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Friday, September 16, 2011

[chottala.com] Toitomboor July 2011 FB Version published



Dear friends,

Starting with July 2009 issue, the July 2011 Issue of Toitomboor FB version is meant for the readers of Toitomboor across the world, particularly the Bangla-phone readers at
 

Young Anglo-phone readers can also visit the section 'CHUM' at  http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150283220881739.331525.706446738

Boys and girls upto 16 years can contribute to this section through drawings and short write-up in English.

It may be mentioned that this version differs from the hardcopy version in terms of colours in some pages.

Annual subscription fee for the hardcopy magazine varies from one country to another starting from BDT 400 for 12 monthly issues within Bangladesh. However, there are no fees applicable for the Toitomboor FB version until further notice.

Copies of the Toitomboor hardcopy issues are sent to leading schools and educational institutions, child and youth related organizations, corporates and embassies besides the subscribers in home and abroad. To promote your issues/brands/products/organization, you can take advantage of the wide coverage through Toitomboor, and hence you can think of Page Sponsorship.

Happy reading. Welcome your feedback.

All the best.

Hasnain Sabih Nayak (Mr.)
International Relations & Culture Editor
TOITOMBOOR
(Children and Juvenile Monthly Magazine)
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[chottala.com] World Trade Center



My fortnightly column appears today in the Daily Sun. It is on WTC memorial to mark the 9/11 in NYC. The link is given below:

Thanks and warm wishes.

Mannan



http://www.daily-sun.com/?view=details&type=corridor-to-india-may-jeopardise-country%E2%80%99s--sovereignty:-bnp&pub_no=337&cat_id=1&menu_id=10&news_type_id=1&index=7&type=corridor-to-india-may-jeopardise-country%E2%80%99s--sovereignty:-bnp&pub_no=337&cat_id=1&menu_id=5&news_type_id=1&index=0

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[chottala.com] ACLU Lens: FBI Using Biased Counterterrorism Training Materials



ACLU Lens: FBI Using Biased Counterterrorism Training Materials

Innocent, peaceful American Muslims are being targeted by the FBI, with the bureau engaging in racial-mapping programs and informants infiltrating and spying on neighborhood mosques. Now we know that at least some of these activities might be the result of FBI counterterrorism trainings that describe Muslims as terrorist sympathizers.
FBI documents obtained by Spencer Ackerman of Wired.com's Danger Room blog detail training manuals and graphs depicting Islam as "violent" by comparison to Christianity and Judaism. Ackerman writes, "The FBI isn't just treading on thin legal ice by portraying ordinary, observant Americans as terrorists-in-waiting, former counterterrorism agents say. It's also playing into al-Qaida's hands."
Documents obtained by the ACLU through Freedom of Information Act requests first raised concerns about FBI counterterrorism training, as Ackerman previously reported.
The ACLU's Mike German says:
"Biased police training can only result in biased policing. Seeing the materials FBI agents are being trained with certainly helps explain why we've seen so many inappropriate FBI surveillance operations broadly targeting the Muslim-American community, from infiltrating mosques with agents provocateur to racial and ethnic mapping programs. Teaching FBI agents to mistrust their fellow Americans because of their religious beliefs promotes discrimination within the very agency that's charged with protecting their civil rights. Racial, ethnic and religious prejudice have no place in law enforcement."
Rachel Maddow hosted Ackerman last night to report on his scoop, and in a segment that followed, NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engle called it "a sad day if that's what is being used by the FBI for counterterrorism training."
 
The ACLU has been working for years to end the targeting of innocent Muslim-Americans by law enforcement and, given these new revelations, it looks as though there is still plenty of work to be done.
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Report: FBI training materials say ordinary Muslims are violent
 

By Liz Goodwin

The Lookout – 7 hrs ago

FBI training materials (Obtained by Wired)

As recently as last March, the FBI taught its agents that mainstream Muslims are likely to be violent and radical, according to training materials obtained by Wired's Spencer Ackerman.

The training materials portray "the Islamic practice of giving charity as no more than a 'funding mechanism for combat,'" and feature a chart that shows that "devout" Muslims are violent.

Ackerman writes that FBI whistleblowers passed along the materials to him because they thought the focus on religion instead of other signs of terrorism--such as stockpiling weapons--was the wrong approach. The whistleblowers also worried that the FBI was spreading the same message preached by Al Qaeda--that devout followers of Islam must be violent.

"Teaching counterterrorism operatives about obscure aspects of Islam without context, without objectivity, and without covering other non-religious drivers of dangerous behavior is no way to stop actual terrorists," Robert McFadden, formerly of the Navy Criminal Investigative Service, told Ackerman.

FBI spokesman Christopher Allen told Yahoo! News that these training materials are no longer in use.

"This particular training segment was conducted six months ago, one time only, at Quantico and was quickly discontinued. The instructor who conducted that training block no longer provides training on behalf of the FBI," Anderson said. "Policy changes have been underway to better ensure that all training is consistent with FBI standards. These changes will help develop appropriate training content for new agent training and continuing education for all employees, as well as introduce a robust consultative element from experts outside the FBI."

In July, Ackerman obtained FBI training materials that said the practice of Islam "transforms" a country into a 7th-century way of life. The materials taught that the "Arabic mind" is "swayed more by words than ideas and more by ideas than facts."

Just last month, the Associated Press uncovered that CIA agents helped the New York Police Department spy on Muslims communities by sending informants into area mosques before there had been any evidence of criminal activity. The CIA is now investigating the collaboration to see if it violated the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of religion.

Read the whole story on the training materials here.

Update: A comment from FBI spokesman Christopher Allen has been added to this story.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/report-fbi-training-materials-ordinary-muslims-violent-184341036.html

Report: FBI training materials say ordinary Muslims are violent


Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) - 12 hours ago
In July, Ackerman obtained FBI training materials that said the practice of Islam "transforms" a country into a 7th-century way of life. ...
FBI Teaches Agents: 'Mainstream' Muslims Are 'Violent, Radical' - Wired News
ACLU Lens: FBI Using Biased Counterterrorism Training Materials - American Civil Liberties Union News and Information (blog)
Antiwar.com
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    msnbc.com - 6 days ago
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