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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Re: [chottala.com] Dr. Kamal says "No Comment" on Hasina's allegation

Media people must need to be reponsible persons in circulating correct & true news.  Wrong news or media making news can misguide the nation & can create problems in the country so irresponsible media people should be faced trialling in the court after proper judical investigation to establish system of correct circulation  & lawful democracy in Bangladesh.

 

--- On Tue, 29/4/08, Nayan Khan <udarakash08@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Nayan Khan <udarakash08@yahoo.com>
Subject: [chottala.com] Dr. Kamal says "No Comment" on Hasina's allegation
To: udarakash08@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, 29 April, 2008, 7:46 PM

International renowned lawyer or Intra-national conspirator whatever you name him was very much angry on Hasina now a days.
Is there any sort of a clause he made in our constitution that he could ratify his black money without going to be asked by anyone?
 
Plz. click here:
 
NK


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Re: [chottala.com] Daily star and prothom alo- collaborator of Black money holder Dr.Kamal

11/1 has given the opportunity for establihing lawful administration in Bangladesh.

--- On Tue, 29/4/08, mahathir of bd <wouldbemahathirofbd@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: mahathir of bd <wouldbemahathirofbd@yahoo.com>
Subject: [chottala.com] Daily star and prothom alo- collaborator of Black money holder Dr.Kamal
To: tritiomatra@yahoogroups.com, chottala@yahoogroups.com, khabor@yahoogroups.com, dahuk@yahoogroups.com, diagnose@yahoogropus.com, notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com, alochona@yahoogroups.com, vinnomot@yahoogroups.com
Cc: editor@thedailystar.net, editor@prothom-alo.com
Date: Tuesday, 29 April, 2008, 6:47 AM

সার-সংক্ষেপ
বিশেষ এজলাসে মিগ-২৯ দুর্নীতির মামলায় চার্জ শুনানি শেষে আইনজীবী ও স্বজনদের সঙ্গে সাবেক প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা অনেক বিষয়ে কথা বলেন। বিভিন্ন সংবাদপত্রে প্রকাশিত তার বক্তব্যের কিছু অংশ নিচে দেয়া হলোÑ


আমার ওপর অত্যাচার-নির্যাতন চালিয়ে যদি আমাকে মৃত্যুমুখেও ঠেলে দেয়া হয়, আমি রাজনীতি থেকে সরে দাড়াবো না। আমি মৃত্যুর জন্য প্রস্তুত।


সরকার আমার রাজনীতি বন্ধ করার কে? আমার রাজনীতি বন্ধ করলে দেশের চৌদ্দ কোটি মানুষ করবে।


আদালতে এখন বিচারের নামে প্রহসন চলছে। যেনতেন রায় দিয়ে নির্বাচনে অযোগ্য ঘোষণার ষড়যন্ত্র চলছে।


আমাকে বাদ দিয়ে কিংবা জেলে রেখে আওয়ামী লীগ নির্বাচনে যাবে না, দলের প্রত্যেক নিবেদিতপ্রাণ-নেতাকর্মী-সমর্থকের প্রতি আমার এ আস্থা ও বিশ্বাস রয়েছে।
ড. কামাল দেশদ্রোহী ও জাতীয় বেইমান। দেশ বিরোধী সব ষড়যন্ত্রের পেছনে তার হাত রয়েছে। তিনি ১০২ কোটি কালো টাকা শাদা করেছেন। দেশবাসীর কাছে আমার আবেদন, ড. কামালের ষড়যন্ত্রের বিষয়ে সতর্ক থাকুন।


দেশের শীর্ষ দুর্নীতিবাজ বললে ড. কামালকেই বলতে হবে। তার ভূমিকা বরাবরই রহস্যজনক। তিনি সব কিছুতেই ছিলেন, আছেন এবং থাকবেন।

আমাদের দুর্নীতিবাজ বলা হলে এরা কি? এ সরকারই হচ্ছে নাম্বার ওয়ান দুর্নীতিবাজ।


জেল কর্তৃপক্ষ শনিবার হসপিটালে গিয়ে আমাকে চলেন যাই বলে আবার জেলে নিয়ে আসে। এটি মানবাধিকারের চরম লঙ্ঘন।


তোমরা ভয় পাও কেন? সংবাদপত্রেও বিধিনিষেধ আছে। আমি যা বলেছি তা সব ছাপা নাও হতে পারে।


(সাংবাদিকদের শেখ হাসিনার কাছ থেকে সরিয়ে দিতে চাইলে পুলিশ অফিসারদের উদ্দেশে সাবেক প্রধানমন্ত্রী। উল্লেখ্য, শেখ হাসিনার আশঙ্কা সত্য প্রমাণ করে প্রথম আলো ও ডেইলি স্টার পত্রিকা
ড. কামালের কালো টাকা শাদা করার বিষয়টি চেপে যায়।)


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উপদেষ্টাদের হাত থেকে বাংলাদেশের দরিদ্র মানুষকে মুক্ত কর


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[chottala.com] The Trial of both Kamal Hossain and the Baksalites for Killing Democracy in Bangladesh

The Trial of both Kamal Hossain and the Baksalites for Killing Democracy in Bangladesh
Abid Bahar
 
 Dr. Kamal Hossain, the man in black (black suit) until recently, still carries many secrets. As he changed his dress, from black to whilte we thought he will also drop some of his black money and his deeply held national secrets. But it didn't happen. He knows many things, perhaps a trial of him on charges of black-money, bringing dictatorship, killing thousands of anti-Baksalites in Bangladesh will allow him to let us know the secrets. Bangabandu himself during his life time when asked why did he surrender to the Pakistani military, shyed away from answering this quetion.
 
(1)  Kamal Hossain knows why Bangabandu and he surrenderd to the military. He knows too many of the secrets. He can tell us the terms of the deal? Bangladeshis are now questioning, "in 1971, to Bangabandu was the people or his family's safety more important?" Why Bangabandu's family was spared by the Pakistani military when it was killing the innocent people. Why Bangabandu's family continued receiving 1,500 rupee in allowance in Dhaka and even the food was supplied by the Pakistani army? Hasina survived eating that food. Under the circumstances,we now question,  if Bangabandu deserve to have the title"Father of the Bangladesh nation." Kamal Hossain's role in this is very vital to solve these issues.
 
(2) Kamal Hossain can tell us who influenced him and Bangabandu to include socialism in the constitution including the hozpoz of nationalism, secularism and democracy ideas; what in reality meant Fascism.
(3) Kamal Hossain can tell us how close the pro-Indian dada Moni Singh influenced him in making the disester leading upto the death of democracy and the death of Bangladesh's first president Bangabandu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
 
Before it is too late, Bangladesh should have the trial of Kamal Hossain and the Baksalites for killing democracy in Bangladesh and establishing anarchy that led to brand Bangladesh the "bottomless basket case." It was not a small matter. That was followed by a chain of events and the death of Ziaur Rahman and the beginning and the end Ershad's rule. 
 
Who is to blame for bringing the disaster? Bangabandu's lack of leadership in those crucial moments, Kamal Hossain supporting dictatorship and Bangldeshi deaths, or Moni Singh's pro-Indian politics in Bangladesh?
 
The Bangladesh nation can not continue to accept Kamal Hossain's change from black to whilte and his answer  of "no comment," as being enough comment!.


----- Original Message ----
From: Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo.com>
To: notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com; tritiomatra@yahoogroups.com; chottala@yahoogroups.com; khabor@yahoogroups.com; dahuk@yahoogroups.com; diagnose@yahoogropus.com; alochona@yahoogroups.com; vinnomot@yahoogroups.com
Cc: editor@thedailystar.net; editor@prothom-alo.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:28:05 AM
Subject: Re: [notun_bangladesh] Daily star and prothom alo- collaborator of Black money holder Dr.Kamal

Is my statement incorrect?
                  Ayubi

mahathir of bd <wouldbemahathirofbd @yahoo.com> wrote:
Question is here  that why Alo and star did not publish that news yesterday?
 
Why they have published  today the reaction of black money holder Dr. Kamal?
 
 And from his reaction to hasina's allegationa nd  allegatio from student leaders it is clear that Dr. kamal is black money holder.
 
Mr, ayubi, don't be blind eyed against only hasina and khaleda . 


Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo. com> wrote:
Manonio netrir atikothoner abbhesh ache. Jader ei
abbhesh ache tara kotota sotto ar kotota kothar kotha
bole taken ta bojha dushadho. Shei karone ami tar
kothar khub ekta gurutto dite chai na.
Salahuddin Ayubi
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Re: [chottala.com] Attention drawn to Mr Rashed Khan Menon & Mr A.H Monju.

Mr Karim

Your cmment

"that 1/11 had come on the International Conspiracy. the USA, Uk & India'n high commissioner are master minder. ""  is not 100% correct.

The real correct matter is that 1/11 had come on the reasons "the Bangladeshi politicians are not doing lawful politics, are not lawful democracy minded & are not lawful politicians under the system of lawful political party for lawful democracy administration  but either they are stupid agents of the International Conspiracy or they are totally inefficient quality less politicians.

For Restoring Democracy in Bangladesh it is required to create  lawful democacy minded lawful politicians in the system of lawful political party under the system of lawful democracy.

--- On Tue, 29/4/08, Reza Karim <rezamoni@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Reza Karim <rezamoni@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [chottala.com] Attention drawn to Mr Rashed Khan Menon & Mr A.H Monju.
To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 29 April, 2008, 12:39 PM

Ms. dina Khan
 
It is now easily understood if you people are not biased, that 1/11 had come on the International Conspiracy. the USA, Uk & India'n high commissioner are master minder.   

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Subject: Re: [chottala.com] Attention drawn to Mr Rashed Khan Menon & Mr A.H Monju.

Attention drawn to Mr Rashed Khan Menon & Mr A.H Monju.

News read in NY Bangla that you have told in Bangladeshi community meeting "11/1 has come on the international conspiracy".

If it is true then

Are you the agents in Bangladesh of the International conspiracy authority for creating the situation to come 11/1 in Bangladesh??

Causes it is seen & known that 11/1 has come due to the nonsense & stupid activities  & road fighting of The Bangladeshi Political activists & political leaders of whom among them you are also the persons for creating situation for coming 1/11.

On creating this horrible situation in Bangladesh there was no seen any internatonal people on the road for doing road fighting for doing closing breaking burning works expect you the Bangladeshi politicians.

So it is now easily understood & can be told that you are the agents of the international  conspirators for creating problems & disaster in Bangladesh.

Is it not correct?? .  

 


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[chottala.com] Bangladesh : Diplomat’s dilemma

Diplomat's dilemma

Ismat Jahan



Hasanuzzaman Khan



Bangladesh permanent representative to UN Ismat Jahan is learnt to have expressed her desire to marry a Dutch national presently staying in New York. She has communicated her desire to the foreign ministry in Dhaka and sought permission. But as per foreign service rules a diplomat is not allowed to marry a foreigner as there is a risk of state secret being leaked out.

The Foreign Ministry is yet to give permission to her to marry the foreign national.

Earlier, Anwarul Karim Choudhury, a permanent representative to UN, married a Nepali woman when he was posted in Kathmandu as Ambassador. The Nepali woman had issues from her previous wedlock. During the Liberation War Anwarul Karim Choudhury defected to Bangladesh foreign service severing his allegiance to the then Pakistan government. No breach of rules in his service with the foreign ministry was recorded and he maintained service continuity.

Wazed Ali Khan, Bangladesh High Commissioner to Malaysia, married a Pakistani woman violating the service rules. But he had to quit the job of High Commissioner to pay the price of his affair with a foreign woman.

Ismat Jahan, who is in her 50s, is learnt to be determined to marry her foreign
fiancé even risking her job in the Foreign Service. It was not known what prompted Ismat Jahan to break her long-drawn celibacy after elopement with a foreign national.

Ismat Jahan is a sister-in-law of former foreign secretary Hemayetuddin. Her elevation to the top diplomatic job in the UN gave rise to many questions as she was junior to many in the foreign service. It was yet to be seen whether she will give up her position in the foreign ministry for the sake of her love.

It may be mentioned that Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Bangladesh representative to UN office in Geneva, has a Russian wife. It does not become a bar for him to have a job in the foreign ministry.

Dr Hamidur Rashid and Anisul Haque, two foreign office directors, have foreign wives. They were given permission by the Foreign Ministry to marry foreign women although the service encadrement rules do not permit diplomats to marry foreign women. The national security is likely to be endangered if a person having high state responsibility is allowed to marry a foreign citizen.
 
 
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[chottala.com] Selling the president's general

 
Selling the president's general
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(Reuters) '[Petraeus] rose to fame not by his achievements but by his success in selling them as achievements'

 
When you look more carefully at Petraeus's record, the actual results - in Iraq, not Washington - for each of his previous assignments proved dismal.

By Tom Engelhardt

  • The Petraeus story

You simply can't pile up enough adjectives when it comes to the general, who, at a relatively young age, was already a runner-up for Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 2007. His record is stellar. His tactical sense extraordinary. His strategic ability, when it comes to mounting a campaign, beyond compare.

I'm speaking, of course, of General David Petraeus, the President's surge commander in Iraq and, as of last week, the newly nominated head of U.S. Central Command (Centcom) for all of the Middle East and beyond -- "King David" to those of his peers who haven't exactly taken a shine to his reportedly "high self-regard." And the campaign I have in mind has been his years' long wooing and winning of the American media, in the process of which he sold himself as a true American hero, a Caesar of celebrity.

As far as can be told, there's never been a seat in his helicopter that couldn't be filled by a friendly (or adoring) reporter. This, after all, is the man who, in the summer of 2004, as a mere three-star general being sent back to Baghdad to train the Iraqi army, made Newsweek's cover under the caption, "Can This Man Save Iraq?" (The article's subtitle -- with the "yes" practically etched into it -- read: "Mission Impossible? David Petraeus Is Tasked with Rebuilding Iraq's Security Forces. An Up-close Look at the Only Real Exit Plan the United States Has -- the Man Himself").

And, oh yes, as for his actual generalship on the battlefield of Iraq… Well, the verdict may still officially be out, but the record, the tactics, and the strategic ability look like they will not stand the test of time. But by then, if all goes well, he'll once again be out of town and someone else will take the blame, while he continues to fall upwards. David Petraeus is the President's anointed general, Bush's commander of commanders, and (not surprisingly) he exhibits certain traits much admired by the Bush administration in its better days.

  • Launching brand Petraeus

Recently, in an almost 8,000 word report in the New York Times, David Barstow offered an unparalleled look inside a sophisticated Pentagon campaign, spearheaded by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, in which at least 75 retired generals and other high military officers, almost all closely tied to Pentagon contractors, were recruited as "surrogates."

They were to take Pentagon "talking points" (aka "themes and messages") about the President's War on Terror and war in Iraq into every part of the media -- cable news, the television and radio networks, the major newspapers -- as their own expert "opinions."

These "analysts" made "tens of thousands of media appearances" and also wrote copiously for op-ed pages (often with the aid of the Pentagon) as part of an unparalleled, five-plus year covert propaganda onslaught on the American people that lasted from 2002 until, essentially, late last night. Think of it, like a pod of whales or a gaggle of geese, as the Pentagon's equivalent of a surge of generals.

In that impressive Times report, however, one sentence has so far passed unnoticed; yet, it speaks the world of General Petraeus, and of how this administration and its chosen sons have played their cards from the moment George W. Bush mounted a pile of rubble on September 14, 2001, at Ground Zero in New York City and began to sell his incipient War on Terror (and himself as commander-in-chief). From that day on, the propaganda campaign, the selling war, on the American "home front" has never stopped.

Here, in that context, is Barstow's key sentence: "When David H. Petraeus was appointed the commanding general in Iraq in January 2007, one of his early acts was to meet with the [Pentagon's retired military] analysts." In other words, on becoming U.S. commander in Iraq, he automatically turned to the military propaganda machine the Pentagon had set up to launch his initial surge -- on the home front.

Think of the train of events this way: In January 2007, pummeled in the opinion polls, his Iraq policy in shambles and the Republican Party in electoral disarray, George W. Bush and his advisors decided to launch a last-minute home-front campaign to buy time on Iraq.

It was, the President declared in an address to the American people, his "new way forward in Iraq." In Vietnam-era terms, the plan itself involved a relatively modest "escalation" of 30,000 troops, largely into the Baghdad area -- that being all the troops the overstretched U.S. military then had available.

It gained, however, the resounding nickname, "the surge." (That word, strangely enough, had essentially been pilfered from the heart of "insurgent," a term previously used to designate the enemy.)

By then, of course, the President himself was a thoroughly tarnished brand, not exactly the sort of face with which to launch 1,000 ships or even 30,000 troops into a self-made hell against the urgent wishes of the American people.

Instead, he pushed forward his all-American general -- the smart, bemedaled, well-spoken, Princeton PhD and counterinsurgency guru, beloved by reporters whom he had romanced for years, and already treated like a demi-god by members of both parties in both houses of Congress.

He became the "face" of the administration (just as American military and civilian officials had long spoken of putting an "Iraqi face" on the American occupation of that country). In the ensuing months, as New York Times columnist Frank Rich pointed out, the surging Brand Petraeus campaign only gained traction as the President publicly cited the general more than 150 times, 53 times in May 2007 alone. Never has a President put on the "face" of a general more regularly.

Now, let's return to that single sentence from Barstow. Having been put forward by Bush as his favorite general and the savior of his Iraq policies, Petraeus seems to have promptly turned to the Pentagon's favored military "analysts" for a hand.

The general's initial surge, that is, was right here at home via those figures the Pentagon had embedded in the media and liked to refer to as its "message force multipliers."

Let's keep in mind that one of those figures, retired Army general Jack Keane, a "patron" to Petraeus during his rise in the ranks, was, along with Frederick Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute, an "author" of, and key propagandist for, the surge strategy, as well as the head of his own consulting firm, on the board of General Dynamics, and a national security analyst for ABC News.

So, in case you were wondering why the hosannas to Petraeus nearly reached the heavens and why the "success" of the surge was established so quickly in this country (despite four years of promises followed by disaster that might have called for media caution), look first to those surging retired generals and to the general who had already established himself as a military brand name.

And let's keep in mind that the Times' Barstow has pulled back the curtain on but one administration program of deception. It is unlikely to have been the only one.

We don't yet fully know the full range of sources the Pentagon and this administration mustered in the service of its surge. 

We don't know what sort of administration planning has gone into the drumbeat of well-orchestrated, ever more intense claims that Iran is the source of all our ills in Iraq, and directly responsible for a striking percentage of U.S. military deaths there.

Recently, according to the New York Times, "senior officers in the American division that secures the capital said that 73 percent of fatal and other harmful attacks on American troops in the past year were caused by roadside bombs planted by so-called 'special groups'" (a euphemism for Iranian-trained groups of Shia militiamen).

(Watch video: Where does the Bush-Petraeus strategy lead? (Part 3))

We don't have a full accounting of the many carefully guided tours of Iraq given to inside-the-Beltway think-tank figures like Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution, former military figures, journalists, pundits, and congressional representatives, all involving special meet-and-greet contacts with Petraeus and his top commanders, all leading to upbeat assessments of the surge.

We don't have the logs of our surge commander's visitors these last months, but we know, anecdotally at least, that, during this period, no reporter, no matter how minor, seemed incapable of securing a little get-together time to experience the general's special charm.

Put everything we do know, and enough that we suspect, together and you get our last surge year-plus in the U.S. as a selling/propaganda campaign par excellence.

The result has been a mix of media good news about "surge success," especially in "lowering violence," and no news at all as the Iraq story grew boringly humdrum and simply fell off the front pages of our papers and out of the TV news (as well as out of the Democratic Congress).

This was, of course, a public relations bonanza for an administration that might otherwise have appeared fatally wounded. Think, in the president's terminology, of victory -- not over insurgents in Iraq, but, once again, over the media here at home.

None of this should surprise anyone. The greatest skill of the Bush administration has always been its ability to market itself on "the home front." From September 14, 2001 on, through all those early "mission accomplished" years, it was on the home front, not in Afghanistan or Iraq, that administration officials worked hardest, pacifying the media, rolling out their own "products," and establishing the rep of their leader and "wartime" Commander-in-Chief.

As White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card explained candidly enough to the New York Times, when it came to the launching, in September 2002, of a campaign to convince Congress and the public that an invasion of Iraq should be approved: "From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August."

  • Falling upwards

As a general and a personality, Petraeus fits the particular marketing mentality of this administration perfectly. Graduating from West Point too late for Vietnam -- he wrote his doctoral thesis on that war -- he had, before the President's invasion, taken part only in "peacekeeping" operations in places like Haiti.

In March 2003, a two-star general, he crossed the Kuwaiti border as commander of the 101st Airborne Division. After Baghdad fell, his troops occupied Mosul, a relative quiet city to the north, largely untouched by invasion or war. There, he gained a reputation (at least in the U.S.) for having a special affinity for Iraqis and for applying top-notch, outreach-oriented counterinsurgency tactics.

In those early months, he always seemed to have a writer in tow. In 2004-2005, for his next tour of duty -- already with the ear of the President and of Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz -- he returned to Iraq as the Newsweek Can-He-Save-It guy. His giant task was to "stand up" Iraqi security forces.

Again, he had writers in tow. The Washington Post's columnist David Ignatius, for instance, twice paid extended visits to the general during that tour, returning from helicoptering around the Iraqi countryside all aglow and writing glowingly of the job Petraeus was doing (as he would again over the years, as so many other journalists and commentators would, too).

The general himself wasn't exactly shy on the subject of his accomplishments. He wrote, for instance, a strategically well-placed op-ed in the Washington Post in September 2004, just as the administration was rolling out another "product," the President's run for a second term. In it, with just enough caveats to cover himself professionally, he waxed positive about the glories of Iraqi soldiers standing up.

It was a piece filled with words like "progress" and "optimism," just the sort of thing a President trying to outrun a bunch of Iraqi insurgents to the November 4th finish line might like to see in print in his hometown paper. The general picked up his third star on this tour of duty.

Next came a stint at home where he oversaw the rewriting of the Army's counterinsurgency manual, while touting himself as the expert of experts on that subject, too. And then, of course, in February 2007, a fourth star in hand, he took charge of the U.S. command in Iraq for its surge moment.

Last week, of course, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates appointed him head of the Pentagon's Central Command with responsibility for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for our proxy war in Somalia. His duties will soon stretch from North Africa into Central Asia.

The appointment, however, came after the fact. By then, as George W. Bush's personal general, he had already left the actual Centcom commander, Adm. William "Fox" Fallon in the dust. The President dealt with him directly, bypassing the Centcom commander; and, even before Fallon's ignominious resignation, Petraeus was already traveling the Middle East as, essentially, the President's personal representative, engaging in acts normally reserved for the head of Centcom.

(Watch video: More on Admiral Fallon's resignation)

President's appointment was seconded by Presidential candidate John McCain ("I think he is by far the best-qualified individual to take that job…"), signaling the degree to which the Bush administration is now preparing optimistically for McCain's war (or, alternatively, for Obama's hell).

But here's the strange thing when you look more carefully at Petraeus's record (as others have indeed done over these last years), the actual results -- in Iraq, not Washington -- for each of his previous assignments proved dismal. What the record shows is a man who, after each tour of duty, seemed to manage to make it out of town just ahead of the posse, so that someone else always took the fall.

On his time in Mosul, former ambassador Peter Galbraith offered this description:

"As the American commander in Mosul in 2003 and 2004, he earned adulatory press coverage… for taming the Sunni-majority city. Petraeus ignored warnings from America's Kurdish allies that he was appointing the wrong people to key positions in Mosul's local government and police. A few months after he left the city, the Petraeus-appointed local police commander defected to the insurgency while the Sunni Arab police handed their weapons and uniforms over en masse to the insurgents."

Mosul has remained a hotspot of insurgency ever since. On his next tour, when it came to all the "progress" training the Iraqi army, let Rod Nordland, the author of that "fawning" -- his retrospective adjective, not mine -- Newsweek cover piece of 2004, suggest an obituary, as he did in 2007:

"[Petraeus] rose to fame not by his achievements but by his success in selling them as achievements. He's first of all a great communicator… Training the Iraqi military and shifting responsibility to them was the mantra Petraeus sold to hundreds of credulous reporters and hundreds of even more credulous visiting CODELs (congressional delegations)…

"By the time he left, the training program was clearly on its way to spectacular failure. By the end of last year that had become received wisdom; it became convenient for the brass to blame the fiasco on the politically less popular and media-friendless Gen. George Casey,

"Entire brigades of police had to be pulled off the street and retrained because they were evidently riddled with death squads and in some cases even with insurgents. The Iraqi Army was all but useless, a feeble patient kept on life support by the American military."

Just recently, in hearings before Congress, Petraeus himself introduced two new words to describe the post-surge security situation in Iraq: "fragile and reversible." Take that as a tip for the future. Fragile indeed.

The surge landscape the general helped create has, from the beginning, been flammable and unstable in the extreme. It has, in recent weeks, been threatening to break down in Shia civil strife, even as, under an American aegis, the Sunnis have been rearming and reorganizing for the day when they can take back a Baghdad that was largely cleansed of their ethnic compatriots during the surge months.

Americans are once again dying in increasing numbers (though little attention has yet been paid to this in the media), as are Iraqis. It will be a miracle if post-surge Iraq doesn't come apart before November 4, 2008, not to say the end of George Bush's term in January.

The problem is: Putting a face -- that is, a mask -- on something has nothing to do with changing it in any essential way, no matter how you brand it and no matter who's listening to you elsewhere.

This August or September, when the general takes over at Centcom, he will leave behind (as he has before) the equivalent of an IED-mined stretch of Iraqi roadside ready to explode, possibly under the coming U.S. presidential election. It remains to be seen whether he will once again have made it out of town in the nick of time and relatively unscathed.

The miracle, of course, was that, so late in the game, the American media swallowed the President's (and the general's) propaganda on the surge campaign which, on the face of it, was ludicrous.

Stranger still, they did so for almost a year before the situation started to fray visibly enough for our TV networks and major papers to take notice. For that year, most of them thought they saw a brass band playing fabulously when there was hardly a snare drum in sight.

That result may be a public-relations man's dream, but it was thanks to a con man's art. The question is: Can the President make it back to Texas before the bottom falls out in Iraq? And will the general continue to fall ominously upward?

-- Tom Engelhardt, who runs the Nation Institute's Tomdispatch.com, is the co-founder of the American Empire Project. His book, The End of Victory Culture (University of Massachusetts Press), has just been thoroughly updated in a newly issued edition that deals with victory culture's crash-and-burn sequel in Iraq.

Copyright 2008 Tom Engelhardt


TomDispatch

 

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[chottala.com] Bruised U.S. economy grew by only 0.6 percent in first quarter

Bruised U.S. economy grows by only 0.6 percent in first quarter

WASHINGTON (AP) — The bruised economy limped through the first quarter of this year at only 0.6 percent as housing and credit problems forced people and businesses alike to hunker down.

The country's economic growth during January through March was the same as in the final three months of last year, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The statistic did not meet what economists consider the classic definition of a recession, which is a retraction of the economy. This means that although the economy is stuck in a rut, it is still managing to grow, even if modestly.

Many analysts were predicting that the gross domestic product (GDP) would weaken a bit more — to a pace of just 0.5 percent — in the first quarter. Earlier this year, some economists thought the economy would actually lurch into reverse during the opening quarter. Now, they say they believe that will likely happen during the current April-to-June period.

Gross domestic product measures the value of all goods and services produced within the United States and is the best measure of the country's economic health. Voters are keenly worried about the country's economic problems and so are politicians — in Congress, in the White House and on the campaign trail.

The housing situation turned more bleak in the first quarter, as record-high foreclosures dumped more unsold homes on the market, adding to builders' headaches. Builders slashed spending on housing projects by a whopping 26.7 percent, on an annualized basis, the most in 27 years. That was the big drag on the economy.

Consumers — whose spending is vital to the country's economic health — turned much more cautious, also restraining overall economic growth in the first quarter. Their spending rose at just a 1 percent pace. That was down from a 2.3 percent growth rate and was the slowest since the second quarter of 2001, when the United States was suffering through its last recession.

Soaring energy and food prices are walloping people's pocketbooks, leaving them with less to spend on other things. The credit crunch also has made it harder for people to finance big ticket items, such as cars and homes. And, many homeowners — watching their homes — often their single-biggest asset — slump in value, also are feeling less wealthy and less inclined to spend.

Another report from the Labor Department Wednesday showed that workers' compensation — including wages and benefits — grew 0.7 percent in the first quarter, the slowest pace in two years. Many economists were expecting a 0.8 percent rise. The report suggests that the weak labor market is making employers a bit less generous with their compensation.

Businesses, meanwhile, cut back spending on equipment and software at a 0.7 percent pace, the most since the final quarter of 2006. And, they trimmed spending on commercial construction at a 6.2 percent pace, the most since the third quarter of 2005.

However, businesses boosted their investment in building up stocks of supplies in the first quarter, a big force adding to GDP. Exports of U.S. goods and services also helped first-quarter growth. U.S. exports are being helped by the falling value of the U.S. dollar, which makes U.S. made goods and services less expensive to foreign buyers.

Spending by the government was another factor helping out GDP in the first quarter. That spending rose at a 2 percent pace for the second quarter in a row.

To bolster the economy, the Federal Reserve is expected to lower a key interest rate by one-quarter percentage point to 2 percent later Wednesday. That would mark a more moderate-sized rate reduction after a recent string of hefty cuts. Many economists believe the Fed, which started dropping rates last September, may be nearing the end of its rate-cutting campaign because policymakers don't want to aggravate inflation. Those rate reductions, which take months to affect economic activity, can sow the seeds of inflation down the road.

An inflation measure linked to the GDP report showed that prices grew at a rate of 3.5 percent in the first quarter, down from a 3.9 percent pace in the prior quarter.

Another gauge showed that the core prices excluding food and energy rose at a rate of 2.2 percent in the first quarter. That was a lower than the 2.5 percent pace registered in the fourth quarter but still outside the Fed's comfort zone. The upper level of the Fed's inflation tolerance is 2 percent.

Gas and food prices, however, have moved higher since the start of the year, adding to inflation pressures. Gasoline prices, which have recently set new record highs, have climbed to $4 a gallon in some parts of the country.

A growing number of economists believe the economy is in a recession and is indeed contracting now.

Under one rough rule, if the economy contracts for six straight months it is considered to be in a recession. That didn't happen in the last recession — in 2001_ though. A panel of experts at the National Bureau of Economic Research that determines when U.S. recessions begin and end uses a broader definition, taking into account income, employment and other barometers. That finding is usually made well after the fact.

During the first three months of this year, job losses neared the staggering quarter-million mark. The unemployment rate has climbed to 5.1 percent and is expected to move higher in the coming months.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, earlier this month, acknowledged for the first time that a recession this year was possible.

President Bush on Tuesday said the country was dealing with "difficult times." Bush said he understood Americans' anxiety over soaring gas prices, record-high home foreclosures and other economic woes.

The government's $168 billion economic-stimulus package — including tax rebates that started flowing to bank accounts on Monday — should help energize the economy in the second half of this year, the Bush administration and Federal Reserve officials say. Democrats in Congress insist more relief needs to be provided, including additional unemployment benefits to cushion the pain of joblessness. The administration has resisted, saying the rebates and other stimulative efforts should be sufficient once they fully kick in.
 
 

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[chottala.com] The birth of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh is collapse of "Two nation theory" on which Pakistan was created

The birth of  Peoples Republic of Bangladesh is the collapse of "Two nation theory" on which Pakistan was created.
 
Mr. Md. Mostafa Kamal
 
The establishment of Independent Peoples Republic of Bangladesh is essentially the
collapse of "Two nation theory" on which Pakistan was created as homeland for the
Muslims of India. The other homeland in the world is Israel which is a Jewish homeland
a result of long-term strategy of the Western powers. Your love for Pakistan is well known.
Mr. Irfan Husain, in his editorial in the Dawn observes that it has now become an "impossible
and exceedingly boring task of defending a defunct theory." [ Two nation Theory]
 
I don't and had never belonged to Awami League or any other political party. Although I
consider Moududibadi Jamaate Islami is the worst political force in Bangladesh [from the
public interest point of view.]
 
You had lied in your original posting that
""In 28th Oct 2006 BAL's supporters plunged over Jamat's meeting
leaded by Haji Selim & Dr. Iqbal"
 
In my posting I had the links including that of your favourite NoyaDigonto to present both side
of the October 28th 2006  story. Even the Jamaati version didn't support your claim
that Haji Selim and Dr. Iqbal led attack on Jamaat that day You lied to make your point and you
got caught with your hands in the cookie jar. You have lost all your credibilities.
 
Mir Zafor played the key role in the defeat in the of Palassy. Jogot Shet, Rai Ballav, Umi-Chand
Raja Krishna Chandra Roy, Mohmodi Beg et el were co-conspiritors. That does not absolve
Mir Zafor of his guilts. Mir Zafor symbolizes the traitors & treachery.
The Mir Zafors of 1971 were even worse ... they proudly collaborated with the occupation
army in killing our people and raping our women........
 
You have been mixing up issues and conjuring false alligations out of thin air: I don't
represent your off-repeated BAL or the India.  Do you have problems in understanding
plain laguage? Or it is your attitude towards others who thinks differently than that of
you and cohorts?
 
Last, but not the least, communalism in all it's form must be condenmed:
be it Hindutva communalism or be it Jamaati Fundamentalism and parochialism.....
 
"1947 Partition AND 1971 Liberation War = An Independent Bangladesh."
is a historical fact. But the question remains why Muslim League,  Jamaate Islami,
Nejame Islami and other religion-traders, not only officially opposed the creation of
Independent Peoples Republicof Bangladesh, but collaborated with the occupation
regime and the Jamaati gestapos [Al-bodor, Al-shams and Razakars] activly took
part in the killing & raping missions of ordinary people in the occupied Bangladesh.
Hasn't this been done in the name of Islam?
 
 Thanks
 
Syed Aslam
 
On 4/29/08, Md. Mostafa Kamal <mmk3k@yahoo.com> wrote:
Mr. Aslam,
 
You're not exception from your BAL party i. e. Offence is the best defense. By calling me ISI, Paki, Jamati which is "SHAAK DIYE MAACH DHAKAR BERTHO CHESTA!". There is no way by condemning India for its stepmother act with Bangladesh that I am favoring Pakistan. 54-55 rivers water are one sided withdrawn by India, Pressure for land transit to reach seven sisters, not allowing Bangladesh for transit to Nepal & Bhutan, there is almost no tax free for Bangladesh product & even ISO certified products regularly face Indian custom objections, for a long time India did not allow any Bangladeshi investor to invest in India, anti-Bangladesh propaganda by Indian, past & present anti-unity activities by Shanti Bahinis & Nikhil Bongo Andolon etc. So these are the matters do they in favor of Pakistan? Have I ever written in favor of Pakistan which is against Bangladesh? It is blind BAL"s, Secularists, Pro-Indians colors the real patriots of Bangladesh. Look at the illogical matter bellow;
 
MANUSH MURGI KHAI, MURGI BISHTHA KHAI.......
SO MANUSH'O BISTHA KHAI. Is this possible?
 
So either it is Jamati or Paki-panthis or Razakars or Patriots of Bangladesh whatever say we have to scrutinize or analyze the matter whether it is in favor of Bangladesh or not. But you're like a Cunning Fox not analyzing the matter you're calling me ISI, Pakis & Jamat comprehensively. ONDHO HOLAI KI PROLOY BONDHO HOY MR. ASLAM?
 
Look the Partition of the Sub-Continent or failure of untied Bengal is just not the consequence of the British colonialism. You just Blaming Mir Jafar, which he is the most culprit of the lost of Nawab Sirajuddawla in 1757. But what about Jogot Shet, Rai Ballav, Umi-Chad, Raja Krishna Chandra Roy? Weren't they know about the conspiracy about PALASHI war. They also inspire & behind Mir Jafar. Similarly the British couldn't concer the whole Sub-Continent if they did not get the help from Hindus & specially from the High Race Brahmmans. Because the Hindus wanted to pull out the Muslim or Moghal's ruling from Delhi. You're helping & favoring the Brahmmans by not criticize them. That is why you're mentioning that failure of United Bengal is just a history. No Mr. Aslam it is just not a ordinary history but a vital turning point of time & history. Look when the Congress denied the demand from the Muslim leaders for 25% partnership in the party (the Hindu leaders rejected it) then Muslims have left no option but to form the Muslim League. Do you like to say these Brahmmans in the Congress ran by the Idea of the British? So do not be so smart Mr. Aslam. The link
http://www.dailynayadiganta.com/2007/10/08/fullnews.asp?News_ID=46264&sec=4
 
clearly shows that Muhammad Ali Jinnah was not against United Bengal but Neheru & all most all the Hindu leaders of West Bengal was against United Bengal. This reference brought from Nicholas Mansergh, The Transfer of Power, 1942-47, vol. X, with page numbers. You do not want to Blame WB's dadas, so-called secularists in Bangladesh & the Pro-Indians here.
 
Mr. Aslam dragging the 1757 Palashi war's reference to compare with "if the 1947 partition or East Pakistan was not born how could we get Bangladesh? " is totally irrelevant of our debate. Bangladesh stands on the 56000 square miles which we have gotten in 1947. 1971's based on this 56000 SQ. miles. If the whole Bengal joined the India like the West Bengal how could we get today's Bangladesh, that is my question. But you're never close to my answer & instead of that you're making illogical comments, illusions & misguiding the debate totally to the wrong track. Just like "PANI GHOLA KORA BA HOJOBOROLO". 1971 is the consistency of 1947. You simply can not reverse the history of a forming a country but to accept the facts. Again I like to say it was Muslim hating Hindu leaders of course supported by the Most Hindus in WB have acted against to form a unite Bengal. Look Sheikh Mujib also was the supporter of Muslim League & struggled for Pakistan before 1947 when he was confirmed that united Bengal is not possible. So the Late Honorable Khatib Obaidul Haq said those who say that 1947's decision to form East Pakistan is incorrect is a JAROJ(1994 or 1995). Look at Kashmir where Indian occupation has broken all most all the International Human Rights law to capture for it even the 87% Kashmirese would definitely like to join Pakistan. It seems you want the same situation. In Bangladesh's constitution it is articulated that Bangladesh's Land or its area are the same of former East Pakistan. Only Pro-Indians are hurt by the partition of 1947. You belong to them. As I have asked you several times about the Shekhor Commissions report in India about the backwards of the most of the minority Muslims there in India, which you're still silent. It is the Hindus who do not want that most Muslims should be well higher-educated or scholars, rich, get enough Govt. & private jobs or become elite persons. Look at both Bangladesh & Pakistan though each of the country's Muslims number bellow the Indian Muslims but in those countries there are vast numbers of Muslim Engineers, Doctors, Master Degree or Graduate Degree holders, scholars etc. If the Partition was not happened then entire sub-continents Muslim would be the burden for it. Because the Bangladesh & Pakistan severed from India for that is why they are Muslim majority to provide enough education for its Muslim people. But only the DALALS of India will deny it.
 
Look Mohajir problem is just an exception. There is also Sindh, Beluch, Patahn (tribal) problem back in Pakistan. But still Pakistan is united & has managed to get all most all its genuine rights as a neighboring country of India. Five common rivers water are shared by the international law. India can not play cat & mouse (TAAL BAHANA) with Pakistan with many common matters including this. If we the Bangladeshis who draws this kind of examples the BAL, so called secularists, Pro-Indians colors us the Razakar, Pakis, Jamatis whether it is totally in favor of Bangladesh. Syed Aslam is just like the DALAL the x-water resource minister Abdur Razzak(BAL) was angry why the x-foreign minister Mr. Morshed Khan complain against India in the UN not give us enough water through Faraqqa Barage 2005-06. It is clear that what ever India will do even it is against Bangladesh's favor there Syed Aslam & his BAL gongs will not allow you to criticize India. That is why he draws of Paki-Indian Dalal with the record of YOUTUBE.
 
Mr. Aslam you make me laugh again to consider you as a Joker. Are you blind because you did not read the article of Nayadiganta (which you've given me) where it reported on the 28th October of 2006 fully. There it has said it was BAL's terrorists who shot bullets towards Jamat's supporters & not Jamat to the BAL. So do not be foolish or Stupid. I condemn Janakantha & other BAL media who mentioned that Jamat has shot bullets to the BAL mob. In fact the BAL has first attacked on the Jamat's meeting on the North Gate of Baitul Mokarram. Again you have acted as an cunning fox, which will not hide the facts. Like you & your BAL gong condemn Shahid Zia for Shah Azizur Rahman. He was freed by Bongobandhu & presented of can at the price of 22000 taka (Prothom Alo 26th March 2008). So truth will over come. Whether you like it or not.
 
Mr. Aslam neither internet nor this e-forum is your property. By questioning the appearance of me "from where Md. Mostafa Kamal comes from" etc is act of undemocratic comments. As you're a Pro-Indian you will find confusion in my writings but the true patriots of Bangladesh my writings are articulated. I have never asked that from where you come. I have the same right to write in the internet as you have. Your acts just like BAKSHALIi's. You & your BAL gongs want to score goals where your opponent is not present in the field. But if you think so then you're living in fools heaven. You guys are so far from the facts & all most whatever you say just for your fake mental satisfaction.
 
Thank You All,
 
Md. Mostafa Kamal.
 


Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
Mr. Md. Mostafa Kamal
Where did you find this :
"It is you who are so hurt person who cries or tears for division of so called Mother India."
Why are you attributing this on me?
Can you substantiate your false statement that I am espousing a "Mother India"?
After getting caught by lying about  October-28 episode, you became so un-nerved that you have brought that issue out of context .....
This is an age old tactics by the Pakistan lovers, Jamaatis also use this tactics in their propaganda. 
 
The article in your link is very ambigious. It is true that Suhrawardy and Sarat Bose [Brother of Subash Chandra Bose] jointly proposed the creation of United Bengal .The Hindu Mohashova, a  staunchly communal hindutva political party, counterpart of today's Jamaate Islami tabled the
main  opposition to the concept of Independentt Bengal in 1971. Some Hindu and Muslim leaders of  Bengal supported Suhrawardy and Sarat Bose in their move. Prominent among them were Kiran Shankar Roy (Leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party in Bengal Assembly), Satya Ranjan Bakshi (Sarat Bose's Secretary), ABUL HASHIM (Secretary of the Bengal Provincial
Muslim League), Fazlur Rahman (Revenue Minister of the Province),MOHAMMAD ALI  CHOWDHURY (Finance Minister in Suhrawardy's cabinet) and others. For a short duration, the
proposal was discussed both at private and public bodies and important negotiations took place  among Bengal leaders. In fact, the concept of a sovereign independent Bengal had its origins in  the past. The adoption of the  LAHORE RESOLUTION in March 1940  was a significant step
towards highlighting the demand for Independent Bengal. .... these are all HISTORY....History can not be repaired but falsification and twistings of history can be used to create new history ...  that's what the defeatist Pakistan lovers and their cronies are trying ...
 
FYI, there are no one shading  of tears for the division of so called Mother India in our 21st  century world except for few Mohajir leaders (MQM) in Pakistan who diplore the miserable plights of refugee Indian muslims in Pakistan  & Bangladesh [see
]

Md. Mostafa Kamal's hypothesis of "Mother India" is a part of ISI's propaganda ploy to divert the attention of the masses from the real issues of  Bangladesh which is: democracy & people's power, eradiction of corruptions, fair trial of the accused,  impending food crisis, and punishment
of all the collaborators of Pakistan etc.
 
Mr. Md Mostafa Kamal'as another contention:"If the East Pakistan was not born how could  you get Bangladesh by severing India? " He should thank Mir Zafor and the British occupation, because if Nawab Sirajudullah was not defeated and Clive didn't win, there would not have been
any Pakistan. Historically, Pakistan is a consequence of British occupation of the Sub-continent.
 
I have no idea where this Md. Mostofa Kamal is comming from?
He is either ideologically motivated by the Pakistan doctrine or he is utterly, a confused guy. His confused thinkings lead to his confused writing ... as always.
 
Last, but not the least, communalism in all it's form must be condenmed: be it Hindutva communalism  or be it Jamaati Fundamentalism and parochialism.....
 
Readers, if you are interested to read a comparatively unbiased paper on Suhrawardy-Sarat Bose  maneuvors  for Independent Bengal please see (1) A move for United Independent Bengal/Harunor Rashid.
                         (2) East Bengal at independence/Ahmed Kamal.
                         (3) Language movement/Badruddin Umar
 
These are included in the book  History of Bangladesh 1704-1971 (3 Vols-Set) edited by Sirajul Islam
and published by Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Also read:
Amar Jibon - An autobiography by Dr. Badruddin Umar[Dr. Umar son Mr. ABUL HASHIM (Secretary of the Bengal Provincial Muslim League), of  was an eye witness to the United Bengal move.
 
Thanks
 
Syed Aslam
 
PS: "In 28th Oct 2006 BAL's supporters plunged over Jamat's meeting leaded by Haji Selim & Dr. Iqbal" Lie! lie! lie! [Mr. Kamal is a true decendent of Goebbles? .... Ekta lie bar bar bolle ki se ta sotto hoye jai ... ?]


 
On 4/27/08, Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo.com> wrote:
I am with you Mr. Kamal. Your rebuttal though is brief but it is exactly to the point. Looking forward to Mr. Aslams' answer.
            Salahuddin Ayubi


"Md. Mostafa Kamal" <mmk3k@yahoo.com> wrote:
Mr. Aslam,
 
It is you who are so hurt person who cries or tears for division of so called Mother India. Of course not me by the broken of Pakistan. Bangladesh is my only & last address in this world. Look at the Shekhor Commission's report on Indian Muslims. Comparing Bangladesh-Pakistan Vs India how many Doctors, Engineers, MBA etc Muslim scholars in those countries. If the East Pakistan was not born how could you get Bangladesh by severing India? It is the WB's Hindu leader who prefer to Join India rather than a United Bengal. Please see bellow;
 

Look your BAL's Netri Hasina was called the Chief Minister back in Kolkata. Was it lie? She laughed & never protested. So did you. So we want a PM of an Independent & Sovereign Bangladesh, which you & your BAL gong Kabir Chowdhury, Late-Wahidul Haq wants to go back before 1947 for United India or AKHONDO BHARAT MATA & say proudly JOY HIND.
So it is the burning differnce between you & me.
 
Thank You All,
 
Md. Mostafa Kamal.

Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
Mr. Md. Mostafa Kamal
 
This is the reason that Mullahs abhor Free-Mixing !
[Keep the women out of the University .... Co-education,
Co-education .... NauzuBillah, NauzuBillah !!! - Sibir slogan]
 
May be now she will quit BCL and join Sibir and turn into a Hijabi.
Some people learn in the hard way and some never learn...
 
As far as I see, you are inherently a bitter person, you are angry
and put all your anger on BAL because Awami League has 
broken your favorite Pakistan into two pieces.
 
You seem to be quite facinated by the word BAL. It gives
you and your buddies tremendous anount of complacence ....
and inner satisfactions... Everything is yollow to the Jaundiced Eyes 
and everything is BAL  to Md. Mostafa Kamal.
 
 
Syed Aslam
 
PS: Your version of  28th Oct 2006 is out and out lie and total distortion of facts
       by Haji Selim & Dr. Iqbal. may be blamed for may other misdeeds, but
       they didn't led October 28th episode. Even Jamaati Sangran didnt say so.
 
       Daily star
                                  http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/10/29/d6102901022.htm
       NayaDiganto:
 
NewAgeBd:
 
None of these papers mention Haji Selim & Dr. Iqbal per se..
Mr. Md. Mostafa Kamal, you have lost all his credibilities..
Lier, lier pants on fire !!!! You pretend that you have stopped
lying, but you have just gotten better at it ....
 
- Show quoted text -


On 4/25/08, Md. Mostafa Kamal <mmk3k@yahoo.com> wrote:
Mr. Aslam,
 
Do you have really a sense of humour?
 
In 28th Oct 2006 BAL's supporters plunged over Jamat's meeting leaded by Haji Selim & Dr. Iqbal. There were no gun shot from Jamat's end. What you're or your reference saying is totally lie. It was infact started by your BAL & not Jamat. If the Jamat's cader shooted 100 rounds of bullets so why there is no casualty by a single bullet shot? It is logical thousands of BAL supporters there & no one hurt by a bullet, how it is possible? As you see your BAL's student wing BCL's male persons brutually attacked on Shima Islam it certainly proves that you & your BAL are totally liars & have no shame. So please at least as you're quite better person than Eng. Shafiq, Arif, Abul then kindly show us sense of humour & abstain from these sort of Propagandas.
 
Thank You All,
 
Md. Mostafa Kamal. 


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

Musings from a General

[ The source of the following writeup is an active-duty general in the Bangladesh Army. The author of this piece wishes to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. There are lots of interesting snippets here: a 2006 coup plan, Anwarul Iqbal's exist strategy to the UAE, etc. But I was not aware the Iazuddin has 20 pet dogs or that the government expenditure for those dogs is upsetting some young army officers, but the most important piece of information hinted in this piece explains why Moeen U. Ahmed's tenure as Chief of Staff was extended by one year. We were convinced that MUA will, after his retirement in June, step up to 'rescue' the country. But given the prices of essentials, specially the world-wide shortage of rice, becoming the de-jure ruler of Bangladesh is a no-win situation. So MUA, who is evidently a smart man (yes, I know the joke about Military Intelligence being an oxymoron, too) decided to extend his term by one year and remain the de-facto ruler until then. Does this mean the election will be pushed back until 2009? Generals are allowed to resign and enter politics, so we believe Gen. Ahmed is firmly straddling the fence at this point, but we will not be surprised if "unavoidable circumstances" pushes the election back. J @ ShadaKalo ]
Who Was Behind the Military-backed Government in Bangladesh?
[http://shadakalo.blogspot.com/2008/04/musings-from-general.html#links]

Interesting stories started emanating from the Bangladesh military intelligence sources in Dhaka. The rumor states that Mr. Anwarul Iqbal, who was in-charge of Police Force was asked to withdraw police forces from the 'war zone' on October 28, 2006 where few political activists and demonstrators were beaten to death. A selected few media blamed the 'logi boita' for the deaths while the Awami League leaders claimed and a few private TV channels showed that the Jamat supporters opened fire while shouting 'morle shoheed, bacle gazi' (if you die, you would go to heaven and if you don't die, you become a winner for eternity). His Deputy Police Commissioners repeatedly apprised him of the consequences of withdrawing the police forces and argued that the function of the police force is to maintain law and order. He did not listen to their arguments. As a reward and for his obedience, he was picked up as an Honorable Advisor in the current military-backed emergency government of Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed. Recently, he tried to put the Election Commission under fire by announcing that the Thana and local Parishad elections would be held prior to the national election for which the caretaker government was primarily installed. More interesting, as a precautionary measure, it is reported that Advisor Anwarul Iqbal has recently brought private flats in Dubai and UAE with a view to settle there after the change of the government. If the story is not true, he may submit a detail story on the 28th October incident as well as his income and wealth statement to dispel the rumors.

It is also reported that the British High Commissioner Mr. Anwar Chowdhury managed to diplomatically defeat the U. S. Ambassador Patricia Buetenis who desperately wanted to have the national election in January 2007. She miserably failed as the EU diplomats sided with Mr. Chowdhury and therefore, she was withdrawn within 15 months of her service in Bangladesh. Now she is posted as the Deputy U.S. Ambassador in Iraq. Reportedly, British High Commissioner Mr. Chowdhury was a trusted confidante of the Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and he continually briefed her to stand strong in her demands. At the same time, he advised the BNP-Jamat leadership especially Begum Khaleda Zia not to compromise. He really enjoyed the rivalry of the Begums, the London-based the Economist so aptly enumerated. He earned confidence of Sheikh Hasina as his father was an expatriate Awami League leader in the United Kingdom. He was also close to the inner circle of the BNP leadership especially Mr. Saifur Rahman by being a Sylheti, the most trusted Minister of Khaleda Zia. British Prime Minister Tony Blair appointed Mr. Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi native as the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh to get political support of the Bangladeshi British nationals. In spite of his efforts for another term, he has recently been withdrawn by Foreign Secretary Milliband. Unlike others he stayed there for four years. But the damages that he did to this nation's nascent democracy will remain afresh just like the British Raj's dual policy of divide and rule for years to come.

It is further reported that all arrangements were smartly made to have a military takeover in Bangladesh on October 28th. However Khaleda Zia's political advisor Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, a shrewd politician that sided with Pakistan in 1971 Liberation War reportedly received information from Pakistan's ISI, the military intelligence forces and quickly foiled such attempt by hurriedly forming a Caretaker government headed by President Iazuddin Ahmed. Once the Caretaker Cabinet was formed, the military found difficulty to take over. President Iazuddin, a very selfish man has no love for the nation or nation's laws and rules other than himself.

When the advisors of the Caretaker government of Iazuddin Ahmed were making progress and getting positive response from the opposing political parties, Dr. Iazuddin Ahmed at the advice of few selected military and civil society leaders obstructed any resolution. It is reported that both the TIB and the CPD got reasonable funding to continue their criticism of political leaders to create public opinion against them without fully knowing that they became a part of the conspiracy. However, CPD's Chief was rewarded with an Ambassadorial post immediately after the installation of the military-backed government that received nearly Tk80 crore British fund.

As the economy is failing under the inept caretaker government composed of foreign trained international bureaucrats and there is no hope of recovery soon, the military is fed up with Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed's government. Last January, four advisors were replaced and additional assistant advisors have recently been appointed to manage the economy. As it is not improving and there is not much hope of a quick fix, General Moeen U. Ahmed, the Army Chief is contemplating of handing over powers to an elected government. No wonder, while addressing the media this week he boldly stated that 'military has no political ambition'. Since last week a few generals have been quietly circulating the above 'untold stories' or 'classified information' as General Ahmed is convinced that leading such chaotic economy would be a bad choice now. However, before leaving the office, like a section of politicians that imported and enjoyed tax-free personal automobiles or made money out of such privilege, Army Chief General Moeen Ahmed rewarded him and his close associates with promotion and extension of service. That mentality of enjoying public benefits has not changed in spite of corruption jihad in the country. The current caretaker government will be over in 8/9 months, but upgrading of selected military ranks will continue even after its departure as the milestones of Fakhruddin government.

It is also reported that President Iazuddin Ahmed has been feeding his 20 pet dogs costing the public exchequer over couple of lac taka each month and as some young and dedicated army officers raised noise due to famine condition in the country, President Iazuddin to silence them extended the tenure of their boss, General Moeen U. Ahmed by a year. Question is; is it the same old 'give and take policy' of past governments in a new bottle? Or is it something new and fresh 'so-called reform' to deprive younger officers?


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