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That is why:
Zia did more harm than Ershad: HCDhaka, Aug 26 (bdnews24.com)—Even though autocrat H M Ershad had committed crime by suspending the constitution, military strongman Ziaur Rahman's crime was far greater in magnitude, the High Court has observed.
The court in its verdict issued on Thursday said Zia had not only suspended the constitution but he also brought basic changes to its cardinal principles.
The High Court made the observation while comparing the two military regimes in the verdict, declaring the Seventh Amendment illegal on Thursday.
The bench of justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Sheikh Mohammad Zakir Hossain in the ruling declared Ershad's military regime illegal.
The Seventh Amendment to the constitution was passed in the parliament formed in 1986 which legitamised the takeover of power by Ershad along with the martial law orders made between 1982 and 1986.
Earlier on Aug 29, 2005, the High Court issued a verdict that had declared the Fifth Amendment illegal. It also had declared illegal the regimes of Khondker Moshtaq Ahmed, Abu Sa'adat Mohammad Sayem and Zia between Aug 15, 1975 and 1979.
Regarding Zia, the verdict stated he had appointed a pro-Pakistan person (Shah Azizur Rahman) prime minister and rehabilitated a number of persons of the same belief and the killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and made grounds for religion-based politics.
The court stated Ershad also illegally ruled the country just like Khondker Moshtaq Ahmed, Abu Sa'adat Mohammad Sayem and Ziaur Rahman and so, none of them can be pardoned. Ershad cannot get away from the consequences for what he had done.
The verdict also said, Ershad took over the power from justice Abdus Sattar, the successor to Zia, and suspended the constitution. Mostaq and Zia, however, went on to change the constitution.
The court also said some renegade army officers killed Sheikh Mujib on Aug 15, 1975 with support from foreign powers. Moshtaq came to power even though he was not speaker or vice president and Zia took over from him.
Zia had blocked the way to try the killers of Mujib by issuing the Indemnity Act. He removed the basic principles of the constitution which were included in light of the liberation war perspective, said the verdict.
It also said, Zia, using martial law, had illegally penalised a number of freedom fighters including Col Abu Taher in military courts and tribunals.
On Apr 5, the High Court asked the government to explain why the Seventh Amendment which legalised the takeover of power by Ershad along with the martial law instructions made between 1982 and 1986 was not illegal.
The ruling came in response to a petition filed by Siddique Ahmed, a resident of Chittagong, who was convicted of murder during Ershad's martial law period.
It, however, spared those decisions that were taken in public interest but declared the Fifth Amendment illegal.
Additionally, the court had commented in that verdict, all the changes in the administration from Aug 15, 1975 till the parliament elections on 1991 were not made according to the constitution.
The BNP-led coalition government had appealed for a stay order on the verdict. However, the ruling Awami League-led government withdrew the appeal.
On Feb 2, the Appellate Division dismissed an appeal challenging the High Court verdict.
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By Haaretz Service Tags: Israel news
The Wikileaks website released a CIA document on Wednesday that examines the trend of Americans committing terrorist acts overseas, including American Jews in Israel.
American Jews in Israel were one of four groups mentioned in the classified report, titled "What if Foreigners See the United States as an Exporter of Terrorism?"
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"Some American Jews have supported and even engaged in violent acts against perceived enemies of Israel," the report reads. "In 1994, Baruch Goldstein, an American Jewish doctor from New York, emigrated to Israel, joined the extremist group Kach, and killed 29 Palestinians during their prayers in the mosque at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron which helped trigger a wave of bus bombings by Hamas in early 1995."
Other groups mentioned were Irish-Americans who supported the Irish Republican Army; a group of Muslim-American men who traveled to Pakistan last year to engage in Jihad; and a Pakistani-American man, David Headley, who conducted surveillance for the Lashkar-i-Tayyiba terrorist group ahead of the attack in Mumbai, India in November 2008 that killed more than 160 people.
The leaked report was compiled in February 2010 by the CIA's Red Cell, which, according to the memorandum, was tasked with "taking a pronounced 'out-of-the-box' approach that will provoke thought and offer an alternative viewpoint on the full range of analytic issues."
Wikileaks, an online whistle-blowing website, recently published tens of thousands of classified military documents related to the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
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26 de agosto de 2010, 09:34Washington, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) A CIA memo published Wednesday on the Wikileaks website addresses what would happen if it became internationally known that the United States exports terrorism. The three-page secret document titled "What If Foreigners See the United States as an 'Exporter of Terrorism?'" and dated February 2 of this year, says that the phenomenon of exporting terrorism is not new in Washington. The memo also says that it has not only been associated with Muslim groups or individuals from the Middle East, Africa, or ethnic groups of southern Asia. The report, prepared by a special division of a CIA unit called Red Cell, lists a number of cases of terrorism exported by the United States. These include attacks by individuals based in the United States or financiers of third parties to commit these crimes. This position contradicts the self-proclaimed war on terrorism initiated by former President George W. Bush after the attacks on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. The document reveals the White House's double standard on this issue and, according to the publication, could lead foreign governments to avoid cooperating with Washington on these matters. On July 25, Wikileaks published about 76,000 classified documents on the Pentagon's war on Afghanistan and promised to release 15,000 more documents related to the war today. mh/rab/mgt/dfm/avp | |||
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