It is very unfortunate when private emails are circulated to third parties without the permission of the sender and the recipient and is then distorted to make a point in an article turning personal observations into factual statements. My email to several close friends was in reply to another article in Blitz by Sajjad Hossain that criticized the write up by Jessica Fox titled 'RAW trained crusader 100 in action in Bangladesh.' I had merely pointed out that there was a personality clash between some of the people involved and that many of these persons had alleged intelligence links so it was not clear how reliable or credible their comments would be on the subject of the earlier RAW article. This email has been used in a new article by Jessica Fox which makes my statements appear as fact in order to undermine the Blitz team which was not my intention. In any case the reader may make his/her own assessment on the matter –
One Eleven Ghost Returns in Bangladesh
By Jessica Fox
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) May 1, 2012 --
Leaders of the main opposition – Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and members of its 18-party alliances are in huge fear as most of the front-ranking leaders were forced into hiding following lodging of number of criminal cases against them by the State on April 28. There is no trace of the acting secretary general of BNP, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir since April 29 early hours, while many other leaders, who's names already exists in the "hit-list" of Crusader-100 – are also facing similar charges and are absconding. Current situation in Dhaka can only be compared with that of "One-Eleven", when mainstream leaders were indiscriminately arrested by the military dictated government, thus creating a kind of fearsome situation in Bangladesh. Now the ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) has visibly copied the same policy of the one-eleven government, possibly with the target of eliminating BNP and its alliances or at least cutting them into such a size, wherefrom they can barely play any active role in Bangladesh politics. Following lodging of the criminal cases and absconding of the opposition top-brasses, leader and spokesman of ruling AL, Mahbubul Hoque Hanif said, "the opposition has vanished from the political show just on lodging of the cases."
He said, "Opposition leaders will onwards not be allowed to create any anarchy in Bangladesh in the name of political agitation."
That means – AL will make sure that the opposition voices are completely suffocated, while it will march ahead with the agenda of establishing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's one-party system once again in the country, prior to the general election, which is scheduled for 2014.
The hardliner mystery:
All on a sudden, the AL government has gone into hard-line policy by lodging criminal cases against most of the top-brasses in the opposition quarters, while it has also decided to lock them into prison at least for a period between 3-6 months, with numerous charges, which would come at a later stage. The reason behind such tougher decision is, the AL government is pledge-bound of signing a number of treaties during the "joint-visit" of Hillary Clinton and Indian minister Pranab Mukherjee, which will take place during 5-6th May. Washington wants to get the TIFA treaty along with several contracts on the oil-gas blocks at Bay of Bengal singed during Hillary's visit, while India specifically wants five treaties to be sealed during Pranab Mukherjee's upcoming tour. The Indian desired treaties are:
- Full fledged corridor facilities to India, both on land and river route enabling it to mobilize "civilian" and "military" cargoes onto the north-eastern states,
- Allowing Indian Central Bureau of Investigation along with other "counter-terrorism" forces to conduct raids, investigations, interrogations and arrests "in special occasions" within Bangladeshi territory for the "sake of countering terrorism and jihadist activities", while the Indian counterpart will have legal access to existing data of the Bangladeshi law enforcing and intelligence agencies,
- Handing over ULFA leader Anup Chetia along with other members, who are inside Bangladeshi prison,
- Allowing Indian army to join Bangladeshi forces "in case of emergency and necessity" for the sake of "protecting the democratic government" in Bangladesh,
- Giving 3-4 oil and gas blocks at Bay of Bengal to Indian mining companies.
It is understood that Indian lobby at Washington has been making strong efforts in convincing the US administration in extending support to Delhi's demands, in order to ensure Bangladesh from being free from any possible influence of China in particular.
AL is also decided to press the ongoing orphanage graft trial of BNP leader Khaleda Zia and her son Tareq Rahman and get both of them convicted by June 2013, in order to stop the door for them in participating in the next general election in Bangladesh. India and United States will jointly collaborate with AL led government in getting Tareq Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko extradited from United Kingdom and Malaysia once the final verdict of the orphanage graft case will be pronounced. Clearly the AL government has been able in entering the US-India nexus for the sake of upholding power until 2021 under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina.
Repression of press:
The current government in Dhaka and its agents made furious reaction following publication of a number of reports in Sri Lanka Guardian (SLG) -– because these reports generated huge media storm within and outside Bangladesh. The Al government blocked SLG site for hours, while it instructed few of the pro-AL editors in the country in publishing confusing stories against SLG and its writers. One such report was carried in Dainik Samakal on April 30th quoting "intelligence" sources, where the Bangla daily questioned the existence of SLG even on the web. Editor of this newspaper, Golam Sarwar is a veteran AL member, with great connection with New Delhi. Sarwar, an US citizen is known in the Bangladeshi journalist community as a "money-monger" and there are numerous allegations on his private life. Prior to publication of this report in Samakal, local television channel Ekushey TV aired a report on the SLG report and the case of Crusader-100, where it interviewed a number of politicians, intellectuals and former military officials. As the SLG report continued to spread in Bangladeshi society, the ruling party took specific agenda in starting negative propaganda against SLG and its writers.
The anti-SLG campaign in Samakal was followed by number of defamatory reports published in openly proclaimed pro-Jewish newspaper in Bangladesh -– Weekly Blitz, which not only published objectionable comments on SLG, but also attempted assassinating image of SLG contributor and human rights activist William Gomes. This newspaper clearly gave instigation to ruling party and country's intelligence agencies in taking legal actions against William Gomes, while it falsely made claims of Mr. Gomes to have been involved in drug and human trafficking.
Editor of Weekly Blitz, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury is an infamous Zionist and agent of Israeli interests in Bangladesh. He faces sedition, treason and blasphemy charges since 2003 for conspiring against Bangladesh. Dhaka circles confirmed that Choudhury is continuing nefarious activities against the Islamic and nationalist forces in Bangladesh with the lone agenda of establishing Israeli influence in Bangladeshi politics and society. International Jewish syndicates and lobbies are continuously extending all out support and patronization to him, while it is understood that both Democrats and Republicans are having huge sympathy for this self-styled "Muslim Zionist" Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury. On checking records it was evidently proved that, Choudhury run desperate campaign against Novel laureate Dr. Mohammed Yunus for years, which resulted in making of a documentary against Dr. Yunus and Grameen Bank in Denmark. The maker of this documentary is one of the contacts of Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury.
Understanding the existing relations between Israeli MOSSAD and Indian RAW, it is well anticipated that, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury's agenda is to promote Israeli and Indian interests in Bangladesh. His newspaper, Weekly Blitz enjoys patronization from The Hindustan Times, which once again proves his secret connection with the Indian authorities. A number of analysts from Bangladesh situation, including William Gomes claimed, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury was one of the collaborators and masterminds of one-eleven military takeovers in the country.
Analyst on Bangladesh affairs Barrister MBI Munshi in an email message claimed Shoaib Choudhury to be working for MOSSAD as well as for the rogue North Korean dictators. According to Munshi -- the news item titled "Sri Lanka Guardian mystery unearthed by Bangladeshi intelligence agencies", published in Weekly Blitz against SLG and William Gomes, which was written by Sajjad Hossain belongs to forces intelligence (DGFI), who earlier worked for CIA, RAW and MI6. It is clearly understood that the contents of the question news item in Weekly Blitz was supplied either by Bangladeshi or Indian intelligence agencies. Barrister Munshi further said that, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury is engaged in character assassination of William Gomes for quite some time.
Clearly, Bangladesh politics is moving fast towards huge uncertainty. When the government has so-far failed to trace missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali and his chauffer, Rapid Action Battalion and Bangladesh Police have issued statements saying Ilias is not in their custody. It was earlier claimed by various newspapers in Bangladesh that M Ilias Ali was in the custody of Bangladeshi military intelligence – DGFI, while it has even been rumored that Ali and his chauffer had already been murdered by his abductors. Signals from all such incidents do not exhibit any good news. Rather it is clearly seen that the one-eleven ghosts are returning to Bangladeshi politics by riding into the shoulders of AL leadership. No one dares to say – Bangladesh might be heading towards another political mishap.
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