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A tremendous pressure from some repatriated army officers had forced Ziaur Rahman to try and execute Colonel Abu Taher through a military tribunal in 1976, senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed told the High Court yesterday.
Col Taher was a victim of the conflict between the repatriated officials, who did not fight the Liberation War, and freedom fighters in the army, he also said.
Moudud was reading out excerpts from his book -- Democracy and the Challenge of Democracy -- as the court during the hearing on a writ petition asked him to make statement in connection with the trial of Taher.
"The repatriated officers had found a new ally in Zia after the killing of Mujib and removal of Moshtaque [who took over immediately after the murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib on August 15, 1975]," Moudud quoted from the book.
The two sides [the officers and Zia] needed each other in order to survive both as a class and a force in the civil-military structure of the country, the book said.
When it came to sentencing Taher, all of the forty-six repatriated officers summoned by Zia to discuss the issue wanted he be hanged, the book says.
Moudud, however, did not go for details about the officials.
Moudud Ahmed, a former law minister, quoted from the book, "The question remains: why did Zia allow the execution of Taher, the person who freed him from captivity and installed him in power? During the war they fought in the same sector and were known to be very close friends for long."
Moudud finds an answer too: "In a difficult post-independence situation, Zia had to strike a balance with the repatriated officers to strengthen his own position in the army."
A conflict ensued as under the leadership of Col Taher, Gono Bahini [People's Army, an underground offshoot of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal in the early 70's] had killed many army officers, he said.
He told the court that he had put relevant information about the trial in his book and the HC should reach a decision not before going through it.
Moudud, however, told The Daily Star his statement was not part of the court proceedings.
He said his book is based on works of Lawrence Lifschultz, a veteran US journalist and writer, who had covered the trial of Col Taher.
The HC yesterday requested Lifschultz to appear before it at his convenience by January 26 for making a statement.
The court also directed Additional Attorney General MK Rahman and the foreign secretary to contact Lifschultz through email.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Mohibul Haque informed the HC yesterday his office has no document on the trial of Col Taher.
An HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain held the hearing which will resume on Sunday.
The writ petition, challenging the legality of the martial law trial, was jointly filed by Col Taher's wife Lutfa Taher, his brother Anwar Hossain and Fatema Yusuf, wife of Yusuf Ali Khan, who was given a life sentence by the same tribunal.
All fingers pointed at one manThe same businessman was also linked with the 1996 sharemarket scam but he remains scot-free, due to, what the government said, lack of evidence A leading businessman yesterday came under heavy fire at a high-profile meeting on the recent stockmarket debacle.Allegations against the businessman was made at a four-hour-long meeting at the state guesthouse Padma between Finance Minister AMA Muhith and market stakeholders, comprising businessmen, capital market leaders, bankers and regulators.((The Daily Star) Several high-profile individuals who were there said the businessman, also present at the meeting, is very close to the ruling party.The same businessman was also linked with the 1996 sharemarket scam but he remains scot-free, due to, what the government said, lack of evidence. Bangladesh's stockmarket remained closed yesterday and stays closed today (Monday) for a crash that caused fund losses of millions of small investors. The benchmark Dhaka Stock Exchange general index (DGEN) fell nearly 1,800 points between December and January. There is a lot of talk in the market that a few masterminds were behind market manipulation and the subsequent collapse. Many say that Ora Egarojon (they were 11) manipulated the market by doubling the index and prices of most shares in less than one year. These people allured lakhs of small investors across the country and pocketed crores of taka. But one name surpassed others at the meeting, according to individuals who attended the meeting yesterday. The businessman's firms were in financial crisis only two years ago but since the middle of 2009 those started acquiring other businesses one after another. "He was accused of manipulation at the meeting by many," said one of the meeting participants, asking not to be named. The participant quoted the businessman telling the meeting: "I feel insulted and am a successful businessman." Calm at the meeting was lost and the finance minister had to intervene to pacify people |
India's shoot-to-kill policy on the Bangladesh borderSecurity officials openly admit that unarmed civilians trying to enter India illegally are being killed. Will the government act?
Do good fences make good neighbours? Not along the India-Bangladesh border. Here, India has almost finished building a 2,000km fence. Where once people on both sides were part of a greater Bengal, now India has put up a "keep out" sign to stop illegal immigration, smuggling and infiltration by anti-government militants. This might seem unexceptional in a world increasingly hostile to migration. But to police the border, India's Border Security Force (BSF), has carried out a shoot-to-kill policy – even on unarmed local villagers. The toll has been huge. Over the past 10 years Indian security forces have killed almost 1,000 people, mostly Bangladeshis, turning the border area into a south Asian killing fields. No one has been prosecuted for any of these killings, in spite of evidence in many cases that makes it clear the killings were in cold blood against unarmed and defenceless local residents. Shockingly, some Indian officials endorse shooting people who attempt to cross the border illegally, even if they are unarmed. Almost as shocking is the lack of interest in these killings by foreign governments who claim to be concerned with human rights. A single killing by US law enforcement along the Mexican border makes headlines. The killing of large numbers of villagers by Indian forces has been almost entirely ignored. The violence is routine and arbitrary. Alauddin Biswas described to Human Rights Watch the killing of his 24-year-old nephew, who was suspected of cattle rustling, by Indian border guards in March 2010. "The BSF had shot him while he was lying on his back. They shot him in the forehead. If he was running away, he would have been shot in the back. They just killed him." The BSF claimed self-defence, but no weapons were recovered. Nazrul Islam, a Bangladeshi, was luckier. "At around 3am we decided to cross the Indian border," he said. He was headed to India to smuggle cows back to Bangladesh. "As soon as the BSF saw us, they started firing without warning." Islam was shot in his arm, but survived. Some of the victims have been children. One father recounted how his sons were beaten by BSF officers. "The BSF personnel surrounded the boys and without giving any reason started beating them with rifle butts, kicking and slapping them. There were nine soldiers, and they beat my sons mercilessly. Even as the boys fell down, the BSF men continued to kick them ruthlessly on their chest and other sensitive organs." The border has long been crossed routinely by local people for trade and commerce. It is also crossed by relatives and friends separated by a line arbitrarily drawn by the British during partition in 1947. As with the Mexican border in the United States, the border has become an emotive issue in Indian politics, as millions of Bangladeshis now live in India illegally. Many are exploited as cheap labour. India has the right to impose border controls. But India does not have the right to use lethal force except where strictly necessary to protect life. Yet some Indian officials openly admit that unarmed civilians are being killed. The head of the BSF, Raman Srivastava, says that people should not feel sorry for the victims, claiming that since these individuals were illegally entering Indian territory, often at night, they were "not innocent" and therefore were a legitimate target. Though India is a state with functional courts, he apparently believes the BSF can act as judge, jury and executioner. This approach also ignores the many victims, such as a 13-year-old named Abdur Rakib, who broke no law and was killed simply because he was near the fence. Sadly, Bangladeshi border officials have also suggested that such killings are acceptable if the victim was engaged in smuggling. As the recent WikiLeaks report about endemic torture in Kashmir underscores, Indian soldiers and police routinely commit human rights violations without any consequences. Permission has to be granted by a senior Indian official for the police to even begin an investigation into a crime committed by a member of the security forces, such as the BSF. This rarely happens. The response of various government officials to allegations of a shoot-to-kill policy has been confusing: we do shoot illegal border crossers since they are lawbreakers; we don't shoot border crossers; we only shoot in self-defence; we never shoot to kill. But there is some reason for hope. Under pressure, senior Indian officials have expressed revulsion at the behaviour of the BSF and have promised to send new orders to end the shoot-to-kill policy. They have committed to use nonviolent means to apprehend illegal border crossers or smugglers where they pose no risk to life. The question is whether this will be translated into action on the ground. Similar promises of "zero tolerance" for abuses have been made in Kashmir and elsewhere but have not been fulfilled. As India's economy has grown and foreign investors have flocked in, its human rights record has largely flown under the radar in recent years. But India is a growing world power with increasing influence. It should understand that its behaviour will come under increasing scrutiny. Routinely shooting poor, unarmed villagers is not how the world's largest democracy should behave. |
If Islamophobia is rife in the western world who is responsible for that, Bush, Tony Blair or the Muslims themselves? When a Muslim born and raised in Britain
turns to be a subway or airline bomber against their own country and the Muslims say Allahu Akbar who is to be blamed? What comes first to them, their motherland or their faith? If faith comes first why they live in a country which is governed by a non Muslim or a so called infidel? They should migrate to
Saudi Arabia if their brothers in faith accepts them. Hypocrisy and ignorance must have their limits.
Akbar Hussain
Mr. Golam
Inhuman barbaric killings by BSF Hayena's of India has no competitor in the modern World,
Can one imagine how China and Pakistan(two other neighbours of India) could have reacted if such killing done against the civilians of those two neighbours of India. Why Bangladesh is helpless now to protect its border citizens from almost daily killing of civilians by the Indian Hayena BSF ?
Why even we can't protest such incidents in strong voice ?
Why we are not protesting such barbaric killings in World forums like United Nations ?
Bangladeshi human rights organizations should be more vocal against such barbarism.
Communal BSF has no regret while they kill Bangladeshis(most of them are muslim).
Why our Home Minister and Foreign Minister is silent ?
Home Ministry protested to India After almost ten days . Why it took ten days to file protest ?
Who has the answer?
If the Felani was the daughter of Hasina or Shahara or Dipu Moni, how could they have reacted ?
Can't we treat Falani as our own daughter ?
Sincerely,
Mohiuddin Anwar
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Subject: Re: [KHABOR] Re: Recent dialogue between Hilory and HasinaDear Mr. Faruque Alamgir and Friends,Thank you for your reply, India- Bangladesh border is an unfortunate death graveyard almost like the USA Mexico border. possibly the objective news and analysis is given below by Dan Moshenberg, dmoshenberg@gmail.comThere is a similarity of the problem, illegal immigrants come to USA and to India , mostly one way traffic for economic reason, all UN member countries USA , India, Mexico, and Bangladesh all agreed to secure their borders for the safety , security, and not to trespass the border without due permissions, passport, visa and necessary papers etc. , violators are supposed to be arrested and due legal process is supposed to be followed, Bangladesh and India should both be responsible for incidents like that such is also good for USA and Mexico. It is very unfortunate incident: let us urge both the countries to take proper actions to avoid such incidents like Canadian and USA border does not or rarely have incidents like that.Mr. F. Alamgir. I want to reiterate the Article 1 ofUniversal Declaration of Human Rghts ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights )"Article 1 All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." It looks like whoever tries to reason something specially about America, India or reasonable behavior of Islam followers , you become agitated, emotional, and over acting and over defensive losing your "reason and conscience" it means you become nearer to animal than to Human Being, please do not behave like that it shows your unbalanced mental condition or you might be graduating or promoting yourself from one group to next group in the cadre of-1) regular moderate Muslim, 2)Fundamentalist Muslim, 3) Fanatic Muslim, 4)Terrorist Muslim ( all in their own respective belief of heaven to best of the best heaven in their after world). Please minutely be factual, careful, and cautious to cross the borderline there one also like Bangladesh- India borders??!! Being victims of border graveyard knowingly or unknowingly, innocently or uninnocently.Regards.Yours sincerely,Golam F. Akhter================analyzing and changing the status of women in households, prisons and cities
Haunts: The State expresses its grief, and Felani is dead
Jan 15th, 2011 by admin.Children, girls and boys, are being killed by Indian soldiers on the India-Bangladeshi border. Each time it happens, the State claims grief and promises never again. The most recent girl to suffer this indignity, last week, was a fifteen-year-old girl named Felani:
"Indian border forces have handed over to Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) the body of 'Felani', 15, who was shot dead on Friday as she had gotten entangled in barbed-wire while crossing the border.… In the meeting, BDR condemned the brutal killing of the teenaged girl. BSF had expressed its grief over the incident and assured that such incident will not take place in future."
What is to done with the grief of States expressed each time border troops kill or maim someone? What is the worth of their repeated assurances? Where is the future in which border guards will not shoot at children caught on barbed wire? And what is the name of the space that separates the dead body of 15 year old Felani, about whom the State is silent, and `the incident' over which the State expresses its grief?
Apparently Felani and her father left their home in Bangladesh ten years ago and crossed into India. They were on their way home because a marriage to a local boy had been settled. Felani's father successfully scaled the border fence. Felani got tangled up in the barbed wire and started to scream. The Indian Border Security Forces heard the screams, saw the girl, came, shot her and waited for her to die. Some say she bled and screamed for four hours, others say for less time. Whatever the duration, Felani, a fifteen- year-old girl, hanging upside down from the border fence, riddled with bullets, bleeding and screaming, died. The BSF then waited and finally cut her down and carried her away, hands and feet bound to a pole, like so much animal carcass. A day or so later, they arranged the meeting where they returned the body and expressed grief … over the incident.
Bangladeshis, and Indians, have expressed outrage at the incident and shock and disgust at the photographs. But who expresses grief at the border fence?
According to a Human Rights Watch report issued just last month, the Border Security Forces at that particular border are `trigger happy'. Children, such as 12-year-old Rumi Akhter Nipa, are routinely, randomly and indiscriminately shot. What do girls, like Rumi, want? According to Dr. Abdus Samad who treated her, she simply wants a daily life, to start school. What do children, like Rumi Akhter Nipa, get? "A pattern of grave abuses". And, as Felani's story suggests, they are to be considered the lucky ones.
The borderland is a graveyard. As long as the State, any State, is ruled by security first, as long as the borders are considered primary and the crossers, with or without documents, are secondary, the borderland will remain a graveyard. That is the reason that "despite numerous complaints no member of the BSF has been arrested, much less held to account in civilian courts." Hundreds of Bangladeshis and of Indians have been killed and not a single member of the BSF has been arrested. Felani is not alone.
Grief emerges from graves, not from incidents. Apologies cover incidents, shrouds cover the bodies of the dead. The State of India expresses its grief? And Felani is dead.
Dan Moshenberg, dmoshenberg@gmail.com
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Dhaka to protest Felani's murder http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=184675&cid=2
Bangladesh protests alleged killing of youth by BSF http://www.sify.com/news/bangladesh-protests-alleged-killing-of-youth-by-bsf-news-international-lbqtOfebdjh.html
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On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Faruque Alamgir <faruquealamgir@gmail.com> wrote:
Mr. GolamTruth is always very harsh for the BAL activists and the so-called sole agents of Chetonadhari who doesn't have the guts or courage to protest the bestial acts of the bestial friend HINDU STAAAAAN. Whenever there is a issue of serious violation of HR by the beast the ordinary people protest but the high ups try to cover up the issue but it is done destroying the national interest.Mr. Golam, If people term a beast for it's bestial acts there is nothing wrong. HINDU STAN is the only and the only nation in the sub-continent that fingers all it's small and weak neighbours and make their politico-economic life hell n forces them to be subservient with the connivance of the Paa Chata Dalals in thousands in guise of Chetona/Oikko Porishad/culture etc etc.Do you think that killing of one innocent unarmed Bangladesh in every four days by the Bestial Security Force(bsf) is an act to be overlooked or let it go unabated as is done by the successive government after independence?????? But why ???????????? Did the blood of the Martyred Mukti Jodhdhassacrificed to make the Bangladeshi target of the bullet of the beast ??????? Oh No Sir No !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There will be protest for sure from the concerned citizens who treats this as heinous act of aggression on a sovereign country as per International Law.Finally, I am wondering how could you term me as anti Islam. I really now doubt your acumen in judging people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yes, like the millions of my fellow citizen of independent Bangladesh I am anti HINDU STAAN since it is a rogue country and do not have iota of respect for the small nations around it as independent entity.Good luck and best wishes Mr. Golam.Faruque Alamgir
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Golam Akhter <akhtergolam@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Mr. Faruque Almgir and friends,I contacted US State Department and other news publication on Secretary Hillary Clinton and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's tele conversation on !6th January.State Department spokes person said that the The Facebook Tele-conversation is fake and distorted. They will publish a statement in this regard within 48 hours.Let us wait and I shall tell our friend Mr. Faruque Alamgir also to wait and see before he spreads venom of anti-American, anti-Indian , and anti-Real Islam poison. In the meantime please concentrate to reply to my earlier allegation that "you are anti- real Islam and ani-Human Rights" bringing him closer to 'reasonless and consciousless' being.Yours sincerely,Golam F. Akhter==============On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 3:58 AM, Faruque Alamgir <faruquealamgir@gmail.com> wrote:
FriendsDoes Bangladesh do have any prowess to protest ???? To my understanding we do not have any since we have lost our right by betraying the cause of the blood of the millions of Martyred Mukti Jodhdhas n submit unconditionally to the whims and caprice of the bestial boss HINDUSTAN.This is truth n nothing but truth.Since independence none of the successive government could raise any protest(for n except Zia's short tenure) against the onslaught of the bestial HINDU STAN rather acted like a turtle by hiding the face in the cave . This is a shame for us for failing the cause of ocean of blood sacrificed by the Martyred. The main shame for us that our small country has so many( in thousands) of Paa chata dalals of the beast in guise of Jibis who are ready to blew the "CHUNGA" of the Hayeina to cover up the atrocities done by them.We need to be serious that what we want and what is our(Bangladesh's) sense of direction should be n do we really want to stand up raising our head high with our coveted "LAL SABUJ PATAKA" flying high with dignity n honour as a sovereign entity in the comity of nation ????????Let the heroic sacrifice of the Martyrs remain ever glowing in the "Akash Batash Nodi Prantor" of BANGLADESH n the Lal Sabuj Pataka to fly high with right dignity n honour forever n ever.
Hell with HINDU STAAANI Paa Chata Dalals n Paki Janwar's Doshors !!!!!!!!!
Faruque Alamgir
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If the conversation between Hillary and Hasina is true, how we should react ?
Until now Hasina government did not protest about this leak. We have to wait for their response and than people and human rights group can react.
This days nothing is secret and information technolgy can report most confidential communications between the governments that might compromise national interest.
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M.Anwar
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:44:08 -0500
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Subject: Recent dialogue between Hilory and HasinaDear Bangladeshi Brothers and Sisters,We , Bangladeshi-American citizen, should be interested in the relation between Bangladesh and USA, there should not be any encroachment in the internal affairs/administration of two sovereign countries at the same time Universal Declaration of Human Rghts ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights ) should be honored and respected by the two member countries of UN, The following Facebook record of the recent unprotected taping of conversation between Secretary Hilory Clinton and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina , how far credible- it is your personal judgment but be informed.Regards.Yours sincerely,Golam F. AkhterBangladesh-- USA Human Rights Coalition=====================================---------- Forwarded message ----------
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Subject: [notun_bangladesh] Hillary Clinton - Sheikh Hasina tele-conversation
Hillary Clinton - Sheikh Hasina tele-conversation
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Transcript of Hillary Clintons tele-conversation with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina:
Prime Minister Hasina (PM): Good Morning, Madame Secretary. I am very pleased to hear your voice.
Secretary Clinton: Good afternoon Madame Prime Minister. I hope I reached you at a good time.
PM: Yes, yes, you reached me at a good time. For you, any time is good time for me. Please feel free to call me anytime.
Secretary: Madame Prime Minister I have been updated by Ambassador-at-Large Stephen Rapp about his visit to Dhaka. Honestly, at the request of New Delhi, we sent him there and tried our best to help you better organize the trial. After listening from Amb. Rapp and our Ambassador Moriarty, I felt obligated to inform you that both I and President Obama take the issue of human rights in its proper spirit. It is on this context, I called you to inform you that United States does not support the trial in its form and content. Bangladesh has to reform the whole process in a way so that it doesn't become a conduit of punishing opposition.
PM: Madame Secretary, I understand your concern and I already asked my Law Minister to take note of what Amb. Rapp suggested. This is a trial we undertook with active support and assistance of New Delhi. I am sure Indian Ambassador in Washington DC will brief you further on that.
Secretary: Prime Minister, United States stands for a certain values and policies which may or may not be the likes of New Delhi. Of course, we have been attentive to New Delhi's most of the suggestions but this one I thought I should forewarn you.
PM: Madame Secretary we noted your concerns and can tell you this much that this was in our manifesto and our people would like to see the trial should go on.
Secretary: Absolutely, but that has to done in an way so that it is accepted internationally. I am sure, even people who voted for your party, may not accept the trial in its form and format which is, to our view, flawed and politically motivated. President Obama working hard to bring peace to your part of the world, Madame Prime Minister. Therefore, United States would not allow any action that may only help some legitimate political forces going underground to create more problem for you and thereby, for us as well.
PM: I understand. I understand. Don't worry we will fix it. Don't take it that seriously. We are doing it as we have to do and there are some culprits who we need to straighten up.
Secretary: Ambassador Rapp also informed me about your government's influence on the Judiciary and I was told how Judiciary is giving verdict they way you want. This is not good at the end. You have to be watchful.
PM: Thank you, thank you. I always value suggestion from yourself and President Clinton.
Secretary: Madame Prime Minister, let me come to the core point for which I called you. As you have seen even Washington Post picked up your treatment to Dr.Yunus and Grameen Bank. I thought it is about time to tell you how upset we are in Washington DC. I am personally upset because Dr.Yunus has been a family friend to the Clintons long before his wining of Nobel Prize. President Clinton is equally upset. Hope you are aware how hard he worked to see Dr.Yunus gets this award. I know people may have personal issues, but when it comes to national icon like Dr.Yunus, I thought Bangladesh shouldn't demonize country's only Nobel Laureate.
PM: Madame Secretary, please listen, please listen----
Secretary: Madame Prime Minister, please let me finish first. I hope you are aware that President Obama is a big fan of micro-credit. He is a fan of microfinance since his mother had her thesis on this subject. So, I am making this call to let you know how upset both of us-President Obama and I-at your continued effort to demonize Dr.Yunus.
PM: Madame Secretary, I hope you are aware that it is not us who brought this issue. Norway is the first to complain about Dr.Yunus's misplaced fund. After all, this is our domestic issue and Madame Secretary we will do it as per our own rules and regulations.
Secretary: Madame Prime Minister, I thought I would not have to go that far. But, unfortunately, I was wrong. I hope you know as much we know, how your government came to power. Don't forget that we helped you congratulating you after the election terming it as a free and fair. You know Prime Minister, how this election result was pre-arranged at the behest of our good friends in New Delhi. We acted the way they suggested us. And please don't forget that Gen. Moyeen, who brought you to power, now in the USA and perhaps, we now know, more than you could possibly imagine. Prime Minister, I am not saying that we will disown you so soon. I am just trying to place issues in the order of history demands it.
PM: Madame Secretary we are aware of your support and assistance. We will do all we can to keep you happy. Don't worry. We noted your point. Now let me know when you are coming to visit my country.
Secretary: Thanks for the invitations, Madame Prime Minister. I thank you for your time.
PM: Madame Secretary, Please bring President Clinton and your daughter and son in law.
Hilary hangs up on the other side
by Hidden Truth on Sunday, 16 January 2011 at 13:28
Note: Could anyone in the USA makes a request under the freedom of information act to State Department and proof the source wrong.
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