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{Spam?} RE: [chottala.com] Re: a tribute to a freedom fighter, a bengal tiger, battle of modinaghat and 1971



Hello Mr Tariq Matin
I feel proud when I see our (though we dont reside now but we do have very good connections with the village) Middle Madarsha has a son who is valiant freedom fighter. May allmighty Allah bestow Jannah to him.

Nader Chowdhury

--- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, tariq matin wrote:
>
> Mr. S.M Kamaluddin who was a valiant Freedom fighter passed away on 4th June 2009. He was buried in Middle Madarsha, Hathajari Chittagong on Satuday, June 6, 2009 with state honor.
> During 1971, Modinaghat by the river Halda, a branch of the river Karnaphuli was an extremely important strategic location in our liberation war.
> There was a center by the Modinaghat Bridge through which considerable power distribution used to take place. There was a check post of the Pakistan Army at Modinaghat. The Post was highly fortified and the Pak army was extremely vigilant there. This location was a symbol of the tyranny, arrogance, abuse, killings and atrocities committed by the Pak forces in our area.
> During the Independence war, Mr.Kamal led the Mukti Bahini in a highly sophisticated attack against Pakistani Army at this post. There were heavy casualties on the Pakistani forces. The power distribution plant was destroyed which was one of the objectives. This was one of the first major successful attacks against the Pakistan Army in Chittagong. The attack was symbolic as it instilled confidence and implanted the resolve to defeat the enemy.
> The Pak forces spread rumors at the aftermath of the operation that Mr. Kamal was killed and his dead body was floating in the river Halda.
> There was another rumor that Mr. Kamal was killed by Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury , who tried to capture and kill him in previous raids.
>
> We were extremely sad. While this was going on, we got news through an informant that uncle Kamal was alive he would be coming to our village home at a particular night to see us. I wanted to go see him along with my father. My father thought about the danger involved in going to see him. At the end love and desire to see him won over reason.
>
> From Chittagong City there were two ways to go to our village Middle Madarsha by the river Halda. One way was through Fateyabad, close to the Chittagong Cantonment and the Chittagong University.
> The second way was through Modinaghat. Communication to our village home was better through even though the Pak army would thoroughly search us.
> In addition to that, we would have to have our identity cards with us(the Pakistani troops used command us: "Dandi Card Nikalo").
> We secretly travelled from the City to our village home through the second route to avoid the Check Post.
>
> Uncle Kamal came to see us at night. He embraced me and lifted me up in his arms. It was an electrifying moment. We were so happy to see him alive. He left for India after 26th March 1971. There he got guerilla training in India before coming back to take over as the commander of Mukti Bahini in our area. I was not old enough to join the Mukti Bahini in 1971, but will remember this moment as long as I live to tell posterity about the days of our liberation war as I have seen through my uncle.
> He was involved in many successful operations against the Pak forces until the liberation of Bangladesh on 16th December, 1971. The entire nation was ecstatic on 16th December, 1971. I felt the ultimate high when we finally greeted him with flowers on December 18, 1971 upon his return from the battlefield. You had to be there to breathe and smell the freedom of liberation in the air of liberated Bangladesh !
>
> My hats off to you my dear uncle. God has been always with you, God has taken you and may God give you the best place in heavens for fighting against injustice and
> for taking the side of the people in protecting and liberating them.
> And thanks to you I have seen the birth of Bangladesh from so close and
> thanks to you I have tasted freedom with its true meaning.
>
> I would like to urge Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to honour this valiant
> Son of our soil so that his contribution for the liberation of Bangladesh
> will be remembered forever.
>
> tariq matin
>



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FW: [chottala.com] Re: a tribute to a freedom fighter, a bengal tiger, battle of modinaghat and 1971



Dear chottala readers,

I also pay my tribute to our valiant freedom fighter Late S.M. Kamaluddin of Middle Madarshah. From that side of Kuwaish Burischar area there were two others as known to me became shahid .
1) One  named as Subeder Major Eyar Mohd gave his life after vigorous fight with Pakistani panjabi soldiers killing many of them on the first night of 25th March when panjabi soldiers attacked peelkhana Bengal regiment barrack. Subeder Major Eyar Mohd. with his all compatriots started fighting valiantly with the Pakistani armies sending many of them to the hell and afterwards one bullet hit on his chest and became shahid. He was a Sargoda based trained commando guerilla really a brave man of about 6 ft tall did not left the place without fighting with he Pak attacking soldiers and sacrificeed his life by giving chance to his own fellow Bengali soldiers under him to flee. In Kuwaish Sheikh Mohd School and College there is a library now in his name. A road in that area near that College named after him as Subeder Major Eyar Mohd Sarak. In Dhaka his name is written on a monument in the entrance of Main Peelkhana gate , alongwith many of his accompanying martyrs.
2) Another shahid Chittagong Port Trust Executive engineer,  Engineer Nur Hossain also from Kuwaish near Naju Meah Hat area because of his closed contact with the Agrabad Radio station used to arrange meeting in Laldighi Maidan in favour of Bangabandhu immediately after 7th March and used to deliver arrogant speech against Pakistan upto 25th March. When Pakistan army took control of Chittagong on the 3rd week of April '71, he was picked up alongwith his driver in his car by Pak army and was killed in circuit house on an electric chair. His name written in the monument in front of Chittagong Port Trust office. There was also a postal stamp with his photo as an enblem on the stamp.   
In this way there were so many of our Bengali brave freedom fighters sacrificed their lives for the sake of our beloved country still unknown to us.

Dr. Siraj Uddowllah (Dowllah).     
 

In chottala@yahoogroups.com, Mr Nader Chowdhury wrote:

Hello Mr Tariq Matin
I feel proud when I see our (though we dont reside now but we do have very good connections with the village) Middle Madarsha has a son who is valiant freedom fighter. May allmighty Allah bestow Jannah to him.

Nader Chowdhury

--- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, tariq matin wrote:
>
> Mr. S.M Kamaluddin who was a valiant Freedom fighter passed away on 4th June 2009. He was buried in Middle Madarsha, Hathajari Chittagong on Satuday, June 6, 2009 with state honor.
> During 1971, Modinaghat by the river Halda, a branch of the river Karnaphuli was an extremely important strategic location in our liberation war.
> There was a center by the Modinaghat Bridge through which considerable power distribution used to take place. There was a check post of the Pakistan Army at Modinaghat. The Post was highly fortified and the Pak army was extremely vigilant there. This location was a symbol of the tyranny, arrogance, abuse, killings and atrocities committed by the Pak forces in our area.
> During the Independence war, Mr.Kamal led the Mukti Bahini in a highly sophisticated attack against Pakistani Army at this post. There were heavy casualties on the Pakistani forces. The power distribution plant was destroyed which was one of the objectives. This was one of the first major successful attacks against the Pakistan Army in Chittagong. The attack was symbolic as it instilled confidence and implanted the resolve to defeat the enemy.
> The Pak forces spread rumors at the aftermath of the operation that Mr. Kamal was killed and his dead body was floating in the river Halda.
> There was another rumor that Mr. Kamal was killed by Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury , who tried to capture and kill him in previous raids.
>
> We were extremely sad. While this was going on, we got news through an informant that uncle Kamal was alive he would be coming to our village home at a particular night to see us. I wanted to go see him along with my father. My father thought about the danger involved in going to see him. At the end love and desire to see him won over reason.
>
> From Chittagong City there were two ways to go to our village Middle Madarsha by the river Halda. One way was through Fateyabad, close to the Chittagong Cantonment and the Chittagong University.
> The second way was through Modinaghat. Communication to our village home was better through even though the Pak army would thoroughly search us.
> In addition to that, we would have to have our identity cards with us(the Pakistani troops used command us: "Dandi Card Nikalo").
> We secretly travelled from the City to our village home through the second route to avoid the Check Post.
>
> Uncle Kamal came to see us at night. He embraced me and lifted me up in his arms. It was an electrifying moment. We were so happy to see him alive. He left for India after 26th March 1971. There he got guerilla training in India before coming back to take over as the commander of Mukti Bahini in our area. I was not old enough to join the Mukti Bahini in 1971, but will remember this moment as long as I live to tell posterity about the days of our liberation war as I have seen through my uncle.
> He was involved in many successful operations against the Pak forces until the liberation of Bangladesh on 16th December, 1971. The entire nation was ecstatic on 16th December, 1971. I felt the ultimate high when we finally greeted him with flowers on December 18, 1971 upon his return from the battlefield. You had to be there to breathe and smell the freedom of liberation in the air of liberated Bangladesh !
>
> My hats off to you my dear uncle. God has been always with you, God has taken you and may God give you the best place in heavens for fighting against injustice and
> for taking the side of the people in protecting and liberating them.
> And thanks to you I have seen the birth of Bangladesh from so close and
> thanks to you I have tasted freedom with its true meaning.
>
> I would like to urge Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to honour this valiant
> Son of our soil so that his contribution for the liberation of Bangladesh
> will be remembered forever.
>
> tariq matin
>




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[chottala.com] Pak Ambassador Haqqani visits Aafia Siddiqui in Texas hospital



Pakistani Ambassador Haqqani meets Aafia Siddiqui, assures of legal support PDF Print E-mail
WASHINGTON, June 10 (APP): Pakistan's ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani met with detained Pakistani neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui in a Texas health facility and assured her of the government's full support for her early repatriation to homeland. During the meeting lasting for an hour, the ambassador also arranged a telephonic conversation between Ms Siddiqui and her mother.  This was Ms Siddiqui's first telephonic contact with her mother in six years. Ms Siddique thanked the ambassador for the humanitarian gesture and appreciated efforts the Pakistani diplomats are making for her release and return to the country.             

Ambassador Haqqani informed her that the Pakistani embassy in Washington - under the instructions of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani - is making diplomatic and legal efforts to secure her earliest release and repatriation.

Haqqani assured her that the embassy will make sure that her legal rights are protected.   

Dr Siddiqui, a 37-year old neuroscientist, is in U.S. custody facing charges of an alleged attempt to shoot American personnel in Afghanistan.  She was brought to New York in August last year by U.S. agents from Afghanistan and is currently being treated at a government psychiatric hospital in Texas.

According to Pakistani diplomats, Aafia Siddiqui appears to be in good health. The Pakistani ambassador has also requested the U.S. authorities to provide her best healthcare.

While in Texas, Ambassador Haqqani also met with representatives of the Pakistan Society of Northern Texas.

He urged the Pakistani Americans to contribute generously to the Prime Minister Relief Fund for internally displaced persons who are victims of terrorism and need international help.

He informed the Society that the Government is carrying out an enormous relief effort for displaced people of Malakand, who foiled the Taliban ploy to use masses as their human shield in the face of vital military offensive.He appealed to the community to mobilize the resources to help their brethren back home in their hour of need.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ambassador Haqqani meets Aafia Siddiqui, assures of legal support

Associated Press of Pakistan - ‎Jun 9, 2009‎
WASHINGTON, June 10 (APP): Pakistan's ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani met with detained Pakistani neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui in a Texas ...
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Obama Justice Department Goes Silent on Miranda

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It concerns the case of Aafia Siddiqui. Siddiqui, a female, is married to Khalid Sheikh Mohammad's nephew. While waiting to be interrogated by FBI officials ...

Do more to get Aafia back: IHC

Daily Times - ‎Jun 3, 2009‎
... possible step for the repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani-American neuroscientist, and disposed of the petition seeking her repatriation. ...

IHC reserves judgment in Dr Aafia case

PakTribune.com - ‎May 26, 2009‎
Iffat Siddiqui, mother of Dr Aafia, along with the other petitioner, had moved the court for repatriation of her daughter. They had sought directions to the ...

What Obama DIDN'T Say in Cairo

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or a fair trial for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui--who's THAT?--or an investigation into the "outing" of CIA agent Valerie Plame (well, he can't probably deny knowing ...

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Aafia Siddiqui, a neuroscientist, and her three small children were reportedly apprehended in Karachi by Pakistani intelligence in March 2003. ...
 


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[chottala.com] Sunita Paul : The Devi of Disinformation



 
The Devi of Disinformation

Jabir Islam exposes the many lies of "Sunita Paul"

We have always been told that the pen is mightier than the sword. When wielded by a skilled journalist, we see just how sharp that pen can be. Journalists are the Fourth Estate: a check and balance on the usual power structure. They expose political misdeeds and corruption.

Richard Nixon, once the most powerful man on earth as the US president, was brought down by the tireless (and fearless) work of journalists. This month, the speaker of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom was forced to resign when the Daily Telegraph exposed a scandal involving inappropriate expense by members of parliaments.

With this power come those who would like to abuse this power to serve their own agenda. The formula is simple: they inject patent falsehoods in the public discourse, surrounded by accurate information. To the casual reader, it appears that since points A and B are true, then point C must also be true. Once the credibility has built up, then they would make bolder, sometimes outrageous claims, propelled by people's hunger for information.

Sometimes this is propagated by governments to push their own agenda in the national or international stage, sometimes it is pushed by businesses, and sometimes by intelligence agencies to serve their own agenda that may be different from their governments. Pravda and Voice of America push the agenda of their governments. When intelligence agencies nominate guests for talk shows, they also practice the planting of information.

A lie will go round the world while truth is still putting its shoes on. This 200-year-old saying is even truer with the easy and free instant communication, blogs, and many online outlets where the propaganda can be planted.

But what does someone with evil intent do when they cannot buy a journalist? Pretend to be one, of course. An individual can have a disproportionate level of impact if he or she can produce disinformation padded by some truths.

Today, we look at the genesis and demise of one of such propagandist: one hiding behind the name "Sunita Paul."

Who is Sunita Paul?
This devi of disinformation is a late blooming flower. Her biography makes her 57 years old at this writing. But surprisingly, there is not a single sighting of this prolific author until 2006, when at the ripe old age of 54 she suddenly burst into various online publications, starting with Asian Tribune, an online daily published by an organisation called the World Institute for Asian Studies or WAIS1. Interestingly, there is absolutely no way to contact WAIS. No postal address, no email address, phone, or fax number. The links on the website for conferences are broken. The website itself, like that of Asian Tribune, are hosted in Sweden, and the domain names are registered via a Canadian company.

So a virtual unknown starts writing for a publication that exists only in the murky realms of cyberspace, without any way to contact the publisher. Then Sunita Paul branched out. We saw her prolific writing appear in Modern Ghana2, a website that claims it is a website about Ghana. We saw her handiwork on American Chronicle3 and its sister site California Chronicle, but it has stopped since April 15, 2009, because of a very simple reason: the persons hiding behind the Sunita Paul name stole the writing of others. When American Chronicle was notified of this, they stopped accepting any further articles from her.

American Chronicle is an interesting site. Anyone can register and start publishing articles there. Since it is a website in America and has a professional look, some articles by Sunita Paul were deemed good enough to be quoted by some Bangladeshi intellectuals and politicians. There is only one little problem: Ms. Paul does not let a minor inconvenience like fact stand in her way --she just makes up facts to fit the argument she is making. To paraphrase another old saying, her writing that is original is not good, and anything that is good is not original.

In preparation for this Forum article, we conducted extensive analysis on the writing attributed to Sunita Paul. On a single day, April 18, 2008, American Chronicle published the following articles under the Sunita Paul's name. If you are curious why we picked April 18, the answer is simple: that was the debut of Sunita Paul at the American Chronicle website.

16,975 words -- impressive. This level of output could even be called prodigious. There is only one problem.

The first story, "Is Bangladesh becoming Islam hater?" is no longer on the American Chronicle, because The Daily Star complained that it was stolen from a story published on that newspaper on April 18, titled "National Women Development Policy: Review body opposes equal rights for women"4. American Chronicle removed it after the complaint. But it still exists on Global Politician, another site that accepts writings from any Jodu/Modhu 5.

(A note to readers: instead of juxtaposing columns of stolen text next to the original, we have included the links to the webpages in question at the end of this article. If you are reading this in print, to reduce your typing we have included shorter URLs that will redirect you to the same pages. Judge the extent of plagiarism for yourself.)

"Nation in confrontation"6 steals large parts of its content from the Latvian Red Cross website7. "A war between right and wrong" was stolen from WikiPedia. While it is technically not a copyright violation to borrow from Wikipedia, not citing the source is a violation of journalistic integrity and academic honesty.

"Anatomy of the Economist report" is the shortest article at 1,076 words, and quotes liberally from "The Economist" with the original content reduced to less than 500 words.

"Bangladesh's Playboy Politician" also steals from Wikipedia without citing it as the source.

Lastly, "Who must win -- Donkey or Elephant?"8 steals from an article by Dr. Allan Lichtman, a professor of history at American University9.

Dear reader, note that this is from a single day's publication at a single site: April 18, 2008, which also happens to be the very first day Sunita Paul published on American Chronicle. We have documented her plagiarism in detail for the other days as well, but we hope we have made the point.

The web of deception started to unravel when a blogger, Mash Rahman, noticed that Sunita Paul has lifted paragraphs from one of his blog posts and used it without attribution. His article elicited a venomous reply from Sunita Paul, where all charges of plagiarism were denied, which reply was subsequently proven to be outright lies.

Why would this person plagiarise? As we mentioned in the beginning, it is important to build up credibility, and the fastest way to do that is to steal quality writing from others.

A fake identity
But it was not just stealing other people's writing. Our Sunita Paul is a writer of fiction as well. Her online biography listed as her birthplace a city called "Kochin" in India. When we pointed out10 that no such city exists, four days later the birthplace was changed to "Cochin" along with some other revisions we suggested.

Surprisingly, Sunita Paul has no shortage of defenders. One commenter wrote: "Whoever (s)he is, I find her commentary to be much more interesting and incisive than what is available from other sources." Another visitor told us that: "She may plagiarise but can you deny the facts?"

We are very glad you asked. Thankfully, facts are very rare in the writing of Sunita Paul, or about even the made-up persona that the people hiding behind that name uses.

In her biography11, Sunita Paul claims: "Her works have appeared in Sunday Ledger, African Times, Global Politician, Jerusalem Post, Women's World, Insight Magazine, Europe Post, The Asian Tribune, Countercurrents, American Thinker, Intelligence Reporteur, Daily Post, Daily Sun, Times Herald, Daily News, New York Sun, Newsday, New Yorker."

We have contacted most of the magazines and newspapers listed here, specifically the ones that can be uniquely identified, such as The New Yorker, New York Sun, Jerusalem Post, etc. We found that with the exception of a few free-to-anyone sites like Asian Tribune, every single one of these publications reported that they have not published any articles by anyone named Sunita Paul.

In an April 14, 2009 article12, Sunita Paul breathlessly reported: "Check here two points! Sajib Wajed Joy could not bring his former wife Christine Ovemarrie as they already got separated long time back. Secondly, on April 13, 2009, he had two-hour long closed door meeting inside the ministry of Home Affairs with none but Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj, the junior minister for the ministry."

Mr. Wajed is happily married to his wife, whose name was misspelled. Bangladeshi newspapers regularly report about them and publishes photos of them together. The latest installment was after Dr. Wajed Miah, Joy's father, passed away.

So Sunita Paul is a liar -- she lies in print about her own birthplace, about the publications where her work appeared, and she manufactured "facts" about the marital status of Sajib Wajed.

Mr. Wajed, while not officially engaged in politics, is definitely not a private citizen. As an adult, he can brush off rumours like that.

But what happens when the manufactured facts reach levels that could result in much more serious consequences? On April 1, Sunita Paul wrote13: "One of my very good friends, who coincidentally was flying in the same flight with Koko surprisingly saw that, as soon as the aircraft took off, Koko burst into laughter and was jumping like a kid with other members of his family who were on board with him."

This makes it appear that Arafat Rahman Koko's parole is based on fake illness. Fortunately for Mr. Rahman, the government does not rely on news reports, otherwise he may still be behind bars.

The same article goes on to say:
"On the other hand, Mirza Azam, who is the brother-in-law of Islamist militancy group kingpin Shaikh Abdur Rahman, had direct hands behind the brutal murder of Colonel Gulzar and another former officer of Rapid Action Battalion, who were also sent on deputation by the present government …

Most of the political figures, which are suspected to be involved in the bloody massacre, are greatly concerned about the investigation conducted by Bangladesh Armed Forces, and that is the only one, which is expected to be neutral, unbiased and true. Although there are rumors that the ruling party is actively trying to manage the high-commands in the armed forces too in somehow getting a favorable report. With this goal, the government reportedly is buying time. But, it is opined by many that, none of the members of the Bangladesh Armed Forces will ever compromise with the blood and dignity of their brother officers and their families."

As "Sunita Paul" is not burdened by facts, she explicitly mentioned that Mirza Azam had a direct hand in the killing of Col. Gulzar and another army officer.

"Why" Sunita Paul?
Perhaps more important than finding out the identities behind Sunita Paul is to find out what motivates them to plagiarise and make up facts.

It is one thing to steal an article about national women's policy, and an entirely different thing to name a person as having a direct hand in the murder of two army officers. Along with naming Mirza Azam, in a previous article, Sunita Paul cites unnamed sources who witnessed Sajib Wajed Joy handing out fat envelopes to fleeing BDR personnel at the Dubai airport 14.

We heard how heated the meeting between Sheikh Hasina and the army officers became. Newspapers and electronic media widely reported that politicians avoided the janaja of the slain army officers after some unpleasant incidents at the army mosque. But it could have escalated further.

The army's own investigation report has been submitted, along with the civilian report. Compared to those, Ms. Paul's version of the involvement of Awami League leaders seems to be entirely fabricated. Unfortunately, we do not see a retraction -- just more of the same.

We do not believe accusations of murder and aiding and abetting murderers happen lightly. What would have happened if an army officer decided to take the law in his own hands, and trusting the writings of Sunita Paul, decided to hand out some vigilante justice? What if the fabricated stories of complicity by the son of the prime minister and a senior leader of Awami League had gained credence within the section of the army that was already apoplectic about what it viewed as the government's mishandling of the crisis?

We believe these writings were meant to provide the final spark to an already agitated heap of gunpowder. Fortunately for the country, that did not happen.

Which leads us to the question: who would have benefited from the kind of instability that might have resulted?

In the polarised politics of Bangladesh, anything bad for Awami League is good for BNP, and vice versa. But our mystery woman is equally harsh on AL and BNP. One of her earliest articles was about the corruption of Giashuddin Mamun, Tarique Rahman, and Hawa Bhaban, and as late as 2009 she claimed that the basis of Koko's parole was fake. Could it be possible that "Sunita Paul" is driving the agenda of a third party?

Our first clue was an interview with Kazi Azizul Huq (KAH), the International Affairs Secretary of Bangladesh Khelafat Andolon15. Since Sunita Paul claims to be deaf and dumb, and also has claimed to have never visited16 Bangladesh, we assume this interview took place over email. So what we are seeing is not a spontaneous exchange, rather, a pre-set series of questions being asked by Sunita Paul.

From the very first question, the interview leads: "As I know, most of the Islamist and Islamic parties in Bangladesh are against withdrawal of travel ban. In your case, you are very exception. May you kindly elaborate the reason as to why you feel that Bangladesh should lift travel ban on Israel?"

The companion piece17 in Asia Tribune starts off with this line: "Bangladesh, although demanding to be a moderate Muslim nation, is in reality a notorious Jew hater and anti West and anti American nation."

These two paragraphs sets the tone. For the rest of the interview and the Asia Tribune piece, the goal is clear:

"Dhaka's stand has nothing to do with the Holy Quran, but is absolutely a political position. In this case, let us leave a question to all as to whether Bangladesh is trying to echo the anti Semitic sentiment by becoming one-sided supporter of Palestine …

Definitely, any sovereign nation has the right to hold its own policy. But, in this case, can we raise a plain question as to whether the Jewish business communities and friends of Israel like United States should patronize Dhaka economically to sharpen and strengthen their anti Semitic and anti US sentiments?"

Hmm. Definitely strange. A person allegedly born in India, someone who writes a few thousand words per day, never bothered to write a single article over a three-year period on India-Bangladesh relationship or the anti-Indian sentiment expressed by at least one major political party in Bangladesh. But the same person conducted one interview where most of the questions focused on anti-Semitism, Bangladesh, and Israel, and wrote another article on the relationship between friends of Israel, i.e. US and Bangladesh? This is not just a simple case of the aunt caring more than the mother -- this is a major propaganda push to sway public opinion.

Our Kazi Azizul Huq is quite the letter-writer: he wrote a letter to the Saudi king, and copied it to, among others, Salahuddin Shoaib Choudhury, a self-proclaimed Muslim Zionist, and Richard Benkin, an American Jewish activist and the founder of Interfaith Strength, a website that seems to be dedicated to promoting Salahuddin Shoaib Choudhury18.

Richard Benkin also happens to be the author of an Open Letter to Bangladesh, written in November 2003 and published in JewishWeek19 where he asks Bangladesh to recognise Israel. Interestingly, this came on the heels of Colin Powell's visit to Bangladesh prior to the start of the Iraq war where he asked the government to recognise Israel.

The author of this article is opposed to the neo-conservative agenda that predicates all Middle-Eastern politics on the security and pre-eminence of Israel. In case you have forgotten, it was the neo-cons in the US that pushed the US to a war in Iraq, one of the goals of which military action was to secure Israel forever.

The writings of Sunita Paul, along with cohorts Salahuddin Shoaib Choudhury and Richard Benkin, are pushing the same agenda in Bangladesh. It is our duty to our motherland to not fall for their deception.

Like the Hydra that grew two new heads every time Hercules cut one off, Sunita Paul and her spawn will continue to dog Bangladesh.

Consider the following: due to the proven complaints of plagiarism, American Chronicle has stopped publishing any new articles by Sunita Paul. Although her articles and bio are still there and reachable by the links we provided, searching for Sunita Paul brings up a single article that refers to her. Her last article was published on April 15, 2009.

But we are also watching the fascinating rise of one Joe Fleishman20 on American Chronicle: "Joe was born in 1968, in Philippine. His mother is from Philippine and father is an American. He grew up in Manila and starts his career as a news photographer for a local newspaper. In 2001 he moved to Japan and join Mainichi magazine. He spends a significant time in India."

This senior reporter of Mainichi is contributing his writing to a free online news outlet, approximately 50% of which seem to be devoted to Bangladesh. He also shares with Sunita Paul the propensity of overuse of exclamation signs and misuse of the comma. And this 41-year old senior writer suddenly appeared out of nowhere in April 2009, just as American Chronicle was shutting down Sunita Paul? Being the suspicious type, we called Mainichi Magazine. It does not have any Joe Fleishman on its staff.

Bibliography:
1. World Institute for Asian Studies, WAIS:
                          http://www.worldinstituteforasianstudies.org
2. Modern Ghana
                          http://www.modernghana.com
3. American Chronicle:
                          http://americanchronicle.com
4. Is Bangladesh becoming Islam hater?
                          http://www.globalpolitician.com/24549-bangladesh-islam or
                          http://tinyurl.com/sunitapaul5
5. National Women Development Policy. Review body opposes equal rights for women
                          http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=32657 or http://tinyurl.com/sunitapaul6
6. Nation in confrontation: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/58901 or
                                          http://tinyurl.com/sunita7
7. Latvian Red Cross:
                                          http://www.redcross.lv/en/conventions.htm or http://tinyurl.com/sunitapaul8
8. Who must win - Donkey or Elephant?:
                                          http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/58898 or
                                          http://tinyurlcom/sunitapaul9
9. Professor Lichtman's article from the US Embassy in Japan website
                                          http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20080123-02.html or
                                          http://tinyurl.com/sunitapaul10
10. Sunita Paul: Plagiarist
                                          http://www.docstrangelove.com/2009/04/03/sunita-paul-plagiarist/ or  http://tinyurl.com/sunitapaul11 12. http://shadakalo.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-difference-4-days-make.html or  http://tinyurl.com/sunitapaul12
11. Sunita Paul bio: http://www.americanchronicle.com/authors/view/2950 or
                                   http://tinyurl.com/sunitapaul13
12. "Suppressed trip, hidden meeting and treatment luxury of Bangladeshi politicians":
                                   http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/98368 or
                                   http://tinyurl.com/sunitapaul14
13. Phone calls, ailment and mystery unfolded in BDR massacre case               http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/96720 or
http://tinyurl.com/sunitapaul15
14. Bangladesh: Manipulation of BDR massacre probe
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/96420 or
http://tinyurl.com/sunitapaul16
15. An interview with Sunita Paul
http://bangladeshkhelafatandolan.blogspot.com/2008/06/interview-with-sunita-paul.html or http://tinyurl.com/sunitapaul18
16. Who used my name and created the false blog?
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/90278 or http://tinyurl.com/sunitapaul19
17. They hate US-West too
http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/10252 or
Jabir Islam blogs at http://shadakalo.blogspot.com
 
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[chottala.com] Re: a tribute to a freedom fighter, a bengal tiger, battle of modinaghat and 1971

Hello Mr Tariq Matin
I feel proud when I see our (though we dont reside now but we do have very good connections with the village) Middle Madarsha has a son who is valiant freedom fighter. May allmighty Allah bestow Jannah to him.

Nader Chowdhury


--- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, tariq matin wrote:
>
> Mr. S.M Kamaluddin who was a valiant Freedom fighter passed away on 4th June 2009. He was buried in Middle Madarsha, Hathajari Chittagong on Satuday, June 6, 2009 with state honor.
> During 1971, Modinaghat by the river Halda, a branch of the river Karnaphuli was an extremely important strategic location in our liberation war.
> There was a center by the Modinaghat Bridge through which considerable power distribution used to take place. There was a check post of the Pakistan Army at Modinaghat. The Post was highly fortified and the Pak army was extremely vigilant there. This location was a symbol of the tyranny, arrogance, abuse, killings and atrocities committed by the Pak forces in our area.
> During the Independence war, Mr.Kamal led the Mukti Bahini in a highly sophisticated attack against Pakistani Army at this post. There were heavy casualties on the Pakistani forces. The power distribution plant was destroyed which was one of the objectives. This was one of the first major successful attacks against the Pakistan Army in Chittagong. The attack was symbolic as it instilled confidence and implanted the resolve to defeat the enemy.
> The Pak forces spread rumors at the aftermath of the operation that Mr. Kamal was killed and his dead body was floating in the river Halda.
> There was another rumor that Mr. Kamal was killed by Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury , who tried to capture and kill him in previous raids.
>
> We were extremely sad. While this was going on, we got news through an informant that uncle Kamal was alive he would be coming to our village home at a particular night to see us. I wanted to go see him along with my father. My father thought about the danger involved in going to see him. At the end love and desire to see him won over reason.
>
> From Chittagong City there were two ways to go to our village Middle Madarsha by the river Halda. One way was through Fateyabad, close to the Chittagong Cantonment and the Chittagong University.
> The second way was through Modinaghat. Communication to our village home was better through even though the Pak army would thoroughly search us.
> In addition to that, we would have to have our identity cards with us(the Pakistani troops used command us: "Dandi Card Nikalo").
> We secretly travelled from the City to our village home through the second route to avoid the Check Post.
>
> Uncle Kamal came to see us at night. He embraced me and lifted me up in his arms. It was an electrifying moment. We were so happy to see him alive. He left for India after 26th March 1971. There he got guerilla training in India before coming back to take over as the commander of Mukti Bahini in our area. I was not old enough to join the Mukti Bahini in 1971, but will remember this moment as long as I live to tell posterity about the days of our liberation war as I have seen through my uncle.
> He was involved in many successful operations against the Pak forces until the liberation of Bangladesh on 16th December, 1971. The entire nation was ecstatic on 16th December, 1971. I felt the ultimate high when we finally greeted him with flowers on December 18, 1971 upon his return from the battlefield. You had to be there to breathe and smell the freedom of liberation in the air of liberated Bangladesh !
>
> My hats off to you my dear uncle. God has been always with you, God has taken you and may God give you the best place in heavens for fighting against injustice and
> for taking the side of the people in protecting and liberating them.
> And thanks to you I have seen the birth of Bangladesh from so close and
> thanks to you I have tasted freedom with its true meaning.
>
> I would like to urge Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to honour this valiant
> Son of our soil so that his contribution for the liberation of Bangladesh
> will be remembered forever.
>
> tariq matin
>


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