[ALOCHONA] How China plans to split India

How China plans to split India

 

Almost coinciding with the 13th round of Sino-Indian border talks (New Delhi, August 7-8, 2009), an article (in Chinese language) has appeared in China captioned `If China takes a little action, the so-called Great Indian Federation can be broken up` ( Zhong Guo Zhan Lue Gang, www.iiss.cn , Chinese,8 August 2009).

Interestingly, it has been reproduced in several other strategic and military websites of the country and by all means, targets the domestic audience. The authoritative host site is located in Beijing and is the new edition of one, which so far represented the China International Institute for Strategic Studies (www.chinaiiss.org).

Claiming that Beijing`s `China-Centric` Asian strategy provides for splitting India, the writer of the article, Zhan Lue (strategy), has found that New Delhi`s corresponding `India-Centric` policy in Asia, is in reality a `Hindustan centric` one. Stating that on the other hand `local centers` exist in several of the country`s provinces (excepting for the U.P and certain Northern regions), Zhan Lue has felt that in the face of such local characteristics, the `so-called` Indian nation cannot be considered as one having existed in history.

According to the article, if India today relies on any thing for unity, it is the Hindu religion. The partition of the country was based on religion. Stating that today nation states are the main current in the world, it has said that India could only be termed now as a `Hindu Religious state`. Adding that Hinduism is a decadent religion as it allows caste exploitation and is unhelpful to the country's modernization, it described the Indian government as one in a dilemma with regard to eradication of the caste system as it realizes that the process to do away with castes may shake the foundation of the consciousness of the Indian nation.

The writer has argued that in view of the above, China in its own interest and the progress of whole Asia, should join forces with different nationalities like Assamese, Tamils, and Kashmiris and support the latter in establishing independent nation-states of their own, out of India. In particular, the ULFA in Assam, a territory neighboring China, can be helped by China so that Assam realizes its national independence.

The article has also felt that for Bangladesh, the biggest threat is from India, which wants to develop a great Indian Federation extending from Afghanistan to Myanmar. India is also targeting China with support to Vietnam`s efforts to occupy Nansha (Spratly) group of islands in South China Sea. Hence the need for China`s consolidation of its alliance with Bangladesh, a country with which the US and Japan are also improving their relations to counter China. It has pointed out that China can give political support to Bangladesh enabling the latter to encourage ethnic Bengalis in India to get rid of Indian control and unite with Bangladesh as one Bengali nation; if the same is not possible, creation of at least another free Bengali nation state as a friendly neighbour of Bangladesh, would be desirable, for the purpose of weakening India`s expansion and threat aimed at forming a 'unified South Asia'.

The punch line in the article has been that to split India, China can bring into its fold countries like Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan, support ULFA in attaining its goal for Assam's independence, back aspirations of Indian nationalities like Tamils and Nagas, encourage Bangladesh to give a push to the independence of West Bengal and lastly recover the 90,000 sq km. territory in Southern Tibet.

Wishing for India`s break-up into 20-30 nation-states like in Europe, the article has concluded by saying that if the consciousness of nationalities in India could be aroused, social reforms in South Asia can be achieved, the caste system can be eradicated and the region can march along the road of prosperity.

The Chinese article in question will certainly outrage readers in India. Its suggestion that China can follow a strategy to dismember India, a country always with a tradition of unity in diversity, is atrocious, to say the least. The write-up could not have been published without the permission of the Chinese authorities, but it is sure that Beijing will wash its hands out of this if the matter is taken up with it by New Delhi.

It has generally been seen that China is speaking in two voices -- its diplomatic interlocutors have always shown understanding during their dealings with their Indian counterparts, but its selected media is pouring venom on India in their reporting.

Which one to believe is a question confronting the public opinion and even policy makers in India. In any case, an approach of panic towards such outbursts will be a mistake, but also ignoring them will prove to be costly for India.

Also read: 'Nervous China may attack India by 2012' | Why the riots should worry China

D.S.Rajan  spent almost 40 years as a China/East Asia specialist with the government of India  before retiring in 2002 as  Director China/East Asia. Fluent in both Chinese and Japanese, he is now Director of  the Chennai Centre for China Studies.

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[ALOCHONA] Extra-judicial killings :Limit crossed

Limit crossed

 

 

Extra-judicial killings overshadow crime-busting feat of law enforcers

 

Fuelled by ideas and shaken by law and order slide, the then state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar in 2002 sat with top police officials and proposed formation of a special force comprising members from different armed and security forces.

 

Babar's worries, recall officials attending that meeting, were rising crime in the capital and southeastern region, and the police alone, he was quoted as saying, were "unable to contain it".

 

The police were not much interested. The department had several identical proposals for a special police-only force shelved since 1996. But Babar was persistent. He sat with the armed forces' chiefs, who, to his dismay, also rejected the idea citing shortage of troops.

 

A relentless Babar in April 2003 formed a committee and instructed it to put things together to form a composite force. The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) was finally launched on March 26 in 2004, bringing some amendments to the Armed Police Battalions Ordinance.

 

"The concept behind forming the force was to develop an independent elite force on its own capacity to assist the police under special circumstances. The force was supposed to develop its own capacity through fresh recruitment as soon as possible," says one of the think-tanks requesting anonymity.

 

"Unfortunately, our politicians were in a hurry to curb rising crime and protect their reputation. They soon began using Rab as a shortcut to bring an end to crime instead of strengthening the judiciary, making regular police force more effective and developing own capacity of the elite force through fresh recruitment," he added.

 

After the creation of Rab with security personnel from three armed forces and police, BDR and Ansar, the government began equipping it with highly sophisticated small weapons outsmarting all other forces except the military.

 

The 10 truckloads of automatic submachine guns, AK-47 rifles and other modern arms and ammunition seized in the largest ever arms haul in Chittagong in April 2004 were also handed over to Rab.Even a Rab constable can be seen carrying sophisticated arms like an Uzi but doing jobs as insignificant as checking motorcycle documents or busting brothels at city hotels -- tasks usually vested with the police.

 

The Rab arms also include sniper rifles and sophisticated concealable mini pistols. The elite force has the only dog squad in the country besides having a bomb squad. They also have equipment to track phone calls and cellphones.

 Forty-four percent of the Rab personnel come from the police and another 44 percent from the three armed forces, while the rest come from Ansar and BDR. Members of the armed forces and police are at the helm of Rab.

 

The elite force also has a well-equipped training school capable of holding even specialised training.Just five months into formation of Rab, a new phenomenon of "extrajudicial killing", popularly known as "crossfire", took a firm grip on the society. At times the term was replaced by "encounter" or "shootout" and very recently, by "gunfight".

 

As "crossfire" incidents continued to increase, Rab began to issue the same press release called "Brief" every time only by changing the names of place of occurrence and victims. The "crossfire" incidents continued taking place, as per the "briefs", in the same manner for years.

 

In the last one year and ten months, 588 people fell victim to alleged extrajudicial killings across the country. Over 80 percent of the dead were victims of "crossfire", "encounter", "shootout" or "gunfight," says a monthly report of Odhikar, a rights organisation.

 

Of the victims, about 250 died in shooting involving Rab, around 240 involving police, while the rest involving joint forces, army, coastguard and forest guard during special drives.

 

Seventy-one percent of those who died during the special drives were victims of torture in the custody of Rab and police, the report adds.

 

Investigators of Ain O Salish Kendra, another rights organisation, say about 1,200 people became victims of extrajudicial killing, mostly in crossfire, since Rab began its operation.

 

A top Rab official however brushes aside the term extrajudicial killing saying people killed in crossfire were mostly criminals caught in "the line of fire".Rab officials say they lost six men in gunfights with criminals and recovered 7,531 firearms since 2004."I have my own rights to live and I also have the responsibility to protect you. We're using legal arms within a legal framework in a particular situation," explains Rab Director (legal and media wing) Mohammad Sohail.

 

But intellectuals, political analysts, journalists, legal experts and rights activists hold a different view almost six and a half years into formation of the elite force now. They allege that unabated and regular deaths in Rab custody have further deteriorated law and order in terms of people's constitutional right to justice, liberty and basic human rights."Independence, democracy and extrajudicial killings cannot coexist," said Prof Anu Muhammad of Jahangirnagar University."The law and order cannot be improved by violating the law," commented former adviser to a caretaker government and inspector general of police ASM Shahjahan.

 

Experts however have not brushed aside Rab successes in checking growing militancy, extremism, abduction for ransom and extortion. They say the success was unfortunately marred by "extrajudicial" killings, which reinforced the culture of impunity, allowing dishonest people with an opportunity to cash in on.

 

Allegations are rife that a section of dishonest people and some members of Rab and police are using "crossfire" for both political gain and money. There are also serious allegations of creating a safe haven for "the accused in sensational murder cases and godfathers". Revenge killing in cases as trivial as extramarital affairs is also reported.

 

"All these violations of laws and rights might have a snowball effect on law and order in near future as people are losing faith in law," said Prof CR Abrar, president of Odhikar. "People might take law into their own hand if this situation continues. People might fight back in counter violence," he warned.

 

Yearly crime statistics maintained by the police show "hardly any improvement" since formation of Rab in 2004. As many as 3,471 murders were committed in 2003, while the figures were 3,902, 3,592, 4,166, 3,863, 4,099 and 4,219 in the next six years till 2009 respectively.

 

In 2003 the rate of people falling victim to crime was 90.64 per lakh of the total population. Six years later in 2009 police figures show that in every lakh population crime rate rose to 104.739.

 

The number of crimes committed in 2003 was 125,639, while the succeeding six years experienced 119,323, 123,033, 130,578, 157,200, 157,979, and 157,108 numbers of criminal incidents respectively.

 

Rab officials, however, claim their presence has greatly contained crime rates. If the elite force were not in operation, law and order slide would have been much worse today, they claim.

 

Intriguingly, Rab officials decline to reveal their annual budget for the 8,500-strong force.A publication by Ain O Salish Kendra reveals that the home ministry spent Tk 2,187.59 crore in 2003-2004 fiscal year (revised budget), while its proposed budget for 2004-2005 fiscal year rose to Tk 2,366.97 crore.

 

With regards to political allegiance, 198 people killed in law-enforcers' custody were from different outlawed and underground outfits, 11 from BNP, eight from Awami League, two from Islami Chhatra Shibir and one from Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal since January 2007, says an Odhikar report.

 

Family members of the victims on different occasions claimed the killings were politically motivated."In a democratic country there will be criminals, opponent politicians, radical and underground politicians," said Prof Piash Karim of Brac University. "But we cannot have them killed as everyone is entitled to justice."

 

"In a civilised system no-one can be punished without trial, whatever the complexities might be or how long it might take," said eminent writer Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal.

 

http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=163556

 

http://amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2010/11/25/54960

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[ALOCHONA] UK visas to turn elusive for Bangladeshis

UK visas to turn elusive for many

Bangladeshi students, job-seekers face new restriction from April

Courtesy Daily Star 25/11/10 Staff Correspondent

The UK is going to lower the limit of annual non-European immigration to the kingdom, which will significantly reduce the number of Bangladeshi students and guest workers going there.

"The government has committed to introduce an annual limit of 21,700 for those coming into the UK under the skilled and highly skilled route, 20,700 under the skilled route and 1,000 under the new 'exceptional talent' route," said a statement of British High Commission in Dhaka yesterday.

The limit will be effective from April next year for non-European people.

"Bangladesh will surely see fewer number of its citizens going to the UK either for jobs or studies," said an official of the British High Commission in Dhaka.

First of all, the recession is still continuing in the UK and secondly there were a lot of cases in which students going there started working, the official told The Daily Star yesterday evening.

Presently, there are around 5 lakh Bangladeshis in the UK. The total number of Bangladeshi students is unknown. However, only in 2009, 17,000 Bangladeshis went to the UK for studies, an official said.

The introduction of an annual limit was Britain's coalition government's pledge and will allow Britain to remain competitive in the international job market, while ensuring migrant labour is not used as a substitute for those already looking for work in the UK, the release read.

To implement the pledge, the UK also decided to limit the number of staff that international corporations are allowed to transfer to Britain from their offices in other countries.

No official of corporations, who earns less than £40,000 annually, will be allowed to stay in the UK for more than a year.

Britain will also restrict the highly skilled tier of the point-based system, except for the entrepreneurs, investors and exceptionally talented persons.

Under the point-based system, people are not given visas unless they score a certain number of points in the system.

"The government was determined to make changes to Tier-1--the 'highly skilled' tier--when it was revealed that approximately a third of those coming through this route were actually doing low-skilled jobs once in the UK," the British High Commission said.

"We will take action on all routes into the UK and these changes are crucial if we are to limit the numbers coming here to work, while still attracting the brightest and the best to the UK," said Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May.

"We have worked closely with businesses while designing this system, and listened to their feedback, but we have also made clear that as the recovery continues, we need employers to look first to people who are out of work and who are already in this country."

The UK government will also hold consultations before the end of the year focusing on Tier-4 of the point-based system--the student route--which currently accounts for two thirds of migrants entering the UK each year, May said.

"By introducing a system that is more selective and more robust, the government aims to prevent abuse while continuing to attract the top students to our top universities," the secretary said.

Meanwhile, Times newspaper from London on Tuesday reported that Indian officials warned the Cameron government over restricting the rights of their citizens to study and work in the UK during his visit in July.

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[ALOCHONA] Re: Hartal : Position / Opposition

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-11-25/news/110960

 

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:

Hartal : Position / Opposition

 

 

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-11-24/news/110718

 

 

Syed Abul Moksud on hartal

 

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-11-24/news/110719

 

 

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[ALOCHONA] Shock offered to media

Shock offered to media 

The journalists vehemently protested the organisers' approach and returned the money considering it unethical

The organisers of a press conference of former officers of the armed forces yesterday tried to offer journalists money at the programme in the name of pocket money and transport fare.The journalists, however, refused to accept the money.

More than 100 ex-officers of the armed forces were present at the press conference in the capital's Trust Auditorium to share their views on the recent controversy over the cantonment house where Khaleda Zia used to reside.

At the end of the conference addressed by former chief of staff Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar-Rashid, the organisers handed over an envelope to each of the journalist. The envelopes were thought to have contained the press statement of the conference. As some of the journalists opened their envelopes -- to their shock -- they found Tk 1,000 inside the written statement of the former chief of the army staff.

The journalists reacted and sought an explanation from the retired officers of the armed forces. Some of the officers defended themselves saying journalists need "pocket money and transport fare" to cover press conferences.

The journalists vehemently protested the organisers' approach and returned the money considering it unethical. They also returned the lunch packets in protest at the money distribution.

At that time some senior army officers including Maj Gen (retd) Amin Ahmed Chowdhury approached the journalists and apologised for the incident.

Asked about the money, Maj (retd) Khandaker Abdul Hafiz said they did not know how the money came inside the envelopes. "It can be their [pro-BNP officers of the armed forces] act of sabotage," he said.

Prior to the conference, journalists repeatedly asked for the press statement so that they could go through the lines. But the organisers said they would give the statement later.

Lt Gen (retd) Harun left the auditorium immediately after the press conference. Contacted he told The Daily Star that he had no idea about the money. "I will look into the matter," added the former army chief.

 http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=163569

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RE: [ALOCHONA] Re: My memories of Bangladesh

Sh. Mujib was not allowed to finish his work that he had started to declare BD a Communist or Socialist Country by Zia and Zia is the reason, why BD's Per Capita Income is about half of Pakistan's despite 39 years of freedom. 
> If this is why BD had to become free, what was wrong remaining enslaved of Punjabis?

do you really know...what happened from jan 1,  1972 to 14 aug 1975?

what kind of brutal, corrupt, inefficient govt. was in power?

Too much raw emotion will never help us, it didn't help any nation in the past.

Be brave and make a list of AL blunders first...for your " detox".., then you will know about correct  history of Bangladesh!!!

best wishes.

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> To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> From: Ezajur@yahoo.com
> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 07:41:46 +0000
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: My memories of Bangladesh
>
> I agree with everything you have written here except your blanket approval of Mujib and your blanket condemnation of Zia. Both were flawed and neither could have stopped our economic and social woes in the last 40 years - because of what they tolerated in their own political parties.
>
> We are where we are BECAUSE of both Mujb and Zia. We are paying the price now because of what they did back then and because of our own lack of guts to implement real reform.
>
>
>
> --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ANDREWL" <turkman@...> wrote:
> >
> > Sh. Mujib was not allowed to finish his work that he had started to declare BD a Communist or Socialist Country by Zia and Zia is the reason, why BD's Per Capita Income is about half of Pakistan's despite 39 years of freedom.
> > If this is why BD had to become free, what was wrong remaining enslaved of Punjabis?
> > At least Per Capita Income of West Pakistan was not double of East Pakistan in 1971.
> > What difference has it made for the poorest of BD?
> > Don't have more than 100,000 of them have gone to Karachi to work for West Pakistanis as Household Workers there anyway?
> > I was posted to Karachi on an assignment by my American Company for a while and had a 16 years old Bangladeshi Maid in the House.
> > She was so surprised to learn that there could be some White-looking rich Bangladeshis also in this world, who drove Mercedes even in Pakistan.
> > However, I had Tears in my Eyes one day, when pointing towards Dry Kidney Beans, she asked me, "What are they?"
> >
> > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, qrahman@ wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Both India and Pakistan have distorted history of Bangladesh. To Indians it was a war between India and Pakistan. To Pakistanis it was a 'Civil war" that was aided by Indians. Then we have our political parties with their own set of histories. Children of Bangladesh gets confused and dizzy but who cares for those darn kids?
> > >
> > > We should not deny Indian help during 71. At the same time, we should remember India had other wars with Pakistan but they never seen a victory like this before. Bengali freedom fighters made the biggest impact in this war and ALL Bangladeshis ( Does not matter if you are a BAL or BNP supporter!) should do their best to preserve authentic history.
> > >
> > > We cannot rely on politicians for it. One party tries to deny Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other tries to deny Ziaur Rahman. Any honest person has to agree both of these leaders had huge contribution towards this nation.
> > >
> > > I am not sure what our future generations will learn in 2030 about our glorious "Muktijudho of 71".........
> > >
> > > Shalom.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ANDREWL <turkman@>
> > > To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Mon, Nov 22, 2010 1:31 am
> > > Subject: [ALOCHONA] My memories of Bangladesh
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Oh yeah, yeah, India had attacked East Pakistan and some East Pakistanis had welcomed them, not almost all of them. Pak Army had done nothing to make any East Pakistanis mad. Very simple.
> > >
> > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" <Ezajur@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The good general is kind to urge all to give due credit to the Bengali Freedom Fighters for their contribution to the war in 1971 :) One would think, from his tone, that it was primarily an India Pakistan war with India handsomely helped by the Bengalis. Still. If that's what the beloved Indians think then they are probably right :)
> > > >
> > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > *My memories of Bangladesh*
> > > > >
> > > > > J.F.R. Jacob
> > > > >
> > > > > * Gen. J.F.R. Jacob*
> > > > > My first contact with the people of what was to become the state of
> > > > > Bangladesh was in 1943 during World War II. My battery was moving by road
> > > > > through Bihar, undivided Bengal into Arakan in the then Burma. I was
> > > > > appalled by the starvation I saw. It was pathetic. We tried to help by
> > > > > cutting our soldiers' rations in half and distributing it to the people en
> > > > > route. It was a matter of great anguish to me to see the disappointment in
> > > > > the starving people around our field kitchen outside Dhaka when the food for
> > > > > each man, two chappaties and dal/bhaji, ran out. I decided to get more food
> > > > > to distribute.
> > > > >
> > > > > I remember that there was an army supply depot near the ferry site on the
> > > > > outskirts of Dhaka. I approached the officer in charge of the depot to take
> > > > > one week's rations for my men. I did not tell him that I intended to
> > > > > distribute it to the starving people in the area. He declined. A heated
> > > > > argument took place. I insisted. He then produced vouchers in triplicate and
> > > > > asked me to sign them. We were proceeding into an operational zone, and
> > > > > there was no peacetime accounting and my signing of vouchers would not be
> > > > > questioned.
> > > > >
> > > > > We distributed the rations for some 200 soldiers at campsites outside
> > > > > Chittagong and Cox's Bazaar to people in need, and proceeded to Arakan. We
> > > > > heard nothing of our unauthorised drawing of one week's rations for 200 men
> > > > > which we distributed to starving people.
> > > > >
> > > > > There was to be a long gap before I was to get involved again with the
> > > > > people of the future nation of Bangladesh. I arrived at Fort William in May
> > > > > 1969. Events were moving fast in East Pakistan. Sheik Mujib was insisting on
> > > > > the six-point programme that he had spelt out in Lahore in February 1966.
> > > > >
> > > > > There was a disastrous cyclone on November 16, 1970. The government of East
> > > > > Pakistan failed to take effective relief measures. There was enormous
> > > > > suffering but hardly any remedial measures. It was a case of apathy and
> > > > > indifference towards the suffering of the people by the East Pakistan
> > > > > government. The people in West Bengal were appalled by the callousness of
> > > > > the East Pakistan government.
> > > > >
> > > > > The elections in December 1970 gave Sheikh Mujib a thumping majority,
> > > > > winning 160 seats in the National Assembly and taking all but two seats in
> > > > > the East. Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party won 81 out of 138 seats in the
> > > > > West. The people and the government of West Pakistan did not want to see
> > > > > Sheik Mujib as prime minister. Yahya Khan announced that the national
> > > > > assembly was to meet in March. This was later postponed. There were hartals
> > > > > and resistance across East Pakistan.
> > > > >
> > > > > Lt. Gen. Sahebzada Yakub Khan was appointed as governor of East Pakistan.
> > > > > Yakub was mild and considerate to the people. This was not liked by
> > > > > Rawalpindi. Yakub was replaced by the "butcher" Tikka Khan after a month.
> > > > > Incidentally, in August 1947, Major Tikka Khan was a student in the gunnery
> > > > > staff course that I was taking in Deolali. He, with the other Pakistanis on
> > > > > the course, went back to Pakistan. I remember little of Maj. Tikka Khan. I
> > > > > found him then to be unimpressive.
> > > > >
> > > > > Meanwhile, a concerned Indian government suspended overflights over India.
> > > > > On March 23, Pakistan day, Bangladesh flags were flown all over East
> > > > > Pakistan, and independence was proclaimed.
> > > > >
> > > > > On the evening of March 25, Yahya Khan flew back to West Pakistan via
> > > > > Colombo. Tikka had issued orders for the crackdown to commence at 0100 hours
> > > > > on March 26. It was called "Operation Searchlight."
> > > > >
> > > > > Sheikh Mujib made an announcement proclaiming the independence of Bangladesh
> > > > > and exhorted the people to fight until the last Pakistani soldier was driven
> > > > > out. Mujib was arrested at 0100 hours on March 26 at his residence, and
> > > > > flown to Karachi some three days later. Most of the other Bangladeshi
> > > > > leaders escaped and reached India.
> > > > >
> > > > > I was able to listen with difficulty to the orders being given by tank
> > > > > commanders at Dhaka University -- "traverse left, open window, fire" and so
> > > > > on. Resistance was brutally squashed.
> > > > >
> > > > > The refugees started to pour in. It was a pathetic sight. They came carrying
> > > > > whatever little possessions they had.
> > > > >
> > > > > The East Bengal Battalions moved into India. I went to the border to help
> > > > > extricate them when they were trying to enter India. At Benapole, I had
> > > > > deployed an infantry battalion to cover their movement into India. Tajuddin
> > > > > was to hold a meeting with Griffiths, a British member of parliament, at the
> > > > > customs post inside East Pakistan. Pakistani guns were shelling the area.
> > > > >
> > > > > I urged Tajuddin to leave the customs post, where a Bangladesh flag was
> > > > > flying. We got Tajuddin to safety after the meeting. Pakistani troops were
> > > > > approaching. I ordered the battalion to fire at the Pakistanis who were
> > > > > trying to take down the Bangladesh flag. We did not allow the Pakistanis to
> > > > > remove the flag, which flew throughout until the surrender.
> > > > >
> > > > > By the end of March, a number of Bangladesh leaders arrived. Prominent among
> > > > > them were Tajuddin Ahmed, Nazrul Islam, Qamruzzaman, Mansur Ali, Col. Osmani
> > > > > and Wing Commander Khondkar. A government in exile was formed. We alloted
> > > > > them a bungalow in 8, Theatre Road. They started to function immediately.
> > > > >
> > > > > I set up the Mukti Bahini. Initially, 8 camps were organised. Sector
> > > > > commanders were appointed. They directed their fighters with great
> > > > > competence. The Mukti Bahini and the East Bengal battalions played a major
> > > > > and decisive role in the freedom struggle. They attacked the Pakistanis
> > > > > everywhere, and severely damaged their infrastructure. They created an
> > > > > environment that completely demoralised the Pakistan army. Due credit must
> > > > > go to them for their enormous contribution towards the defeat of the
> > > > > Pakistan army and the creation of Bangladesh.
> > > > >
> > > > > A lightning campaign was launched from December 4. On December 14, Niazi
> > > > > asked for a ceasefire under the UN, and handing over of the government to
> > > > > the UN. This was rejected on December 15 by Bhutto, who vowed to fight on. I
> > > > > drafted the instrument of surrender and, on December 16 at Dhaka, compelled
> > > > > Niazi to accept an unconditional public surrender in front of the people of
> > > > > Dhaka. I made him face the people whom he had treated so badly.
> > > > >
> > > > > The atrocities committed by the Pakistan army are well documented in
> > > > > Bangladesh. In the space of four hours, a ceasefire was converted into an
> > > > > unconditional public surrender, the only one in history. The Hamoodur Rehman
> > > > > Commission asked Niazi: "General, you had 26,000 troops in Dhaka and the
> > > > > Indians a few thousand outside, and you could have fought on for at least
> > > > > two more weeks till the UN session. Had you fought on even for one more day
> > > > > the Indians would have had to go back. Why did you accept a shameful
> > > > > unconditional public surrender"? Niazi replied that he was compelled to do
> > > > > so by Gen. Jacob, who blackmailed him into surrendering. The state of
> > > > > Bangladesh was born.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regarding what the future has in store for Bangladesh, I see a vibrant
> > > > > people led by a pragmatic leader Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and a rapidly
> > > > > expanding economy. Bangladesh has emerged as a powerful nation, and has
> > > > > become an increasingly important regional power. Bangladesh is now the
> > > > > world's 48 th economic power, and is rising fast to overtake others.
> > > > >
> > > > > The people of Bangladesh are courageous, hard working and industrious. The
> > > > > economy, earlier based on its farming expertise, particularly of rice and
> > > > > jute, is diversifying into industries and infrastructure. Bangladesh has
> > > > > emerged as a major exporter of textiles and knitwear, outperforming her
> > > > > neighbour India. Jute and leather industries are flourishing.
> > > > >
> > > > > There are inadequate reserves of oil and gas. However, there are ample
> > > > > reserves of coal. Coal could produce the power required for industries and
> > > > > homes. New coal-based power stations are planned. Regarding the
> > > > > infrastructure, Bangladesh is taking positive steps to accelerate work on
> > > > > roads, bridges, ports, and railways. Roads are being planned to link up with
> > > > > North Bengal, Meghlaya, Tripura and Myanmar along the old Arakan road.
> > > > >
> > > > > Bangladesh is expanding her maritime resources and projecting her presence
> > > > > aggressively into the Indian Ocean. Bangladesh has a well-trained army,
> > > > > which has made substantial contributions to UN peace keeping.
> > > > >
> > > > > Finally, I see Bangladesh, under the pragmatic leadership of Prime Minister
> > > > > Sheikh Hasina, emerging as a regional superpower.
> > > > >
> > > > > General J.F.R. Jacob was Deputy Commander, Eastern Command, Indian Armed
> > > > > Forces, and former Governor, Punjab and Goa, India.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=161397
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
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[ALOCHONA] Analysis of the Occult Symbols Found on the Bank of America Murals

Analysis of the Occult Symbols Found on the Bank of America Murals

 

 

The three frescoes ruling over the lobby of the Bank of America Corporate Center.

Prominently displayed in the lobby of the Bank of America's Corporate Center are "creepy" frescoes, filled with occult symbols. Even more unsettling is the fact that those images seem to predict events of a radical world change in the not-so-distant future. Are those murals predicting the coming of an occult New World Order? We will look at the occult meaning of the symbols found on the Bank of America frescoes.A reader of Infowars sent me pictures of some very odd murals displayed at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, NC. Needless to say they immediately caught my attention, as I was flabbergasted by their symbolism and their message. I also couldn't help relating them to the ominous murals of the Denver International Airport.

Painted by Benjamin Long, the paintings are said to revolve around the themes of "making/building, chaos/creativity, and planning/knowledge in a "daring blend of abstract and realism, set off with touches of gold".

Although we normally read from left to right, there are clues within the frescoes hinting the viewers to read the paintings from right to left. The "planning" stage (visually represented by the fresco on the right) is normally the first step of any process so it would make sense to start from there.  There is also alchemical symbolism hinting towards the chronology of the frescoes, so we will begin with the one on the right:

Right Fresco

The fresco on the right is dubbed Planning/Knowledge.  An esoteric read of its symbolism reveals exactly what is being planned and what knowledge it is referring to.

Masonic Boy on Masonic Floor

We see here a young blond boy standing on a standard Masonic checker-board pattern floor. His feet are placed at a 90 degrees angle, in accordance to Masonic initiation ritual:

"Q. On your return to the Lodge, where were you placed, as the youngest Entered Apprentice?

A. In the northeast corner, my feet forming a right angle, my body erect, at the right hand of the Worshipful Master in the east, an upright man and Mason, and it was given me strictly in charge ever to walk and act as such."
- Malcolm C. Duncan, Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor

Seemingly underneath the boy are people dressed in business suits, seemingly strategizing while pointing at the Masonic boy. Does the boy represent the "new generation"?

This blond boy is very reminiscent of the blond boy featured at the center of one of the murals of the Denver International Airport.

Blond boy hammering a sword into a plowshare. Note that the boy is wearing a traditional Bavarian costume … perhaps as in Bavarian Illuminati?

Burning Bush, Woman in Cube and Pyramid

Symbolism overload

Behind the boy is a tree on fire, which is a reference of the Burning Bush of the Old Testament. The Burning Bush is of great importance in Masonic ritual, especially for the 33rd degree, whose members are considered to be "near the Burning Bush".

"In the third Exodus it is record that, while Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro on Mount Horeb, "the angle of Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush", and there communicated to him for the first time his Ineffable Name. This occurrence is commemorated in the Burning Bush of the Royal Arch Degree. In all systems of antiquity, fire is adopted as a symbol of Deity; and the Burning Bush, or the bush filled with fire which did not consume, whence came forth the Tetragrammaton, the symbol of Divine Light and Truth, is considered in the advanced degrees of Freemasonry, like the Orient in the lower, as the great source of true Masonic light; wherefore Supreme Councils of the Thirty-Third Degree date their balustres or official documents, "near the B.B." or Burning Bush, to intimate that they are, in their own rite, the exclusive source of all Masonic instruction".
- Albert G. Mackey, Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, Part 1

In the background is an Egyptian pyramid, the ultimate symbol of the Mysteries in occult teachings.

A strange feature of the painting is the woman apparently trapped inside a transparent cube, hanging from threads coming from the sky. Does she represent the common man, stuck in the confines of the material world (occultly represented by the cube) and manipulated by unseen the forces from above?

Stairs and Black Sun

Jacob's ladder and a black sun

On the left of the image are stairs, apparently leading to the heavens, a classic symbol representing the path to illumination/Illuminati through the mysteries of Masonry.

A Masonic engraving depicting stairs leading from the Masonic floor to the "outside"

In the sky is a black sun, another symbol of an esoteric significance. Hermetic traditions teach the existence of two suns, an invisible and etheric one made of pure "philosophical gold" and the material one, the only one the profane can perceive, known as the Black Sun.

In alchemy, the black sun (Sol niger) is the name of the result of the first stage of the Opus Magnum. The alchemical Magnum Opus (or Great Work) starts with the "blackening" – the calcination of crude metals – and ends with their transmutation into pure gold.

Today, the symbol of the Black Sun is mostly associated with esoteric Nazism and cults such as the Temple of Set. It is also found in odd places such as:

Bracken House, London. The Black Sun beares the face of Winston Churchill.

…and, once again, the Denver International Airport.

Floor design in the DIA depicting a black sun moving in front of the golden sun

The right fresco therefore seems to portray the first step of a "Great Work" that needs to be accomplished, as symbolically represented by the black sun. Men dressed in suits (one of them oddly looks like Adam Weishaupt),  seem to be preparing a new generation of Masonic youth. Meanwhile, the "profane" seem to be idling in an translucent cube, controlled by invisible puppeteers.

Middle Fresco

The middle fresco, Chaos/Creativity, depicts a turbulent transitional period. Many details within the painting describe this profound turmoil, which seem to be affecting all part of society and civilization. We find military and religious figures, people protesting and much more.

Barb wires, nets and soldiers on the streets tell the viewers that this period of turmoil is also one of oppression. The nun does not seem very pleased either.

At the left of the painting is a person wearing a biohazard suit, hinting to some kind of chemical warfare.

Person in gas suit

For this reason, and many more, I find this painting very similar to one of the Denver Airport's murals … the most infamous one.

This mural of the DIA portrays a militaristic figure wearing a gas mask and oppressing an endless line of sad people. Chemical warfare, military repression, dead babies … what is there not to like about this image?

If we look at the top of the fresco, we see translucent beings spinning with fire, perhaps implying that the turmoil is also happening on a metaphysical, cosmic or astral level.

Spinning naked bodies in a vortex of fire

This round fiery shape can also be likened to a sun. Its pale golden color and the transparency of its figures can be associated with the intermediate step of the great alchemical work named "Whitening". Jung compared this step with daybreak, the preparation for the next and final stage, which is the sunrise, characterized by the color red. Which is, of course, the most prominent color of the left fresco.

Left Fresco

The fresco on the left is said to focus on the theme of "Making/Building". The main figure of the fresco is a worker holding a shovel, contemplating the work done. In his back pocket is a red piece of cloth, a symbolic detail in the context of this image. There is indeed a great emphasis on the color red in this fresco, which, as mentioned above, is the also the color associated with the final step of the alchemical Magnum Opus: Rubedo, the "Red Work".

In occult teachings, alchemical transformation can happen on numerous levels: a material level, where crude metals are transmuted to pure gold, but also on a spiritual and philosophical level, where the profane man becomes a "regenerated man". In secret-society lore, the entire world is considered to be the subject of alchemical transformation; it is said to be an imperfect plane needing to be "transmuted into gold" in order to mirror the heavens, in accordance with the hermetic axiom "As Above, So Below". Is a New World Order the "Great Work" of the occult elite?

Sleeping Giant

Is he dead or sleeping? And what does "EQ" mean?

An odd detail of the fresco is this man blending with the earth, apparently in deep sleep … or is he buried? This is also reminiscent of the (unsettling) sleeping little boy on the DIA murals.

A helpless little boy sleeping (or dead) under a red blanket

What Is The Meaning of the Frescoes?

Like most elitist art, the frescoes on display at the headquarters of Bank of America, the largest bank in America, tell a story intended to be decoded by those in the know. The frescoes seem to depict three stages of world transformation – planning, chaos and achievement – and are color-coded to be analogous to the three stages of hermetic alchemy: Nigredo (blackness), Albedo (whiteness) and Rubedo (redness).  The frescoes beare many resemblances to the murals of the Denver International Airport, which also depict progressive phases of a profound transformation of society after a period of intense turmoil.

The first fresco displays a wide array of occult symbols, some directly referring to Freemasonry. This is quite astonishing as the painting is in the lobby of the headquarters of the United States' most predominant bank and not in a Masonic lodge … but perhaps there is some overlap. Those who are "in the know" and initiated to the Mysteries are those who are qualified to accomplishing the planning process, which in this painting seem to be the men in suits, whose ties match the red and white checker-board floor, and who make plans for the future generation, represented by the blond Masonic boy.

In the second fresco, civil unrest, riots, protests and repression are all taking place. Historically, the masses only usually go into an outright revolt when their living conditions deteriorate significantly or when hugely unpopular policies get adopted. Does this piece refer to the loss of civil liberties and the rise of a police state? There is also a metaphysical aspect to the image, represented by the spinning naked bodies that appear as the sun, implying that the period turmoil is also happening on a cosmic level.

The last fresco gives a sense of "mission accomplished", with the dominant figure surveying the work, while also conveying the message that "the work is never totally done" as labourers are still hard at work in the underground. This is reminiscent of the movie Metropolis, where a class of workers silently slave away underground to sustain the elite's utopia. I also can't help but being reminded of the 33 Chilean miners while looking at those workers …

In Conclusion

The Bank of America frescoes are yet another example of the elite's agenda being "hidden in plain sight". These giant images, on display for all to see, but designed to be understood by few, describe the philosophy of the elite rulers, their occult knowledge and their plans for the future.  As it is the case for all works of art, it is possible to interpret these paintings on numerous levels and to come up with different conclusions. It is, however, difficult to ignore the recurrent themes found in the"Sinister Sites" described on The Vigilant Citizen: prevalent occult symbolism, the heralding of a "new era",  contempt for the profane masses, celebration of repression and war, etc. When comparing the Bank of America frescoes with the art of the DIA and the Georgia Guidestones, we can find a definite consistence in their symbolism, their tone and their message. This leads me to believe that the same group is behind all of those sites and many more. Whoever they are, we know a few things for sure: they are extremely rich, extremely powerful and they don't really like you … because you are not one of Them.

http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=5638

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