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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

[chottala.com] Are India and Pakistan panicking? They shouldn't, since a developed Bangladesh i

Are India and Pakistan panicking? They shouldn't, since a developed Bangladesh is a good thing for the region.

The people and media of Bangladesh should become more active in asserting its role in the region - that it would continue to work for a poverty, corruption and nuclear arsenal free region. Bangladesh should be a strong voice to extend the nuclear arsenal free area from East Asia to Kaparapu N-S line which divide the current South Asia in two parts - Eastern South Asia and Western South Asia.

[At the beginning, let us make it very clear that we send out this article with a great deal of hesitation. Like many of the previous articles, we have called something based on advance analysis and synthesis of weak signals coming from the events. Unlike in other instances, however, this is one time when we really hope that some of our assertions and assumptions made in this article aren't true. We would be happy if we are proven wrong demonstrated through future events. However, the nature and implication of the outcome of these analysis and their importance for the nation have impelled us to share the thoughts now. Its better to be wrong than being trapped in something bad. We hope our policymakers would give some time on this]

The recent drama with Prothom-Alo carton demonstrate the evil polarization that is happening underground. Jamati interest is being helped by the corrupt leftists. As of now, it still is an accusation, which will be true only if we knew whether Prothom-Alo admin knew about the consequences and took a calculated risk in a volatile time, which would only benefit the religious thugs. Symptoms are there to be concerned, only time will confirm whether this is something that Bangladeshi policy makers as well as regular citizens should be concerned about. We hope that this conjecture would not become something that would be increasingly supported by the events on the ground.

The headline of this article and the big conjecture that we made at the beginning ask for some serious explanation - so that the readers are well informed and follow the reasoning behind the allegations. It is our position to clearly state that nothing is being alleged out of the air - there are specific signals on the ground, surrounding the events, the way the events are being unfolded, planned and executed - and also the players - everything indicates to a possible dark nexus. Implications of such a nexus is too dangerous for the general people of Bangladesh and its national security. That is why each of its citizens should be on guard. Also look at the events surrounding some explosions in strategic industries like fertilizer factories, garment industries and EPZs.

Are India and Pakistan panicking about Bangladesh? Well, yes, they have every reason to panic about the recent developments of Bangladesh. Remember the Washington Post article titled "In Bangladesh, 'a Quiet Revolution'? If this perception starts sinking into the world opinion and specifically, within the mindset of the Indian and Pakistani general public, the establishment in India and Pakistan has every reason to panic. Isn't it? Off course, we should qualify this assertion with a "right wing" establishment of these countries. And it seems their intelligences are in control of right wingers as is the case in many countries.

Aside from the traditional corrupt elite that has been ruling the nations in this region, there is also other strategic matters of importance from economic perspective. Just think about one hypothetical question. Would China want a economically mighty Japan just beside it? For Japan, it did not matter what China wanted. Japan was a developed nation even before such a wish became a factor. But with the case of Bangladesh, there is a game being played and the result is undecided whether it can become the pioneer of real development - the first in the region.

However, it is plainly clear that if a uniform country like Bangladesh starts its journey towards good governance through jailing most of the social culprits (read traditional social elites) and with additional help from its geographical location, it will very soon become a economic hub like Singapore or UAE.

That would certainly mean that the development pace of Bangladesh will outnumber that of India. It is actually already the case for many human development indicators as tracked by the UN. So, if India wanted the current CTG in Bangladesh to fail or slow down with its projects ( i.e. run out of time), somebody who understands international politics, wouldn't be surprised. But why would Pakistan be panicking? Well, those matha mota Panjabi fools don't always need a very good reason to panic, they were panicking when the their nation were born. Until, the people of that country becomes successful in taking the power out of those Punjabis, Pakistan will never be ruled by its own national interests - rather they always serve others. So, whenever there is a smell of money or so-called financial benefit, they go for it. They have done it in the past with China, US and now it seems, they are contemplating to start oiling the Indians! In a sense, its not bad. Peace might come that way in the Western part of South Asia.

Coming back to our topic for today, so, what is the consequence of that polarization in Bangaldeshi politics? Indian lobby (P.A.) was playing their card with the latest so-called Mohammad (PBUH) cartoon. This card was being printed in such a sensitive time, when Jamatis (Pakistani Lobby) are sensing worse days ahead. So, they ask for some help from the corrupt leftist intellectuals. And the leading ones among them obliges with material that they can use for their advantages. And a drama commences... Who looses in this drama? Who is the villain of this drama? The real villains are are trying to position themselves as victims, while the hero in this episode gets a smoked perception.

We need to recognize that when this CTG looses it face, Bangladesh and its people looses. And whenever they are not performing, either because of the two evil lobbies acting within the country or because of inexperiences of the govt., the people should volunteer help to them. And we hope that they are also learning, in the meantime.

The most important thing to notice is that - if you take a good look at these materials - these are nothing. We often make jokes like this. It is like saying that writing Lal Salo would be hurting the feelings of majority muslims!! So, why still such a fuss? That is the indication of nexus - which is dangerous.

Expect more similar things / incidents in near future. Also, they would be increasing the pressure on CTG for trial of war criminals - a good cause with a bad intention of putting the CTG into a hard position. If that demand gets traction among the general population - that pushes Jamat towards edge - who would be politically benefited from every incident similar to the recent cartoon incident that would be planned and initiated by the Prothom-Alo or Menon or AL type players. So, do you see a win-win pact for both lobbies? Both Indian and Pakistani Lobby is benefited if there is some uncertainty or even worse things happen. And they are trying their best and do not expect such things to lessen, but expect an increase if our analysis is true. Off course, there are two underlying assumptions. We are assuming that the traditional lobbies in both India and Pakistanis are currently being controlled by ultra segments of the society. Is this base assumption true which makes the hypothesis of this article a possibility? Only time will say.

Apparently, the CTG is in bad position with both lobbies - the so-called open minded ones and the closed minded ones. Who benefits if CTG looses grounds? The corrupts - Khaleda and Hasina and their chamchas - are directly benefited if CTG looses ground. Who looses if CTG is in a bad shape? Bangladesh looses - it's development train is pushed out of track again - which makes both India and Pakistan happy. The people of Bangladesh should not sit idle at this juncture.

What is there for us to do - one would ask? Do we have the power to fight against two local giants? We should learn lessons from Gandhi and Mujib - to use the power of mass people. The call for peace.

So, what can we do about it - if its true? Talking big is easy - like giving advise to follow Mujib or Gandhi - this kind of advise is easy. But do we have a realistic action plan to suggest that we the people of Bangladesh can follow? Here are some thoughts.

Now a days - you will find a lot of maya-kanna for a country which used to be British Raj (basically Bangladesh, India and Pakistan). Now, one may ask why Afghanistan is not included in the hypothetical South Asian Super-state that some of the grown up fools of this region is suggested? The answer is certainly obvious. The Afgans did not allow the Brits to occupy their country for long. So, the idea of this South Asian Super State is tied to British rule, isn't it? Why would somebody still romance with the British period in South Asia? Off course, that is the hallmark of mentally weak - losers, somebody who has a serious problem with inferiority complex. The Indian right wing always suffer from the inferiority complex - this is increasing by the day. Why we are talking about this, anyways? To indicate the hollowness upon which the state of India or the Pakistan stands today. Do we suggest to dismantle them? That would be too pricey a process. Moreover, we as a nation do not have much to say about them. We are not like them who pokes around to smell the bad always - we as a nation should be focusing on the strength of general people of these two countries and these two somewhat artificial societies (if that can be called a society, at all) that would eventually advance the cause of human kind.

To be specific - we as a nation are committed to fight against three things. We want poverty out of our map. We struggle to remove corruption out of our society. And we also do not want nuclear arsenal buildup within or around our country. We should focus on these three things. We should be making policies that makes sure that people in our neighboring region do not face poverty - as we ourselves struggle out of poverty trap. Bangladesh should facilitate people to people contact within its neighboring region to extend the nuclear arms free East Asia up to the Ka-Pa-Ra-Pu (Kaparapu) North South Line that connect the cities of Kathmundu - Patna - Ranchi - Puri (That would also include the land of Bangladesh, the north-eastern states of India, Bhutan will saved from any possible nuclear targeting). Eastern South Asia should be added to the already nuclear arsenal free South-East Asia. Thinking in terms of Eastern South Asia has many advantages and it goes with the explicit recognition of the fact that people in this region faces similar kind of challenges and they should communicate more in the context of private sector. Even the monoliths like World Bank, ADB recognizes this fact which is demonstrated through their making a separate agency called SEDF which basically makes development strategy for Eastern South Asia - to some extant.

On the government and private sector level within Eastern South Asia, Bangladeshi society should come forward to provide leadership in the region and bring the people in this region towards a common goal. That should, off course, be done with keeping the ground realities in mind because of the fact that the region has several international boundary. These boundaries makes it difficult to deal with the issues at the governement level and private sector co-operation will be a better strategy within current circumstances. Although a better strategy would be to have different regions of Bangladesh co-operate with their adjacent sub-regions within Eastern South Asia. However, empowering the current administrative units (e.g. districts, divisions, upozilla) to make deals with adjacent provinces of India or Bhutan or Nepal is a bit troublesome for Bangladesh. Keeping that in mind, introducing provincial government system within Bangladesh might facilitate an important tool in that regard. Within the current political parties of Bangladesh, there are many who beleives that introduction of provinces in Bangladesh would be a good thing - say for example - divide the whole country in 19 provinces based on the initial districts that we had at the beginning. Or simply the current Zilla Porishod bodies can be reformed to give it a flavour of provincial government with some added responsibility for the bordering districts. Given the high population density, it might be a good idea and it might be easier to manage. Also, this would give a mechanism to empower the bordering regions of Bangladesh to deal with their sister regions across international boundaries without much involvement of national governments. It seems that it would facilitate building a more cohesive region in the long term - if managed well. Off course, it may introduce other complications for Bangladesh, so a proper and thorough analysis is needed for this.

What would this Kaparapu N-S line mean? This would mean that people of the eastern part of south asia would work together to pressure India so it does not deploy or install any of its nuclear weapons east of this line. That would ensure the security of the region. If a public opinion can be built around this issue irrespective of national boundaries, the national security of Bangladesh will greatly improved that will enable further human and economic development of the region. Lets start working on that direction. A small step towards a peaceful world. The true civil society organizations throughout the region and ASEAN should pick up on this to influence the monolith that is today called as India.

India and Pakistan should become responsible players within the world stage - but before that they should become responsible towards their own people. When Crores of its population go to bed hungry, its a shame that they are spending money on weapons of mass destruction. Shame, Shame!

Both these countries should also realize that a developed Bangladesh will be an inspiration for the billion plus populace of the rest of south asia and beyond. They should be a facilitating force towards that development, not disturbing force. Bangladesh should also make sure that it start engaging the grass-roots population in the region that would help build person-person connection within the region and help promote exchange of ideas that would lead to a more peaceful world.

The body language of the policy makers of Dhaka should also change - they should act like leaders, talk like leaders if they want to become leaders. They should also re-assure the governments of the other regional countries that Dhaka do not romance with influencing other countries internal matters - as long as they do not interfere with the national security of its own. Dhaka should also make another thing very clear. It does not like the fact that India is fencing out itself for no conceivable and civil reason. And you will also be surprised that the free-thinkers and humanists of the world never noticed that. But Dhaka should not protest that - its their matter what they want to do with their border. As long as they keep the legal distance from the no-mans land, we should be fine. But people of Bangladesh should really work hard for the day - when India takes off the fence because the government in Delhi wants to make sure that its people can easily pour into Bangladesh to find a good living, a good earning and a good life - just like many in East Asia goes to Singapore, or many Chinese or Koreans used goes to Japan. If that day really comes, we want to make it clear to the people in the region - our door will not be closed, but we will open our doors to our neighbors first, then the rest of the world. Let the Bangladesh become the Singapore for people in the Eastern South Asia what Singapore had become for people in South Eastern Asia. Let Bangladesh become Japan for the people in the Eastern South Asia what Japan had become for people in North Eastern Asia. Amen.

If you thought some of the ideas are worth of your reading time, please forward it to others. If you have an ear to the members of the CTG, policy makers and strategists, please forward it to them. If you have an ear to the journalists and news editors of the electronic media, discuss it with them. Hope they would look at the suggestions and give due diligence.

Thanks for your time,

Innovation Line

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Note: This is a freelance column, published mainly in different internet based forums. This column is open for contribution by the members of new generation, sometimes referred to as Gen 71. If you identify yourself as someone from that age-group and want to contribute to this column, please feel free to contact. Thanks to the group moderator for publishing the article.

We have not seen the Liberation War, but we know if we can free the country from corruption first, we will eventually get to other dreams soon. Because of corruption, we could not even get into information highway for years, let alone other dreams!

This is the kind of article for which we started this column. Because of ongoing mess, a gift from our older generation, we often get diverted. Now that it seems some sanity is returning in Bangladesh, we would try to go back to our original plan.

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[chottala.com] Reasons to preserve our hatred against 1971 war collaborators of Pakistan army. by Parvez Alam

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Dear All

 

You don't have to be a supporter of  Awami League to express your hatred for the Al-Badars and Razakars and all other collaborators of  murderous Pakistan Army occupation in 1971. Razakar , Al-badar and Al-Shams were paramilitary forces formed at occupation Army's  initiative to assist it and to resist the freedom fighters during the war of liberation in 1971. The Al-Shams was a paramilitary wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan), that with the Pakistan Army and the Al-Badr is held responsible for conducting a mass killing campaign against Bengali nationalists, civilians, religious and ethnic minorities in the Bangladesh Liberation War . These killing operation was conducted by Al Badr, another  paramilitary  wing of Jamaat-i-Islami and was headed by the then All Pakistan Islami Chhatra Shangha  president Motiur Rahman Nizami . During 1971 rank-and-file Jamaat-i-Islami collaborated with the occupation. It was the leading collaborator of

the occupation. Please read the article below by Parvez Alam that explains the Reasons to preserve our hatred against 1971 war collaborators of Pakistan army .

 

A Rahim Azad

 

 

 

Reasons to preserve our hatred against 1971 war collaborators of Pakistan army .
Parvez Alam

Why should we preserve hatred against the war collaborators (Razakar, Al Badar, Al shams e.t.c) of 1971 liberation war? It shouldn't be a question at all, but it is. It should be in our blood, the rush of blood in our vain originating extreme hatred against them and glorious feelings recalling the heroic sacrifice of our freedom fighters, but it isn't. The old generation lost it and the new generation doesn't know it. We, who had the minimal chance to read a minimal proper history of our great liberation war, know enough about the treacherous villain role played by Razakars and Al Badars in the war and thus its almost needless for us to describe here how these war criminals brought havoc alongside with the oppressive Pakistani military. But for the unfortunate new generation growing up without knowing the proper history of our liberation war and the role played by the war criminals I am finding myself responsible to mention that militias called Razakar, Al Badar, Al Shams were the creation of party like Jamate Islami and Muslim League who had a sectarian religion based political ideology of keeping Bangladesh as a part of Pakistan opposing the fervor of the mass population wanting a free Bangladesh. They killed and helped Pakistani armies to kill our countrymen, raped and kidnapped our girls to the Pakistani camps, helped Pakistani armies to find out freedom fighters houses, burned down villages, killed Hindus and robbed their possessions. Al Badars did a mass genocide of our writers, teachers and intellectuals just a few days before 16th December   .What they did can easily fade away the brutality of any treacherous movement of modern time. They were not only the enemy of our freedom but the enemy of humanity.

Ironically these war criminals are now decorating the chairs of our MPs and Ministers, and that's why the question is rising. How did they come so far?  It's all started with the General amnesty of war criminals by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation, due to political pressures from both home (Maulana Bhasani) and abroad (USA, all the Middle Eastern countries led by Saudi Arabia). I understand the reason but what I don't understand is, can this general amnesty be justified as a law when it comes to forgiving killers and rapists? Though under the General amnesty they got the right to live in this country but among mass people the term " Razakar" was a swear and they were considered as hateful people and major razakars, master minds and leaders weren't forgiven and most of them were facing trial(exp: Nizami) or living in Pakistan(exp: Golam Azam). Everything changed after the massive change and political turmoil of 1975 that originated when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed. Jia Ur Rahman came to the power defeating and executing all his opponents. He started to seek political support wherever he can and thus he legalized Jamate Islami as a political party and gave them permission to do political activities by changing our national constitution and he also gave permission to Golam Azam to return to Bangladesh and all major razakars were out of trial. Every one knows about the rise of Jamate Islami after that. They started to strengthen their base at the time of Ershad regime. They came to the political importance when they got the chance to be with Awamileage and BNP in the 1992 movement against Ershad government. They again had the chance to make their base much stronger when sluttish awami politcs allowed them to be a companion of Awamileage at the movement against BNP government. And now they are the part of Bangladesh government after participating and winning the 2000 election as a part of the BNP fronted coalition and now we can see an Al Badar commander as a minister of our country, what a shame and dishonor.

Now, I should explain the reason I am writing all this. We used to hate Razakars when we were kids and that's what they deserved. But, look at the kids these days. They born and see war criminals in the parliament .They only gets the history of our freedom fight when they are in class eight and in the history they learn from their text book doesn't include a single mention of war criminals. Why is that? Because they are in parliament now? because they got the power and that's why the history needs to be changed? It's a pity that very few of us actually focusing in this grave matter and failing to realize the serious effects it's holding for the future of our country. As the title of the article says" The reason to preserve the hatred against 1971 war collaborators of Pakistan army" you can understand that there is a question "Why should we hate 1971 war collaborators of Pakistan army?" The answer should be simple like" That's what they deserve", but it isn't. It isn't because these days there are many to believe that "We should move on and shouldn't dig out this old ghost again which will not do any good for us ", there are others to say "Supporting Pakistan doesn't make them war criminals, they had their political views" and the most frequently asked question is "Who are we to hate them and justify their activities when the father of the nation himself forgave them "? None of these questions which are meant to defend the war criminals some how are originated from some kind of political or ideological favor or ignorance doesn't contain any sort of rational material and can be positively answered which will lead any people with common sense to understand that its very important to preserve our hatred against the war criminals".
Let's mention some of the reasons to preserve hatred against 1971 war criminals and having the desire to put these criminals in verdict for their crime no mater we can or not.

  • Everyone have their own political and ideological views and have the right to preserve that, but this can't be a defense for the 1971 war criminals as they are called war criminals not for their political views but their crime while participating in the war. Even the killing of opponent soldier can be justified in some kind of philosophy but in no means and no where in the world killing of innocent civilian is justified in which these war criminals are guilty. They participated in mass genocide, raped Bangladeshi girls and kidnapped them to the Pakistani camp, killed our intellectuals and professionals. For all these heinous crimes they shouldn't be forgiven and forgotten from our list of hateful people.
  • Even their political and ideological view was a crime as they were not Pakistani but born Bengalis and by opposing the freedom of our nation they identify themselves as traitor and treason is considered as one of the most severe crime in anytime and any part of the world. We preserved the word "Mir Jafar" as a curse for 250 years and we will preserve the word "Razakar" as a curse too and there shouldn't be any question against that.
  • The people who says that we should move on and shouldn't dig out old matter just fails to realize that by saying so they are actually challenging the validity of our freedom fight and dishonoring all those martyr who gave their life for our freedom. If you don't want to recall the crime of those war criminals then why recall our freedom fight, what is the validity of our freedom fight when the most heinous enemy of the freedom is forgotten? This kind of question actually challenges the validity of preserving history. Preserving history as much accurate as possible is one of the most important things for a nation as we learn from the past and it's the past, it's the legend that encourages us to create a better future. A country can't develop without preserving its history and having a glorious one it's our duty to preserve it for our future generation. Just think about the damage that has been done to the generation growing up and damage that that will do to the upcoming generation. They are seeing enemies of our freedom as our government and no one is telling them how wrong it is and by learning it as a very normal thing what is the value of our freedom to them. Our freedom fight will be always questionable to them and we can't expect them to be patriotic and responsible for our nation.
  • Being a citizen of a people's republic we have every right to justify what's right or wrong going on our country. So, asking our right to justify razakars deeds while father of the nation forgave them is quite stupid, especially when this razakars are still harmful for the sovereignty of our people's republic. Most importantly considering the reasons, facts and truths I have already mentioned about the general amnesty and the rise of Jamat-E-Islami I believe everyone will agree that the existence of Jamat-E-Islami is nothing but a disgraceful chapter of our history. Again, considering truths, facts, reasons and problems, it doesn't matter what Sheikh Muzib or Zia did, what matters is what should be done and I believe everyone will agree that it wont be forgetting or forgiving war collaborators and Jamat-E-Islami.

I also believe that we should move on and by saying move on I mean development and for that not only we should focus on the process of "moving on" but also sorting out our enemies and obstacles that  stands against our "moving on". This is 21st century and for the sake of the development of our country and for the sake of its sovereign existence, old sectarian ideologies and institutions that once stood against humanity and our free existence and still trying and planning to pull back our process of "moving on" needs to be sorted out and then destroyed if needed. We should preserve the true history and value of our freedom fight and should participate in another fight for freedom against the old known enemy if needed to insure a better future for the upcoming generation. Let's take the same vow that once the great poet "Shukanto Vottacharjo" took by saying-

A newborn has come to the earth, and we have to leave our place for him.
In this worn-out world, with burdens of failure, death and ruin in our back,
We all have to leave.
We will leave, but as long as we live-
With all our strength. we will clean up filths from this world.
Before I leave, I will make this world habitable for him,
And that's my resolute promise to the newborn.

- Shukatno Vottacharjo

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Re: [chottala.com] CTG still the ANGEL

Well done......bravo..........Mr. Farid Hossain. I am with you. CTG has opened the eyes of ordinary Bangladeshi both at home and abroad.
 
Rgds............Sabur
 
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Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 12:20 AM
Subject: RE: [chottala.com] CTG still the ANGEL


My hats off to CTG for their courage to keep the two big Begums behind the bar. How can somebody forget the days before 1/11?
How can people forget the 'people' being killed by logi baita in pure daylight infront of hundred others? Where was your (the chamchas of BNP and AL) heart and brain.  Still you support those pecple who were untouchables for last thirty years. Now is the time .
'Jago Bangladesh'
 
Farid 


To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
From: uddowllahsiraj@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:51:17 -0700
Subject: [chottala.com] CTG still the ANGEL

Dear Moderator,
 
CTG is still angel to some blind supporters living abroad, not in Bangladesh...............mahathir of bd                   
 
'To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction'. --- Newton's third laws of motion. Practicable in our every spheres of life.
 
Before 1/11 what was going on in our country and those who were responsible to create all those situation, are now facing the consequences. exactly the same as opposite reaction for their ill activities. If CTG does anything wrong at this moment they will also have to face the same consequences as opposite reaction quoted by one of our learned writters of chottala 'dina khan'.  But there are some who don't like to wait upto that moment. 
 
As Bangladesh is now running smoothly since after 1/11, there are many who cannot sit peacefully in their house. They are always habituated of "Oshanto Poribesh in Bangladesh".  
 
We are staying outside for the time being, but CTG is still inside ruling the country sincerely by bringing all those culprits under trial and putting them behind the bar. Don't you feel comfotable now or feeling uncomfortable by being apart from close association of your friends in the jail detained for corruption.
 
People who live outside for the time being, are also Bangladeshi,  a patriotic Bangladeshi. It is due to their patriotic feeling still they are thinking for a peaceful Bangladesh and are still loyal to legal govt of CTG  by becoming a blind supporter, not behaving as an antistate elements.
 
Dr. Siraj uddowllah, Windsor, Canada. 


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[chottala.com] Politics of U-turn

Politics of U-turn


Mannan Bhuiyan's U-turn is very funny and has proved the fact that no one is braver today to reform the political parties for better exercise of democracy, speech of freedom and dynastic politics.
   Gopal Sengupta
   Canada

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[chottala.com] Carter says U.S. tortures prisoners

Carter says U.S. tortures prisoners

 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States tortures prisoners in violation of international law, former President Carter said Wednesday.
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Former President Carter says the U.S. "has abandoned the basic principle of human rights."

"I don't think it. I know it," Carter told CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

"Our country for the first time in my life time has abandoned the basic principle of human rights," Carter said. "We've said that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to those people in Abu Ghraib prison and Guantanamo, and we've said we can torture prisoners and deprive them of an accusation of a crime to which they are accused."

Carter also said President Bush creates his own definition of human rights.

Carter's comments come on the heels of an October 4 article in The New York Times disclosing the existence of secret Justice Department memorandums supporting the use of "harsh interrogation techniques." These include "head-slapping, simulated drowning and frigid temperatures," according to the Times.

The White House last week confirmed the existence of the documents but would not make them public.

Responding to the newspaper report Friday, Bush defended the techniques used, saying, "This government does not torture people."

Asked about Bush's comments, Carter said, "That's not an accurate statement if you use the international norms of torture as has always been honored -- certainly in the last 60 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was promulgated.

"But you can make your own definition of human rights and say we don't violate them, and you can make your own definition of torture and say we don't violate them." Video Watch Blitzer's interview with the former president »

After reading a transcript of Carter's remarks, a senior White House official said, "Our position is clear. We don't torture."

The official said, "It's just sad to hear a former president speak like that."

Carter also criticized some of the 2008 Republican presidential candidates, calling former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani "foolish" for his contention the United States should be open to use force on Iran.

"I hope that he doesn't become president and try to impose his conviction that we need to go to war with Iran," Carter said.

CNN was attempting to get a response from the Giuliani campaign.

The former president didn't spare the rest of the GOP field either.

"They all seem to be outdoing each other in who wants to go to war first with Iran, who wants to keep Guantanamo open longer and expand its capacity -- things of that kind," Carter said.

"They're competing with each other to appeal to the ultra-right-wing, war-mongering element in our country, which I think is the minority of our total population."

Carter declined to say which Republican candidate he feared the most.

"If I condemn one of them, it might escalate him to the top position in the Republican ranks," he said.

Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois also drew Carter's criticism for refusing recently to pledge to withdraw all troops from Iraq by the end of their first terms if they win the presidency in 2008.

"I disagree with their basic premise that we'll still be there; I think the American people want out," Carter said. "If there is an unforeseen development where Iraqi people request American presence over a period of time I think that would possibly be acceptable, but that's not my personal preference."  

CNN's Alexander Mooney contributed to this report.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/10/carter.torture/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

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Re: [chottala.com] CTG still the ANGEL

Sure they are!  I am sure CTG still the ANGEL if we compare last DEVIL government.
 
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Siraj uddowllah <uddowllahsiraj@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Moderator,
 
CTG is still angel to some blind supporters living abroad, not in Bangladesh...............mahathir of bd                   
 
'To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction'. --- Newton's third laws of motion. Practicable in our every spheres of life.
 
Before 1/11 what was going on in our country and those who were responsible to create all those situation, are now facing the consequences. exactly the same as opposite reaction for their ill activities. If CTG does anything wrong at this moment they will also have to face the same consequences as opposite reaction quoted by one of our learned writters of chottala 'dina khan'.  But there are some who don't like to wait upto that moment. 
 
As Bangladesh is now running smoothly since after 1/11, there are many who cannot sit peacefully in their house. They are always habituated of "Oshanto Poribesh in Bangladesh".  
 
We are staying outside for the time being, but CTG is still inside ruling the country sincerely by bringing all those culprits under trial and putting them behind the bar. Don't you feel comfotable now or feeling uncomfortable by being apart from close association of your friends in the jail detained for corruption.
 
People who live outside for the time being, are also Bangladeshi,  a patriotic Bangladeshi. It is due to their patriotic feeling still they are thinking for a peaceful Bangladesh and are still loyal to legal govt of CTG  by becoming a blind supporter, not behaving as an antistate elements.
 
Dr. Siraj uddowllah, Windsor, Canada. 


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[chottala.com] Use Caution With Your Work E-mail

Use Caution With Your Work E-mail
Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com writer

E-mail systems should come with a warning label: "Caution: Do not use e-mail without adult supervision."

Employees and employers alike make incorrect assumptions about e-mail usage in the workplace. Employees assume that because it's their work e-mail account, on their work computer, in their office space -- it's theirs. Employers presume the same, but vice versa.

Both parties are wrong.

"Employees have no rights to their e-mail," says Richard Cellini, vice president of Integrity Interactive, an ethics and compliance training firm. Everything from the computer to the office, even the chairs, belongs to the company, he says. "It doesn't matter what system you use, it matters where you're sitting when you use it. E-mail belongs to the employer, not the employee. We may not like that, but we need to be aware of that."

Likewise, the fact that some employees don't know their rights when it comes to e-mail at work might not be their fault. More than 10 percent of companies said they had no formal policy for acceptable use of e-mail, according to a 2007 survey conducted by Forrester Consulting for Proofpoint Inc., which provides e-mail security and data loss prevention solutions for organizations.

For those organizations that do have established guidelines, most are too long, complicated and legalistic for employees to understand, says Michael Overly, partner at Foley & Lardner, a California-based law firm.

"If employees can't understand the policy, they can't be held in breach of breaking the policy," he says.

Don't let your e-mail use get you in trouble at work. Follow Cellini's tips for employees using work e-mail.

"Mutual respect" is one of three large brackets that Cellini says companies worry about in regards to e-mail. Keeping that in mind, he discourages employees to use e-mail to:


  • Discriminate
  • Harass
  • Disparage
  • Make obscene or vulgar comments
  • Offend others

Or to discuss:


  • Race
  • Gender
  • Religion
  • Sexuality
  • Legality
  • Price-fixing with competitors

Dos and don'ts
Companies with e-mail abuse problems generally run into basic dos and don'ts as the main issue, Cellini says. Here are his top three for each:


  • Do ensure your e-mail is factual, accurate and specific
  • Don't create a document unnecessarily
  • Do expressly indicate opinions, estimates and assumptions
  • Don't disclose the company's proprietary or confidential information
  • Do ask whether the document needs to be written at all
  • Don't speculate about the potential legality of a situation

Questions to ask yourself before sending e-mail
If employees would stop to think about the content they are sending in an e-mail, they would avoid many problems, Cellini says. Ask yourself the following questions before hitting send:


  • Would I be comfortable if my e-mail appeared in the newspaper or on the Internet?
  • Would I be comfortable if my comments were quoted out of context?
  • Does my e-mail reflect positively on the company? On me?

Suffer the consequences
The negative impacts of e-mail can be severe, ranging from destruction of important relationships (personal and business) to termination or criminal/legal liabilities, Cellini says. Here are a few of the possibilities for e-mail policy violations:


  • Warning
  • Formal written reprimand
  • Mandatory counseling
  • Termination of employment
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RE: [chottala.com] CTG still the ANGEL


My hats off to CTG for their courage to keep the two big Begums behind the bar. How can somebody forget the days before 1/11?
How can people forget the 'people' being killed by logi baita in pure daylight infront of hundred others? Where was your (the chamchas of BNP and AL) heart and brain.  Still you support those pecple who were untouchables for last thirty years. Now is the time .
'Jago Bangladesh'
 
Farid 


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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:51:17 -0700
Subject: [chottala.com] CTG still the ANGEL

Dear Moderator,
 
CTG is still angel to some blind supporters living abroad, not in Bangladesh...............mahathir of bd                   
 
'To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction'. --- Newton's third laws of motion. Practicable in our every spheres of life.
 
Before 1/11 what was going on in our country and those who were responsible to create all those situation, are now facing the consequences. exactly the same as opposite reaction for their ill activities. If CTG does anything wrong at this moment they will also have to face the same consequences as opposite reaction quoted by one of our learned writters of chottala 'dina khan'.  But there are some who don't like to wait upto that moment. 
 
As Bangladesh is now running smoothly since after 1/11, there are many who cannot sit peacefully in their house. They are always habituated of "Oshanto Poribesh in Bangladesh".  
 
We are staying outside for the time being, but CTG is still inside ruling the country sincerely by bringing all those culprits under trial and putting them behind the bar. Don't you feel comfotable now or feeling uncomfortable by being apart from close association of your friends in the jail detained for corruption.
 
People who live outside for the time being, are also Bangladeshi,  a patriotic Bangladeshi. It is due to their patriotic feeling still they are thinking for a peaceful Bangladesh and are still loyal to legal govt of CTG  by becoming a blind supporter, not behaving as an antistate elements.
 
Dr. Siraj uddowllah, Windsor, Canada. 


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[chottala.com] Chemistry Nobel Prize goes to surface chemist German Gerhard Ertl

Chemistry Nobel Prize goes to surface chemist German Gerhard Ertl

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has gone to German Gerhard Ertl for groundbreaking surface chemistry work that helped us understand why iron rusts how fuel cells function and how the catalysts in our cars work.

 

 
Gerhard Ertl takes the Chemistry Nobel Proze for his work on surface chemistry
In the 1960s Gerhard Ertl was one of the first to see the potential of new processes developed in the semiconductor industry. Step by step he created a methodology for surface chemistry by demonstrating how different experimental procedures can be used to provide a complete picture of a surface reaction.

Ertl founded an experimental school of thought by showing how reliable results can be attained in this difficult area of research. His insights have provided the scientific basis of modern surface chemistry - his methodology is used in both academic research and the industrial development of chemical processes.

This science requires advanced high-vacuum experimental equipment as the aim is to observe how individual layers of atoms and molecules behave on the extremely pure surface of a metal, for instance.

The approach developed by Ertl is based not least on his studies of the Haber-Bosch process, in which nitrogen is extracted from the air for inclusion in artificial fertilisers. This reaction, which functions using an iron surface as its catalyst, has enormous economic significance because the availability of nitrogen for growing plants is often restricted. Ertl has also studied the oxidation of carbon monoxide on platinum, a reaction that takes place in the catalyst of cars to clean exhaust emissions.
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[chottala.com] Bangladesh and its Abnormal Price Hike in Milk Prices

Bangladesh and its Abnormal Price Hike in Milk Prices

Follies abound in Bangladesh and none can tell where the next round
of absurdity will hit the ground in Bangladesh. This Eid and Puja
season the center stage has been stolen by grandiose escalation of
milk prices. The unfolding story of skyrocketed milk prices gives me
the temptation to become granivorous (feeding on grains only).

Milk prices have gone up 17% over the last 10 days in a bizarre
twist of turns. I am joining the Consumer Association of Bangladesh
for real this time and going to seriously work to right-size this
uncalled for situation and work as a pressure group so that
accidental price swings do not surprise Bangladesh. Let us all join
the consumer movement in Bangladesh and work to keep the corporation
in line here in Bangladesh.

This is simply tasteless where to my mind all the multinationals and
locals ( NESTLE, NEW ZEALAND, DANO, Daily, Aarong, Milk vita) have
colluded. It is senseless greed that has gripped them in this Eid
and Puja season. I am requesting all to put up your voices against
this onslaught of corporate greed. I am inclined to request all to
venture into seriously boycotting drinking milk for a week (which
may sound impossible but no harm in trying).

This is oligopoly has to stop. I also want to see the Government
doing the right job by penalizing these greedy organizations and
levy serious sanctions against them. Additionally, I would request
the SEC to force them to sell their shares in the public or else
cease and desist. These corporations have had their jolly ride in
skimming too much profit that they had never ventured to share with
the local public. In other words, they are seriously deficient in
their stakeholder management and all of this is going on under the
nose of the government. I would request the Government wake from
slumber and start their drives to bring these corporations to open
up to the markets of Bangladeshi citizens.

Coming back to the issue of outrageous commodity price movements,
the people of Bangladesh cannot be robbed just because we are
dependant on Milk or other products for that matter. We shall not
drink milk for the next few weeks and make you the cheating
corporates understand the will of the public and humble you to
reduce your prices to levels lower than before or else force you to
pack bags and leave the corporate world. We need sensitive, law
abiding corporations with positive social responsibility. We do not
need cheating and conniving corporates that eat on people's
innocence. Just imagine how many poor children's nutrition you are
robbing by skimming above normal profits and you can yourselves
civilized corporate citizens. Shame on you.

Enough damage has been made and we need to fight back otherwise we
will be devoured in the long run - our existence threatened.

The only practical reason for raising the prices would be if the
world market prices had indeed shot up. I think that is a distant
possibility and, therefore, I would also volunteer the ACC to dig
into this syndicate of milk supply chain. The dealers of these
corporations may also be involved in this heinous spiraling of milk
prices.

If you feel that I have raised valid points then please pass on this
email to others and request others to do the same. It is our humble
attempt at showing our discontentment and frustrations at
controlling the markets for greed at sensitive national festivities
( Eid and Puja). The Government should take note that its popularity
also depends to a great extent on keeping prices within tolerable
limits, especially on staple products like Milk, Rice, Wheat, Oil,
etc. I would also request my friends in the press to carry on their
investigations and bring out into the public the real reasons for
this violent price surge and, if indeed some vested quarters are
involved, then let the public and the government take them to task.
A small punishment cannot be justified in this case; we, as the
public, need to see exemplary punishment for these wrongdoers so
that Bangladesh do not experience such a specter in the comings days
and years or at least send the signal that this price fixing will be
dealt with severely if found guilty. Finally, please let us all work
together to come out of the grips of a few for the welfare of all
and, in this journey, we need every decent citizen's moral
commitment.

Ziaur Rahman
CEO
IITM


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