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[ALOCHONA] Egypt protests:America's secret backing for rebel leaders



Egypt protests: America's secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising
 
The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprising who have been planning "regime change" for the past three years, The Daily Telegraph has learned. The American Embassy in Cairo helped a young dissident attend a US-sponsored summit for activists in New York, while working to keep his identity secret from Egyptian state police.

On his return to Cairo in December 2008, the activist told US diplomats that an alliance of opposition groups had drawn up a plan to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak and install a democratic government in 2011.

He has already been arrested by Egyptian security in connection with the demonstrations and his identity is being protected by The Daily Telegraph.

The crisis in Egypt follows the toppling of Tunisian president Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali, who fled the country after widespread protests forced him from office.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8289686/Egypt-protests-Americas-secret-backing-for-rebel-leaders-behind-uprising.html



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[ALOCHONA] Alarming rise of Tablighi Jamaat



Alarming rise of Tablighi Jamaat
 
by Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

Last week annual congregation of Tablighi Jamaat took place in Bangladesh and for the first time since secularist Bangladesh Awami League formed government in 2009 in Bangladesh, now the Tablighis have announced to hold the congregation in two phases with a pause of four days instead of single congregation, which has been taking places since past few decades. Reason behind such enhancement of congregation period is due to tremendous increase in number of attendees in the Tablighi congregation, which has already crossed two million.

Tablighi Jamaat [TJ], a fanatic Muslim organization, which is already known in the world as one of the instigating elements of Jihad and terrorism is not only spreading its wings in South Asia, but it is also gradually gaining strength in a number of Western countries, including United States and United Kingdom. It is also alleged that, Tablighi congregation and activities of this suspected outfit is funded and sponsored by several Islamist militant groups such as Al Qaeda, Hamaas, Lakhkar-e-Taiba etc.

The Tablighi Jamaat [Group for Preaching] movement was established in Mewat, India, in 1927 and stems from the Deobandi brand of the Hanafi Sunni school of jurisprudence. Deobandi is the most commonly practiced form of Islam in South Asia, and TJ is but a small subset of the larger Deobandi community. TJ was designed to be an apolitical, pietistic organization that sends missionaries across the globe on proselytizing missions intended to bring wayward Muslims back to more orthodox practices of Islam. TJ followers [Tablighis] are mostly of South Asian origin, though there are Tablighis from many different ethnic and national backgrounds. In fact, TJ operates in 150 countries and has an estimated 70 million to 80 million active followers, making it the largest Muslim movement in the world. Its annual gatherings in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh reportedly bring together the largest congregations of Muslims in the world outside of the Hajj. The group's stated mission is to work at a grassroots level, reaching out to Muslims across the social and economic spectrum. Tablighis do not solicit or receive donations, but rather are largely funded by senior members. It is also alleged that The TJ organization also serves as a de facto conduit for Islamist extremists and for groups such as al Qaeda to recruit new members.

At face value, TJ is a peaceful, egalitarian and devotional movement that stresses individual faith and overall spiritual development. In a sense, TJ is a widespread training system that urges average Muslims to examine their own lives and become involved in calling their fellow Muslims back to orthodox Islam. Because of TJ's tactics, some Islamist groups refer to its members as "Muslim Jehovah's Witnesses" and accuse them of abandoning politics and jihad. Upon joining the movement, Tablighi recruits are given the option of attending the Tablighi center in the Pakistani city of Raiwind, near Lahore, Pakistan, for four months of additional religious training to equip them to preach the Tablighi message.

It is important to understand that TJ is a loosely controlled mass movement rather than a centralized group, as some would maintain. Although TJ operates mosques, it has no fixed membership and Tablighis are free to leave the movement. The mosques are used to support the efforts of the independent jamaat [groups of 10 preachers] that undertake preaching missions. The type of work performed and the duration of that work are left solely to the discretion and conscience of the individual jamaat. Some jamaat choose to serve a short period of time while others preach for months or even years. Although TJ is Deobandi, it allows any Sunni Muslim to join in its missionary work as long as that person accepts the group's austere creed.

Because of the large number of South Asian Muslims in the United Kingdom, TJ is very strong in that country. The Tablighi-run Markazi Mosque in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, is the group's European headquarters. The organization's strength in Britain was demonstrated in 2007 when it announced plans to construct an 18-acre mosque complex in STRATFORd, East London, on a site near the 2012 Olympic Park. According to some reports, the new complex would have a capacity of up to 70,000 people, making it the largest religious building in the United Kingdom and the largest mosque in Europe. The construction of such an enormous mosque has raised some concerns and more than a bit of controversy among the British people.

The organization, however, also has a presence in most other European countries, while French authorities have claimed that 80 percent of the radical Islamists they have encountered have had some sort of contact with the TJ movement.

In the United States, the FBI believes some 50,000 people are associated with Tablighi Jamaat missions, while Tablighi mosques currently operate in several U.S. states, including California, Texas and New York. The Al-Falah Mosque in the Corona area of Queens, N.Y., apparently is the group's North American headquarters.

With the rise and expansion of Tablighi Jamaat in the world, particularly in South Asia, there is disturbing news of rise of a Jihadist outfit in Bangladesh named Hizbut Towhid. According to vernacular daily newspaper The Manabzamin, a group of Hizbut Towhid activists attacked an anti-Jihad rally at Uzirpur village on January 25, 2011. It may be mentioned here that, Hizbut Towhid members are actively spreading Jihadist notion in Bangladeshi society for years under the leadership of one Bayejid Khan Panni alias Selim Panni. During such instigative activities, villagers at Uzirpur brought out a demonstration procession against the pro-Jihadist propaganda of Hizbut Towhid and demanding immediate banning of this outfit. Hearing the news of such procession, Hizbut Towhid members attacked the rally of the villagers with lethal weapons thus injuring a few dozens of people. Following this attack, though police arrested a few members of this notorious group, there was no action taken against the main kingpin of Hizbut Towhid for reason unknown.

For the sake of global peace, it is extremely important not only to check the activities of any pro-Jihadist group or organization in the world. Massive expansion of Tablighi Jamaat as well as other pro-Jihadist groups should come under strict surveillance of every government and peace loving masses in the world.

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[ALOCHONA] China’s military: threat or twist



China's military: threat or twist
 
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The first flight of J-20
 
Beijing's promotion of a new strike aircraft may be less a powerful addition to its military arsenal than a sophisticated part of a deeper strategy, writes Paul Rogers
 
INESE websites began in December 2010 to publish intriguing photos of a new strike-aircraft, apparently taken on mobile phones at the airfield of the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute. This airfield is not in a high-security zone, allowing members of the public to approach the perimeter; and the release of the images suggested that the Chinese military authorities were content to see the 'leaking' of information about the new plane.
As more information became available in subsequent days, it appeared that indeed the new plane was a substantial advance on anything the Chinese had previously built. The shiver in the United States was considerable and palpable.
 
The new game
THE J-20 is a large strike-aircraft of a similar size to the US's F-111 multi-role plane that in the cold-war period could act as a medium bomber. Its size and configuration indicate a substantial range and potential weapons-load, as well as some stealth features.
 
The publicity around it has resulted in a flurry of articles in the conservative US press. Most view the J-20 as further evidence of China's potential military challenge; several also cite the recently tested DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile that is said to be capable of targeting US aircraft-carrier battle-groups (see Thomas Donnelly, 'The Real Meaning of China's "Stealth Fighter"', Weekly Standard, January 13).
Some observers go further, and see the J-20 as a project capable of almost revolutionary change. Australian Air Power, for example:
 
'[The] JXX(J-20) is the "game changer" in the sense that the large-scale deployment of operational production of these aircraft invalidates all of the key assumptions central to United States and allied air power force structure planning and development since the early 1990s.'
Any complexity in the story tends to be overridden by the use of the new project to channel US domestic opinion down a now-familiar track: 'China is becoming the new threat.' The reality, however, may be rather different.
 
The false trail
R JAMES Woolsey, newly appointed director of the Central Intelligence Agency under the incoming president BIll Clinton, offered a trenchant and memorable characterisation of the United States's post-cold-war predicament. The US, he said at his Senate confirmation hearings in February 1993, had 'slain a large dragon' only now to find itself now living 'in a jungle full of a bewildering variety of poisonous snakes.'
There followed the best part of two decades when taming the jungle became the order of the day. The second of these decades—with 9/11 and the ensuing wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan—has been especially dangerous.
 
Yet among the many effects of the 'war on terror' has certainly been to provide a huge boost to the US defence industries. Much of the new equipment produced has, however, involved a departure from the hugely expensive aircraft and ships of the cold-war years; and the preference for (for example) mine-resistant vehicles, armed-drones and other weapons for fighting asymmetric wars has caused great problems for some of the big boys of Dwight D Eisenhower's 'military-industrial complex'.
 
A single example of the reorientation is the decision to curb production of the most advanced US fighter, the F-22 Raptor. The rationale here was that the plane was less than appropriate to the new wars Washington had to fight. Moreover, the massive cost-runs affecting the new F-35 multi-role aircraft have led to calls greatly to limit its production (and even to cancel it altogether).
 
The US's military budget is now at its highest (in constant dollars) than at any time during the cold war, including the Vietnam War. Yet the huge expense of these new planes—more than $100 million each, and this at a time of severe budgetary constraints at government and corporate level—make them harder to justify in the public arena. This alone makes the J-20 an ideal pretext for the US defence lobby to invoke as evidence that the US is letting its guard down in face of an emerging threat (see Andrew J Bacevich, 'Cow Most Sacred: Why Military Spending Remains Untouchable', TomDispatch.com, January 27).
 
The wider context is a pervasive fear that the United States is losing a long-term strategic race with a China whose economy continues to grow by around 10 per cent per year. This indeed was a strong subtext in Barack Obama's state-of-the-union address on January 26, though the military dimension was here (as during Hu Jintao's visit to the US the week before) kept subordinate to the economic one.
 
In any event, any news of a major military advance can be represented as deeply worrying; and if Obama's reference to a 'Sputnik moment' may be applied to China's economic prowess, it can also be extended to the J-20 and comparable developments.
 
At the same time, some of the US's very impressive military journalism tells a rather more cautious story. The theme here is that the J-20 certainly is a surprise: a development of this size and potential sophistication was not expected But it is also a project that is still in the early stages of development (see Bill Sweetman, 'Out of the Mist', Aviation Week, January 3).
 
The fact that China was working on such a plane was first noted by an air-force general in November 2009, but all that has so far been observed is a series of fast taxiing runs by a single prototype—the aircraft has not yet flown. US aviation specialists believe that if consistent progress is made in the further development of the J-20 then it could be operational by perhaps 2020-22.
 
Among the biggest imponderables of the J-20 is the case of the power that runs it. The prototype is almost certainly powered by a version of a Russian jet engine, since Chinese engine technology still lags way behind the United States's. Only if China can make huge advances in indigenous engine design and production will the J-20 become a significant combat-aircraft, and here Russia is highly unlikely to be of much help.
 
Even then, some features of the design indicate that its stealth properties will be limited. For the United States has been developing the world's most advance anti-stealth capabilities that would most likely counter anything that the Chinese can produce in the next decade or more (see David A Fulghum et al, 'Stealth Slayer?', Aviation Week, January 17).
 
The real policy
 
FROM a detached perspective, the J-20 is a serious new development that indicates that China is putting technical resources into advanced military projects after years when the main emphasis has been expanding the civil economy. Such projects are not, in fact, 'game-changers'; though they do increase China's ability to maintain substantial defences in its wider region (see Tai Ming Cheung, Fortifying China: The Struggle to Build a Modern Defense Economy, Cornell University Press, 2008).
 
Indeed this more limited ambition, rather than a determination to be a military superpower for many years to come, is most likely the intention. Yet the effect is likely to be to galvanise the United States military into a fresh era of research, development and production. For the defence lobby, the J-20 is welcome news - for it represents a new dragon in the jungle instead of a lot of elusive snakes, and that will be rather good for business.
 
Perhaps the military chiefs at Chengdu, along with their leaders in Beijing, are well aware of this. After all, by allowing the release of information about the J-20 they may also achieve the aim of diverting some of America's best scientific and technological talent into big new defence projects—while China maintains the priority of building its civil economy. Such a policy would be even more complicated for the United States: for if a jungle full of elusive snakes was difficult to 'keep track of', a devious new dragon that remains one step ahead even as you think you have its measure — that is much more tricky.
 
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openDemocracy, January 28. Paul Rogers is
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[ALOCHONA] Why a new airport ?: Facts and figures



Why a new airport ?: Facts and figures
 
 
 
 


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BAPER NAM MUKHEY ANEY NA. THE TWIN  ANAM N MUTIUR ARE SLUR ON THE JOURNALIST COMMUNITY.

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[ALOCHONA] From Awami League to BAKSAL



From Awami League to BAKSAL

Azizul Karim, Canada

16th December 1971, a new country was born – Bangladesh. As a newborn country, Bangladesh had lots of hopes and aspirations. It was time for the "Father of the Nation" to materialize the dream that he had presented to the people. The liberation war had broken all the class barriers in the society.

A great opportunity was created to forge a national unity leaving aside the age-old class differentiations. The people expected that the leaders would rise above the group and party interest and would unite the people to harness their patriotism and productivities to rebuild the war torn country to fulfill the dream of a 'Golden Bengal'. 100 millions of Bangladeshis would find their rightful place in the world community with dignity and honour.

Historical heritage, distinct self identity, the vision of the able leadership, right direction, patriotism, sacrifices, hard work and above all united efforts of the nation could achieve cherished goal step by step with the passage of time. Creation of a progressive, happy and prosperous Bangladesh and reaching its fruits at the doorstep of every citizen would have matched with the spirit of the liberation war. The independence would have then become meaningful. But the people had already become apprehensive about the sincerity of the leadership.

Our political leaders had always done much sweet-talking than actual deeds. Promises had been even greater. People have heard such for ages and got used to such empty promises. Who ever had gone to power had always failed the people. They had oppressed the people paying no heed to their demands. The isolation of the leaders from the people and their selfish interest were the main reasons for such betrayals.

Our leaders mostly are alien in their own societies. That is why people are apathetic toward them. Once in power they do everything to meet their own vested interest and later justify their deeds with power and position. The people remain enslaved in the merry go round of betrayal and deception. The politicians always placed their self-interest above the interest of the nation. Even at times the country and the people became sacrificial goats to meet their greed and lust.

Soon after stepping on the soil of the independent country Awami League came out with the ambiguous slogan of "Mujibbad". After three and half years when "Mujibbad" was proven to be an empty slogan Sheikh Mujibur Rahman like any other power hungry dictator promulgated 4th amendment and took all powers in his own hand by forming one party autocratic regime of BKSAL. This unprecedented constitutional coup de' tat was called his 'Second Revolution'. As he usurped absolute power apparently things for a while looked calm on the surface but beneath that uneasy calm political and social conditions were fast deteriorating.

The main reason for such deterioration was the presumption of the rulers that by dishing out favours and benefits rule can be perpetuated forever. They depended on this belief because of their lake of understanding of the complexities of the newly independent country. It's problems and solutions were beyond their perception. They lacked any ideology, conviction, experience and vision. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman like other third world dictators considered his own ideas and thoughts to be the ultimate. He never cared to take any advice or suggestion from any one, other than his 'kitchen cabinet' comprised of his family members. His all knowing attitudes were to a great extend responsible for his administrative failure.

He also did not have a clear idea about the difference between party and the state. This became clear even in 1956-57 when he deferred with the then Chief Minister Mr. Ataur Rahman Khan. Mr. Khan wanted to keep the administration totally neutral. He knew that if the administration were brought under the party control then it would be difficult to run the administration efficiently. But Sheikh Mujib refuted his contention and said, "The administration has to accept party domination. Not only that administration will just help and assist the party to execute its policies, but the administration will also be helping in increasing its influence among the people". Mr. Ataur Rahman Khan had to surrender to Sheikh Mujib as he was then considered very powerful in the party. Thus during this time Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the Minister of Commerce and Industries indulged in rampant corruption, nepotism and misuse of power. He used his power in giving out permits, licenses, bank loans, and sanction to establish industries to people who were loyal to him and his cronies.

After taking over the reign of Bangladesh he started ruling the country in the same old style. Some were given money, some undue promotions, appointments as the directors of the abandoned business concerns and industries, license permits, dealerships etc. to buy support and personal loyalty. This is how only within two and half years a total anarchy was created in the economic sector.

Many of his confidants were also involved in smuggling in collaboration with the Marwaris. Thus under the patronization of Awami rule a new class of 'novo' rich grew like mushroom. They accumulated from national resources but did not reinvest into the economic cycle. Most of their wealth was spent in non-productive sectors or transferred abroad. With these people Sheikh Mujibur Rahman wanted to establish 'GOLDEN BENGAL' in the country. It was really very hard to understand what he was up to? Was it his ignorance or cunning mechanization? Was it appropriate that he should place his party's interest over the national interest? Did the nation expect that from him?

It was not only his party people who got involved in rampant corruption. His immediate family members were also involved. Gazi Golam Mustfa who was a close confidant of Sheik's family became famous as 'Kamble Chor' in the country for his open misappropriation of relief goods being the Chairman of the Red Cross. The donors and the international relief agencies also came to know about his malpractices.

International press and media became very vocal against this notorious thief. His only brother Sheikh Naser not only garbed the abandoned properties and businesses in Khulna his hometown, but also became one of the ringleaders of the smuggling activities. All his nephews Sheikh Moni, Abul Hasnat, Sheikh Shahidul Islam not only became politically very powerful, they also amassed enormous wealth under the patronization of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. His sons, particularly Sheikh Kamal also got involved in amassing fortunes and other unethical activities such as Bank robberies.

Regarding the state of corruption during Mujib's regime, the reputed journalist Lawrence Lift Shulz wrote in the Far Eastern Economic Review on 30th Aug 1974. "Corruption and malpractices are nothing new. But people of Dhaka thinks the way the corruption and malpractices and plunder of national wealth that had taken place during Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's regime is unprecedented".

It was virtually impossible for the government to gain any economic or political achievements with such loots and plunders in a newly independent war ravaged country. The looters did not plough back their ill-gotten wealth in the national economy; they spent that fortune for their luxuries and comforts. But the government had to pay heavily as its image got tarnished in the eyes of the people and the world.

The government became isolated from the people. Against the promise to turn Bangladesh into 'Golden Bengal' the ruling elites turned Bangladesh into a "bottom less basket". The common people viewed this as a national betrayal. They became dejected with the Awami League leadership. Awami League lost the people's support, which was so vital for any government to govern. Gradually they also lost the support of many powerful quarters within the government itself. Their support within the students, youths and armed forces eroded substantially.

An agricultural country Bangladesh is heavily dependent on the nature. It was a gigantic task to feed 100 millions people in a devastated country. The donors and the international communities came forward generously to help Bangladesh in its reconstruction. Till 30th December 1973 Bangladesh received grants and aid credit amounting 1.4 billion US Dollars. Beside through UNROB huge amount of relief assistance was also provided. In spite of this all the hopes and aspirations of the newly independent nation got lost into the nightmare of AWAMI-BKSAL miss rule.

AWAMI-BAKSAL period is the dark chapter in the history of Bangladesh. Volumes would not be enough to write the full history. On Jan. 25, 1975 with a stroke of pen Sheikh Mujibur Rahman killed democracy and imposed on the nation the yoke of one party rule of BAKSAL. He snatched away from the people freedom of press, freedom of expression, fundamental rights along with all political rights. All national dailies and periodicals were banned except 4 government-controlled dailies. Constitutional rights of the judiciary were also high jacked and was brought under the administrative control. Rule of law thus was buried.

The period of AWAMI-BKSAL rule was full of barbaric atrocities. The history of AWAMI-BKSAL rule was basically history of murder, rape, loot, oppression, plunder, famine, capitulation to the foreign exploiters, white terror and above all betrayal to the spirit of the liberation war. People could never be able to forget those horrifying memories. In the name of socialism they plundered the national wealth, they kept the border open for the smuggling, for their mismanagement of the economy the country got recognized internationally as the 'bottomless basket'. There was no famine in Bangladesh during or just after the war but hundreds and thousands of people had to die out of the man made famine of'74 during the rule of AWAMI-BKSAL.

Sheik Mujib and his government presented the people fascism in the name of democracy, social injustice in the name of socialism, national disunity in the name of Bengali nationalism and communal disharmony in the name of secularism. In this way after subjugating the whole nation in a state of gasping suffocation all the opposition was crushed systematically through state terrorism with a view to close all the constitutional and democratic avenues to bring any change of government. The nation was thrown into an era of total darkness with no hope to breathe afresh.

It was Awami League of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman that mortgaged the national independence and state sovereignty signing the 25 years long-term unequal treaty with India. By creating Rakkhi Bahini, Lal Bahini, Sheccha Shebok Bahini and other private Bahinis AWAMI-BKSALISTS unleashed an unbearable reign of terror killing 40000 nationalists and patriotic people with out any trial.

On 24th Feb 1975 President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman through a decree announced formation of the only political party of the country Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League or BKSAL. He also declared himself to be the chairman of BKSAL. In the 3rd article of the announcement it was stated, "Till any further order from the President all the members of the Parliament of the defunct Awami League, all its members, Cabinet Ministers, deputy Ministers, state Ministers will be considered as the members of the BKSAL. Bongo Bir Gen. Osmani and Barrister Mainul Hossain decided to defy this order and not to join BKSAL instead they both resigned from their Parliament membership.

Due to the announcement of the so-called 'national party' all other political parties got abolished. Finally CPB, NAP Muzaffar and Awami League got merged into BKSAL. Out of the 8 opposition members in the Parliament 4 joined BKSAL.

On 6th June 1975 the organizational structure and the constitution of BKSAL was announced. That day names of 115 members central committee were announced. In that 115 members-- vice President, Prime Minister, speaker, deputy speaker, Ministers, deputy Ministers, state Ministers, 3 Chiefs of the army, navy and airforce, DG BDR, DG JRB and the secretaries of all the ministries were included.

The Executive Committee of BKSAL

(1) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, (2) Sayed Nazrul Islam, (3) Mansoor Ali, (4) Khandakar Mushtaq Ahmed, (5) Abdul Hasnat Mohammad Kamruzzaman, (6) Abdul Malek Ukil (7) Prof. Yusuf Ali, (8) Manaranjan Dhar, (9) Mohiuddin Ahmed, (10) Gazi Golam Mustafa, (11) Zillur Rahman, (12) Sheikh Fazlul Haq Moni, (13) Abdur Razzak.

List of the Central Committee of BKSAL

(1) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, (2) Sayed Nazrul Islam, (3) Mansoor Ali, (4) Abdul Malik Ukil, (5) Khandakar Mushtaq Ahmad, (6) A.H.M Kamaruzzaman, (7) Mahmudullah, (8) Abdus Samad Azad, (9) Yusuf Ali, (10) Fani Bhushan Majumder, (11) Dr. Kamal Hussain, (12) Sohrab Hussain, (13) Abdul Mannan, (14) Abdur Rab Shernyabat, (15) Manaranjan Dhar, (16) Abdul Matin, (17) Asaduzzanan, (18) Korban Ali, (19) Dr. Azizul Rahman Mallik, (20) Dr. Mozzaffar Ahmad Choudhury, (21) Tofayel Ahmad, (22) Shah Moazzam Hossain, (23) Abdul Momen Talukder, (24) Dewan Farid Ganj, (25) Professor Nurul Islam Choudhry, (26) Taher uddin Thakur, (27) Moslemuddin Khan, (28) MD Nurul Islam Manju, (29) AKM Obaidur Rahman, (30) Dr. Khitish Chandra Mandal.

(31) Reazuddin Ahmad, (32) M. Baitullah, (33) Rahul Quddus(Secretary), (34) Zillur Rahman, (35) Mohiuddin Ahmad MP, (36) Sheikh Fazlul Haq Moin, (37) Abdur Razzaq, (38) Sheikh Shahidul Islam, (39) Anwar Choudhry, (40) Sajeda Choudhry, (41) Taslema Abed, (42) Abdur Rahim, (43) Abdul Awal, (44) Lutfur Rahman, (45) A.K. Muzibur Rahman, (46) Dr. Mofiz Choudhry, (47) Dr. Allauddin, (48) Dr. Ahsanul Haq, (49) Raushan Ali, (50) Azizur Rahman Akkas, (51) Sheikh Abdul Aziz, (52) Salahuddin Yusuf, (53) Michale Shushil Adhikari, (54) Kazi Abdul Hakim, (55) Mollah Jalaluddin, (56) Shamsuddin Mollah, (57) Gaur Chandra Bala, (58) Gazi Ghulam Mustafa, (59) Shamsul Haq, (60) Shamsuzzoha, (61) Rafiqueuddin Bhuiya, (62) Syed Ahmad, (63) Shamsur Rahman Khan, (64) Nurul Haq, (65) Kazi Zahurul Qayyum, (66) Capt.(Retd) Sujjat Ali, (67) M.R. Siddiqui, (68) MA Wahab, (69) Chittaranjan Sutar, (70) Sayeda Razia Banu, (71) Ataur Rahman Khan, (72) Khandakar Muhammad Illyas, (73) Mong Pru Saire, (74) Professor Muzzafar Ahmad, (75) Ataur Rahman, (76) Pir Habibur Rahman, (77) Sayeed Altaf Hussain, (78) Muhammad Farhad, (79) Motia Choudhury. (80) Hazi Danesh, (81) Taufiq Inam(Secretary), (82) Nurul Islam(Secretary), (83) Fayezuddin (Secretary), (84) Mahbubur Rahman(Secretary), (85) Abdul Khaleque, (86) Muzibul Haq (Secretary), (87) Abdur Rahim(Secretary), (88) Moinul Islam (Secretary), (89) Sayeeduzzaman(Secretary), (90) Anisuzzaman(Secretary), (91) Dr. A Sattar (Secretary), (92) M.A Samad(Secretary), (93) Abu Tahir (Secretary), (94) Al Hossaini (Secretary), (95) Dr Tajul Hossain(Secretary), (96) Motiur Rahman. Chairman. TCB, (97) Maj. Gen K.M. Safiullah, (98) Air Vice Marshal Khandakar, (99) Comodore M.H.Khan, (100) Maj Gen. Khalilur Rahman, (101) A.K. Naziruddin, (102) Dr. Abdul Matin Choudhury, (103) Dr.Mazharul Islam, (104) Dr.Sramul Haq, (105) ATM Syed Hossain, (106) Nurul Islam, (107) Dr. Nilima Ibrahim, (108) Dr. Nurul Islam PG Hospital, (109) Obaidul Haq Eiditor Observer, (110) Anwar Hossain Manju Editor Ittefaq, (111) Mizanur Rahman BPI, (112) Manawarul Islam, (113) Brig. A.M.S. Nuruzzaman DG Jatiyo Rakki Bahini, (114) Kamruzzaman teachers Association, (115) Dr. Mazhar Ali Kadri.

In the same declaration 5 sister organisation of BKSAL were also formed:-

General Secretaries

1. Jatiyo Krishak league Fani Bhushan Majumdar

2. Jatiyo Sramik league Professor. Yousuf Ali

3. Jatiyo Mahila league Sajeda Choudhury

4. Jatiyo Jubo league Tofayel Ahmed

5. Jatiyo Chattra league Sheikh Shahidul Islam.

The general Secretaries nominated were most trusted confidants of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The members of the central committees of these organizations consisted of members taken from CPB, NAP Muzaffar and Jatiyo league of Ataur Rahman Khan.

In accordance with forming of BKSAL on 16th June 1975, News Paper Cancellation Act was promulgated. Under this Act only four nationalized dailies were allowed to be published along with a few weeklies. Rests were all banned.

Thus after complete burial of democracy the whole country was subjugated under unprecedented reign of white terror. Being denied of personal security the people was suffocated and became hostages in their own homeland under the tyranny of the autocratic BKSAL rule. The political leaders and workers alike miserably failed to grasp the famous doctrine, "Of the people, by the people and for the people." Thus people could not achieve their cherished dream in spite of their glorious straggle and sacrifice. All their efforts had got lost once again in the blind alley because of the betrayal of the leadership.


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[ALOCHONA] The Protest Movement in Egypt: "Dictators" do not Dictate, They Obey Orders



The Protest Movement in Egypt: "Dictators" do not Dictate, They Obey Orders


Global Research, January 29, 2011
 

 

The Mubarak regime could collapse in the a face of a nationwide protest movement... What prospects for Egypt and the Arab World?

 "Dictators" do not dictate, they obey orders. This is true in Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt.  

Dictators are invariably political puppets. Dictators do not decide.

President Hosni Mubarak was a faithful servant of Western economic interests and so was Ben Ali

The national government is the object of the protest movement. The objective is to unseat the puppet rather than the puppet-master. The slogans in Egypt are "Down with Mubarak, Down with the Regime". No anti-American posters have been reported... The overriding and destructive influence of the USA in Egypt and throughout the Middle East remains unheralded. 

The foreign powers which operate behind the scenes are shielded from the protest movement.

No significant political change will occur unless the issue of  foreign interference is meaningfully addressed by the protest movement.

The US embassy in Cairo is an important political entity, invariably overshadowing the national government, is not a target of the protest movement.

In Egypt, a devastating IMF program was imposed in 1991 at the height of the Gulf War. It was negotiated in exchange for the annulment of Egypt's multibillion dollar military debt to the US as well as its participation in the war. The resulting deregulation of food prices, sweeping privatisation and massive austerity measures led to the impoverishment of the Egyptian population and the destabilization of its economy. Egypt was praised as a model "IMF pupil".

The role of Ben Ali's government in Tunisia was to enforce the IMF's deadly economic medicine, which over a period of more than twenty years served to destabilize the national economy and impoverish the Tunisian population. Over the last 23 years, economic and social policy in Tunisia has been dictated by the Washington Consensus.

Both Hosni Mubarak and Ben Ali stayed in power because their governments obeyed and effectively enforced the diktats of the IMF. 

From Pinochet and Videla to Baby Doc, Ben Ali and Mubarak, dictators have been installed by Washington. Historically in Latin America, dictators were instated through a series of US sponsored military coups..

Today they are installed through "free and fair elections" under the surveillance of the international community.

Our message to the protest movement:

Actual decisions are taken in Washington DC,  at the US State Department, at the Pentagon,  at Langley, headquarters of the CIA. at H Street NW, the headquarters of the World Bank and the IMF.

The relationship of "the dictator" to foreign interests must be addressed. Unseat the political puppets but do not forget to target the "real dictators". 

The protest movement should focus on the real seat of political authority; it should target the US embassy, the delegation of the European Union, the national missions of the IMF and the World Bank.

Meaningful political change can only be ensured if the neoliberal economic policy agenda is thrown out.

Regime Replacement 

If the protest movement fails to address the role of foreign powers including pressures exerted by "investors", external creditors and international financial institutions, the objective of national sovereignty will not be achieved. In which case, what will occur is a narrow process of "regime replacement", which ensures political continuity. 

"Dictators" are seated and unseated. When they are politically discredited and no longer serve the interests of their US sponsors, they are replaced by a new leader, often recruited from within the ranks of the political opposition.

In Tunisia, the Obama administration has already positioned itself. It intends to play a key role in the "democratization program" (i.e. the holding of so-called fair elections). It also intends to use the political crisis as a means to weaken the role of France and consolidate its position in North Africa:

"The United States, which was quick to size up the groundswell of protest on the streets of Tunisia, is trying to press its advantage to push for democratic reforms in the country and further afield.

The top-ranking US envoy for the Middle East, Jeffrey Feltman, was the first foreign official to arrive in the country after president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted on January 14 and swiftly called for reforms. He said on Tuesday only free and fair elections would strengthen and give credibility to the north African state's embattled leadership.

"I certainly expect that we'll be using the Tunisian example" in talks with other Arab governments, Assistant Secretary of State Feltman added.

He was dispatched to the north African country to offer US help in the turbulent transition of power, and met with Tunisian ministers and civil society figures.

Feltman travels to Paris on Wednesday to discuss the crisis with French leaders, boosting the impression that the US is leading international support for a new Tunisia, to the detriment of its former colonial power, France. ...

Western nations had long supported Tunisia's ousted leadership, seeing it as a bulwark against Islamic militants in the north Africa region.

In 2006, the then US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, speaking in Tunis, praised the country's evolution.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton nimbly stepped in with a speech in Doha on January 13 warning Arab leaders to allow their citizens greater freedoms or risk extremists exploiting the situation.

"There is no doubt that the United States is trying to position itself very quickly on the good side,..." " AFP: US helping shape outcome of Tunisian uprising emphasis added

Will Washington be successful in instating a new puppet regime?

This very much depends on the ability of the protest movement to address the insidious role of the US in the country's internal affairs.

The overriding powers of empire are not mentioned. In a bitter irony, president Obama has expressed his support of the protest movement.

Many people within the protest movement are led to believe that president Obama is committed to democracy and human rights, and is supportive of the opposition's resolve to unseat a dictator, which was installed by the US in the first place.

Cooptation of Opposition Leaders

The cooptation of the leaders of major opposition parties and civil society organizations in anticipation of the collapse of an authoritarian puppet government is part of Washington's design, applied in different regions of the World. The process of cooptation is implemented and financed by US based foundations including the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and  Freedom House (FH). Both FH and NED have links to the US Congress. the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and the US business establishment. Both the NED and FH are known to have ties to the CIA.

The NED is actively involved in Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria. Freedom House supports several civil society organizations in Egypt.

"The NED was established by the Reagan administration after the CIA's role in covertly funding efforts to overthrow foreign governments was brought to light, leading to the discrediting of the parties, movements, journals, books, newspapers and individuals that received CIA funding. ... As a bipartisan endowment, with participation from the two major parties, as well as the AFL-CIO and US Chamber of Commerce, the NED took over the financing of foreign overthrow movements, but overtly and under the rubric of "democracy promotion." (Stephen Gowans, January « 2011 "What's left"

While the US has supported the Mubarak government for the last thirty years, US foundations with ties to the US State department and the Pentagon have actively supported the political opposition including the civil society movement.  According to Freedom House: "Egyptian civil society is both vibrant and constrained. There are hundreds of non-governmental organizations devoted to expanding civil and political rights in the country, operating in a highly regulated environment." (Freedom House Press Releases).

In a bitter irony, Washington supports the Mubarak dictatorship, including its atrocities, while also backing and financing its detractors, through the activities of FH, NED, among others. .  

Freedom House's effort to empower a new generation of advocates has yielded tangible results and the New Generation program in Egypt has gained prominence both locally and internationally. Egyptian visiting fellows from all civil society groups received [May 2008] unprecedented attention and recognition, including meetings in Washington with US Secretary of State, the National Security Advisor, and prominent members of Congress. In the words of Condoleezza Rice, the fellows represent the "hope for the future of Egypt."

Freedom House, http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=66&program=84 (empasis added).

Political Double Talk: Chatting with "Dictators", Mingling with "Dissidents"

Under the auspices of Freedom House, Egyptian dissidents and opponents of Hosni Mubarak were received in May 2008 by Condoleezza Rice at the State Department and the US Congress.

In May 2009, Hillary Clinton met a delegation of Egyptian dissidents, visiting Washington under the auspices of Freedom House. (See below). These were high level meetings. These opposition groups, which are playing an important role in the protest movement, are slated to serve US interests. America is presented as a model of Freedom and Justice.  The invitation of dissidents to the State Department and the US Congress purports to instil a feeling of commitment and allegiance to American democratic values.

 

 

 

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Freedom House fellows Egyptian dissidents in Washington DC (2008)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with Egyptian activists promoting freedom and democracy, visiting through the Freedom House organization, prior to meetings at the State Department in Washington, DC, May 28, 2009.

US Secretary of StateHillary Clinton speaks with "Egyptian activists promoting freedom and democracy, visiting
 through the Freedom House organization, prior to meetings at the State Department in Washington, DC, May 28, 2009".
[Compare the two pictures 2008 delegation received by Condoleezza Rice, 2009 delegation meets Hillary Clinton in May 2009.

 

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Hillary Clinton and Hosni Mubarak in Sharm El Sheik, September 2010

 

Condoleeza Rice chats with Hosni Mubarak?  " Hope for the Future of Egypt".

Condoleezza Rice addresses  Freedom House.4th from left


The Puppet Masters Support the Protest Movement against their own Puppets

The puppet masters support dissent against their own puppets? 

 Its called "political leveraging", "manufacturing dissent".  Support the dictator as well as the opponents of the dictator as a means of controlling the political opposition.

These actions on the part of Freedom House and the National Endowment for Democracy, on behalf of the Bush and Obama administrations, ensure that the US funded civil society opposition will not direct their energies against the puppet masters behind the Mubarak regime, namely the US government.

These US funded civil society organizations act as a "Trojan Horse" which becomes embedded within the protest movement. They protect the interests of the puppet masters. They ensure that the grassroots protest movement will not address the broader issue of foreign interference in the affairs of sovereign states.

The Facebook Twitter Bloggers Supported and Financed by Washington

In relation to the protest movement in Egypt, several civil society groups funded by US based foundations have led the protest on Twitter and Facebook:

"Activists from Egypt's Kifaya (Enough) movement - a coalition of government opponents - and the 6th of April Youth Movement organized the protests on the Facebook and Twitter social networking websites. Western news reports said Twitter appeared to be blocked in Egypt later Tuesday." (See Voice of America, ,Egypt Rocked by Deadly Anti-Government Protests

The Kifaya movement, which organized one of first actions directed against the Mubarak regime in 2004, is supported by the US based International Center for Non-Violent Conflict . In turn, Freedom House has been involved in promoting and training the Middle East North Africa Facebook and Twitter blogs:

Freedom House fellows acquired skills in civic mobilization, leadership, and strategic planning, and benefit from networking opportunities through interaction with Washington-based donors, international organizations and the media. After returning to Egypt, the fellows received small grants to implement innovative initiatives such as advocating for political reform through Facebook and SMS messaging.

http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=66&program=84 (emphasis added)

From February 27 to March 13 [2010], Freedom House hosted 11 bloggers from the Middle East and North Africa [from different civil society organizations] for a two-week Advanced New Media Study Tour in Washington, D.C. The Study Tour provided the bloggers with training in digital security, digital video making, message development and digital mapping. While in D.C., the Fellows also participated in a Senate briefing, and met with high-level officials at USAID, State [Department] and Congress as well as international media including Al-Jazeera and the Washington Post.http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=115&program=84&item=87 emphasis added

One can easily apprehend the importance attached by the US administration to this bloggers' training program, which is coupled with meetings at the US Senate,  the  Congress, the  State Department, etc. 

The role of the Facebook Twitter movement as the expression of dissent, must be carefully evaluated in the light of links of several civil society organizations to Freedom House (FH), the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and  the US State Department. BBC News World (broadcast in the Middle East) quoting Egyptian internet messages reports that "the US has been sending money to pro-democracy groups." (BBC News World, January 29, 2010)

The Muslim Brotherhood

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt constitutes the largest segment of the opposition to president Mubarak. According to reports, The Muslim Brotherhood dominates the protest movement.

While there is a constitutional ban against religious political parties Brotherhood members elected to Egypt's parliament as "independents" constitute the largest parliamentary block.

The Brotherhood, however, does not constitute a direct threat to Washington's economic and strategic interests in the region. Western intelligence agencies have a longstanding history of collaboration with the Brotherhood. Britain's support of the Brotherhood instrumented  through the British Secret Service dates back to the 1940s. Starting in the 1950s, according to former intelligence official William Baer, "The CIA [funnelled] support to the Muslim Brotherhood because of "the Brotherhood's commendable capability to overthrow Nasser."1954-1970: CIA and the Muslim Brotherhood Ally to Oppose Egyptian President Nasser, These covert  links to the CIA were maintained in the post-Nasser era.

Concluding Remarks

The removal of Hosni Mubarak has, for several years, been on the drawing board of US foreign policy.

Regime replacement serves to ensure continuity, while providing the illusion that meaningful political change has occurred.

Washington's agenda for Egypt has been to "hijack the protest movement" and replace president Hosni Mubarak with a new compliant puppet head of state.

Washington's objective is to sustain the interests of foreign powers, to uphold the neoliberal economic agenda which has served to impoverish the Egyptian population. 

From Washington's standpoint, regime replacement no longer requires the installation of an authoritarian  military regime as in the heyday of US imperialism, It can be implemented by co-opting political parties, including the Left, financing civil society groups, infiltrating the protest movement and manipulating national elections.

With reference to the protest movement in Egypt, President Obama stated in a January 28 video broadcast on Youtube: "The Government Should Not Resort to Violence".

The more fundamental question is what is the source of that violence?

 Egypt is the largest recipient of US military aid after Israel. The Egyptian military is considered to be the power base of the Mubarak regime.

US policies imposed on Egypt and the Arab World for more than 20 years, coupled with "free market" reforms and the militarization of the Middle East are the root cause of State violence.

America's intent is to use the protest movement to install a new regime. 

The People's Movement should redirect its energies: Identify the relationship between America and "the dictator". Unseat America's political puppet but do not forget to target the "real dictators". 

Shunt the process of regime change.

Dismantle the neoliberal reforms.

Close down US military bases in Egypt and the Arab World.

Establish a truly sovereign government.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=22993

 



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[ALOCHONA] Indian Muslims blamed for 'saffron terror' want justice



Indian Muslims blamed for 'saffron terror' want justice

Muslim residents show blood-stained prayer caps at the site of the bombings at the Nurani Mosque at Malegaon on 9 September 2006 Residents hold up blood-stained prayer caps at the bomb site: At least 37 people, mostly Muslim pilgrims, died in the 2006 Malegaon bombs

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Dr Farogh Maqdoomi was arrested by Indian police in 2006 - a month after blasts at a Muslim cemetery in the town of Malegaon killed 37 people and injured 125 others.Police said they had cracked the case and arrested nine men, including Dr Maqdoomi, for involvement in the attack in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

"Farogh is a doctor; he had rushed to the nearby hospital to help the injured. Why would he have done that had he been part of the conspiracy?" asks his father Iqbal Maqdoomi, a retired school teacher.He has a point, given November's arrest of a Hindu holy man.

'Hindu radicals'

Swami Aseemanand has allegedly confessed to the bombings in Malegaon, previously thought to be the work of Muslim militants.

The Maqdoomi family The Maqdoomi family says it is living in hope

He has allegedly also admitted to involvement in similar attacks on the Samjhauta Express train to Pakistan, at the famous Sufi shrine in Ajmer and the Mecca mosque in Hyderabad.He said the explosions had been organised by Hindu radicals to avenge attacks on Hindu temples by Muslim militants.

Since the reported disclosures, the number of visitors to Dr Maqdoomi's home in the narrow, winding lanes of the congested Islampura area of Malegaon has shot up.

"People tell us that we must bring the boy home, now that we know who the real culprits are," says Mr Maqdoomi Sr. He recently met some ministers in the government of Maharashtra state to plead his case."People in Malegaon are relieved," Jaleel Ahmed, a local lawyer and brother of one of the accused, Abrar, told me."Right from the day of the blast in 2006, we have been saying that no Muslim can carry out an explosion in a Muslim cemetery."

Confessed under duress?

Mr Ahmed is part of a legal team which this month filed a petition to a court, seeking bail for the nine men accused over the bombings, including Mr Maqdoomi who is now 37.

"Start Quote

Osama

I want to be a lawyer to free jailed Muslims like my father"

End Quote Osama Son of Raes Ahmed who is in jail

The families of the accused are livid that their loved ones are still in jail despite the alleged confession being "a clear-cut proof of their innocence".More than four years after the incident, their trial has yet to begin.

Uncertainty about their fate lingers but the families say they are hopeful.Residents in Malegaon scoff at claims by Mr Aseemanand's lawyer that his confession was extracted under duress. The town has a large population of unemployed and poorly educated Muslim youth, and is considered communally sensitive.

The perception among officials and parts of the media is that many locals are hardliners and have links with extremist elements - there were anti-US rallies when the Americans invaded Iraq in 2003, prompting accusations that people in Malegaon supported the Taliban and other extremist groups.

The people I met were very religious but showed no support for Muslim extremism.Badrunissa, wife of another accused, Raes Ahmed, is furious at what she calls "a grave injustice due to dubious police investigations".

Bitterness

Police said Ahmed was a member of the banned group - Students' Islamic Movement of India (Simi) - and that he was suspected of having planted the bomb in the cemetery."Can anyone return the last four years of my life? Only I know what I have gone through. Finally the truth has come out. Now I am not ready to wait even for a day for my husband's release," said Badrunissa.

Swami Aseemanand Swami Aseemanand's reported confession has put the spotlight on hardline Hindu parties

She blames the deprivation in the community for its voice being ignored."Hindus get jobs so easily, but Muslims don't because they lack both money and education," she says.

Badrunissa said her husband's arrest had traumatised her five children and they were bitter about what they had been through. Her son Osama, 12, says he wants to be a lawyer to "free jailed Muslims like my father".

Mr Aseemanand's reported confession has raised the spectre of Hindu militancy.The spotlight has been thrown on India's main political opposition, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, and its ideological parent organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.It has also raised uncomfortable questions about the role of the police and investigative agencies. In his statements, RS Pasricha, Maharashtra state police chief at the time of the blasts, had alleged support for the attack from Pakistan.

'Torture'

This month, he told the BBC that one cannot simply believe what's in the media, and he would not comment further since the matter was before the courts.

Dr Farogh Maqdoomi in an old photo Dr Farogh Maqdoomi has been in jail since 2006

The case was initially handled by the anti-terror squad of Maharashtra police, before the federal Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took it over.Now, the CBI is reinvestigating the case following Mr Aseemanand's alleged confession.But this has failed to impress the people of Malegaon.

There is a serious concern within the community that Muslim boys have been picked up randomly, tortured, imprisoned and branded terrorists, without proper investigation. Mr Aseemanand's reported confession has confirmed for them their worst fears of victimisation.



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