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While choosing the word fear grammar was not in my mind. I took the meaning and its implications on a persons mind. Fear is a state of mind when a person seeks shelter from a situation which overcomes his power. His rational thinking does not work, he uses his mind not brain to over come the issue in front him. Fear created by religion nips reason and dogma takes precedence over reason. This is the most violent side of religious fanaticism. Examples are abundant around us.
Emancipation is the child of freedom. Indian spiritualism talked about muki, moksha or nirvana. Are these conditions can be attained in the mountain caves or in the woods only? These are easy ways. The real moksha is here among the multitudes. Among the sounds and bites. Live in the samsar but don't allow samsar to live in you. Freedom from all attachments but not from responsibilities. There we prove our real strength. These are not fallacies, these are achievable goals. We need to find out the synthesis from all anti theses. A truly religious person does not embrace any religion.
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Akbar Hussain
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BANGLADESH STILL DEAF, DUMB India submits report on continental shelf claim to UNCLCS Moinuddin Naser in New York The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) will include the Indian submission of its claim on the Bay of Bengal for discussion in its 25th session to be held in New York in March-April 2010. The Executive Summary of the submission, which was gathered by the Holiday Correspondent, shows that India has claimed that the submission is 'partial' and as such India reserves the right to further extend the claim on the Bay of Bengal. Though the submission was made on 11May 2009, again India updated it on 27 May in accordance with Article 76, paragraph 8, of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. In this submission India has claimed its right on the limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. It is noted that the Convention entered into force for India on 29 July 1995. The Executive summary states: "This is a partial submission and, as a coastal state in the Southern part of the Bay of Bengal, India reserves the right to make at a later date, notwithstanding the provisions regarding the 10-year period, a separate submission on the outer limits of its continental shelf, based on the provisions of the Statement of Understanding contained in Annex II to the Final Act of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea.." Bangladesh still mum However prior to the submission by India, Myanmar submitted the claim, which will be taken for consideration in the 24th session of the CLCS, which will begin in the month of August. Bangladesh is yet to make any objection to the submission by the Myanmar. However as the Indian submission will be taken up for discussion in the 25th session of the commission, Bangladesh will get some additional time to give objection to the claim if there is any. Meanwhile it is seen that China has already given objection to the Vietnam against its Continental Shelf Submission. There is none in Bangladesh Mission in New York who can be contacted to know about the position of Bangladesh while the Permanent Representative Ismat Jahan is preparing to leave to join her new position in Belgium. Serious Indian efforts The Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Geological Survey of India, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, National Geophysical Research Institute, National Hydrographic Office, National Institute of Oceanography, Oil and National Gas Corporation were involved in preparing the claim, the Executive summary of Indian submission stated. The summary stated that since India ratified the Convention on June 29, 1995, it is obliged to submit before 13 May 2009 the information on the outer limits of its continental shelf beyond 2009 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. However the deadline was June 29, 2009 for this submission, but India had given so much emphasis on it that it did not give any chance to raise question about its obligation. UNCLOS criteria It may be mentioned that the United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has laid down the scientific and technical criteria for the delineation of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the territorial sea baseline of a coastal state. The submission also mentioned that the claim was submitted pursuant to the provision of the convention, but "as coastal state in the Southern Part of the Bay of Bengal and in pursuance of the provisions of Statement of Understanding, India reserves the right to make a separate second partial submission of information and data to support the outer limits of the continental shelf in accordance with the provision of the statement at a later date, notwithstanding the provisions regarding the 10-year period." In the submission of continental shelf claim, India intended to establish the outer limits of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the territorial sea baselines in Easter Offshore and Western offshore regions. The Eastern Offshore region comprises the region of mainland India in the Bay of Bengal and the Western Offshore Region of Andaman Islands and Western offshore region in the Arabian Sea. Blocking Bangladesh In the Bay of Bengal India wants to block Bangladesh by extending its continental shelf on the western side of Andaman Islands and on the eastern side of mainland. In the eastern side the Talpatti island and two gas blocks are located in the Sundarban side, according to knowledgeable source in New York. The executive summary of the submission pointed out that India has already resolved dispute over maritime boundary with different countries. But the dispute between India and Pakistan, India and Oman and over Bay of Bengal with India-Bangladesh - Myanmar are yet to be resolved. But it is known to all that the Indian institutions like National Institute of Oceanography helped Myanmar in preparing its submission and as such it is known to all that India and Myanmar have outlined a common strategy regarding Bay of Bengal, which aimed at grabbing Bangladesh's right over the Bay of Bengal and its access to international sea conference routes. Incumbent member of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (2007 - Present) Dr S Rajan and former member Dr Naresh Kumar Thakur assisted the preparation of Indian submission. But Bangladesh has got no such expert and still the country is playing a deaf and dumb role in this regard, knowledgeable sources said. |
Assassination of Ziaur Rahman and the Aftermath This book is a chronology of events surrounding President Zia?s assassination and the aftermath, as well as a brief commentary on Zia?s rise to power. Theauthor, who was Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong at the time of Zia? sassassination, narrates these events from his perspective. It is a riveting account of the last hours of the most powerful man of Bangladesh that time, and the series of events leading to the capture and assassination of another freedom fighter, Maj. Gen. Manzoor. Zia gave birth to a new slogan?Bangladeshi nationalism with an Islamic flavor. In doing so he also paved the way for the rehabilitation of the religion based political parties and their leaders who had sided with the opponents of Bangladesh liberation. At the end he was able to cobble together a new political party?the Bangladesh Nationalist Party or BNP?which was a potpourri of diverse political elements, leftists, centrists, religious zealots, and deserters from other political parties including the Awami League. As Zia busied himself with his newly acquired political power and a besotted political party, he drifted from the original power base?the Army, in particular the freedom fighters section that he was aligned with at the beginning. Many of his new political associates were suspects in the eyes of his freedom fighter colleagues for their political past, anti-liberation stand, and their perceived corruption. Zia?s life was cut to a short at the peak of his popularity by elements of the very forces that had catapulted him to power, and had provided him the platform for success. Author: Ziauddin M. Choudhury Published by: University Press Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh E Mail : Zchoudhury@worldbank.org |
RAW The Cricket , In Sri Lanka BY: PREM RAJ OPENERS-The Jain Commission Report for the Indian government has substantiated that the Indian Intelligence organization, Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) has taken it as its moral enterprise to destabilize her neighbors and also has been responsible for creating circumstances leading to violence within the domestic domain of the South Asian countries. India’s dream of becoming super power over a night has blessed her insomnia to run in to the shoes of America without realizing, poverty stricken people, social injustices, economic crisis, casting of inferior subjects & minorities indiscrimination, with in her own country as well as trying her utmost to promote terrorism in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan and other states, who are victims of her spineless acts to quote. As India has no moral strength to face all these countries matching eye ball to eye ball, hence tasks her intelligence agencies especially RAW to carry out this disgraceful act of doing business in contracting the disgruntle lot of people, purchasing their lust for money or the weaknesses to infuse sectarianism, provincialism, linguistic differences and then compel them to conduct heinous acts of killing to create terror in their countries. The range of this money demanding people is from common citizens to the parliamentarians who keep on dancing for an unlimited time for their petty gains, as and when RAW plays the music of violence. In South Asia, RAW & the LTTE are the two illegitimate sons of India, whose hands are coloured with blood of innocent people and where the peace is withering like an autumn leaves. It was the menace on the part of RAW THE CRICKET to stage a monstrous drama of terrorism in Lahore to shoot at Sri Lankan cricket team. This was purely a shameful act of India’s illegitimate son the Liberation Tigers of Eelam which was fully supported by the RAW, heavily funded and provided with most sophisticated weapons from machine guns to the rocket launchers aiming at the friendship existing between Pakistan & Sri Lanka but see how RAW proposes and God disposes. LINE & LENGTH There has been annually placement of funds beyond measure for the RAW. Discretionary grant is favoured with an estimation of 150 million dollars alone to influence operations on the foreign lands. The present boss of â€Å“RAW THE CRICKET†calls it a meager grant and hence has submitted a summary to the government suggesting to increase the graph of money touching at least 300 million dollars because of increase in the opening of more venues like Afghanistan, Balochistan for provisioning of arms, ammunition and money to strengthen Balochistan Liberation Army & in the Frontier province of Pakistan, animating Taliban with the help of CIA and MOSSAD. The operations conducted by Sri Lankan forces with the help of Pakistan have met with great success while mostly sweeping away top slot of the LTTE. Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetilike of the Sri Lankan Air Force, while talking to the media men acknowledged that Pakistan was one of the few countries which backed Sri Lanka against the LTTE. This is an hour of perplexity for the RAW seeing her illegitimate brother in a state of wretchedness as the LTTE in Sri Lanka is in ravages. India gave birth to LTTE where as â€Å“RAW THE CRICKET†had groomed the bastard to play havoc in the neighbourhood that too for 30 years of long spell. In the past the RAW used to rumour at length that soon LTTE will take over Sri Lanka but it did not and now on the same lines same propaganda being repeated against Pakistan that Taliban are very close to Islamabad and that too will never happen. The line & length of RAW and its innumerable nefarious activities are difficult to assess except its fondness for living in a cemetery is a comical tragedy. GOOGLY ON LIBERTY The Liberty Round About is a moon on earth which offers its services by signaling the traffic to ply on the road in a soft silken fashion with its beautiful natural curves. The fragrance of roses intoxicates minds and the grass in green charms the eyes. The fountain with marbling ecstasy in the centre fascinates architectural beauty of the Mughal art. The water falls on the lamp holdings create musical notes and dance with the whispering wind which veils the light in the evening like the bridegroom in her coverings. The gradual soft gradient is very hospitable to the lovelorn. In the second part of the night when the city of Lahore is in a state of somnolence the moon spreads its wings of light on the fountain which glows like a diamond in the ring. And then the silence prevailed all around as if compelling the atmosphere to wear coffin. The guest took a sip of coffee and a puff of cigarette blowing smoke in the air making rings like the Liberty round about and then his eyes dew with tears abused RAW who knows not the meaning of life and beauty. Who would like to stage a drama of killing and blood shed at such a beautiful place with enchanting beauty except RAW THE CRICKET! On the cool morning of 3rd March 2009, the bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team was approaching with the police vans leading to the same Liberty Round About which ensures each vehicle to make its half or complete circle to get the requisite direction. While on the Round About making it turn to set its direction towards Gaddafi Stadium Lahore which was hardly few hundred yards away, surprisingly the volley of fire busted first on to the police van killing five men on the spot and two civilians as well, thus the police van making an obstacle for the bus to continue its journey. After few seconds a rocket launcher was fired to blow up the bus devastatingly which luckily missed the bus and instead hit the electric pole. But the bullets were sprayed continuously to jam the move and in the second phase to lob hand grenades but due to the presence of mind displayed by the bus driver, took a maneuver around the van and rushed to the stadium in the rain of fire. The technique of laying ambush and the operation itself spoke volumes of trained gun men belonging to the notorious group of LTTE lofted by RAW THE CRICKET to play a googly on to a Sri Lankan team but surely that was a cowardice act of a CRICKET to plague the liberty of Pakistan. THE MATCH The plan to play a match was prepared by RAW THE CRICKET since January 2009 to use the LTTE members headed by its leader named Vellupillai Prabhakran. CNN, IBN and other media were rife with reports of absconding of the said awe-inspiring LTTE leader to India. It was witnessed on 19th January 2009, that Prabhakran was picked up by two Indian military helicopters when he was positioned in Jaffna. The matter was highlighted in a glimmering manner which India could never expect. Being caught red handedly now India changed its face and resorted playing double game saying that Indian helicopters were sent to help out Sri Lankan forces. Now on the home ground of India the conspiracy of blasting the Sri Lankan team when in Pakistan was planned to destroy the impregnable bond of friendship existing between the two countries. The ambush team was provided by the leader of the LTTE and later on RAW THE CRICKET took responsibility of training the ambush squad receiving full information of the site from the team players of national cricketers of India and also the Indian consulate was moved to take snaps of the site in question. In actual fact RAW THE CRICKET was trying its best to avenge the episode of Mumbai’s Mayhem with all the assurance given by Pakistan it could not stir its faith. More over India never liked Sri Lanka to have closer ties with Pakistan. A few weeks later it was traced out by the Sri Lankan intelligence agencies that that Prabhakran was once again in his old hide outs along the Sri Lankan coast. So without wasting any time Sri Lankan forces banged him to death. This came as an unforgettable day for Sri Lanka having killed a terrorist backed by India and nurtured by RAW THE CRICKET. But the game did not cease here as RAW was playing practice matches with the LTTE members before they were actually launched. Grenade throwing, small arms and rocket launcher firing was conducted on ranges. A mock up target was prepared exactly on the lines guided by the photographs provided by the Indian consulate as well as information collected from the new & old hags of cricket. On the fateful day of March when the bus entered in to the orbit of Liberty Round About the fire rained heavily to eliminate the team but Protector is always stronger than the killers. The match could not fetch any fruit to RAW THE CRICKET rather the tragic episode has strengthen more the friendship fastening between Sri Lanka and Pakistan. GAME IS OVER Sri Lanka and Pakistan have come closer and have clearly identified their common enemy. Indian tricks and chicaneries are dawned and now well known to the countries in South Asia. Is there any country which has not been bitten by the Indian pig called RAW THE CRICKET? Is it fall in the ambit of any ethics that ambassadors of countries like cricket teams are attacked in such a ruthless manner like waging war against an enemy? The need of the time is to remain united, be steadfast and create dynamic versatile force to sort out the bastard India & her illegitimate son RAW THE CRICKET because their game is over. BY: PREM RAJ Email: premlaliguras@hotmail.com http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=269784 |
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Please see its website for details: nrb scholarsbangladesh.org. Or go to Google and type NRB Scholars Bangladesh org. Thank you.
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Wohid Sab, you sounded pissed. There is also strong resemblance between your posting and the way Al Badr chief Nizami is talking lately. Why don't you make your Rajakari chapabaji and vent your frustration to Ittefaq? They are the ones who published it. Why don't you explain it to them and CID why those two mobile companies removed call lists of only Pintu and Razzak for those last few days in February since you are the only one who carries the truth?
If a lot of right-wing extremists can post so many garbage from all types of garbage sources, you cannot even stand one posting from another viewpoint, then isn't it super Munafeqi when you blame somebody as Baksalist unjustly? You sound far worse than a genuine Baksalist. A Munafeq is the one who holds somebody to such standard that he himself fails to maintain. The real truth will come out and the real transgressors (your lord Jamaati leaders) will face the justice insha-Allah very soon. Furthermore, adding injury to insult they have been abandoned by all of their former masters and creators (i.e.,
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The Leaders of
By MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in
14 June 2009
Teheran Bureau
http://tehranbureau.com/2009/06/16/the-leaders-of-iran's-election-coup/
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders chant slogans during their meeting with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, not pictured, in
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The coup leaders represent the second generation of
The young revolutionaries fought against far better financed Iraqi forces for eight years, expelled them from all of the Iranian territory occupied by Saddam Hussein's forces, and ended the war in a stalemate, which was a great achievement for Iran considering its international isolation while Iraq was supported by the West and the Soviet Union.
Domestically, the young revolutionaries fought a bloody war with the forces of Mojahedin-e Khalgh Organization (MKO), an armed Islamic leftist group that had fought against the Shah's regime. After the MKO began assassinating
At the same time, exploiting the threats to
The result of the repression was the effective elimination of all secular groups from
After the war with
The young revolutionaries then broke off into two camps, generally speaking. In one camp were those who believed that the country needed a political opening and a relaxation from the extreme repression that existed in the 1980s. This group included not only those who had fought the war with
The young revolutionaries in the second camp remained within the ranks of IRGC. By the early 1990s, they had risen up to command important positions within the Guard. People such as Major General Mohammad Ali (Aziz) Jafari, the top IRGC commander; Brigadier General Yadollah Javani, the head of the IRGC's political directorate; and Brigadier General Ali Reza Afshar, the deputy Interior Minister, belonged to this group. Some of the second-generation revolutionaries of this camp joined the government, including Ezatollah Zarghami, who runs the Islamic Republic National Radio and Television, and Mr. Ahmadinejad. These were the right-wing revolutionaries.
The death of Ayatollah Khomeini had another long-term consequence whose effect is felt today. His death allowed the ultra-right reactionary clerics to gradually make a comeback in
Hojjatiyeh members believe, as most Shiites do, that the Mahdi, the Shiites 12th and last Imam, will come back some day to save the world from corruption. But, they also believe that they should "prepare" society for Mahdi's return. In the early days of the Hojjatiyeh, its adherents believed that a chaotic society would provide the best conditions for the return of Mahdi, a view that is rejected by most Shiites.
The Hojjatiyeh did not participate in the 1979 Revolution. In fact, it also actively opposed it. At that time, they believed in group leadership and, therefore, they also opposed Ayatollah Khomeini's concept of Valaayat-e Faghih (governance of the Islamic jurist), which is the backbone of Iran's Constitution and bestows upon the Supreme Leader most of the constitutional power. Thus, Ayatollah Khomeini banned them in 1983 and said famously about them, "they cannot even run a bakery, let alone a country." Hojjatiyeh went underground and patiently waited to make its comeback.
When the Hojjatiyeh started to make a comeback in the 1990s, its member no longer used that name. In fact, some of them even denied that they belonged to the Hojjatiyeh. Instead of believing in a chaotic society for the return of the Mahdi, they began advocating an Islamic Government led by an unelected Supreme Leader, rather than an Islamic Republic. Their present leader is Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, a hard-liner who has openly opposed any elections. Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi issued a Fatwa two weeks ago saying that if the achievements of Mr. Ahmadinejad in spreading Islamic values around the world, it is proper to do what it takes to re-elect him, implying that fraud and cheating are allowed (a view which has been rejected by other Ayatollahs). He once said, It does not matter what people think. They are ignorant sheep.
Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi believes that sovereignty does not reside with the people — it resides with God. He also believes that the Supreme Leader is selected by God and is Mahdi's deputy in his absence. In his opinion, the task of the ayatollahs in the Assembly of Experts (AE), a constitutional body that appoints the Supreme Leader and monitors his performance (and can even dismiss him), is to discover who the selected Leader is. He believes people must never question the Supreme Leader and obey him absolutely. He is currently a member of the AE. Former reformist president Mohammad Khatami has referred to Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi's followers as shallow-thinking traditionalists with Stone-Age backwardness.
Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi's base of power is the Haghani seminary in
After Ayatollah Khomeini's death, in order to create a political cover for himself and his followers and counter the accusations that he had opposed the Revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi also founded the Imam Khomeini Educational Institute in Qom — even though he opposed the Ayatollah and had turned down the invitation of his students to join the Revolution — and publishes a weekly, Partow-e Sokhan. He is the spiritual leader of many of the top commanders of the IRGC. The Basij militia, a paramilitary group controlled by the IRGC, has also been deeply penetrated by his disciples as well, as has been the Judiciary. Ayatollah Khomeini's chief of staff, Ayatollah Ahmad Tavassoli, said after the election of Mr. Ahmadinejad in 2005 that, "the executive branch of the Iranian government, as well as the troops of the IRGC, have been hijacked by the Hojjatiyeh."
Ever since he was elected the President in 2005, Mr. Ahmadinejad has repeatedly spoken about the "Islamic Government of Iran," rather than the "Islamic Republic of Iran," as well as the return of Mahdi, hence advocating Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi's views. Followers of the Ayatollah make up an important segment of Mr. Ahmadinejad's supporters. He has also repeatedly accused Mr. Rafsanjani and other first-generation revolutionaries of being corrupt, and has claimed that he knows of thousands of corruption cases, mostly pointing to first-generation leaders, although he has never ever presented any concrete evidence. Thus, he has been sending signals of what is to come (see below).
In
Ever since General Jafari was appointed the top commander of the IRGC, he has been warning against internal dissent and internal "enemies," clearly implicating the reformist/democratic groups. He even re-organized the IRGC to better respond to domestic disturbances.
In the last week of the campaign, signals started emanating from the high command of the IRGC that it was not happy with developments. General Javani warned on June 8 in Sobh-e Saadegh (True Dawn), the weekly published for the armed forces, that the high command of the IRGC considers the campaign of Messrs Mousavi and Karroubi tantamount to preparing for a "velvet revolution." He warned that the IRGC "will kill it [the velvet revolution] at its inception." Kayhan, the newspaper that acts as a public mouthpiece for the IRGC/security forces, also warned of a colored revolution. This was a clear signal something was being planned behind the scenes to prevent a victory by a reformist candidate. The leaders and ideologues behind the election coup were none other than second-generation revolutionaries, mostly from the IRGC, whose spiritual leader is Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi.
The goals behind the coup include the following:
The first goal is to purge first-generation revolutionary leaders (with the exception of Ayatollah Khamenei). The main target here is former president Rafsanjani, a powerful politician who heads two important Constitutional bodies, the Assembly of Experts (AE), and the Expediency Council that arbitrates the differences between the Majles (parliament) and the Guardian Council. Also included in this group are Mr. Ali Akbar Nategh Nouri, a mid-ranking cleric, former Speaker of the Majles, and a strong critic of Mr. Ahmadinejad; Mr. Mahdi Karroubi, the second reformist candidate in the election and a disciple of Ayatollah Khomeini; and Mr. Mir Hossein Mousavi, the main reformist candidate, and Iran's Prime Minister in the 1980s.
Why do they want them out of the scene? For two reasons. One is that the coup leaders consider themselves — and rightly so — as the saviors of
In his "victory" speech on Sunday, Mr. Ahmadinejad never once mentioned Ayatollah Khomeini, the Islamic Republic, or even Ayatollah Khamenei, his main supporter. The significance of the intentional omissions should not be missed. Just as Joseph Stalin and Deng Xiaoping kept Vladimir Lenin's and Mao Zedong's pictures everywhere, they always acted in the opposite way of what they appeared to be advocating; Iran's second-generation revolutionaries will keep Ayatollah Khomeini's pictures everywhere, but will act against his teachings, including his most famous saying,
The scale [for people's acceptance of a politician] is people's vote.
The second goal of second-generation revolutionaries is moving the country closer to an "Islamic Government," and further away from an "Islamic Republic." This is done by making elections a meaningless process by resortign to any means available, including rigging and manipulation. This move has marginalized reformist and democratic groups in
The third goal is to start preparations for the eventual successor to Ayatollah Khamenei. He is known to be ill. By accusing Mr. Rafsanjani of corruption, the second-generation revolutionaries wish to eliminate him — the head of the Assembly of Experts appoints the Supreme Leader — as the natural successor of Ayatollah Khamenei, hence paving the way for Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi who is a member of the AE. Everything appeared to have been planned well in advance, but the coup leaders did not expect the people to stand up to them.
This is a pivotal moment in
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