Tuesday, November 02, 2004
India: Analysis - On Osama bin "Spotted" How true is the information that India supplied intelligence details of Bin Laden's whereabouts to FBI headquarters in the US two weeks ago after Indian military intelligence gathered evidence of his moving towards Himalayas? Interestingly, it all started with Fox News stating that Bin Laden was heading to his winter citadel in the Himalayas and was spotted by an Indian aerial reconnaissance plane. The report added that it was India's military intelligence, which forwarded some startling inputs to FBI on the same. So how can an Indian Air Force reconnaissance plane spot Bin Laden sitting in a convoy? If the IAF inspection aircraft really did then why it is taking so long for the entire world that is fighting a global war against terror to nab the most wanted Bin Laden so far? And how true is that such intelligence inputs exist in the records of the military intelligence and has been shared with the US? http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004_11_02_dakbangla_archive.html Monday, November 01, 2004 Global Jihad : Lessons For America In response to Usamah Bin Laden’s recent election-message the response generated within the US is one of panic. How is it that a superpower can be so afraid of a handful of people with very limited resources? Such a fear cannot be attributed to the ‘weaknesses of the US or the ‘strengths’ of Al-Qaeda in military terms. The only other possible explanation is: the tyrannical behaviour of the US towards other nations that has generated this constant fear. A guilty mind will always manifests in its behaviour. http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004/11/global-jihad-lessons-for-america.html Bangladesh : Ahmadiyas and our bruised secularism Let us go back to the darkness of communalism that has been rearing its head in this secular People’s Republic of Bangladesh in these past many years. When you have in government political parties which clearly worked for the destruction of Bengali nationalism in the 1960s and for the defeat of the Bengalis in their war of liberation in 1971, you know only too well just how far the pendulum has swung. Or will it be truer to suggest that the pendulum has been manipulated by men and women seeking to derive advantages from the sensibilities associated with a political use of religion?. Here is a hint of how we have been changing, or been forced to change. In these past three years, since the tragedy of 11 September 2001 in the United States, American officials from the lowly to some of the higher ones have repeatedly extolled bangladesh’s virtues as a moderate Muslim democracy! If you think that is any reason for you to feel happy about your place in the world, think again. There is here clearly, for those of a discerning bent of mind, a clear strain of the patronising in these expressions of interest in what we do on the part of foreigners. http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004/11/bangladesh-ahmadiyas-and-our-bruised.html Bangadesh: Of nationality and nation This is speaking from a sociological point of view. This refers to Bengali community. On the other hand the term "Bangalee jati" in Bengali should mean "Bengali nation" heaving distinct reference to a state or homeland of this "Bangalee jati". If we call our "jatiota" or nationality as Bangalee jatiota it becomes a misnomer. The people of West Bengal is part of Bangalee jati (speaking from sociological stand point) but they do not have an independent homeland as we, Bangladeshi, have. We should not call our jatiota or nationality as Bangalee jatiota. We should better call it as Bangladeshi jatiota or Bangladeshi nationality. http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004/11/bangadesh-of-nationality-and-nation.html Sunday, October 31, 2004 Global Jihad: Transcript of Osama bin Laden's Speech No, we fight because we are free men who do not sleep under oppression. We want to restore freedom to our Nation and just as you lay waste to our Nation so shall we lay waste to yours. But I am amazed at you. Even though we are in the fourth year after the events of September 11, Bush is still engaged in distortion, deception and hiding from you the real cause and thus the reasons are still there for a repeat of what occurred. We have not found it difficult to deal with the Bush administration in light of the resemblance it bears to the regimes in our countries, half of which are ruled by the military and the other half of which are ruled by the sons of kings and presidents. Our experience with them is lengthy and both types are replete with those who are characterised by pride, arrogance, greed and misappropriation of wealth. http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004/10/global-jihad-transcript-of-osama-bin.html Pakistan: Where US policies foster suspicion and hatred Some small exchange programs remain, but over the last two years the number of Pakistanis coming for business, tourism and short-term education plummeted almost by half, to about 31,000. Regular visitors, including former Pakistani government officials, journalists and businesspeople, are routinely pulled aside for questioning and searches. Many no longer want to make the trip. Continue down this path, said Foreign Minister Mian Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri, and the United States will be handing the militants a huge victory. "You should not let this feeling of bias continue," he said, "because ultimately, that would be the biggest disadvantage, and the perpetrators of the 9/11 crime would have succeeded beyond measure. http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004/10/pakistan-where-us-policies-foster.html Pakistan: Chuckles - "Tatti" and its literal meaning If you say ‘toilet’ in the United States you might get a sharp intake of breath in response. The right word is ‘washroom’. This is a step forward from ‘water-closet’ which had to become WC because of its decline into indecent usage. It may amaze some of us to know that Urdu too has done something similar to its own euphemism for a place where we relieve ourselves. The word is tatti. It means exactly the same as toilet, yet you say it in good company and you might get a black eye. While not detracting from the high al fresco pleasures, one must register one’s plaint about the denigration of tatti. A child is today forbidden to say tatti ayee (I feel like defecating) and use bathroom aaya instead. Dictionaries have fallen silent over the word. http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004/10/pakistan-chuckles-tatti-and-its.html Pakistan: The security "short-circuit" in Islamabad Short-circuiting is produced by electric wiring and there can be many causes for that, including overloading of electric charge in the case of a posh hotel with high maintenance standards. Short-circuiting produces fire which can spread if there is combustible material in the vicinity. The most damaging short-circuiting happens when there is gas in the air to ignite. Nothing other than gas will produce a sudden explosion that blows out glass with such tremendous force as happened inside the hotel lobby. Buildings may be engulfed in fire after a wiring fault but they will not be blown up unless a material that can cause it is present. What was it that devastated the lobby of the hotel and burnt the guests in the vicinity? The government must let the findings be known. http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004/10/pakistan-security-short-circuit-in.html Bangladesh: The Ramadhan Rumble in Rajshahi It all began when some Tapasi Rabeya Hall residents, who were watching television at about 12:30am Saturday, saw three armed robbers on the roof of the hall. They cried out for help and called the proctor, assistant proctors, provost, house tutors and the hall superintendent. Four women house tutors, provost and the hall superintendent went to the hall after an hour, which angered the students. The robbers meanwhile left the hall. Finding no such outsiders, the proctors and the administration officials charged the students, saying that some students were trying to create trouble on the campus. The university authorities threatened the students with taking punitive measures against those who had been trying to create trouble.The hall residents chanted slogans against the authorities in protest at misbehaviour and the threat. They demanded resignation of the provost, proctor and house tutors. http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004/10/bangladesh-ramadhan-rumble-in-rajshahi.html Saturday, October 30, 2004 Nepal: Living with the Maoists Girija Prasad Koirala deserves the biggest credit and discredit for the Maoist rise because he had the longest tenure of office as the full-powered prime minister. However Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba appeared in the forefront in escalating and intensifying the war when he declared the state of emergency and mobilised the army against the Maoists. Other political parties and the state machinery helped in their own ways in fanning the fire and spreading it out all over the country. Thanks to our political immaturity, misuse of power and corrupt practices that the Maoists have emerged today as a political as well as a military force. More than that, it has given birth to a belief that revolt does make a difference and violence does make impact. It is this state of mind that has made Maoism a lasting feature of our national life. http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004/10/nepal-living-with-maoists.html India: Rocket Launchers and Shells in My Backyard The scrap consignment was exported by a company named 'Lucky Metals SZE' of Dubai. The company is owned by a Pakistani Dilwar Hussain. There are credible reports that the munitions embedded in the scrap actually originated in Iraq. The $25000 consignment had sailed from the Bandar Abbas Port in Iran, and and reached the Indian port Mundra, in Gujrat. From, there, it landed at the Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Tughlaqabad, New Delhi, for clearance. From Tughlaqabad, seven trucks carried the cargo to Bhushan Steels at Shahibabad. The seventh truck was the 'killer truck'. The consignment had been cleared at every single stage of it's journey. Lucky Metals of UAE, the company shipping it declared that there were no 'bombs, shells, ammunition' in it. So did the authorities at Mundra port, and even those at ICD Tughlaqabad in New Delhi. That is, at none of the check points, be they be in India, or in Dubai or in Iran, a full-fledged physical verification was carried out, of the consignment. From one post to the other, the officials rubber-stamped the papers and cleared it. It's easy. Given the state of affairs, it appears that it is almost impossible to check everything physically. http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004/10/india-rocket-launchers-and-shells-in.html Global Jihad: The Demo-Mockery Show Most of these politicians are not just hypocrites - they behave like prostitutes. It was the late Imam Khomeini who said democracy is like prostitution, each one of the candidate prostitutes his or her principles to secure maximum amount of votes; rights and wrongs simply do not enter the equation. It does not matter where the votes are obtained from, and at what price, as long as they are successful in getting elected. The real power of the vote is restricted to certain pre-determined options. In a dictatorship this may be restricted to one party, in a democracy it is usually two and at the most three or four. These choices have already been produced by the powerful and the wealthy in the society; hence the role of the vote is merely to submit to these predefined alternatives. The power of the vote is therefore illusionary and free election remains the mirage of democracy. So, ‘free’ elections only have any significance when it is ‘fair’. In a fair election all the candidates from all sections of the society have a near equal chance of competing! In the same way it is futile to talk about peace without justice and justice without retribution. The hypocrites with one eye open see one-side of the equation. They constantly yell out words like ‘free’, ’peace’ and ‘justice’ but not what the words really mean in the context of a certain reality. http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004/10/global-jihad-demo-mockery-show.html Bangladesh: TI Corruption Index - A Failure in Journalism The approach adopted by TI has an inherently dangerous consequence for nations found at the bottom of this index. It may incite some unscrupulous businessmen to resort to further corrupting tactics in these states and on the other side prevent real FDI entering the country. This result, naturally affects all the citizens of the country, as poverty and corruption may become further ingrained if Bangladesh is not provided with the much needed foreign investment. In nearly every respect, Bangladesh faired better than its counterparts in South Asia. If we use TI’s own assumptions (in regard to the GCB results that deal with a very similar range of issues as the SAS) there should be some correlation between the SAS and CPI results - but there is none. What should Bangladeshis make of this discrepancy and why have none of our journalists pointed this out yet? They appear good at defending their rights but useless in doing their jobs. http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004/10/bangladesh-ti-corruption-index-failure.html Bangladesh: Bush Bin Laden Osama’s philosophy of containment of the enemies of Islam by following the literal dictates of the Quran which is all too radical and anachronistic in its application can only result in violence and counter-violence with no sign of ending anytime soon. Osama’s advantage is being ‘invisible’. His strategy is to brainwash the young Muslim minds into Islamic radicalism, his interpretation of the Quran mesmerises many into believing in his mission, and for many Muslims, the prospect of dying as a martyr and going to heaven is not an illusion but a reality. By the same token, Bush’s mission of eradicating the forces of evil on mere ‘suspicion’ at times can only foment anti-Christian feelings in the Muslim world since it appears that the focus [which is actually out-of-focus and myopic] of his evil is all aimed at Muslims. Statistically, Bush’s declaration of war against terrorism after the incident of 9/11 has increased the number of terror attacks all over the world, and according to experts in terrorism, the number will increase further. http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2004/10/bangladesh-bush-bin-laden.html Nepal: Massive gains in the Peoples War The talk is now of returning to peace talks, but first the major obstacle must be overcome: the decrepit and moribund Nepalese feudal class want to hang on to the monarchy, but the rebels insist it must go. Imperialism is going to have to change horses if it wants even to attempt to protect its interests, as clearly the Nepalese royalty can no longer do the job. Unable to get the CPN(M) to do their bidding, they will be seeking to build up anti-communist 'democratic' parties in the hope of the latter defeating the communists and winning constituent assembly elections.It is a timely reminder that it is the people who make history, and whoever is able to mobilise the masses of the exploited is unbeatable. Even government soldiers, coming as they do from the peasantry and working class, will often sympathise with the rebellion and assist it rather than the government they serve. There is even some suggestion that Ghurkhas, trained as soldiers in the British and Indian armies, have been putting their training to good use in support of the guerrilla war: "Many Indian and British Army Ghurkha soldiers have retired in rural areas controlled by the Maoist rebels. 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