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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Re: [chottala.com] Warcriminals in Awami Mohajote League -7 (last episode)



DEAR ALL
 
Didn't you all know that BAL(Bangladesh Awami League) has a unique machine which converts Razzakars into
Mukti Jodhas? In the article below they forgot to mention Late Faizul Hoque son of Shere Bangla A.K. Fazlul Hoque
who was also a Razakar but served as State Minister of Jute in Hasina Wajed's cabinet from the year 1996-2001. He
was in Dhaka Central Jail from 1972-73. So anyone who wants to become Mukti Jodha from Razakar please join
BAL(Bangladesh Awami League). The word Awami is not a Bangla word, it is a URDU word but it is only BAL who
can use it because they are the proprietor of Bangladesh?
 
Ataul Karim
(Free Thinker)


From: Nayan Khan <udarakash08@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 6:14:11 AM
Subject: [chottala.com] Warcriminals in Awami Mohajote League -7 (last episode)

 

Here is the last one to read all famous warcriminals hidden under Hasina-Ershad et al:
 
To read other parts, please click the following link and look at leftside.
 
 

আওয়ামী লীগে যুদ্ধাপরাধী - ৭ (শেষ পর্ব)

এ্যাডভোকেট নয়ন খান

আজকের শেষ পর্বে আমরা বিখ্যাত ও ক্ষমতাধর সব রাজাকারদের সম্মন্ধে জানব, যারা অতীত ও বর্তমানে ঘাপটি মেরে আওয়ামী লীগে থেকে বড় বড় কথা বলে।

১. মন্ত্রী ক্যাপ্টেন (অব.) তাজুল ইসলামের পিতা
মুক্তিযুদ্ধ বিষয়ক প্রতি মন্ত্রী ক্যাপ্টেন (অব.) তাজুল ইসলামের পিতা রফিক উদ্দিন মাস্টার ছিলেন ব্রাহ্মণবাড়ীয়ার বাঞ্ছারামপুরের শান্তি কমিটির চেয়ারম্যান। তিনি পাকিস্তানী হানাদার বাহিনীর পক্ষে জনমত গঠন করতে মিটিং ও ক্যাম্পেইন করেন। কিন্তু তার পুত্র সেনা বাহিনীর সদস্য ও আওয়ামী লীগের প্রভাবশালী নেতা হওয়ায় তার পিতার কার্যক্রমকে বিচারের আওতায় আনা হয়নি।

২. কবি সূফিয়া কামাল
(সূত্র: "আমার দেখা ব্যর্থ সেনা অভ্যূত্থান' ৯৬"-মেজর জেনারেল এম এ মতিন, বীর প্রতিক, পিএসসি থেকে নেয়া)

কবি সূফিয়া কামাল কায়েদে আজমের নামে অগণিত কবিতা রচনা করে এবং ইসলামের দরদী সেজে পাকিস্তান সরকারের কাছ থেকে বিপুল অর্থ হাতিয়েছেন। স্বাধীনতা আন্দোলনের সময় স্বাধীন বাংলা বেতার কেন্দ্রে স্বাধীনতা ও মুক্তিযোদ্ধাদের পক্ষে একটি কবিতাও রচনা করে পাঠাননি। মুক্তিযুদ্ধের ৯ মাস ঢাকায় পাকিস্তান সরকারের আশ্রয়ে মেয়ে সুলতানা কামাল ও অন্যদের নিয়ে আরাম আয়েশে কাটিয়েছেন। তার মেয়ে সুলতানা এক হিন্দুকে বিয়ে করে এখন হয়েছেন সুলতানা কামাল চক্রবর্তী। স্বাধীনতার পরে মা ও মেয়ে লাফিয়ে পড়ে মুক্তিযুদ্ধের পক্ষের শক্তি সেজে মুজিবের বন্দনা গেয়ে অর্থ হাতিয়েছেন। এ মহিলা ইসলামপন্থীদের শীল-পাটায় পিষে মারবেন বলে হুংকার এবং রবীন্দ্র সংগীত গাওয়াকে ইবাদত বলে ফতোয়া দিয়েছিলেন। এ রাজাকারদের কবিতাও স্বাধীন দেশের পাঠ্যসূচীতে অন্তর্ভূক্ত এবং আমাদের মত মুক্তিযোদ্ধাদের সন্তানদের তা পাঠ করতে হয়।

মুক্তিযুদ্ধের সময় পাক আর্মির অর্থে প্রতিপালিত সুলতানা কামাল চক্রবর্তী তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকারের উপদেষ্টাও হয়েছিলেন। যত বড় রাজাকারই হোক না কেন, ইসলামের বিরুদ্ধে কথা বললেই মুক্তিযোদ্ধায় পরিণত হওয়া এদেশের রীতিতে পরিণত হয়েছে। এ রাজাকাররাই এখন মুক্তিযুদ্ধের পক্ষের শক্তি হিসেবে আওয়ামী লীগ সরকারের কাছে সমাদৃত।

৩. বাণিজ্যমন্ত্রী কর্ণেল (অব.) ফারূক খান
আওয়ামী লীগ সরকারের বাণিজ্যমন্ত্রী কর্ণেল (অব.) ফারূক খান ১৯৭১ সালের ১৬ ডিসেম্বর পর্যন্ত মুক্তিযুদ্ধের বিপক্ষে পাকিস্তানী সেনা বাহিনীর হয়ে যুদ্ধ করেছেন। তার অন্য ভাইদের বিরুদ্ধেও মুক্তিযুদ্ধের সময় পাকিস্তানীদের দালালি করে বিপুল বিত্ত-বৈভবের মালিক হওয়ার অভিযোগ আছে। পাকিস্তানীদের দালালি করে লব্ধ টাকা দিয়ে ফারুক খানরা সামিট গ্রূপ তৈরি করেন।

৪. কাজী জাফরুল্লাহ
আওয়ামী লীগের সভাপতি মন্ডলীর সদস্য কাজী জাফরুলাহ পিতার শান্তি কমিটির সদস্য হওয়ার সূত্রে মুক্তিযুদ্ধের সময় স্বাধীনতার বিরোধিতায় লিপ্ত ছিলেন। তিনি ও তার পিতা মানবতার বিরুদ্ধে অপরাধ সংগঠন ও মিরপুরের বিহারীদের সঙ্গে আঁতাত করে ১৬ ডিসেম্বরের পরে ১৯৭২ সালের ৩০ জানুয়ারি জহির রায়হানসহ মুক্তিযোদ্ধাদের প্রতি হামলায় ইন্ধন যোগানোতে সম্পৃক্ত বলে জানা গেছে।

৫. সাবের হোসেন চৌধুরী
মুসলিম লীগ নেতা ফজলুল কাদের চৌধুরীর ভাগিনা, আওয়ামী লীগের বর্তমান সংসদ সদস্য ও সাবেক মন্ত্রী সাবের হোসেন চৌধুরী মুক্তিযুদ্ধের সময় পাকিস্তানী সেনা বাহিনীর পক্ষে সহযোগিতা করেছেন বলে অভিযোগ পাওয়া গেছে। তিনি ফুপাতো ভাই গিয়াস কাদের চৌধুরীদের সঙ্গে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ বিরোধী বিভিন্ন কর্মকান্ডে অংশ গ্রহণ করেন।

৬. মির্জা আজমের পিতা মির্জা আবুল কাশেম
জাতীয় সংসদের হুইপ ও মির্জা আজমের পিতা মির্জা আবুল কাশেম মাদারগঞ্জ জেলা শান্তি কমিটির চেয়ারম্যান ছিলেন। মির্জা কাশেমের অপরাধমূলক কর্মকান্ড সম্পর্কে বৃহত্তর ময়মনসিংহের মুক্তিযোদ্ধারা অবগত। পিতাকে বাঁচাতে মির্জা আজম নিজের নাম মির্জা গোলাম আজমকে পরিবর্তন করে মির্জা আজম রেখে আওয়ামী লীগে যোগদান করেন। তিনি আওয়ামী লীগে যোগদানের পর তার পিতাকে যুদ্ধাপরাধের জন্য কটুক্তিকারী মুক্তিযোদ্ধাদের তিনি নিজের হাতে ১৯৯৬-২০০১ সাল পর্যন্ত শায়েস্তা করেন।

৭. কোটালী পাড়া উপজেলা আওয়ামী লীগের সিনিয়র যুগ্ম সম্পাদক মুজিবর রহমান হাওলাদার,
৮. কোটালী পাড়া উপজেলা কৃষক লীগের সভাপতি জাফরূল ইসলাম,
৯. কোটালী পাড়া উপজেলা মহিলা আওয়ামী লীগের সভানেত্রী রাফেজা বেগমের ভাই আব্দুল আজিজ,
১০. কোটালী পাড়া উপজেলা আওয়ামী লীগের মুক্তিযোদ্ধা বিষয়ক সম্পাদক আবুল কালামের পিতা আব্দুল মালেক দাড়িয়া
১১. আওয়ামী লীগের সাবেক ধর্ম প্রতিমন্ত্রী মাওলানা নুরূল ইসলামের কথা আগেই উল্লেখ করেছি।

তার ব্যাপারে কাদের সিদ্দিকী গত ৩১ মার্চ পল্টন ময়দানে আয়োজিত এক সমাবেশে বলেন, আওয়ামী লীগের সাবেক ধর্ম প্রতিমন্ত্রী মাওলানা নুরুল ইসলাম যুদ্ধাপরাধী ছিলেন কি না তা জানি না। তবে তিনি যে সরিষাবাড়িতে রাজাকারগিরি করেছেন তা তো আমাকে জিজ্ঞেস করলে আমিই বলে দিতে পারি। তার অধীনে থাকা অনেক রাজাকার আমাদের হাতে ধরা পড়েছে।

১২. মুসলিম লীগ নেতা সালাউদ্দিন কাদের চৌধুরীর চাচাত ভাই সরকার দলীয় এমপি ফজলুল করিম চৌধুরী। তার বিরুদ্ধে মুক্তিযুদ্ধের বিরোধিতা ও পাকিস্তানী সেনা বাহিনীকে সহযোগিতা করার অভিযোগ রয়েছে।

১৩. ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে রাষ্ট্রবিজ্ঞান বিভাগের শিক্ষক ড. এ. কে. এম. শহিদুল্লাহ। মুক্তিযুদ্ধের পরে পাকিস্তানীদের দালালির করার অপরাধে বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় কর্তৃপক্ষ তাকে সাময়িক বরখাস্ত করে। কিন্তু আওয়ামী লীগ পরিবারের সদস্য হওয়ায় তাকে চাকরিতে পরে বহাল করা হয়। তিনি বর্তমানে বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের আওয়ামী লীগের নীল দলের প্রভাবশালী নেতা।

১৪. আব্দুল জব্বার ইঞ্জিনিয়ার
তথ্যানুসন্ধানে জানা যায়, সূর্যমনি ও বাড়ইবাড়ি গণহত্যার নায়ক আব্দুল জব্বার ইঞ্জিনিয়ার মহাজোটের শরীক এরশাদের জাতীয় পার্টির সহসভাপতি আব্দুল জব্বার ইঞ্জিনিয়ার ১৯৭১ সালে পিরোজপুরের মঠবাড়িয়া থানার শান্তি কমিটির চেয়ারম্যান ছিলেন । মুক্তিযুদ্ধের সময় ৬ সেপ্টেম্বর তারই নির্দেশে তার মামাশশুর রাজাকার কমান্ডার বর্তমানে টিকিকাটা ইউপি চেয়ারম্যান ইস্কান্দার মৃধা, মুকুল বাদশা, রূহুল মৃধা ও আনসার খলিফার নেতৃত্বে ২৫/৩০ জনের রাজাকার বাহিনী উপজেলার আঙ্গুলকাটা গ্রামের মিত্র বাড়িতে অভিযান চালায়। এ সময়ে তারা ৩৭ জনকে ধরে সূর্যমনি বেড়িবাধে নিয়ে গুলি করে হত্যা করে। এতে ঘটনা স্হলেই ২৫ জন নিহত হন।

১৯৬৬ সালে যশোর বোর্ডের এস.এস.সি. পরীক্ষায় প্রথম স্থান অধিকারী ছাত্র গণপতি হালদার, ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ছাত্র বিরেন, ভিপি আনোয়ারুল কাদির, জিয়াউজ্জামান, গোলাম মোস্তফা, অমল, শ্যাম ব্যাপারী ও আব্দুল মালেক হত্যার মূল পরিকল্পনাকারী ছিলেন জব্বার ইঞ্জিনিয়ার। এলাকায় বসেই তিনি রাজাকার বাহিনী সংগঠিত করার নেতৃত্ব দেন। তার নির্দেশেই মঠবাড়িয়ায় মেধাবী ছাত্র ও হিন্দুদের হত্যাসহ সব ধরনের লুটপাটের ঘটনা ঘটে। স্থানীয় মানুষ, মুক্তিযোদ্ধা ও ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত পরিবার সূত্রে এসব কথা জানা গেছে।

নাম প্রকাশ না করার শর্তে স্থানীয় জাতীয় পার্টির এক নেতা জানান, জব্বার ইঞ্জিনিয়ার বর্তমানে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের ফ্লোরিডায় তার বড় মেয়ের বাসায় আছেন। সেখানে তার বড় ছেলে নাসিরউদ্দিনও থাকেন। উপজেলার সাপলেজা ইউনিয়নের মুক্তিযোদ্ধা শামসুল হক জানান, '৭১ সালে সাপলেজা কাচারীবাড়ির এক জনসভায় জব্বার ইঞ্জিনিয়ার উদ্ধত কন্ঠে বলেছিলেন 'মুক্তিযোদ্ধা ও হিন্দুদের স্থান এই পাকিস্তানের মাটিতে হবে না, হিন্দুদের সম্পদ সব গনিমতের মাল, সব কিছু মুসলমানদের ভোগ করা জায়েজ।' মুক্তিযোদ্ধা কমান্ডার ও শরণ খোলা থানার কমান্ডিং অফিসার মুজিবুল হক মজনু বলেন, জব্বার ইঞ্জিনিয়ার সুন্দরবন উপকুল এলাকার রাজাকারদের রিং লিডার ছিলেন। তিনি এ অঞ্চলের মুক্তিযুদ্ধের সংগঠক শহীদ সওগাতুল আলম ছগিরের গ্রামের বাড়িতে অগ্নি-সংযোগ ও লুটপাট করে। 'তিনি আমার গ্রামের বাড়িও লুটপাট করেছে। আমার মাকে রাইফেল দিয়ে পিটিয়েছে।' জানা যায়, যুদ্ধাপরাধী আব্দুল জব্বার ইঞ্জিনিয়ার ১৯৬৫ সালে আইয়ুব খানের মৌলিক গণতন্ত্রের নির্বাচনে তৎকালীন চেয়ারম্যান মেম্বারদের ভোটে এম পি নির্বাচিত হন। '৭০-এর নির্বাচনে তৎকালীন মুসলিম লীগের প্রার্থী হিসেবে মঠবাড়িয়া-বামনা-পাথরঘাটা আসনে নির্বাচন করেন। দেশ স্বাধীন হবার পর তিনি আত্মগোপনে চলে যান। '৭৫-এর রাজনৈতিক পট পরিবর্তনের পর আবার তিনি প্রকাশ্য রাজনীতিতে সক্রিয় হয়ে ওঠেন। ১৯৮৬ সালে এরশাদের জাতীয় পার্টির রাজনীতিতে যুক্ত হয়ে পিরোজপুর-৪ আসন থেকে সংসদ সদস্য নির্বাচিত হন। '৮৮ সালের ভোট বিহীন নির্বাচনে পুনরায় তিনি বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় নির্বাচিত হন। ওই সময় তিনি পিরোজপুর জেলা পরিষদের চেয়ারম্যান হন। '৯১ সালে বিএনপি ক্ষমতায় আসার পর তার বিরুদ্ধে টিন ও চাল আত্মসাতের মামলা হয়। এরপর মামলা থেকে বাচতে বিএনপিতে যোগ দিলেও ২০০১ সালে পুনরায় তিনি জাতীয় পার্টিতে ফিরে এসে কেন্দ্রীয় রাজনীতি শুরু করেন ও জাতীয় পার্টির ভাইস চেয়ারম্যান নির্বাচিত হন। মুক্তিযুদ্ধে নিহত বিনোদবিহারী বিশ্বাসের ছেলে যজ্ঞেস বিশ্বাস ১৯৭২ সালে জব্বার ইঞ্জিনিয়ারকে প্রধান আসামী করে স্হানীয় দুই শতাধিক রাজাকারের বিরুদ্ধে হত্যা, লুট, অগ্নি-সংযোগ ও নির্যাতনের অভিযোগে বাদি হয়ে মঠবাড়িয়া থানায় একটি মামলা দায়ের করেন। কিন্তু '৭৫-এর পট পরিবর্তনের পর এখানে স্বাধীনতা বিরোধীদের উত্থানের কারণে মামলা দুটি ধামাচাপাসহ সব নথিপত্র গায়েব হয়ে যায়।

১৫. সাবেক স্পিকার শামসুল হুদা চৌধুরী
১৬. ১৯৮৮ সালে জাতীয় পার্টির নেতা সাবেক উপ রাষ্ট্রপতি এ. কে. এম. নুরুল ইসলাম। তিনি সদস্য, টিক্কা খানকে সহযোগিতা দানের উদ্দেশ্য গঠিত কমিটির সদস্য ছিলেন।
১৭. জাতীয় পার্টির টিকিটে সংসদ সদস্য ও সাবেক মন্ত্রী একেএম মাইদুল ইসলাম
১৮. যুদ্ধাপরাধ মামলায় কারারন্তরীণ মাওলানা সাখাওয়াত হোসাইন
১৯. ব্যারিস্টার রাবেয়া ভূইয়া
২০. দেলোওয়ার হোসেন চৌধুরী (পুরু মিয়া)

ফেঞ্চুগঞ্জ পিচ কমিটির চেয়ারম্যান ছিলেন পুরু মিয়া। ফেঞ্চুগঞ্জে পাক ফৌজের দ্বারা যত লোক হত্যা হয়েছে, সব খুনের সাথেই তার জড়িত থাকার কথা এলাকাবাসীর মুখে মুখে। তারই শ্যালক মোহন সংসদে যুদ্ধাপরাধী বিচারের বিল আনেন। এর চেয়ে খারাপ উদাহরণ বাংলাদেশে আর কি হতে পারে? রাজাকার পুত্র এভাবেই মুক্তিযোদ্ধা বানানোর মেশিন আওয়ামী লীগে ঢুকে মুক্তিযোদ্ধা হয়ে যায়!

লেখক: সিনিয়র আইনজীবি, মিশিগান, আমেরিকা।
 
Regards,
NK

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'Awami League' is not a name of a political party, it's a name of disease of Bangladesh.




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[chottala.com] DUET student expelled for objectionable remark on PM in facebook

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"A student of Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology was today expelled for one year for making objectionable remark in the website face-book on the family of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina."

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[chottala.com] BANGLADESH-WITH JEWISH CONNECTIONS



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BANGLADESH-WITH JEWISH CONNECTIONS
David Zetler.
 
Iwas interested in including Bangladesh in our tour to Asia, but there would be problems involved, the main one being that as Israelis, my wife and I were not allowed into the Muslim country. An Israeli diplomat in Asia told me about Mordecai Cohen, who grew up in what is today Bangladesh. I contacted him in Kolkata, where he now lives, and planned how to get our Bangladeshi visas using our foreign passports. An Asian Bangladeshi mission kindly granted us visas and even warned us about the traffic in Dhaka.

We arrived in Kolkata, where we were made very welcome by Mordy and Jo Cohen. Mordy's great-grandparents, Jews from Iran and Iraq, settled in East Bengal in the 1800s in what was then India. Very few Jews settled in East Bengal, as opposed to West Bengal, which had a thriving Jewish community of more than 5,000 at its peak in and around Kolkata (then Calcutta).

When the Indian subcontinent became independent from Britain in 1947, it was partitioned between India and the divided country of East and West Pakistan.

Mordy went to school in Rajshahi in East Pakistan and was one of the pioneers of television in Dhaka (then Dacca), which was its capital. He was an announcer and news reader in English and two local languages.

Each news broadcast was accompanied by "the news, presented by Mordecai Cohen." Mordy had attended school with boys who later held important positions in the government and in the defense services. He gave us the name and phone number of a former cabinet minister in Dhaka if we encountered any problems there. After the Six Day War in 1967, questions were raised about the Jew presenting the news. His parents, who were still living in Rajshahi, were threatened and were given police protection. He and his parents left for Calcutta in 1968.

Mordy told us about his uncle, Gen. J.F.R.

(Jack) Jacob, who was born in Calcutta in 1923. In 1941, after hearing reports of the Holocaust, he enlisted in the Indian army, which was under British command. After completing an officer's course, he served in North Africa, Burma and Sumatra. By 1971 he had been promoted to chief of staff of the Eastern Command of the Indian army.

It was the year that East Pakistan started a guerrilla war against the Pakistani army, as the East Pakistanis (Bengalis) were very unhappy with being ruled by West Pakistan and Bengali not being accorded the status of an official language. The army retaliated by ruthlessly raping and killing local students, academics and Hindus who still remained in East Pakistan. Ten million East Pakistanis fled their homes to seek refuge in neighboring India. The leaders of the liberation struggle appealed to Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi for help, and it was left to Jacob to plan an invasion and defeat the Pakistan army.

It was a difficult project as, besides having to cross wide rivers, it was the height of the Cold War and although the USSR was an ally of India, the US, an ally of Pakistan, positioned its Seventh Fleet in the Bay of Bengal. He planned a short war and within two weeks he met General Niazi, the head of the Pakistan army in Dacca and instead of getting a hoped for cease-fire, Niazi surrendered to him. The Pakistan army of 93,000 had surrendered to a Jew and, in doing so, had created the new Muslim country of Bangladesh. It was one of the biggest surrenders in the history of warfare.

Jacob wrote a book on the war, Surrender at Dacca: Birth of a Nation, which has been translated into many languages, including Hebrew. He has been invited to Israel and has been a guest of its prime ministers. After he retired from the army, he served as the governor of the Indian states of Goa and Punjab. Today he lives in New Delhi and recently told me that Bangladesh was going to present him and Indira Gandhi (posthumously) with a gold medal this year, the 40th anniversary of independence.

WE VISITED the Liberation Museum in Dhaka, where only one panel is devoted to the Indian army, and Jacob's name is not mentioned. It reminded me of my visit to Darjeeling in northern India, the birthplace of Sherpa Tensing Norgay, who accompanied Edmund Hillary on the conquest of Mount Everest. There is a museum devoted to Norgay and his climb up Everest, and right at the end of the exhibits it says that he was accompanied by Hillary.

We decided to plan and pay for our Bangladesh trip in Kolkata, as we could not draw any money there with our Israeli credit cards. We took dollars with us for meals and any other expenses. We also took the precaution of leaving our Israeli passports and Hebrew documents in Kolkata.

Our visit to Dhaka, a city of 13 million, was spoiled by the impossible (read "impassable") traffic congestion.

Thirty years ago Dhaka had a population of only a million. The traffic consists of new cars, old buses and tens of thousands of artistically decorated threewheeled bicycle rickshaws. Rickshaw art can be described as colorful moving graffiti and adds to the character of Bangladesh.

To get anywhere took hours, but we did manage to get to the National Assembly building, a very impressive piece of architecture and the largest parliament building in the world. Our guide told us it was designed by an American, Louis Kahn. As Khan is a very common last name in Pakistan, we assumed he was a Muslim.

I later learned that he was a well-known Jewish architect from Philadelphia, and that this building is considered by some to be his finest.

We visited the harbor area on the river where ferries of all sizes take passengers to various parts of Bangladesh. There were also little boats loaded with colorful fruit, such as pineapples and green coconuts.

From Dhaka we took a bus trip to Cox's Bazaar, in the extreme southeast of the country. It was supposed to be a nine-hour trip but took 14 hours due to an accident and the great volume of traffic using the narrow, twolane road, which is in very poor condition. On the positive side, the bus was very comfortable, and there were frequent toilet stops.

At one of the rest stops, we got talking to a young photojournalist. He sometimes did work for an American newspaper and his English was very good. When we told him we were tourists, he said, "Tourists in Bangladesh! That's funny." We did not meet any white tourists, only a few aid workers.

Cox's Bazaar reminded me of Eilat, as it is a holiday resort by the sea, the Bay of Bengal, and far from the center of the country. It boasts 120 km. of sandy beach, the longest natural beach in the world. From there we rented a car with a driver and did a day trip to the southernmost corner of the country, wedged between the Bay of Bengal and Myanmar. We visited the Taknef Park, which has a herd of wild elephants. We only saw their large footprints but did manage to become attached to a few leeches.

Returning to Cox's Bazaar, we drove the last 30 km.

next to the beach, which was dotted with picturesque fishing boats, each with its high, pointed front and back. Early the following morning we walked on the beach, where souvenir peddlers were selling their wares to local and Indian tourists. There were also fishermen repeatedly walking into the sea with their nets and pulling them in, but the fish were very small. I decided not to swim, as there are many rivers emptying into the Bay of Bengal and they pass through the most populated and poorest region of the world.

Our last stop was Chittagong, the larger of Bangladesh's two ports. Our guide's name was Joji. He was born in Libya, where his Bangladeshi parents worked for many years, and was 16 when his parents returned to Bangladesh. Chittagong has a huge garment industry, and Joji took us to an industrial park with 5,000 apparel factories. We visited the yards near Chittagong, where giant ships are beached and dismantled by hand. The industry has come under international criticism for employing children and the many deaths and injuries that befall the workers. Many of the factories have large signs at the entrances saying they do not employ children. Bangladesh is the most densely populated country in the world – more than 1,000 people per square kilometer – and its 160 million people work wherever they can find it. For many, the choice is simple: work in the ship-breaking yards or starve.

One quiet corner in the heart of Chittagong is the World War II British and Commonwealth cemetery. In this immaculately kept cemetery with edge-to-edge green lawns, we found one Jewish grave with a Magen David on it, of a 19-year-old RAF sergeant from England.

We photographed it, and Joji and the caretaker came to see what we were photographing but did not ask any questions.

Our guide took us to the immaculately kept Bhatiari golf club, hoping to eat lunch in the restaurant, but it had been booked for a party. Right next to the clubhouse was a small mosque where worshipers were performing their midday prayers.

We drove to a riverbank, hoping to see the sunset, but as soon as we approached it, we were surrounded by locals and had to leave after a few minutes. Wherever we stopped, we were surrounded by locals. Most of them only had one question, "What country?" Some of them would talk to us, and many of them posed next to us for their friends to photograph. A white person is a source of intense interest.

In spite of the present and a former prime minister being women, a Bangladeshi woman can only book into a hotel if she is accompanied by her father or husband.

Unfortunately, we could not visit the Chittagong hill tracts, the most picturesque and interesting part of the country. It has a high incidence of a virulent type of malaria and, because it is a problematic tribal area, we would have had to engage a police escort.

The hotels we stayed at were good, and so were the restaurants. The problem with being a tourist in Bangladesh is that the people aren't used to tourists.

Our guide in Dhaka spoke very poor English and didn't even know which banks change foreign currency or which places to take us, while none of our drivers spoke English.

We were in Bangladesh a few days before the Id al- Adha festival, celebrated by slaughtering a male animal, and in every town and village we went through, there were rows of bulls of all sizes waiting to be sold.

I asked a few of the people we met why so many terrorists have Pakistan connections and yet one never hears of a Bangladeshi terrorist. No one could give me an answer, but maybe the answer lies in the name. Pakistan is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, while Bangladesh is the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

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Re: [chottala.com] WIKILEAKS EXPOSÉ : Professor Muhammad Yunus

Bangladesh is a people's republic country it is separated from pakistan to be ruled in the process of lawful democracy, any citizen of bangladesh can do politics, can form political party and can do discussion with any people. Dr Yunus also can do asa citizen of bangladesh..

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Subject: [chottala.com] WIKILEAKS EXPOSÉ : Professor Muhammad Yunus
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Dhaka, Apr 22 (bdnews24.com)â€"Muhammad Yunus did not mind the danger of the possible hostile response that his political ambition could provoke from Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, says a leaked US diplomatic cable.

The cable was sent on Feb 13, 2007 from the U.S. Consulate in Kolkata during Yunus' visit there, two days after the Nobel prize winner had revealed his plans in the Bangladesh media to step into the political maelstrom.

The cable documented in detail the conversation between the US Consul General in Kolkata Henry Jardine and Yunus over lunch when the latter visited Kolkata.

Chennai-based The Hindu newspaper accessed the US diplomatic cables via Wikileaks. The Calcutta Chamber of Commerce (CCC) hosted the luncheon where Jardine enquired about Yunus's political plans.

The 2006 Nobel laureate recognised that he would face a "potentially bruising response" from the 'two ladies' [Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia] and other established political figures."

But he felt that the situation in Bangladesh had reached a critical juncture as "civil war" had only just been averted.

On Feb 11, Yunus had issued an open letter saying that he was seeking support from the pe0ple to launch a political party styled Nagorik Shakti (Citizens' Power).

The announcement came just as the military began a crackdown on political parties, arresting dozens of top leaders on charges of corruption.

In the letter, Yunus asked people to send him their opinions on forming a political party focusing on good governance.
He came in for severe criticism from political parties and rapid aborted his move into politics citing that those who had initially encouraged him lost their enthusiasm.

"Yunus confirmed (consul general Jardine) that he was interested, having supposedly been asked by many people to step-in and overcome the political impasse between the two strongest political leaders, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia," reads the cable.

"CCC President Manoj Mohanka questioned the advisability of Yunus joining the messy world of Bangladesh politics and noted the likelihood of Yunus' reputation being tarnished.

"Yunus quickly responded that he understood the dangers of entering politics but felt that responsible people had to step into the political field to make a real change in Bangladesh, which was wracked by corruption and poor governance.

The 'sacked' Grameen Bank chief was supportive of the imposition of the state of emergency, saying that it had averted a possible civil war.

CRITICAL OF AL'S DEAL

Yunus told the US diplomat he felt that the dominant parties had developed ties with Muslim fundamentalists for political gain even though most Bangladeshis did not favour the extremism.
He was scathing in his remarks on the deal that Awami League had reportedly reached with fundamentalist group Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish (BKM) in Dec 2006.

"Yunus [said] that the agreement was a reflection of the AL's moral bankruptcy and was based on pure political calculus to garner a few additional votes and another example of the need for a new political party (his own party)."

OPENING UP PORTS

Yunus said during the conversation that he was in favour of opening the Chittagong port to regional trade with India, Burma, Bhutan and China.

He added Grameen Bank was considering the possibility of financing a new "mega-port" project in Chittagong to meet the regional demand.

After documenting Yunus's views, the cable concluded that he was "a person of great moral stature and strong organizational skills" and that his candidacy "could offer a possible out from the present Hasina-Zia zero-sum game that cripples Bangladesh's democratic process".

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WikiLeaks - Prof. Yunus considers entering Bangladesh politics expecting bruising response

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SUBJECT: NOBEL PRIZE WINNER DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS CONSIDERS ENTERING BANGLADESH POLITICS 

1. (SBU) Summary. On February 12, ConGen spoke with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus about his plans to enter Bangladesh politics. Yunus, on a two-day visit to Kolkata, expressed a strong interest to enter the political fray and said that he was reviewing his options. He expressed support of the present Caretaker Government and its decision to declare a "State of Emergency," saying it had averted a possible civil war. Yunus felt that Muslim fundamentalists represented a fringe and that while the dominant parties had developed ties with fundamentalists for political gain, most Bangladeshis did not favor the extremism. Yunus was also receptive to closer commercial and trade relations with India. Yunus recognized the risk of entering politics and its potential to tarnish his exemplary image. However, even as he professed that he was still considering his options, he indicated a strong intent to plunge into the maelstrom of Bangladesh politics. End Summary. 

2. (SBU) As a fellow Bengali, Prof. Muhammad Yunus, received a hero's welcome while participating in two days of programs in Kolkata, West Bengal, from Feb. 11-12. During a lunch hosted by the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce (CCC) for its 175 th anniversary, ConGen spoke with Dr. Yunus about the present political situation in Bangladesh. On February 11, Yunus had issued an open letter saying that he was seeking support from Bangladeshis to launch a political party to reform the violence and corruption in Bangladesh. In the letter, Yunus asked people to send him their opinions on forming a political party focusing on good governance. ConGen asked Yunus was he was intent on entering politics as recently reported. Yunus confirmed that he was interested, having supposedly been asked by many people to step-in and overcome the political impasse between the two strongest political leaders, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia. Yunus added, though, that he was still discussing the merits of becoming a political figure. CCC President Manoj Mohanka questioned the advisability of Yunus joining the messy world of Bangladesh politics and noted the likelihood of Yunus' reputation being tarnished. Yunus quickly responded that he understood the dangers of entering politics but felt that responsible people had to step into the political field to make a real change in Bangladesh, which was wracked by corruption and poor governance. 

3. (SBU) ConGen asked Yunus for his views on a recent "Economist" magazine article that described the present Bangladesh Caretaker Government's state of emergency and its support by the Bangladesh military as "The Coup That Dare Not Say Its Name." Yunus was supportive of the imposition of the state of emergency, saying that it had averted a possible civil war. He did not believe that the military's support was significant and added that the Caretaker Government's role was clearly defined under the constitution. 

4. (SBU) When asked about the perception in India of the rising fundamentalism in Bangladesh, Yunus said that he saw the Muslim fundamentalists as a fringe not accepted by the Bangladeshi mainstream. ConGen noted, however, that even the Awami League (AL), which had been the primary advocate of a socialist, secular nation, in December had signed an agreement with fundamentalist group Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish (BKM). The agreement with BKM would recognize fatwas issued by Imams and block the introduction of laws contrary to sharia law. Yunus responded that the agreement was a reflection of the AL's moral bankruptcy and was based on pure political calculus to garner a few additional votes and another example of the need for a new political party. 

5. (SBU) ConGen asked Yunus about his views on India and whether better trade relations could be developed. Yunus was positive about expanding economic ties with India and within the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). He felt that Bangladesh would be receptive to better relations with KOLKATA 00000050 002 OF 002 India but that often it became a divisive political issue, with Bangladeshi politicians stoking resentment against India for political gain. However, he recognized that the GOI maintained significant non-tariff barriers restricting Bangladeshi goods from India's markets. He was favorable to opening Chittagong Port to regional trade with India, Burma, Bhutan and China; but said that the port was presently too small and at full capacity. He added Grameen Bank was considering the possibility of financing a new "mega-port" project in Chittagong to meet the regional demand. 

6. (SBU) Comment: Although Dr. Yunus limited himself to saying he was still considering his options, the tenor of his comments indicated a strong to desire to jump into the maelstrom of Bangladeshi politics. He recognized that he would face a potentially bruising response from the "two ladies" and other established political figures, but he felt that the situation in Bangladesh had reached a critical juncture as "civil war" had only just been averted. As a person of great moral stature and strong organizational skills, Yunus' candidacy could offer a possible out from the present Hasina-Zia zero-sum game that cripples Bangladesh's democratic process.

7. (U) This message was cleared with AmEmbassy Dhaka. 

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Re: [chottala.com] 16,000 Moslims drowned, trying to reach Europe since 1988



Well said Flora.

Mannan

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Flora Ghosh <fghosh@webspeed.dk> wrote:
Dear Mr. Turkman

They didn't drown because they were Moslims. It's a pity that human beings drowned, because they wanted to flee from the catastrophy. I'll prefer a caption: 16.000 humane died. We feel for them and their family.

Best wishes
Flora G. Andersen

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Emne: [chottala.com] 16,000 Moslims drowned, trying to reach Europe since 1988

16,000 Moslims drowned, trying to reach Europe since 1988 but millions of others have succeeded. Presently, hundreds of thousands of Foreign Workers from poor countries, who have lost their jobs and are being harassed by Libyan Rebels are also trying to flee to Europe from Libya instead of trying to go back to their countries.

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IMMIGRATION: 800 DEAD IN CHANNEL OF SICILY SINCE JANUARY

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IMMIGRATION: 800 DEAD IN CHANNEL OF SICILY SINCE JANUARY
13 April , 20:06

(ANSAmed) - ROME, APRIL 13 - More than 28,000 migrants reached Italy in less than three months, but many (approximately 800, but there are no official figures, so the number may even be greater) have been swallowed by the Channel of Sicily.

Hundreds of boats departed mostly from Tunisia, but also from Libya, and some sank with their human cargo.

Some 14 shipwrecks have been reported to date, the latest one today: two women drowned in Pantelleria during a landing.

Since 1988, according to figures gathered by Fortress Europe, almost 16,000 men, women and children died trying to reach Europe by boat. For more than 4,000 of them (4,249) the Channel of Sicily became their grave, while another 186 died sailing from Algeria to Sardinia. More than half of these dead bodies have never been recovered: official statistics mentioned 3,110 missing people.

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