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Re: [chottala.com] Israelis are better than Pakistanis and Jamati....War Criminals of 1971

As we all say, truth will come out one day. Gen. Sawkat Ali finally acknowledged this week in the talk show that during the time of Bangabhandu the people various legal steps were taken and war criminals like Nizami was in jail. However, it was ZIA who freed all criminals from jail. Later, some of them became ministers and our lords....The freedom fighters, in some cases, were put into jail by those criminal ministers.
 
How could you support Mannan Bhuiyan who distorted the histroy of our liberation war?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
On 11/2/07, naderchowdhury <naderchowdhury@yahoo.com> wrote:

Recently we start discussing about 71 war criminals as they are not
repenting for their action in the war.
Sometimes I feel that Israelis are much better than Pakistanis and
Jamati war criminals. Let me clarify why I am saying that. Have you
ever heard any Palestinian women raped by Israeli solders? I never
heard of that. Israelis are fighting with the Palestinians since
1948 for their own existence. They also have upper hand in every war
but I find they never lost moral values in the way Pakistani and
their Jamati friend lost in 71 war.

Only by this one point I find Jews are much better than rapist
nation Pakistani and their collaborator Jamati.

Nader Chowdhury

--- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, Abdul Momen <syl.boston@...> wrote:
>
> War Criminals of 1971: Time to Take Action
> Dr. Abdul Momen*
> It is highly misleading that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
government pardoned all the war criminals and he did nothing during
his `war ravaged reconstruction period'. The fact shows otherwise.
In fact, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman government started
prosecuting the perpetrators of 'crime against humanity' or 'war
criminals' immediately after independence and he also passed the
Collaborators Act (1972) and the International Crime Act of 1973
that barred re-entry of any collaborators to Bangladesh. Sheikh
Mujib promulgated the Special Tribunal Order on January 24, 1972 (PO
No 8 of 1972) after 14 days of his return from Pakistani jail to try
those Pakistani collaborators/Razakers/Al-Badrs and other stooges of
the Pakistani army. Under this order he arrested 37,000
collaborators amidst of strong opposition by left-leaning journalist
like Enayetullah Khan [see his write-up titled '75 million
Collaborators', the Holiday, 1972]. Out of
> them as no grievous criminal charges were filed against 26,000,
therefore they were pardoned and released in a general amnesty.
However, nearly 800 cases were completed and given jail sentences.
Another 11,000 were in jail including Nizami, Abbas Ali Khan of the
Jamat-e-Islam Party (JI), and their prosecution was at various
stages of completion. In addition, those that were involved
in `crime against humanity' and against Bangladesh, they were denied
of Bangladesh nationality and passport.
> On November 4, 1972 all religion-based politics were abolished as
per sections 12 and 38 of the Bangladesh Constitution of 1972.
> Unfortunately, when General Ziaur Rahman, a valiant Mukti-judda
emerged as a `strong man' in 1975, he abrogated the Collaborators
Act and released all the prisoners including those that were
sentenced. For political/ personal reasons he allowed religion-
based parties to operate and started reinstating and rehabilitating
them. No wonder, those who were guilty of `crime against humanity'
and collaboration with enemy (Pakistan) state started returning from
abroad especially Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and they were given
Bangladesh citizenship and passport. Example, Golam Azam of the JI
Party.
> On those days I was working with the Bangladesh government and
many individuals and their relatives that had no Bangladesh passport
approached us for consideration. However, once General Zia took
over, all of them were issued Bangladesh passport or `travel
documents' to return to Bangladesh.
> It is sad that few vested quarters including Abdul Mannan Bhuiya,
the ousted BNP Secretary General and current Law Advisor Barrister
Moinul Hussein are misleading the public and the nation by stating
that Sheikh Mujib pardoned them or shifting the responsibility by
blaming why they did not prosecute them. In fact, Sheikh Mujib
started the prosecution and he pardoned only those that did not have
criminal cases against them. He did not pardon those (Razakers, Al-
badr or Al-Shams) that had `criminal cases' and those that
committed `crime against humanity or war criminals' such as rape,
murder, and the like. Thousands of criminals were in prison during
his time; however, many were absconding abroad including Golam Azam,
the leader of the JI party and they were involved in anti-state
activities abroad. He did not get time to complete the prosecution
because of abrupt massacre.
> After the massacre of Sheikh Mujib and his family plus his closed
associates; Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmed, Acting President Syed
Nazrul Islam, Secretary General AHM Qamruzzaman and Home Minister
Monsur Ali, the founders of independent and sovereign Bangladesh in
1975, one after another civil-military-technocratic or cantonment-
based governments ruled the country basically till 1996. In 1996,
when pro-people and pro-liberation government of Sheikh Hasina came
to power after 21 years with marginal votes; it neither could
reinstate the Collaborators Act nor could revive the original
constitution of 1972. Secondly, it followed `judicial process and
rule of law' and therefore, it did not set up any `kangaroo court or
special tribunal' to prosecute the criminals. One can debate that
as a weakness of the Hasina government or not.
> Therefore, it failed to punish the war criminals and the
culprits. But that does not justify that the criminals of `crime
against humanity' or war criminals should not face justice. It
would be unfair if they are allowed to go free or untouched.
Fortunately, now is an opportune moment to revive the clause
that `no religion-based political party can register or contest in
Bangladesh election' and those found guilty of `crime against
humanity' to be fully prosecuted. Unless the criminals and
murderers are fully prosecuted, you can neither establish `rule of
law' nor can stop political killing in Bangladesh.
> More importantly, the International Crime Act of 1973 of
Bangladesh is still active and Article 47, Section 3 of the Act
allows trial of war criminals. Therefore, the military-backed
government of Fakhruddin Ahmed that has started many essential
reforms can try the war criminals and punish them provided it has
the mindset and commitment. It is unfortunate that its Law Advisor
is trying to guillotine the golden opportunity.
> Secondly, Islami activist S. A. Hannan, a retired bureaucrat
following the JI party line of argument tried to mislead the public
by stating that there was `no genocide' in East Pakistan in 1971.
> Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of an
ethnic, religious or national group. While precise definition varies
among genocide scholars, the legal definition of it is found in the
1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of
the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG). Article 2 of the CPPCG defines
genocide as "any of the following acts committed with intent to
destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or
religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing
serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately
inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring
about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing
measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly
transferring children of the group to another group."[1]
>
> In 1971 the Pakistan occupation army plus their collaborators like
the Jamat-e-Islam, the Islami Chatra Sangho (currently renamed
Islami Chatra Shibir) and their militant killing squads; the Al-Badr
and the Al-Shams tried their utmost to apprehend and kill those that
demand an `independent Bangladesh'. Since majority of Bengali
speaking East Pakistanis (Sheikh Mujib got 167 out of 169 seats in
East Pakistan) or ethnic group favored an independent Bangladesh,
they waged a war with intent to destroy that ethnic group. The Pak
army systematically opened fire on un-armed masses of Bengali ethnic
group on the midnight of March 25th 1971 indiscriminately resulting
which, as per various reports 19,000 to 25,000 Bengali ethnic people
died on that dark night alone and over a period of 10 months, 3
million reportedly killed, 30 million were dislodged from their
homes and 10 million had to take refuge in neighboring India due to
cleansing operation, fear and
> repression. As per global ranking, Bangladesh genocide is second
to that of Nazi genocide of Jews.
>
> In order to cripple the whole `bangali nationalism and nationhood'
the Pak army in collaboration with the Jamat-e-Islam and few other
such parties and their affiliates systematically and calculatedly
murder the Bengali intellectuals, writers, doctors, journalists,
educators and their political leadership. In addition, in order to
cleanse the society of Hindu population, the Pak army and its
collaborators calculatedly killed and/or uprooted them. No wonder,
over 10 million East Pakistanis (out of 75 million) mostly Hindu
minority took shelter in the neighboring India.
>
> When Pak army captured me on April 20, 1971, they tested me
whether I could recite `kolema or shada' (the 1st pillar of Muslim
faith) and then they checked whether I had my circumcision, a symbol
of being Muslim in the subcontinent. In addition, when the army
forced us to lead them in their operations, they repeatedly asked
two questions; find `Mukti' (liberation fighter) and Hindu. If such
are reported, they would immediately open their fire, weapons and
mortars. Such is a testimony of cleansing of a religious group, a
clear evidence of genocide.
>
> Professor Abdul Momen, Boston, October 29, 2007
>
>
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[chottala.com] Israelis are better than Pakistanis and Jamati....War Criminals of 1971

Recently we start discussing about 71 war criminals as they are not
repenting for their action in the war.
Sometimes I feel that Israelis are much better than Pakistanis and
Jamati war criminals. Let me clarify why I am saying that. Have you
ever heard any Palestinian women raped by Israeli solders? I never
heard of that. Israelis are fighting with the Palestinians since
1948 for their own existence. They also have upper hand in every war
but I find they never lost moral values in the way Pakistani and
their Jamati friend lost in 71 war.

Only by this one point I find Jews are much better than rapist
nation Pakistani and their collaborator Jamati.

Nader Chowdhury

--- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, Abdul Momen <syl.boston@...> wrote:
>
> War Criminals of 1971: Time to Take Action
> Dr. Abdul Momen*
> It is highly misleading that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
government pardoned all the war criminals and he did nothing during
his `war ravaged reconstruction period'. The fact shows otherwise.
In fact, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman government started
prosecuting the perpetrators of 'crime against humanity' or 'war
criminals' immediately after independence and he also passed the
Collaborators Act (1972) and the International Crime Act of 1973
that barred re-entry of any collaborators to Bangladesh. Sheikh
Mujib promulgated the Special Tribunal Order on January 24, 1972 (PO
No 8 of 1972) after 14 days of his return from Pakistani jail to try
those Pakistani collaborators/Razakers/Al-Badrs and other stooges of
the Pakistani army. Under this order he arrested 37,000
collaborators amidst of strong opposition by left-leaning journalist
like Enayetullah Khan [see his write-up titled '75 million
Collaborators', the Holiday, 1972]. Out of
> them as no grievous criminal charges were filed against 26,000,
therefore they were pardoned and released in a general amnesty.
However, nearly 800 cases were completed and given jail sentences.
Another 11,000 were in jail including Nizami, Abbas Ali Khan of the
Jamat-e-Islam Party (JI), and their prosecution was at various
stages of completion. In addition, those that were involved
in `crime against humanity' and against Bangladesh, they were denied
of Bangladesh nationality and passport.
> On November 4, 1972 all religion-based politics were abolished as
per sections 12 and 38 of the Bangladesh Constitution of 1972.
> Unfortunately, when General Ziaur Rahman, a valiant Mukti-judda
emerged as a `strong man' in 1975, he abrogated the Collaborators
Act and released all the prisoners including those that were
sentenced. For political/ personal reasons he allowed religion-
based parties to operate and started reinstating and rehabilitating
them. No wonder, those who were guilty of `crime against humanity'
and collaboration with enemy (Pakistan) state started returning from
abroad especially Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and they were given
Bangladesh citizenship and passport. Example, Golam Azam of the JI
Party.
> On those days I was working with the Bangladesh government and
many individuals and their relatives that had no Bangladesh passport
approached us for consideration. However, once General Zia took
over, all of them were issued Bangladesh passport or `travel
documents' to return to Bangladesh.
> It is sad that few vested quarters including Abdul Mannan Bhuiya,
the ousted BNP Secretary General and current Law Advisor Barrister
Moinul Hussein are misleading the public and the nation by stating
that Sheikh Mujib pardoned them or shifting the responsibility by
blaming why they did not prosecute them. In fact, Sheikh Mujib
started the prosecution and he pardoned only those that did not have
criminal cases against them. He did not pardon those (Razakers, Al-
badr or Al-Shams) that had `criminal cases' and those that
committed `crime against humanity or war criminals' such as rape,
murder, and the like. Thousands of criminals were in prison during
his time; however, many were absconding abroad including Golam Azam,
the leader of the JI party and they were involved in anti-state
activities abroad. He did not get time to complete the prosecution
because of abrupt massacre.
> After the massacre of Sheikh Mujib and his family plus his closed
associates; Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmed, Acting President Syed
Nazrul Islam, Secretary General AHM Qamruzzaman and Home Minister
Monsur Ali, the founders of independent and sovereign Bangladesh in
1975, one after another civil-military-technocratic or cantonment-
based governments ruled the country basically till 1996. In 1996,
when pro-people and pro-liberation government of Sheikh Hasina came
to power after 21 years with marginal votes; it neither could
reinstate the Collaborators Act nor could revive the original
constitution of 1972. Secondly, it followed `judicial process and
rule of law' and therefore, it did not set up any `kangaroo court or
special tribunal' to prosecute the criminals. One can debate that
as a weakness of the Hasina government or not.
> Therefore, it failed to punish the war criminals and the
culprits. But that does not justify that the criminals of `crime
against humanity' or war criminals should not face justice. It
would be unfair if they are allowed to go free or untouched.
Fortunately, now is an opportune moment to revive the clause
that `no religion-based political party can register or contest in
Bangladesh election' and those found guilty of `crime against
humanity' to be fully prosecuted. Unless the criminals and
murderers are fully prosecuted, you can neither establish `rule of
law' nor can stop political killing in Bangladesh.
> More importantly, the International Crime Act of 1973 of
Bangladesh is still active and Article 47, Section 3 of the Act
allows trial of war criminals. Therefore, the military-backed
government of Fakhruddin Ahmed that has started many essential
reforms can try the war criminals and punish them provided it has
the mindset and commitment. It is unfortunate that its Law Advisor
is trying to guillotine the golden opportunity.
> Secondly, Islami activist S. A. Hannan, a retired bureaucrat
following the JI party line of argument tried to mislead the public
by stating that there was `no genocide' in East Pakistan in 1971.
> Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of an
ethnic, religious or national group. While precise definition varies
among genocide scholars, the legal definition of it is found in the
1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of
the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG). Article 2 of the CPPCG defines
genocide as "any of the following acts committed with intent to
destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or
religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing
serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately
inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring
about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing
measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly
transferring children of the group to another group."[1]
>
> In 1971 the Pakistan occupation army plus their collaborators like
the Jamat-e-Islam, the Islami Chatra Sangho (currently renamed
Islami Chatra Shibir) and their militant killing squads; the Al-Badr
and the Al-Shams tried their utmost to apprehend and kill those that
demand an `independent Bangladesh'. Since majority of Bengali
speaking East Pakistanis (Sheikh Mujib got 167 out of 169 seats in
East Pakistan) or ethnic group favored an independent Bangladesh,
they waged a war with intent to destroy that ethnic group. The Pak
army systematically opened fire on un-armed masses of Bengali ethnic
group on the midnight of March 25th 1971 indiscriminately resulting
which, as per various reports 19,000 to 25,000 Bengali ethnic people
died on that dark night alone and over a period of 10 months, 3
million reportedly killed, 30 million were dislodged from their
homes and 10 million had to take refuge in neighboring India due to
cleansing operation, fear and
> repression. As per global ranking, Bangladesh genocide is second
to that of Nazi genocide of Jews.
>
> In order to cripple the whole `bangali nationalism and nationhood'
the Pak army in collaboration with the Jamat-e-Islam and few other
such parties and their affiliates systematically and calculatedly
murder the Bengali intellectuals, writers, doctors, journalists,
educators and their political leadership. In addition, in order to
cleanse the society of Hindu population, the Pak army and its
collaborators calculatedly killed and/or uprooted them. No wonder,
over 10 million East Pakistanis (out of 75 million) mostly Hindu
minority took shelter in the neighboring India.
>
> When Pak army captured me on April 20, 1971, they tested me
whether I could recite `kolema or shada' (the 1st pillar of Muslim
faith) and then they checked whether I had my circumcision, a symbol
of being Muslim in the subcontinent. In addition, when the army
forced us to lead them in their operations, they repeatedly asked
two questions; find `Mukti' (liberation fighter) and Hindu. If such
are reported, they would immediately open their fire, weapons and
mortars. Such is a testimony of cleansing of a religious group, a
clear evidence of genocide.
>
> Professor Abdul Momen, Boston, October 29, 2007
>
>
>
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Re: [chottala.com] Criminals are always criminals whether in civil war or non civil war ..S A Hannan's "civil war" theory is a cover up attempt in support of Jamaate Islami.

Before declaration of Independence it was no doubt may be called civil war or civil fighting but after the declaration of Independence it was not civil war it was fighting for Independence of Bangladesh. It was real war between 2 countries Pakistan & Bangladesh.
All should remember that India came forward to help Bangladesh freedom fighting force after admitting Bangladesh as a separate country not as part of Pakistan & to the war fighting between 2 countries Pakistan & Bangladesh.
Criminals are always criminals whether in civil war or non civil war.
For establishing humanity & human right all ( criminals either in civil war or real war) should come under proper judicial trial.  

Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
 S A Hannan's "civil war" theory is a cover up attempt in support of Jamaate Islami.
 
 On 10 April 1971 Mujibnagar Government was established and People's
Republic of Bangladesh was formally proclaimed. After that day Pakistan's
Army became an Occupation Army in all legal, moral and practical points
of view. Throughout 1971, the Jamaat-e-Islami was a collaborator to a foreign
occupation army. Jamaat collaborated with the occupation forces, the
perpetrators of murderous genocide of Bangali people and collective
rape of Bengali women.
 
As such S A Hannan's "civil war" theory is just an attempt to cover up
Jamaat's misdeeds in 1971.
 
Syed Aslam
 
 
 
 

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[chottala.com] Now the situation is ok and what the Pak army is doing it's right.

Dear Moderator,
 
Jamaat-E-Islami was one type of collaborator in 1971 liberation war about which the present hot debate is going on.
 
The other  type of collaborators were Biharis, the Indian migrator entered in mass in Bangladesh wearing a loin cloth and a bag on their shoulder after the creation of Pakistan in 1947 . They took part with the Pakistani army in killing the Bengalees, looting,  raping, and what not. These Biharis now in the repatration camp waiting to go to Pakistan for the last 36 years. But Pakistan still hesitate to accept them knowing their past history of trouble making policy especially in Karachi.
 
What S.A. Hannan told with his Jamaat mentality about Chittagong incidents in 1971 is not fully true. Bengalees at that time were doing procession in the street demanding to give power to Bangabandhu who won the election with overwhelming majority in 1970's election. 
 
Biharis always used to think themselves as a sepatate entity from Bengalees in favour of Pakistan. These Biharis with the instigation of Pakistanis used to throw hand grenade and cocktail in the Bengali procession killing Bengalees. In reparcation Bengalees also started killing Biharis.. Again in reparcation Biharis stopped a Nazirhat bound train near Bihari colony in Nasirabad wirelss colony area and the passengers (Bengali) from the train they made them completely out of the train and slaughter them as a whole. Stiil that area of Wireless colony is cordoned where one can  find the skull and bone of those innocent Bengalee victims slaughtered by the Biharis at that time. 
 
Dr. Siraj uddowllah, Windsor, Canada.

 
 
"Now the situation is ok and what the Pak army is doing it's right." -  S.A. Hannan said  in 1971
 
Source:
Dr Quamrul Hassan
Source:
 
Read below:


Dear All:

I want to tell you some things.My father and Mr.Hannan's father in law were classmate
and they worked in the same office. During our liberation war in 1971 we lived in the same area
of Dhaka. After March 25/1971 our family was very anxious about my elder sister and her
family.That time she was in chittagong and near about a month we didn't get any news. In
April,1971 my father's classmate and colleague (Mr.Hannan's father in law) went chittagong to
visit his daughter and son in law (Mr.Hannan). That time Mr.Hannan was working in chittagong.

When my father's colleague returned from chittagong my father and mother both went to his home to  know about Chittagong's situation. He told my parents his son in law ( Mr.Hannan) told that Bengali peoples did cruel things. They killed the local Biharies, hit them at their heads by 10'' break openly at the street. "Now the situation is ok and what the Pak army is doing it's right."

Unfortunately this man was secretary of Bangladesh Govt. and invited by journalist at our TV
talk show . What could you expect from him?
 
Dr. Hassan MD.
 

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[chottala.com] Election fix? Switzerland Tests Quantum Cryptography

Election fix? Switzerland Tests Quantum Cryptography

Swiss officials will scramble vote data at one gigabit per second to determine whether this experiment lead to more reliable elections
By Larry Greenemeier 
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  During Switzerland's upcoming national elections, officials will use quantum cryptography to secure the network linking its ballot data entry center to the government repository where votes are stored.

Quantum cryptography, which relies on the laws of physics to ensure that encoded messages can be deciphered only by those authorized to do so, has for years promised to deliver encryption far stronger than the public key infrastructures (PKI) more commonly used today. Trouble is, there are few, if any, documented uses of this quantum technology outside of lab settings.

But this is about to change: On Sunday during Switzerland's national elections officials in Geneva will use quantum cryptography to secure the network linking their ballot data entry center to the government repository where votes are stored. Quantum cryptography relies on a highly secure exchange of the keys used to encrypt and decrypt data between a sender and a receiver, and Swiss election officials' confidence that this technology is ready for prime time will provide a strong tailwind for a technology still in its adolescence.
 
"This occasion marks quantum technology's real-world debut," says University of Geneva professor Nicolas Gisin. "This is the first time this is being done for a real customer who's using real data."

Indeed, researchers at the university, along with id Quantique, SA, a quantum encryption technology provider spun off by the school, are hoping the elections will provide much-needed momentum for their pilot quantum communications network called the SwissQuantum project. Headed by Gisin, with support from the Swiss National Science Foundation's National Center of Competence in Quantum Photonics Research, SwissQuantum is expected to provide an additional outlet for working out the kinks that have prevented wider use of quantum encryption technology.

Although Swiss citizens will vote using a paper ballot, information about the number of votes will be keyed into computers after the polls close. That is where the 100,000 euro ($140,000) id Quantique encryption system kicks in, scrambling the data at the blazing-fast speed of one gigabit per second and sending it from those computers to a data center run by the university's center for information technology.

With quantum encryption, the sender encodes the encryption key on an individual quantum particle, such as a photon or electron, and sends that particle via a fiber-optic line to its destination. Information about key characteristics of the particle—such as its size or level of polarization—is sent to the destination as well. If the particle that arrives is distorted in any way, it is discarded and another key is sent. This protects quantum encryption and quantum key distribution from third-party eavesdropping because a particle cannot be intercepted without changing its quantum state.

"Quantum key distribution is used as a novel method to exchange between two people a key that is then used to encrypt a message," says Jonathan Habif, a research scientist with BBN Technologies in Cambridge, Mass., a company that in 2003 worked with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create the world's first quantum key distribution network. "You're not transmitting a message, but rather an encryption key. The beauty of quantum key distribution is it gives you a method to exchange keys with a security method that is rooted in the laws of physics."

Quantum encryption's chief impediment has been its inability to send information great distances. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and Albion College in Michigan generated and transmitted secret quantum keys over 185 kilometers (115 miles) of fiber-optic cable during an experiment last year—the farthest such information has traveled. The first experimental quantum encryption prototype, created in 1991, was able to send information a mere 32 centimeters ( 12.6 inches).

The quantum encryption work being done in Switzerland will be an important learning experience, particularly because the technology is still in its early stages of development, Habif says. Quantum key distribution systems available today work only over short distances and require an exponential amount of computing and network resources as that distance grows. "If you give the field five to 10 years, you will see the beginnings of a scalable quantum key distribution system," he says, adding that a quantum signal cannot be amplified today because a repeater would destroy the photons and the data they carry as it inspects the photons. "You need a quantum repeater that will preserve the fidelity of the quantum information as it moves through the network." Of course, the presence of such a repeater could also weaken the sanctity of the encrypted transmission if the fiber-optic network is not properly secured.

Skeptics say that although the Swiss government's plan to demonstrate quantum cryptography is interesting, it is not likely to vastly improve the integrity of elections. "This makes no positive contribution to voting security or trustworthiness," says David Dill, a Stanford University professor of computer science and founder of the Verified Voting Foundation, a nonprofit organization pushing for the implementation of voting processes that can more easily be verified and audited. "The transmission of vote data to the central server is really one of the lesser issues. To the extent that that's a problem, it can be adequately solved at less cost and risk using conventional cryptography."

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http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=B8D30E4D-EB17-3CA6-CD5EB607DC6C0192&chanID=sa007

Cryptography secures Swiss elections
Optics.org, UK - Oct 29, 2007
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The Swiss general elections this Sunday, for example, are set to use quantum cryptography

 

 

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[chottala.com] S A Hannan's "civil war" theory is a cover up attempt in support of Jamaate Islami.

 S A Hannan's "civil war" theory is a cover up attempt in support of Jamaate Islami.
 
 On 10 April 1971 Mujibnagar Government was established and People's
Republic of Bangladesh was formally proclaimed. After that day Pakistan's
Army became an Occupation Army in all legal, moral and practical points
of view. Throughout 1971, the Jamaat-e-Islami was a collaborator to a foreign
occupation army. Jamaat collaborated with the occupation forces, the
perpetrators of murderous genocide of Bangali people and collective
rape of Bengali women.
 
As such S A Hannan's "civil war" theory is just an attempt to cover up
Jamaat's misdeeds in 1971.
 
Syed Aslam
 
 
 
 
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[chottala.com] "Now the situation is ok and what the Pak army is doing it's right." - S.A. Hannan in 1971

 
 
"Now the situation is ok and what the Pak army is doing it's right." -  S.A. Hannan said  in 1971
 
Source:
Dr Quamrul Hassan
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Dear All:

I want to tell you some things.My father and Mr.Hannan's father in law were classmate
and they worked in the same office. During our liberation war in 1971 we lived in the same area
of Dhaka. After March 25/1971 our family was very anxious about my elder sister and her
family.That time she was in chittagong and near about a month we didn't get any news. In
April,1971 my father's classmate and colleague (Mr.Hannan's father in law) went chittagong to
visit his daughter and son in law (Mr.Hannan). That time Mr.Hannan was working in chittagong.

When my father's colleague returned from chittagong my father and mother both went to his home to  know about Chittagong's situation. He told my parents his son in law ( Mr.Hannan) told that Bengali peoples did cruel things. They killed the local Biharies, hit them at their heads by 10'' break openly at the street. "Now the situation is ok and what the Pak army is doing it's right."

Unfortunately this man was secretary of Bangladesh Govt. and invited by journalist at our TV
talk show . What could you expect from him?
 
Dr. Hassan MD.
 
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[chottala.com] At Harvard Gen. Moeen accused of crackdown on academic freedom - The Harvard Crimson [At KSG, General Draws Fire]

  The Harvard Crimson :: Harvard's Daily Newspaper Since 1873
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At KSG, General Draws Fire
 
Bangladeshi military chief accused of crackdown on academic freedom
 
Published On Tuesday, October 30, 2007  12:38 AM
 
Crimson Staff Writer

 
 
The chief of the Bangladeshi military, who took part in a two-day session at the Kennedy School of Government last week, has come under fire from scholars who claim that his armed forces have been responsible for a crackdown on academic freedom at the nation's universities.

Gen. Moeen U Ahmed, who also participated in a Kennedy School executive education course in 2002, is being criticized for crackdowns at Bangladesh's Rajshahi University and its flagship institution, the University of Dhaka.

The crackdowns have included the arrests of at least four academics at Dhaka and eight at Rajshahi, with allegations that they have been tortured, according to The Daily Star, the largest English-language newspaper in Bangladesh.

Emran Qureshi, a fellow at the Law School's Labor and Worklife Program, criticized the Kennedy School for closing Moeen's visit to the public and the press.

"He should be allowed to speak, but it should have been public so that critics of their policy could have aired their thoughts," Qureshi said in a phone interview yesterday. "It is incredibly ironic that at the very moment he speaks at Harvard University, he is presiding over an unprecedented crackdown on Bangladeshi academic institutions. It boggles the mind."

The Kennedy School's Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, which hosted Ahmed, said in a statement last week that the sessions were closed to the press in order to "allow for frank, free and meaningful discussion." An institute spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment.

Moeen had meetings on governmental reform and restoring democracy in Bangladesh during his two-day stay here, the statement said.

The arrests at the Bangladesh universities were in response to protests following an August incident in which soldiers attacked a student who was blocking their view of a soccer match.

"The demonstrations taking place in Bangladesh come after eight months of repressive emergency rule, which has restricted the rights to protest and fails to respect basic due process rights," the watchdog organization Human Rights Watch said in a report .

Bangladesh declared a state of emergency in January 2007, with Moeen deploying the armed forces to end riots in the nation's major cities. The military-backed provisional government that has ruled Bangladesh since January will leave office in December 2008, Moeen has said.

—Staff writer Paras D. Bhayani can be reached at pbhayani@fas.harvard.edu.
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[chottala.com] Who Says Intelligence threaten to kill BNP Secretary?

Yes, Mr. Curzon, I also partly agree with you on some points.

 

Ex Finance minister & senior BNP leader - M Saifur Rahman & recently selected as Acting Chairman of BNP by BNP standing committee - is also a notorious corrupt & criminal -  financially, politically & morally (worse than the criminal, mentioned by you, Khondakar Delwar & his two notorious sons)

 

We know part or some of the "black" history of corrupt Saifur Rahman, now acting chairman of BNP from the newspapers reports (including anti Awami League news papers).

 

To know about his 'BAGAN BARI', deep tubewell, road by LGED, plantation by Forest Deptt & his other corruptions, please read the lead news published in the Daily Prothom Alo of 24.06.07
 

 

To know about his 36 Cores BDT in bank Account of Saifur Rahman, please read the news published in the daily Amadershomoy of 27.06.07 :

 

http://amadershomoy.com/news.php?id=177394&sys=3

 

Saifur Rahman was crazy for naming all organization in his & his wife's name. He named many existing & new organisation in his name.

 

But Saifur had uttered most objectionable and rubbish comments about 1st (acting) President of Bangladesh and ex Civil Service officer of Pakistan and most honest politician, late Sayed Nazrul Islam, "KHOTHAKAR   KON   NAZRUL", while cancelling the original name of Bhairab Road Bridge, which was named in the name of Sayeed Nazrul Islam. 

 

Please read the main news & story regarding this 'naming' in the 1st page of the Prothom Alo of 15.09.07

 

Similarly his sons & daughter (recently found also involved in Ya Ba drug business) are also corrupt financially and morally like Khondakar Delwar Hussain.

 

But present government, "JOM  of   all DURNITIBAAZ" and who is trying to find even any microscopic financial irregularities of Sheikh Hasina, but they do not see these huge money & corruption of Mr. Saifur Rahman, Mr. Amir Hussain Amu, Mr. Muzaffor Hussain Paltu, Abdul Mannan (Ex VP of BACSU (with Dr. Pradeep Ranjan Kar, GS, now in USA & of Bogura, he is also called AC Mannan ), Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, Mr. Khondakar Delwar Hussain, Major Hafiz (he is also a corrupt & criminal), Sadek Hussain Khoka, Mr. A S M Rab, Coln Oli, Maj Mannan of LDP, Nizami, Muzahid, Sobhan, Delwar and other corrupt Jamat leaders.

 

It seems that present military backed interim government is very tolerant, liberal & broad-minded to them.

 

 

Seleucus - has correctly said, this country is really weird!



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On 11/1/07, curson curson <curzon70@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear Alochoks:

It seems a chronic habit for Bangladeshis to believe
in at par what politicians have to say. No wonder, as a
result, professional criminals known as politicians
have ruled this nation for last 36 years.

Take an example:

Deposed General Secretary of BNP Delwar claims to have
been threatened by some people, whose name he refuses
to disclose. Yet, few Alochona forum members became
cocksure that it was the Army Intelligence.

These gossip mongers never asked questions:

1) Delwar never claimed that Army intelligence
threatned him. So, from where these alochoks got this
information?

2) Why Army intelligence would interfere in BNP
factional politics? Both factions, including Khaleda,
are pro-army isn't it?

3) Can or would Army make such a silly move, to threat
a political leader personally and openly?

4) Why army intelligence need to threat a politically
dead person as Delwar? For, BNP already is splited
into havles and the majority, that is: 7 out of 9
National Standing Committte members are together
against Single person: Delwar.

5) Why would we trust statement of a professional
crimial as Delware, even he claims so? After all, this
scoundrel stole foods for 5 years from the Jatiya
Sangsad Cafeteria when he was whip of BNP; and all
major newspapers, including pro-BNP newspapaers, were
vocal against his steling of cafetaria stock.

Curzon

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