplomacy is handicapped due to a mismatch between the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Defence.

Suspicion abounds about the Bangladesh Army — India is quietly portrayed as the 'Enemy'. The Directorate-General Forces Intelligence is known to have links with the ISI and Pakistan is tunneling its way back not without help from local sympathisers.

Bangladesh has no real enemy except within. That is why it can afford to contribute liberally — and it does provide the largest number of 10,000 troops — to UN peace keeping operations which makes the Army a prized profession. China maintains very strong linkages providing bulk of the hardware.

The time for creative diplomacy is now to make hay while the Hasina sun shines. The opportunity must not be lost with high level visits of the Prime Minister and the President. India's economic success story should create opportunities for Bangladesh. But most of all, what is lacking is people-to-people contact which is virtually zero. But does India have a plan for infusing confidence through trade, investment and other initiatives?

The war veterans can merely rekindle the spirit of cooperation of the past. Unfortunately the hard-fought gains of the 1971 victory were wasted not just against Pakistan, but also for failing to evolve a strategic partnership with the new-born Bangladesh — a strategic asset that has turned-into a political and security liability. In 2004, the Minister for External Affairs admitted that of all its neighbours, including Pakistan, India's relations with Bangladesh were the worst. The opportunity for a reset has arrived. But let New Delhi not get stuck in the horrendously slow and chaotic Dhaka traffic.

http://www.dailypioneer.com/308341/Delhi%E2%80%99s-best-bet-in-Dhaka.html


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[ALOCHONA] Re: [Dahuk]: When will the BSF atrocities be headline news in Bangladesh media?



"Bhumi Dossue"N pro indians are the owners of main dailyis of Bangladesh.So we cant expect from them any news that does not serve indian purpose


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Subject: Re: [Dahuk]: When will the BSF atrocities be headline news in Bangladesh media?

Truth and nothing but the truth :

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Let us call a spade a spade, and speak plainly and frankly. Let us say it loudly that Bangladeshi media personnel and newspaper column writers have sold their souls to Indian intelligence at the expense of deaths and destruction in the border region. Once print and electronic media in Bangladesh are free and independent in a true sense, only then we can expect that BSF killings of Bangladesh will make headline news and only then international media will give enough attention to our sufferings. Until then let us try to identify and expose the traitors looming in Bangladesh.

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On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Shimul Chaudhury <honestdebater@yahoo.ca> wrote:
 

http://www.humanrightsinbangladesh.com/53.php



When will the BSF atrocities be headline news in Bangladesh media?


by A Worried Bangladeshi

26 December 2010
 

The ill-treatment Bangladeshi people in the border regions are receiving from the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) is comparable to the sufferings of the Palestinians in the hands of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). BSF's border fencing and other techniques are supposedly inspired by those of the IDF. The two countries share striking commonalities. Look at Israeli's treatment of the indigenous Arab people within its borders and then see the condition of Muslims inside India; see BSF's killings of Bangladeshis and compare them with IDF's killing mission in the Gaza border. You will not miss the meeting of points of these two countries whose names begin with the letter 'I'. Then you will not be surprised to learn that both Israel and India are very strong allies and share intelligence.

The sufferings of the Palestinians invite international attention, while the stories of the Bangladeshis in the border regions are largely unheard and unknown to the rest of the world. Since Bangladesh is in the grip of a hostile neighbor, India, its government dare not speak about the death and distress of its people by Indian forces.


In the face of the powerlessness or insincerity of the Bangladesh government, its media could launch a movement against India's gross human rights violations in the border region. In most cases, BSF's killings of poor Bangladeshis are treated as one-column news by Bangladeshi media. BSF's atrocities are thus unabated and under-reported. We understand that Bangladesh government may be controlled by Indian intelligence, and hence it remains silent about India's killing of its own citizens. But, what conclusion shall we draw about the Bangladeshi media? Why Bangladeshi newspapers are not making headline news when BSF is continuously killing Bangladeshis? Why Bangladeshi television channels are not producing any documentary on the BSF's atrocities? Who controls all the glossy Bangladeshi media?


Let us call a spade a spade, and speak plainly and frankly. Let us say it loudly that Bangladeshi media personnel and newspaper column writers have sold their souls to Indian intelligence at the expense of deaths and destruction in the border region. Once print and electronic media in Bangladesh are free and independent in a true sense, only then we can expect that BSF killings of Bangladesh will make headline news and only then international media will give enough attention to our sufferings. Until then let us try to identify and expose the traitors looming in Bangladesh.







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