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[chottala.com] The current issue of Shaptahik 2000 is online now - Enjoy!

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I have no Venum in my teeth sir and my Dentist would confirm this. All the Observers can notice is venom splattered around in Bangla and other Moslim Forums against me and people like my by your Mollaas.
 
Please provide any proof from Qoraan or Hadith, what I wrote was wrong instead of switching the subject and spreading your venomous propaganda against me ...!
 
Tell us all, where does Islam say receiving more money than lent from a borrower is not Interest ...!
Where does Allah or his Prophet say in any books of Hadith, you can collect Interest in the name of Profit and Fees just to declare your charging of Interest Islamic?
 
When are you going to stop ripping-off illiterate Moslims in the name of Islamic Banking?
Do you know, there's God and He would ask you about your cheatings after you die?

Enayet Ullah <enayet_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

This Trukman dude is a convulsive reactionary to
comment on every subject which relate to Muslims;
whether he is ignorant or knowledgeable about the
subject - taking a pot shot is giving him greater
pleasure, perhaps?

My curious observation about his quiver attitude might
relate to his early madrassa education; might be
ill-fated; curious, if he was a victim of abuse by any
his childhood mentors which is blowing out as anguish
at his old age!

Just an observation; absolutely no pun intended!

Constructive criticism is way of perfection; and I do
respect few of his criticisms; but, to criticize every
single event or topic about Muslims, if just another
nonsense!

Mr Trukman, this site is dedicated to you, enjoy &
indulge yourself with neo-con venom:

jihadwatch.org

Cheers,


--- S Turkman <turkman@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Islamic Banks should be investigated for fraud
> because they charge more on loans than normal banks
> and call it their Profit and Fees. They are not
> Islamic because "receiving more money than lended to
> a borrower" is 'Hraam' in Islam and they all do all
> over the world ripping-off their Mollaa Clients.
>
> Arif Ahamed <ahamed.ahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear readers,
>
>
> Central Bank of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Bank has
> warned the Islami Bank. The so called honest & Jamat
> sympathiser - supporter Mr. Shah Abdul Hannan - who
> often condemns media for criticising Jamat-Shibir -
> had spent millions of Taka dishonestly for his
> foreign trip by the money of the customers of Islami
> Bank when he was Chairman of Islami Bank during
> Jamat-BNP era.
>
> Similar incident happened (foreign trip by the
> money of the customers) to another Islami bank in
> 1999 & then Bangladesh Bank ordered to pay back that
> money of the customer.
>
> For detail please read the news published on the
> daily Prothom Alo on 17th January 2008
>
>
http://www.prothom-alo.com/mcat.news.details.php?nid=Nzg2MTI=&mid=MQ==
>
> Some more news about Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd.
> (IBBL):
>
> Ex Finance Minister & top BNP leader M Saifur
> Rahman had informed in last parliament on 2006 that
> some suspected militants' accounts with the Islami
> Bank Bangladesh Limited have been detected. Saifur
> Rahman said this replying to a query of MP GM Quader
> of Jatiya Party (Ershad).
>
> A Bangladesh Bank (BB) investigation in 2006 also
> has found that Islami Bank staffs ignored norms &
> also some lapses of banking norms in eight money
> transfers that (law enforcing agency suspect) were
> meant for funding JMB militant activities.
>
>
> This is our Islami Bank!!!
>
>
>
> Arif
>
>
>
>
>

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[chottala.com] Can Pakistan use China hand or it is lost to India by virtue of surrender to US?

Lal Gehi <lalhgehi@yahoo.com> wrote:

People of Indian Subcontinent¦

*Think, O' People of Indian Subcontinent ...! 

*[The writer is Islamabad based free lance writer :

*Mr. Farrukh (farrukh15@hotmail. com).]*

Twenty-five thousand years ago, haplogroup R2 characterized by genetic
marker M124 arose in southern Central Asia. Then began a major wave of human
migration whereby members migrated southward to present-day Indian
Subcontinent (Geographic Project by the National Geographic Society);
www.national www. http<www.national w.
Indians and Pakistanis have the same ancestry and share the same DNA
sequence.

Indians and Pakistanis have the same Y-chromosome haplo-group. We have the
same genetic sequence and the same genetic marker (namely: M124). We have
the same DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence. Our culture, our traditions
and our cuisine are all the same. We watch the same movies and sing the same
songs. What is it that Indians do and Pakistanis don't.

Here's what is happening in India and not happening in Pakistan:

· The two Ambani brothers can buy 100 percent of every company listed
on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and would still be left with $30 billion
to spare.

· The four richest Indians can buy up all goods and Capital
services produced over a year by 169 million Pakistanis and still be left
with $60 billion to spare.

· The four richest Indians are now richer than the forty richest
Chinese.

· In November, Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex flirted with
20,000 points. As a consequence, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries became
a $100 billion company (the entire Karachi SE is capitalized at $65
billion). Mukesh owns 48 percent of Reliance.

· In November, came Neeta's birthday. Neeta turned forty-four. Look
what she got from her husband as her birthday present: A sixty-million
dollar jet with a custom fitted master bedroom, bathroom with mood lighting,
a sky bar, entertainment cabins, satellite television, wireless
communication and a separate cabin with game consoles. Neeta is Mukesh
Ambani's wife, and Mukesh is not India's richest but the second richest in
the world.

· Mukesh is now building his new home, Residence Antillia (after a
mythical, phantom island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean). At a cost of $1
billion this would be the most expensive home on the face of the planet. At
173 meters tall Mukesh's new family residence, for a family of six, will be
the equivalent of a 60-storeyed building. The first six floors are reserved
for parking. The seventh floor is for car servicing and maintenance. The
eighth floor houses a mini-theatre. Then there's a health club, a gym and a
swimming pool. Two floors are reserved for Ambani family's guests. Four
floors above the guest floors are family floors all with a superb view of
the Arabian Sea. On top of everything are three helipads. A staff of 600 is
expected to care for the family and their family home.

· In 2004, India became the 3rd most attractive foreign direct
investment destination. Pakistan wasn't even in the top 25 countries.

· In 2004, the United Nations, the representative body of 192
sovereign member states, had requested the Election Commission of India to
assist the UN in the holding elections in Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah and
Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan. Why the Election Commission of India and not
the Election Commission of Pakistan? After all, Islamabad is closer to Kabul
than is Delhi.

· 12 percent of all American scientists are of Indian origin

· 38 percent of doctors in America are Indian;

· 36 percent of NASA scientists are Indians;

· 34 percent of Microsoft employees are Indians; and

· 28 percent of IBM employees are Indians.

· For the record: Sabeer Bhatia created and founded Hotmail.

· Sun Microsystems was founded by Vinod Khosla.

· The Intel Pentium processor, that runs 90 percent of all
computers, was fathered by Vinod Dham.

· Rajiv Gupta co-invented Hewlett Packard's E-speak project.

· Four out of ten Silicon Valley start-ups are run by Indians.

· Bollywood produces 800 movies per year and

· six Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the
past 10 years.

· Azim Premji, the richest Muslim entrepreneur on the face of the
planet, was born in Bombay and now lives in Bangalore.

· India now has more than three dozen billionaires; Pakistan has none
(not a single dollar billionaire)

· The other amazing aspect is the rapid pace at which India is
creating wealth. In 2002, Dhirubhai Ambani, Mukesh and Anil Ambani's father,
left his two sons a fortune worth $2.8 billion. In 2007, their combined
wealth stood at $94 billion. On 29 October 2007, as a result of the stock
market rally and the appreciation of the Indian rupee, Mukesh became the
richest person in the world, with net worth climbing to US$63.2 billion
(Bill Gates, the richest American, stands at around $56 billion).

Indians and Pakistanis have the same Y-chromosome haplogroup. We have the
same genetic sequence and the same genetic marker (namely: M124). We have
the same DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence. Our culture, our traditions
and our cuisine are all the same. We watch the same movies and sing the same
songs.

What is it that Indians do and we don't:

Indians have Democratic approach and

Pakistanis have dictatorial approach for every thing!

Pakistan is nothing but greater Punjabistan colonizing Sindh, Baluchistan
and Pakhtunkhawa!

A country where everything is imposed by force including its so-called
national language!

--

Ramesh U. Kateja

S Turkman <turkman@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Yeah but what should we now do with the propaganda that has been fed to Pakistanis by ISI for almost 2 decades that USA has been propping-up India because she wants to destroy Fort of Islam Islamic Republic of Pakistan's brotherly friend the Godless Communist China thru Enemy of Allah Hindu India?
 
Pakistan had become a friend of Communist China after Border War between her and India had errupted in early 1960 since its believed in Pakistan, "Enemy of my Enemy is my friend" an ancient pro-verb from days of Savage Days of the World.
 
*  If Pakistan really has China Card, why has it not played for last 46 years?
*  Why Chinese Army that had reached Western fringes of Laddakh, Kashmir in early 1960's to extend her border stealing a part of Kashmir couldn't help Pakistan in Kashmir in 1965 and couldn't reach much closer East Pakistan in 1971?
*  Why Pakistanis still cry-out loud that US 7th Fleet didn't reach East Pakistan to fight against India (that had 25 year Defense Treaty with USSR), when Pakistan had already kicked all American Soldiers out and had no more friendly relations with USA?
*  Why not China but USA had to save Pakistan in 1965 and West Pakistan in 1971 (when India had wanted to attack it after fall of Dacca), in 1998 and 2002?
*  Why not China with largest amount of Foreign Exchange Surplus out of all countries of the world has even given a $ Billion in Aid to Pakistan, but USA has over $ 10 billion despite being the biggest in-debted nation of the world?
*  Is it not understood yet that China gives less Aid to Pakistan than she benefits from her exports to Pakistan?
*  Is it not understood that China buys stregatic properties in Pakistan like Port of Gawadur in the name of Investments in Pakistan to make more money than 'Giving' anything to Pakistan for free like stupid USA has been doing?
*  The Biggest help Pakistan had from China was that Pakistan had two ways of building a Nuclear Bomb. China had told Pakistani Researchers, which one of Pak Blue Print was correct in 1989. (My freinds in ISI were drinking on that news in October 1989).

muradali shaikh <muradali_shaikh2@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
India could yet play the 'China' hand
By M D Nalapat

A convergence of events in 2007 has prompted some policymakers to suggest that a warming of relations between China and India is only a matter of time [1]. In December 2007, the first-ever joint military exercise euphoniously code-named "Hand-in-Hand 2007" was held in Kunming, in southwest China's Yunnan province, which borders Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

The exercise involved approximately 200 soldiers in a counter-terrorism exercise that was hailed by Chinese media as a "landmark development" in Sino-Indian relations.
 
-- read more from www.asiatimes.co

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This Trukman dude is a convulsive reactionary to
comment on every subject which relate to Muslims;
whether he is ignorant or knowledgeable about the
subject - taking a pot shot is giving him greater
pleasure, perhaps?

My curious observation about his quiver attitude might
relate to his early madrassa education; might be
ill-fated; curious, if he was a victim of abuse by any
his childhood mentors which is blowing out as anguish
at his old age!

Just an observation; absolutely no pun intended!

Constructive criticism is way of perfection; and I do
respect few of his criticisms; but, to criticize every
single event or topic about Muslims, if just another
nonsense!

Mr Trukman, this site is dedicated to you, enjoy &
indulge yourself with neo-con venom:

jihadwatch.org

Cheers,

--- S Turkman <turkman@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Islamic Banks should be investigated for fraud
> because they charge more on loans than normal banks
> and call it their Profit and Fees. They are not
> Islamic because "receiving more money than lended to
> a borrower" is 'Hraam' in Islam and they all do all
> over the world ripping-off their Mollaa Clients.
>
> Arif Ahamed <ahamed.ahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear readers,
>
>
> Central Bank of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Bank has
> warned the Islami Bank. The so called honest & Jamat
> sympathiser - supporter Mr. Shah Abdul Hannan - who
> often condemns media for criticising Jamat-Shibir -
> had spent millions of Taka dishonestly for his
> foreign trip by the money of the customers of Islami
> Bank when he was Chairman of Islami Bank during
> Jamat-BNP era.
>
> Similar incident happened (foreign trip by the
> money of the customers) to another Islami bank in
> 1999 & then Bangladesh Bank ordered to pay back that
> money of the customer.
>
> For detail please read the news published on the
> daily Prothom Alo on 17th January 2008
>
>
http://www.prothom-alo.com/mcat.news.details.php?nid=Nzg2MTI=&mid=MQ==
>
> Some more news about Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd.
> (IBBL):
>
> Ex Finance Minister & top BNP leader M Saifur
> Rahman had informed in last parliament on 2006 that
> some suspected militants' accounts with the Islami
> Bank Bangladesh Limited have been detected. Saifur
> Rahman said this replying to a query of MP GM Quader
> of Jatiya Party (Ershad).
>
> A Bangladesh Bank (BB) investigation in 2006 also
> has found that Islami Bank staffs ignored norms &
> also some lapses of banking norms in eight money
> transfers that (law enforcing agency suspect) were
> meant for funding JMB militant activities.
>
>
> This is our Islami Bank!!!
>
>
>
> Arif
>
>
>
>
>

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[chottala.com] By Way of Deception; The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer: 9/11 connection

Thanks for the information :-)
Israeli Mosad is notorious for its shrewedness &
deception around the world, including 9/11.


Fox News : 911 The Israeli Connection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LecYbWM5Oao&feature=related


http://youtube.com/watch?v=w0hmhLycNyQ

Three of the five "dancing Israelis" appeared on an
Israeli television show to explain that they were sent
to document the event. Here is an excerpt of them:

the dancing Israeli Mosad who was arested by the
police in the us and then sent to the FBI and later
released to Israel says they were documenting the
event of 9\11 on a talk show in Isreal

http://iamthewitness.com/Bollyn-danci...


--- Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:

> *By Way of Deception; *
> *The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer
> by Victor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy, *
> *St.Martin's Press, New York.*
> [A Book Review by Dr. Sachi Sri Kantha,
> www.tamilnation.org ]
>
>
> *Victor Ostrovski's book By Way of Deception *was
> first published in
> September 1990, it created a tremor of international
> proportions. The Time
> magazine (Sept.24, 1990) captioned the story as,
> "The Spy who spilled the
> Beans; Israel attempts to quash a Mossad agent's
> book" and noted that due to
> Israel's unsuccessful attempt to block its
> publication and resultant
> publicity, the publisher had to "increase the print
> run from 50,000 copies
> to 200,000, practically guaranteeing that it will be
> high on the best-seller
> list". The Newsweek magazine (Sept.24, 1990)
> unusually devoted two pages to
> divulge some important facts included in the book.
> Why By Way of Deception
> attracted such attention? The Newsweek report had it
> in its first sentence;
> "In the short but eventful history of the Mossad, no
> full-fledged officer
> had ever broken its vow of silence". But, Victor
> Ostrovski (son of a
> Canadian father and Israeli mother), who according
> to Israel's law-suit had
> been employed by the Mossad between December 30,
> 1984 and March 9, 1986, had
> decided to break his silence.
>
> Ostrovski begins his book, with description about
> the "Operation Sphinx" of
> Mossad, which culminated successfully on June 7,
> 1981 when Israel destroyed
> the Iraq's nuclear complex located in the periphery
> of Baghdad. This was
> achieved from the information obtained from the
> Iraq's nuclear scientist
> (identified as Butrus Eben Halim) in Paris.
> Ostrovski also informs that two
> individuals (an Egyptian atomic engineer named
> Meshad, who was close to
> senior Iraqi military and civilian authorities, and
> a French prostitute
> Marie-Claude Magal who was patronised by Halim and
> Meshad) were murdered by
> Mossad in June and July of 1980.
>
> Then, Ostrovsky provides explanation for the two
> types of murders.
> Prostitute Magal's murder comes in the "category of
> an operational
> emergency, the sort of situation that arises during
> operations". Scientist
> Meshad's murder belongs to the "formal execution
> list, and requiring the
> personal approval of the prime minister of Israel".
> According to Ostrovski,
> "the number of names on that list varies
> considerably, from just one or two
> up to 100 or so, depending upon the extent of
> anti-Israeli terrorist
> activities". After describing how an adversary's
> name is included in the
> execution list and the due processes which take
> place within the Mossad to
> complete the hit, Ostrovski notes that, "one of the
> first duties of any new
> Israeli prime minister is to read the execution list
> and decide whether or
> not to initial each name on it". If this is true,
> the Nobel peace prize
> committee has definitely blundered in making
> Menachem Begin a laureate in
> 1978.
>
> Then the book is divided into three parts. The first
> two parts (consisting
> of a total of 8 chapters) provides descriptions
> about Ostrovski's experience
> with Mossad as a trainee and case officer from
> October 1982 to March 1986,
> when he was dismissed as scapegoat for an operation
> which became an
> embarrassment to the Israeli politicians. The third
> part (consisting of nine
> chapters) provides case histories related to
> Mossad's engagements with the
> Black September rebels, Carlos Ramirez and Yasser
> Arafat. Also included are
> the events related to Israel's 1982 invasion in
> Lebanon and "Operation
> Moses" (the 1985 rescue of thousands of Black
> Ethiopian Jews to Israel) and
> the 1985 sinking of PLO ships in Tripoli harbour.
>
> In the chapters related to training by Mossad,
> Ostrovski provides details
> about lessons taught on self-defence, forgery of
> documents (especially
> passports), recruitment of bodlim ("people who
> operate as messengers between
> safehouses and the embassy, or between the various
> safehouses"), evaluation
> and tackling of a still object or a building,
> importance of liaison, sending
> and receiving secret communications and so forth. On
> self-defense, Ostrovsky
> writes, "You were taught that if your brain does
> (his emphasis) signal your
> hand to draw the weapon, you go to kill. Your head
> has to say the guy in
> front of you is dead. It's him or you... When you do
> have to shoot, you fire
> as many bullets as possible into your target. When
> he's on the ground you
> walk up to him, put your gun to his temple, and fire
> one more time. That
> way, you're sure'. Certainly Jesus and Gandhi are
> pariahs in the dictionary
> of Mossad.
>
> On passport forgery by Mossad, Ostrovsky notes,
> "Mossad had a small factory
> and chemical laboratory in the basement of the
> Academy that actually made
> various kinds of passport paper. Chemists analyzed
> the papers of genuine
> passports and worked out the exact formula to
> produce sheets of paper that
> duplicated what they needed". Mossad also gathers
> genuine passports of other
> countries from immigrants to Israel on the pretext
> of "saving the Jews".
> These genuine passports are studied to prepare fake
> passports.
>
> Ostrovski identifies four kinds of passports used by
> Mossad for their
> operations; "top quality, second quality, field
> operation and throwaway".
> The low quality throwaway kind is mostly stolen from
> others and put in use
> when "needed only to flash them". They are not used
> for identification,
> since it cannot withstand through scrutiny. The
> field operation kind is
> "used for quick work in a foreign country, but not
> used when crossing
> borders". The second quality passport is a perfect
> one, "without no real
> persons behind" the details provided in it. The
> top-quality passport is the
> perfect kind, "which could stand up completely to
> any official scrutiny,
> including a check by the country of origin". The
> motto of Mossad in such
> delicate forgery is that, "no operation should be
> bungled by a bad
> document".
>
> Other tit-bits offered by Ostrovsky relating to the
> operation of Mossad are
> quite interesting.
>
> 1) "The Mossad's main computer contained more than
> 1.5 million names in
> memory.
> 2) The London station of Mossad "owns more than 100
> safe houses and rents
> another 50".
> 3) "In London alone, there are about 2,000 active
> sayanim (Jewish volunteer
> helpers) who are active, and another 5,000 on the
> list".
> 4) Margaret Thatcher was always called inside the
> Mossad as "the bitch",
> because "they had her tagged as anti-Semite".
> 5) For a long time since 1977, Mossad has hired
> "Durak Kasim, (Yasser)
> Arafat's driver and personal bodyguard" as their
> agent, and "he was
> reporting to them almost daily, sending messages
> through a burst radio
> communications system, receiving $2,000 a report. He
> also telephoned
> information and mailed it periodically..."
>
> Now, let me focus on the material related to Sri
> Lanka, which made Ostrovski
> a recognizable name in the government and military
> circles in Colombo now.
> Ostrovski's disclosures on the deals made by the
> military
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Re: [chottala.com] What Pakistan thinks today, Bangladesh thinks tomorrow

Please stop preaching this polluted ideology in favour of military janta.May be they are waiting for some support like this. Why india is tolerating corrupted leaders ? Please go and vist india and see the ground reality. The Transparency do not have any hidden agenda regarding India and do not brand them champion. Do u know how much money late Promod Mahajan( But he was considered one of the clean man !)  made by doing politics ? And we are intolerant to them. And the final result they r cleaning their society and we r going back by  the noble effort of this type of  General and non-general like pakistan.
So please think a while before preaching this type of ideas.

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Oh get over it ...!
There are no poor countries that are pure Democracy in European sense. All of them remain a Police State even, when they have elected governments and so called Democracy. Tell me, which Moslim Country is not a Police State and has real Democracy in European sense?
 
Democracy has become a Corrupt Game in Moslim Countries increasing corruption, while Military pulls the strings from behind the curtain. I think, Communism or Singapore-like system is a better option for Moslim Countries, not Democracy or Islamic System. All corrupt countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan and Indonesia need is some leader like Marshall Stalin to straighten-out tails of corrupt wild Dogs roaming around so freely. 

Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@ gmail.com> wrote:

What Pakistan thinks today, Bangladesh thinks tomorrow

Dhaka on the Path to Islamabad?

MANEEZA HOSSAIN


ONE year ago, on January 11, 2007, Bangladesh's troubled constitutional government was replaced by military rule. Since then, Bangladeshis have lived under a state of emergency: their constitutional rights have been suspended, civil liberties limited, and hundreds of thousands -- ranging from former prime ministers to ad hoc peddlers --arrested under the banner of "fighting corruption."

Instead of fulfilling a promise to establish better, truer democracy, the unelected, paraconstitutional government of Bangladesh can claim credit for two appalling developments: the politicization of the army, which has blurred the lines between the army and civilian administration, and the creeping delegitimization of democracy, which has occurred as various undemocratic actions -- arrests of perceived enemies, the exclusion of duly elected leaders from political life, the ban on "indoor politics," which forbids private political discussions -- are normalized under the army's rule.

All quiet on the Western front
In the West, and even among some in Bangladesh, there is denial rather than despair. Some reject the idea that a military coup took place, for the uniqueness of this particular event unlike Bangladesh's two previous military takeovers, is that the military hand is hidden in the velvet glove of a civilian, technocratic team.

Perhaps Western democrats are quiet about this coup because new global risks have prompted the international community to accept an unelected government in Bangladesh: the belief that Islamism must be contained at all costs is taken to justify support for this new order, even if it means the indefinite suspension of democracy.

It is hard not be reminded of Pakistan. Bangladesh, once known as East Pakistan, is afflicted by many of the same ills: Islamism is a rising threat; corruption has eroded the political system; democracy appears a luxury too dear for the present; and the military, as the foremost professional institution, is deemed the most trustworthy partner against the rise of Islamism.

One difference between the two is in the response of Western diplomats. When Pervez Musharraf declared the state of emergency in Pakistan in November 2007, other democratic governments expressed their disapproval. "The people of Pakistan deserve the opportunity to choose their leaders," declared John Negroponte when he flew over to Islamabad.

But a year has passed since the military assumed power in Bangladesh, and the silence of much of the world amounts to complicity in the destruction of Bangladesh's democratic potential. While the West remains silent, Bangladesh sinks deeper into crisis. The country's currency has lost a sizeable fraction of its value, leading businessmen are kept behind bars, the price of everyday commodities has shot up, and hunger is increasing alarmingly, putting further burden on the country's poor.

The dangers ahead
If these trends continue, a Pakistan-like outcome is not unlikely. Years from now, a politicized military may still be holding the reins of power in Bangladesh, with the final say in social, economic, and political affairs. The political class may be shrunken and exhausted from losing its leaders to exile, trial, intimidation, or worse. Political corruption may be replaced by that of the military.

The other effect is likely to be a growing grassroots movement that appeals to urban as well as rural populations, that provides services parallel to the government's, and that--under the banner of an ever-radicalizing Islamism--offers an outlet for venting frustration with corrupt politicians and dire economic circumstances.

The current unelected government claims to pursue genuine democracy, respect for political pluralism, and avoidance of radical intolerance, but the course it is now following is not conducive to the fulfillment of these goals.

Still, Western governments seem inclined to continue their tacit support for the actions of the Bangladeshi Caretaker government-- contingent on a timetable to elections. In turn, the Caretaker is adamant about excluding both former Prime Ministers ("the feuding ladies") from any future political role. What remains to be seen is whether the Bangladeshi electorate is willing to go along with this exclusionary stand.

Not the right cure
Instead of containing Islamism and paving the way for the blossoming of democracy, the current arrangement has delegitimized democracy in practice as well as in culture, and in doing so has helped to consolidate and strengthen Islamist movements.

A sensible approach for the current government of Bangladesh would be to adhere to its formal task of preparing for elections using technical, not political, criteria. It should also immediately stop attempting to force reforms within political parties; this is a task that should be left for the electorate.

Democrats worldwide, notably in India, Europe, and the United States, should unequivocally demand that the state of emergency be lifted at once in preparation for the restoration of democracy.

The Bangladeshi experimentation with democracy was riddled with problems. But that is the nature of democracy. A democracy's problems have to be resolved within the context of democracy, not within the context of military rule. #

First published in ProgressiveBanglade sh.org , January 14, 2008

Maneeza Hossain is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and author of Broken Pendulum: Bangladesh's Swing to Radicalism (Hudson Institute Press, 2007)
Maneeza Hossain
Former Research Fellow

Maneeza Hossain was a Fellow focusing on South Asia for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. As part of her focus, Ms. Hossain periodically visits the region and meticulously follows its political developments. Her article, " The World Cannot Afford to Ignore Bangladesh" in the Asian Wall Street Journal in August 2005 was a clarion call against the world apathy towards the rise of terrorist activity in Bangladesh.
Born and raised in Bangladesh, Ms. Hossain received a Bachelor's degree in Foreign Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies in 1999 from the University of Virginia and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School Law in 2004. 
Ms. Hossain also served as an Editor of the Iraq Democracy Papers. She managed the operations of Iraq Democracy Information Center and was the project coordinator for the Iraqi Women's Educational Institute (IWEI).  
 



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[chottala.com] A business plan is needed from Tata, if any - instead of the dakati plan that it

A business plan is needed from Tata, if any - instead of the dakati plan that it placed in the past
The fact that Tata even thought that the current (initial) project proposal can be made, surely with tacit lobbying from the than BoI chairman, it outrageously indicate the hollowness of business sense and the lack of negotiating skills (btw, which also includes responsibility, if not patriotism) of our bureacracy.
 
 
If one look at the research on FDI around the world, everybody will tell you that there are some competitive advantage of the recipient nations that attracts foreign investors to the country. On the basic level, there are two criteria that greatly influences the investors while deciding on a country.
 
The first and foremost criteria is what the recipient country has to offer to others who are considering to come into the nation with FDI. It includes the infrastructure, policy support, tax structure, tax incentive and other socio-political indicators which helps creates a business friendly environment.
 
The second important criteria is how comfortable is the FDI agent with the recipient country. This second criteria is defined by the factors like how close the two countries are in cultural, regional and historical level.
 
If you look at this two criteria, they are distinct.
 
According to first criteria, all the FDI interested parties will have the same level of interest on a specific destination (e.g. Bangladesh), since this criteria does not depend on the source country, rather it is dependend on the recipient country. As long as, the government do not discriminate among the foreign nationals. Hence, all the interested parties will be similarly attracted to Bangladesh, at least, theoretically that seems to be plausible.
 
According to the second criteria, however, the FDI interested parties will not have same level of interest on a specific destination (e.g. Bangladesh), since this criteria depend on the source country and its relationship, proximity and history of the recipient country. In this case, the past and ground realities sets an environment that natuarly creates an discriminating effect among the foreign nationals. Hence, all the interested parties will not be similarly attracted to Bangladesh, at least, theoretically that seems to be plausible.
 
Are you with us so far?
 
With that background, let us now take two example source country of FDI for Bangladesh. Our chosen countries are Japan and India, let us assume.
 
According to our first criteira, both the countries should be similarly interested about investing in Bangladesh.
According to our second criteria, India should be more comfortable in investing in Bangladesh than Korea. At least, theoretically that seems to be plausible.
 
So, if Bangladesh Government wants to create a level playing field among the interested FDI parties, government should be giving more incentive to the Korean companies than Indian companies. If not, at least, government should not give any favourable special treatment to the Indian companies, since attractiveness according to the first criteria should be the same for all companies irrespective of their source country. According to the second criteria, if there is any special treatment to be given, that is not the Indian but other companies who are distant from us. If government want to do otherwise, that may drive away the other FDI sources who might be seen as discriminated against.
 
If one looks seriously at the Tata's initial investment proposal and thinks about it with the context we have described, one can only conclude that the proposal was not a business plan, may be something else. If you ask Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud, he would agreee. Why did they think they can get away with it? In other words, why didn't they think it would bring bad name for them? Because, we had some imcompetent people in our policy making who can not talk, negotiate or something worse. Factually, it would probably a combination of all. Corruption and inefficiency are the two most important trait that has been driving the investment and privatazation scene in BD so far. We hope ACC will have some time for this.
 
You are not yet convinced with this argument? Please ask the government or TATA to publish their proposal for public scrutiny. If that copy can be reached to a proper analyst in the Wall Street Journal or New York Times, they will be ashamed to read it! Irresponsible!
 
One side comment, the other day we noticed that the Chief Adviser's office is looking for a slogan or branding message for Bangladesh. We have an idea. How about this: "Bangladesh - neighbor of a (irresponsible?) giant "? Off course, we do not think the bracketed words can be kept there.We recongize that its not a good slogan for long term. But when we are trying to break out of the negative image worldwide, starting with this slogan for few years might not be a bad idea. What do you think? It should also be noted, it might not be a good idea to assume India as a monolithic entity, which it is not. But, given that the rightist wing within this giant democracy has been so far the controlling force within the policy making circle as far as Bangladesh is concerned, it should be taken as a message by the world community about how to strenghten the moderate voices within that system.
 
On a more realistic note, we think, Tata should come up with a realistic business plan and drop their current unrealistic plan. That can go a long way to build an integrated economic system in our region. They, along with other candidates with big item investemnt plans, they all should start with smaller projects as a confidence measure. In a few years time, they should find out that we, in Bangladesh, offer a very congenial and competitve environment for businesses, so there should not be any need to ask for special treatment like supply of energy at a below market rate (which is an absurd expectation, btw).
 
 
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 columinsts in regular traditional media, 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.
 
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[chottala.com] What Pakistan thinks today, Bangladesh thinks tomorrow ? {on Santa Mustafa's comment]

What Pakistan thinks today, Bangladesh thinks tomorrow ?????????????
 
Dear All
 
Apparenly, Ms Santa Mustafa has only read the tittle of  MANEEZA HOSSAIN's
article and her  comment has nothing to do with it's  contents..
[I apologize, if I am wrong ......................................................]
 
The  Pakistan has learned nothing from her defeat in 1971 and  continued
her authoritarian,  anti-people & opportunist policies  that lead to the growth of
Milbus: The military of Pakistan ceased to be an instrument of the civil government to
defend national security and borders. As early as the first military martial law in Pakistan,
it sought to take direct power in its own hands, and since then has only attempted to further
extend its grip on not just the political power, but has also reached out to consolidate its
control over major economic institutions and even judiciary ..............
 
Dr. Maneeza Hossain's article is essentialy a caution against such developments
in Bangladesh. I believe, she has  chosen the title with a sense of simultenous
amusement and provocation. [parodying "What Bengal thinks today, India thinks
tomorrow"  -  a comment by Indian statesman Gopalakrishna Gokhale in the 
context of  India's Struggle for Freedom during late 19th  century.]
 
It would be much appreciated, if  Ms Santa Musta analyzes  Dr. Maneeza's views
with her own points / counter points. Recently published article by Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa.
 
Readers should  also consult  Ayesha Siddiqa's book Military Inc, in this 
connection.
 
Thanks
 
Syed Aslam

 Santa Mustafa < santa.mustafa@hotmail.com> wrote:

It is reversely true,

                                                                                                                                
What Bangladesh thinks today - Pakistan thinks it tomorrow!
Knocking down of Pakistan and
Establishment of Bangladesh is the greatest proof of, "what Bangladesh thinks today - Pakistan thinks it tomorrow" 
 
Santa

Syed Aslam < Syed.Aslam3@ gmail.com> wrote:

What Pakistan thinks today, Bangladesh thinks tomorrow

Dhaka on the Path to Islamabad?

MANEEZA HOSSAIN


ONE year ago, on January 11, 2007, Bangladesh's troubled constitutional government was replaced by military rule. Since then, Bangladeshis have lived under a state of emergency: their constitutional rights have been suspended, civil liberties limited, and hundreds of thousands -- ranging from former prime ministers to ad hoc peddlers --arrested under the banner of "fighting corruption."

Instead of fulfilling a promise to establish better, truer democracy, the unelected, paraconstitutional government of Bangladesh can claim credit for two appalling developments: the politicization of the army, which has blurred the lines between the army and civilian administration, and the creeping delegitimization of democracy, which has occurred as various undemocratic actions -- arrests of perceived enemies, the exclusion of duly elected leaders from political life, the ban on "indoor politics," which forbids private political discussions -- are normalized under the army's rule.

All quiet on the Western front
In the West, and even among some in Bangladesh, there is denial rather than despair. Some reject the idea that a military coup took place, for the uniqueness of this particular event unlike Bangladesh's two previous military takeovers, is that the military hand is hidden in the velvet glove of a civilian, technocratic team.

Perhaps Western democrats are quiet about this coup because new global risks have prompted the international community to accept an unelected government in Bangladesh: the belief that Islamism must be contained at all costs is taken to justify support for this new order, even if it means the indefinite suspension of democracy.

It is hard not be reminded of Pakistan. Bangladesh, once known as East Pakistan, is afflicted by many of the same ills: Islamism is a rising threat; corruption has eroded the political system; democracy appears a luxury too dear for the present; and the military, as the foremost professional institution, is deemed the most trustworthy partner against the rise of Islamism.

One difference between the two is in the response of Western diplomats. When Pervez Musharraf declared the state of emergency in Pakistan in November 2007, other democratic governments expressed their disapproval. "The people of Pakistan deserve the opportunity to choose their leaders," declared John Negroponte when he flew over to Islamabad.

But a year has passed since the military assumed power in Bangladesh, and the silence of much of the world amounts to complicity in the destruction of Bangladesh's democratic potential. While the West remains silent, Bangladesh sinks deeper into crisis. The country's currency has lost a sizeable fraction of its value, leading businessmen are kept behind bars, the price of everyday commodities has shot up, and hunger is increasing alarmingly, putting further burden on the country's poor.

The dangers ahead
If these trends continue, a Pakistan-like outcome is not unlikely. Years from now, a politicized military may still be holding the reins of power in Bangladesh, with the final say in social, economic, and political affairs. The political class may be shrunken and exhausted from losing its leaders to exile, trial, intimidation, or worse. Political corruption may be replaced by that of the military.

The other effect is likely to be a growing grassroots movement that appeals to urban as well as rural populations, that provides services parallel to the government's, and that--under the banner of an ever-radicalizing Islamism--offers an outlet for venting frustration with corrupt politicians and dire economic circumstances.

The current unelected government claims to pursue genuine democracy, respect for political pluralism, and avoidance of radical intolerance, but the course it is now following is not conducive to the fulfillment of these goals.

Still, Western governments seem inclined to continue their tacit support for the actions of the Bangladeshi Caretaker government-- contingent on a timetable to elections. In turn, the Caretaker is adamant about excluding both former Prime Ministers ("the feuding ladies") from any future political role. What remains to be seen is whether the Bangladeshi electorate is willing to go along with this exclusionary stand.

Not the right cure
Instead of containing Islamism and paving the way for the blossoming of democracy, the current arrangement has delegitimized democracy in practice as well as in culture, and in doing so has helped to consolidate and strengthen Islamist movements.

A sensible approach for the current government of Bangladesh would be to adhere to its formal task of preparing for elections using technical, not political, criteria. It should also immediately stop attempting to force reforms within political parties; this is a task that should be left for the electorate.

Democrats worldwide, notably in India, Europe, and the United States, should unequivocally demand that the state of emergency be lifted at once in preparation for the restoration of democracy.

The Bangladeshi experimentation with democracy was riddled with problems. But that is the nature of democracy. A democracy's problems have to be resolved within the context of democracy, not within the context of military rule. #

First published in ProgressiveBanglade sh.org , January 14, 2008

Maneeza Hossain is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and author of Broken Pendulum: Bangladesh's Swing to Radicalism (Hudson Institute Press, 2007)
Maneeza Hossain
Former Research Fellow

Maneeza Hossain was a Fellow focusing on South Asia for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. As part of her focus, Ms. Hossain periodically visits the region and meticulously follows its political developments. Her article, " The World Cannot Afford to Ignore Bangladesh" in the Asian Wall Street Journal in August 2005 was a clarion call against the world apathy towards the rise of terrorist activity in Bangladesh.
Born and raised in Bangladesh, Ms. Hossain received a Bachelor's degree in Foreign Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies in 1999 from the University of Virginia and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School Law in 2004. 
Ms. Hossain also served as an Editor of the Iraq Democracy Papers . She managed the operations of Iraq Democracy Information Center and was the project coordinator for the Iraqi Women's Educational Institute (IWEI).  
 


 
 
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[chottala.com] goodbye to bangladesh army

dear friends,
 
many of you know me as joy.  i am going to say goodbye to my uniform on january 31, 2008.  so, i can interact more frequently and more freely after about 10 more days.  hope our relationship will grow more warm and intimate in coming days.
 
please pray for me and my family as i am going to step into the new life.  i also pray for you all.  my best wishes to all my net-friends in various groups where i used to be a silent member mostly.  Allah Hafiz.
 
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[chottala.com] By Way of Deception; The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer [ A Book Review ]

 
By Way of Deception;
The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer
by Victor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy,
St.Martin's Press, New York.
[A Book Review by Dr. Sachi Sri Kantha,


 Victor Ostrovski's book By Way of Deception was first published in September 1990, it created a tremor of international proportions. The Time magazine (Sept.24 , 1990) captioned the story as, "The Spy who spilled the Beans; Israel attempts to quash a Mossad agent's book" and noted that due to Israel's unsuccessful attempt to block its publication and resultant publicity, the publisher had to "increase the print run from 50,000 copies to 200,000, practically guaranteeing that it will be high on the best-seller list". The Newsweek magazine ( Sept.24, 1990) unusually devoted two pages to divulge some important facts included in the book. Why By Way of Deception attracted such attention? The Newsweek report had it in its first sentence; "In the short but eventful history of the Mossad, no full-fledged officer had ever broken its vow of silence". But, Victor Ostrovski (son of a Canadian father and Israeli mother), who according to Israel's law-suit had been employed by the Mossad between December 30, 1984 and March 9, 1986, had decided to break his silence.

Ostrovski begins his book, with description about the "Operation Sphinx" of Mossad, which culminated successfully on June 7, 1981 when Israel destroyed the Iraq's nuclear complex located in the periphery of Baghdad. This was achieved from the information obtained from the Iraq's nuclear scientist (identified as Butrus Eben Halim) in Paris. Ostrovski also informs that two individuals (an Egyptian atomic engineer named Meshad, who was close to senior Iraqi military and civilian authorities, and a French prostitute Marie-Claude Magal who was patronised by Halim and Meshad) were murdered by Mossad in June and July of 1980.

Then, Ostrovsky provides explanation for the two types of murders. Prostitute Magal's murder comes in the "category of an operational emergency, the sort of situation that arises during operations". Scientist Meshad's murder belongs to the "formal execution list, and requiring the personal approval of the prime minister of Israel". According to Ostrovski, "the number of names on that list varies considerably, from just one or two up to 100 or so, depending upon the extent of anti-Israeli terrorist activities". After describing how an adversary's name is included in the execution list and the due processes which take place within the Mossad to complete the hit, Ostrovski notes that, "one of the first duties of any new Israeli prime minister is to read the execution list and decide whether or not to initial each name on it". If this is true, the Nobel peace prize committee has definitely blundered in making Menachem Begin a laureate in 1978.

Then the book is divided into three parts. The first two parts (consisting of a total of 8 chapters) provides descriptions about Ostrovski's experience with Mossad as a trainee and case officer from October 1982 to March 1986, when he was dismissed as scapegoat for an operation which became an embarrassment to the Israeli politicians. The third part (consisting of nine chapters) provides case histories related to Mossad's engagements with the Black September rebels, Carlos Ramirez and Yasser Arafat. Also included are the events related to Israel's 1982 invasion in Lebanon and "Operation Moses" (the 1985 rescue of thousands of Black Ethiopian Jews to Israel) and the 1985 sinking of PLO ships in Tripoli harbour.

In the chapters related to training by Mossad, Ostrovski provides details about lessons taught on self-defence, forgery of documents (especially passports), recruitment of bodlim ("people who operate as messengers between safehouses and the embassy, or between the various safehouses"), evaluation and tackling of a still object or a building, importance of liaison, sending and receiving secret communications and so forth. On self-defense, Ostrovsky writes, "You were taught that if your brain does (his emphasis) signal your hand to draw the weapon, you go to kill. Your head has to say the guy in front of you is dead. It's him or you... When you do have to shoot, you fire as many bullets as possible into your target. When he's on the ground you walk up to him, put your gun to his temple, and fire one more time. That way, you're sure'. Certainly Jesus and Gandhi are pariahs in the dictionary of Mossad.

On passport forgery by Mossad, Ostrovsky notes, "Mossad had a small factory and chemical laboratory in the basement of the Academy that actually made various kinds of passport paper. Chemists analyzed the papers of genuine passports and worked out the exact formula to produce sheets of paper that duplicated what they needed". Mossad also gathers genuine passports of other countries from immigrants to Israel on the pretext of "saving the Jews". These genuine passports are studied to prepare fake passports.

Ostrovski identifies four kinds of passports used by Mossad for their operations; "top quality, second quality, field operation and throwaway". The low quality throwaway kind is mostly stolen from others and put in use when "needed only to flash them". They are not used for identification, since it cannot withstand through scrutiny. The field operation kind is "used for quick work in a foreign country, but not used when crossing borders". The second quality passport is a perfect one, "without no real persons behind" the details provided in it. The top-quality passport is the perfect kind, "which could stand up completely to any official scrutiny, including a check by the country of origin". The motto of Mossad in such delicate forgery is that, "no operation should be bungled by a bad document".

Other tit-bits offered by Ostrovsky relating to the operation of Mossad are quite interesting.

1) "The Mossad's main computer contained more than 1.5 million names in memory.
2) The London station of Mossad "owns more than 100 safe houses and rents another 50".
3) "In London alone, there are about 2,000 active sayanim (Jewish volunteer helpers) who are active, and another 5,000 on the list".
4) Margaret Thatcher was always called inside the Mossad as "the bitch", because "they had her tagged as anti-Semite".
5) For a long time since 1977, Mossad has hired "Durak Kasim, (Yasser) Arafat's driver and personal bodyguard" as their agent, and "he was reporting to them almost daily, sending messages through a burst radio communications system, receiving $2,000 a report. He also telephoned information and mailed it periodically..."

Now, let me focus on the material related to Sri Lanka, which made Ostrovski a recognizable name in the government and military circles in Colombo now. Ostrovski's disclosures on the deals made by the military and political power-brokers of the ruling UNP and the Mossad had been published in excerpts in the Tamil Nation of Oct.15, 1990. What shocked the Sinhalese ruling establishment and the journalists (including the editor of Lanka Guardian, Mervyn de Silva) was the revelation of Ostrovski that Mossad had trained the Sinhalese military personnel and "a group of Tamil guerrilla factions" simultaneously. Based on the meagre details provided by Ostrovski, these power-brokers and opinion-makers had identified LTTE as the beneficiary of Mossad's patronage. To me, this sounds too premature and incorrect.

Let me repeat what Ostrovski had written on this topic. "Around 1983, a group of Tamil guerrilla factions, collectively known as the Tamil Tigers, began an armed struggle to create a Tamil homeland in the north called Eelam - an on-going battle that has claimed thousands of lives on both sides". This is the only sentence in the book, where a vague reference is made to the Tamil Tigers. The time-frame Ostrovski had written about was "mid-July 1984", when he was still a trainee at the Mossad Academy. He had not mentioned LTTE by name anywhere in the book. At that time, all the militant groups fighting for Eelam (LTTE, TELO, EPRLF, EROS and PLOTE) were identified as "Tamil Tigers". This point need be stressed. The authors of Broken Palmyra also clearly state this fact in page 72 of their book; "Up to this time (April 1985), the Tamil population had hardly differentiated between rival groups. They were all referred to as boys and even Tigers".

If this is so, which Tamil militant group was trained by the Mossad? It is my opinion that, rather than the LTTE, it was the TELO which was sent to Israel. What are my supporting evidences?

1) The New York Times of July 3, 1984 had a two-column news report, datelined "New Delhi, July 2". It stated that J.R. Jayewardene had had "two days of talks with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the Tamil problem". It also informed; "The Sri Lanka leader did not say when the Israelis would begin working but said that their antiterrorist expertise would be used to assist his security forces in operations against extremists from the minority Tamil community". The newsreport had the caption, "Sri Lanka Strife and Israeli Aid".

2) It is understandable that Indira Gandhi was not happy with this trick by J.R.Jayewardene. She was assassinated on October 31, 1984. A few months before her assassination (Aug.8, 1984, to be specific) she had delivered a speech about the Mossad - Sri Lankan military links in the Lok Sabha. This is what the Mainichi Daily News of Japan ( Aug.27, 1984) reported; "Speaking in parliament on Aug.8, Mrs.Gandhi said that as in the past, Sri Lanka could have asked for India's help but had Mossad...". This was republished from a report written by Salamat Ali in New Delhi to the Far Eastern Economic Review.

3) It is now well-known, that during Indira Gandhi's period, TELO was the pampered Tamil militant group, and not the LTTE. To nullify the advantage the Sri Lankan military establishment would have received by the training from Mossad, the Indian "policy analysts" would have opted to send a Tamil militant group (obviously the TELO) to Israel.

4) The Indian connection with the Mossad is clearly indicated by Ostrovski in the same pages which cover the Sri Lankan deal. To quote him, "We have a group of 27 SWAT team guys from India coming in ".

5) The British weekly Economist of Aug.3, 1985, in its coverage on the five Tamil militant groups, identified LTTE as receiving training from the PLO in Lebanon.

If this is so, the recent revelation that the alleged mastermind behind Rajiv Gandhi's murder (the so-called "one-eyed Jack", alias Sivarajan), was a member of the TELO from 1983 and 1986, lead one to search more into the mystery of Mossad. The warning given by Yasser Arafat to Rajiv Gandhi, five weeks before the May 21, 1991 assassination also suggest that he (Arafat) could have received "some intelligence", about the activities of the Mossad. Ostrovski's book provide details about how Mossad track the movements of Arafat and other leaders of the PLO. Arafat also should be equally tactful in gathering intelligence about the activities of the Mossad. Otherwise, he could not have survived for so long. Whether Sivarajan had links to the Mossad and did Mossad had any hand in the murder of Rajiv Gandhi's murder are worthy questions to search for answers.

Mervyn de Silva, in his regular column in the Lanka Guardian (Oct.15, 1991) noted that the Indian politician Dr. Subramaniam Swamy had used his Harvard contacts "to channel Israeli assistance to the LTTE, including expertise in landmines, as we now know from Viktor Ostrovski'. This was based on a purported interview of Dr.Swamy published in the weekly India Abroad, sometime ago.

What is puzzling for me is that, while Mervyn de Silva had implicated the LTTE's links with Israel, in his Oct.15, 1991 report, quoting Viktor Ostrovski, the India Abroad of Aug.9, 1991 published a retraction of Dr.Swamy's assertion. The newsreport entitled "The Mossad-LTTE Link" stated, "Last year, former Law minister Subramaniam Swamy also alleged in an interview with India Abroad that LTTE guerrillas had received training with the Israeli intelligence agency. Swamy however later denied having made the charges". This published retraction in the India Abroad proves that Mervyn de Silva, though an able commentator on Indo-Sri Lankan affairs, also prefers to promote some views which are not based on facts.

While promoting the view, citing Viktor Ostrovski, that LTTE had links with Mossad, the erudite editor of the Lanka Guardian has overlooked some other factual material provided by Ostrovski, which are more critical relating to the coffers of Sri Lankan treasury. Ostrovski has noted that in mid-July 1984, "nearly 50" Sri Lankan army personnel arrived for training in Israel. These training sessions were not offered free. According to Ostrovski, "A unit of 60 trainees would cost about $300 each day (per trainee), for a total of $18,000. For a three-month course, that would be $1.6 million. On top of that, they would be charged $5,000 to $6,000 an hour for helicopter rental, and as many as 15 helicopters could be used in a training exercise. Add to that the cost of special ammunition used in training: a bazooka shell, for example, cost about $220 a unit, while heavy mortars were about $1000 each..." Only J.R.Jayewardene and his cronies at that time know, how many millions of dollars were given to the Mossad for training of the Sri Lankan army personnel in Israel.

This exorbitant fleecing by the Mossad itself proves that LTTE could not have afforded to pay the training fees (running into millions of dollars), way back in 1984. Only the governmental support could have handed over the training fees demanded by the Mossad. It is my belief that the Tamil expatriate support to the LTTE (in 1984) would not have amounted to millions of dollars to pay for military training. This "Tamil expatriate support" has been elevated into a myth by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Dis-Information, to receive foreign aid from unsuspecting donors.

In conclusion, Ostrovsky should be credited for exposing the deals Sri Lankan government had with Mossad, through the Mahaveli River Diversion Project. Apart from exposing how J.R.Jayewardene and his cronies (especially Lalith Athulathmudali) swindled the foreign-aid funds they received from unsuspecting donors, Ostrovski also has pricked the bloated egos of the Sri Lankan military personnel by divulging how Mossad had fooled them. How the disclosures by Ostrovski about the misuse of foreign-aid funds by the government of Sri Lanka had affected the future policy of international aid granting countries (especially Japan) towards Sri Lanka is an interesting story. It has to be explored separately in a subsequent commentary.
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