[osint] DIASPORA: Sleep for Sale

e plans to open a MetroNaps centre in Bangladesh, but plans to explore the possibility of outsourcing portions of his manufacturing process here. He even hopes to tour several factories during a family visit to Bangladesh in March. "It's just an exploratory trip at this point," he exp

[osint] GLOBAL JIHAD: Full Text of Article by Dr.Aymen Al-Zawahiri

this article are those of the author and shall not be deemed to mean that they are necessarily those of Jihad Unspun, the publisher, editor, writers, contributors or staff. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/global-jihad-freeing-of-humanity-and.html The Freeing Of Humanity And H

[osint] ANALYSIS: The Indian rope trick

s served India's national interests and, as a corollary, endeared it to its neighbours.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/analysis-indian-rope-trick.html The Indian rope trick Sanjay Kapoor Being the largest nation in South Asia, India just cannot figure out how it should dea

[osint] RE-Axe: Is Bangladesh terrorism a âflip-side of Pakistani terrorismâ?

al' of the truth in the following manner.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/re-axe-is-bangladesh-terrorism-flip.html Is Bangladesh terrorism a 'flip-side of Pakistani terrorism'? Taj Hashmi Although it is heartening that Pakistani media is concerned about the

[osint] BANGLADESH: Power-struggle the mother of governance problems

t not without kicking up a lot of dust before the CG enters the government and the Election Commission, with a new face heading it, conducts the polls. Let's sit tight with open eyes to see the drama unfold. Stay with us. LINK http://www.weeklyholiday.net/front.html#1 -- Dak B

[osint] BANGLADESH: Politics is a Family Affair

te that he would be made the party's secretary general, â the second most powerful position after the chairperson Begum Khaleda. So soon we can expect the BNP to have a mother as its chairperson with the son its secretary general.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/bangladesh-pol

[osint] HUMAN RIGHTS: NGOs - The Self-Appointed Altruists

s in Bangladesh, nationalists in Macedonia, religious zealots in Israel, security forces everywhere, and almost all politicians find NGO's irritating and bothersome. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/human-rights-ngos-self-appointed.html NGOs: The Self-Appointed Altruists By Sam

[osint] Abdullah Mehsud: Pakistan denies freed Guantanamo prisoner dead

out 300 km (185 miles) southwest of Islamabad, in a clash in which two al Qaeda suspects were killed and 11 others arrested.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/abdullah-mehsud-pakistan-denies-freed.html Pakistan denies freed Guantanamo prisoner dead PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Ma

[osint] ANALYSIS: How valid it is to ask for FBI probe in Bangladesh for Kibria Murder?

which is obviously out of question.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/analysis-how-valid-it-is-to-ask-for.html How valid it is to ask for FBI probe in Bangladesh for Kibria Murder? Asif Sibgat Bhuiyan But otherwise it will appear that the state only care about the protectio

[osint] INDIA: Beware of Bangladesh!

cross over to Assam, given that the Congress, whose most conspicuous hallmark is pseudo-secularism, is always there to welcome them with the IM(DT) Act. Would there be a Bangladeshi Chief Minister in Assam in a decade or so? + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/india-beware-of

[osint] INDIA: Communist recipe for disaster

elopment programmes adequately it is not because our defence expenditure is high, but because our politicians prefer populism over efficiency and avoid reforming corrupt delivery systems in our socio-economic and anti-poverty programmes. LINK http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnist1.asp?main_vari

[osint] ASSESSMENT : Unholy designs to harm Bangladesh using Islamic militancy as pretext

, and even the pro-nationalist forces and ultimately make Bangladesh a vassal state of India + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/assessment-unholy-designs-to-harm_14.html Unholy designs to harm Bangladesh using Islamic militancy as pretext Mohammad Zainal Abedin India and its allies,

[osint] GLOBAL JIHAD: Al Qaeda, Anthrax and Ayman

unter terrorism officials, both here and abroad, among the supporters of these militant islamists were people who blended into society and were available to act when another part of the network requested it.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/global-jihad-al-qaeda-anthrax-and.html

[osint] ASSESSMENT: Indo-Israeli ties - the post-Arafat shift

he Israeli foreign ministry was in New Delhi and conducted the first high-level consolations since Singh became prime minister. This was followed by the meetings of the Joint Working Groups (J.W.G.) on n defense and counter-terrorism, both of which took place in Israel in early December.+ Dak Ba

[osint] Dak Bangla Occasional Blog # 3: Hypothetical Theatrics - Is Bangla Bhai a Sikh terrorist from India?

+ Â What went amiss to a lot of people but not sharp witted Joe in Dak Bangla is the second part of the letter which said: "It also threatened with death foreigners visiting Rajshahi as well as journalists, and vowed to launch its actions against the law enforcement agencies" â.that

[osint] ANALYSIS: Ominous call to arms in South Asia

+ India's defense purchase strategy has changed, with Indian planners now focused on the specific goal of neutralizing Pakistan's nuclear-warhead capability, and once this is achieved, the military balance will turn significantly in India's favor. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbang

[osint] PAKISTAN: Bibi's Annual Pilgrimage

officials saying in a somewhat imperious tone that she was given the access at the "level considered appropriate" for a former prime minister. "We don't see anything out of the ordinary" in this, said one official, refusing to concede that others might read a whole messa

[osint] INDIA: Intelligence demands distance

ministers have been known to keep tabs not just on political opponents but even on ministerial colleagues. In one instance the telephone of a prime minister's aide in the PMO was bugged since an IB official, still loyal to the previous government, continued to report back to his former master

[osint] BANGLADESH: Gun Tantra

rtance because two of the four-party ruling allianceâJamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (JIB) and the Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ), an umbrella organisation of 11 small groupsâare perceived to be religious, even fundamentalist, in their orientation. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/banglad

[osint] BANGLADESH: Murder and democracy

est and dissent.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/bangladesh-murder-and-democracy.html A reign of terror spreads in Bangladesh By Nazli Kibria The Boston Globe Wednesday, March 9, 2005 Murder and democracy BOSTON My father, Shah A.M.S. Kibria, was assassinated on Jan. 27. He was 7

[osint] INDIA: Adopting Double Standard on Democracy in Neighboring States

nt of Indian aid, has turned a growing number of influential Nepalese against India. In staging the royal coup in defiance of India's express warning, the monarch called India's bluff. States have understood: It doesn't pay to be India's friend. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.b

[osint] BANGLADESH: Terrorists? Yes, But Al-Qaeda? NO

Asian countries or that the local madrasas and international Islamic universities have become the breeding ground of jihadi terrorism.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/bangladesh-terrorists-yes-but-al-qaeda.html TERRORISTS? YES, BUT AL QAEDA? NO B.Raman Terrorists in Bangladesh terr

[osint] BANGLADESH: Arrests of Islamic Militants Raise Questions about Terror

the book, "The Rise of Militant Islam in Southeast Asia." He sees parallels between the attitude of the Bangladesh government today and that of the Indonesian government, before the 2002 terrorist bombings on Bali by a militant group linked to al-Qaida. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.bl

[osint] BANGLADESH: Islamic Militancy - The Likely Reaction to Indian Domination - Part 1

people that led these groups and who in the end appear to have less to do with Islam than with the making and stealing of money and an agenda that was adverse to the interests of the nation (whether by intent or circumstance).+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/bangladesh-islamic

[osint] BANGLADESH: Islamic Miltancy - The Likely Reaction to Indian Domination - Part 2

opposition unless they assumed that the real power of government resided in the opposition leadership and not in the Prime Minister and her Cabinet.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/banladesh-islamic-miltancy-likely.html ISLAMIC MILITANCY â THE LIKELY REACTION TO INDIAN DOMINATION PART 2

[osint] HUMAN RIGHTS: Amnesty and Bangladeshâs human rights defenders

by fire power and all the modern arsenals to kill the people around the world, by further complicating our realities and aggravating the situation for the human rights defenders grounded within their own communities. By becoming a means of international and regional propaganda Amnesty International sa

[osint] INDIA: IB, RAW too play politics

ttp://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=editorials&xfile=March2005_betweenthelines_standard96&child=betweenthelines -- Dak Bangla is a Bangladesh based South Asian Intelligence Scan Magazine. URL: http://www.dakbangla.blogspot.com Yahoo!

[osint] INDIA: Interview - We were ready to punish Pakistan

to battle stations.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/india-interview-we-were-ready-to.html We were ready to punish Pakistan The Rediff Special/Colonel Anil Athale (retd) The December 13 attack on the Indian Parliament by Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists brought the subco

[osint] INDIA : Intelligence Matters

l agencies, there is a big block against employing Muslims. This prejudice needs to be overcome." Many put the blame for this also at the NDA government's door.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/india-intelligence-matters.html IIntelligence Matters R. Prasannan Many of th

[osint] ISLAM: Unveiling Secularism

security to practice their religion.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/03/islam-unveiling-secularism.html Unveiling Secularism Abid Mustafa On the 3rd of March the British Court of Appeal ruled that Shabina Begum could wear her Jilbab (gown) to school, instead of the school uniform

[osint] NUKES: Crafting Intelligence: Iraq, North Korea and the Road to War

lying around unused. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/nukes-crafting-intelligence-iraq-north.html Crafting Intelligence: Iraq, North Korea and the Road to War Selig Harrison The latest numbers out of Iraq are some 11,000 Americans wounded in action and some 1,500 dead. The

[osint] BANGLADESH: Reining in the Radicals

declared. Until last week, that seemed guaranteed. Now, finally, Bangladesh can ho that he is wrong. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-reining-in-radicals.html BANGLADESH: Reining in the Radicals Reining in the Radicals Bangladesh is finally starting to crack down on Isl

[osint] BANGLADESH: Reining in the Radicals

declared. Until last week, that seemed guaranteed. Now, finally, Bangladesh can ho that he is wrong. + Dak Bangla: BANGLADESH: Reining in the Radicals Reining in the Radicals Bangladesh is finally starting to crack down on Islamic extremism. But is it doing enough? BY ALEX PERRY For three

[osint] BANGLADESH: From Denial to Tentative Confrontation

had been released on bail. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-from-denial-to-tentative.html >From Denial to Tentative Confrontation Bibhu Prasad Routray Research Fellow, Institute for Conflict Management On February 24, 2005, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia instruct

[osint] ISLAM: Jihad and Muslims

ith), he instructed his commanders: "do not kill a minor child or an old man of advanced age or a woman, do not hew down a date palm or burn it, do not cut down a fruit tree, do not slaughter a goat or cow or camel except for food... According to a different transmission of the tradition, he

[osint] SAARC: Bull's Eye

ibetan cultural centre in Nepal was closed. His followers were then arrested and deported to China. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/saarc-bulls-eye.html Bull's Eye By Rajinder Puri Outlining India's South Asia doctrine, foreign secretary Shyam Saran said: "Indi

[osint] NEPAL: India reviewing sanctions after China, Pakistan make Inroads

d our help as far as the security issue is concerned, they can request China to supply arms. And here our policies would be defeated." + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/nepalindia-reviewing-sanctions-after.html India Reviewing Sanctions Against Nepal After China, Pakistan Ma

[osint] INDIA: Book Review - I Confess, Said The Sleuth

as a self-confessed hater of Muslims, and his loathing is visceral and personal: "I would never forgive them for raping Manorama, my childhood companion back in East Pakistan, and uprooting us from our real motherland."+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/india-book-r

[osint] BANGLADESH: What price power?

BNP as a pro-fundamentalist party for its guilt by association, it is because of political opportunism. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-what-price-power.html What price power? Hasnat Abdul Hye At the time of its appearance in New York's Time, Ms Grisworld&#

[osint] BANGLADESH: Message from donors' Washington meet

e and other failures in Bangladesh deeply appreciated its progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). So they pleaded for a softer approach and ultimately prevailed over others who were seeking a hard line. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-message

[osint] BANGLADESH: India takes its arms beefs to the UN

ration Front of Assam (ULFA) and other northeastern terrorist groups.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-india-takes-its-arms-beefs.html India takes its arms beefs to the UN Ramtanu Maitra New Delhi is in the process of drafting a proposal to the United Nations seeking

[osint] Bangladesh terrorism is flip-side of Pakistani terrorism

soon enough when the state of Bangladesh will come under threat from the Islamic warriors it is now empowering through denial. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-terrorism-is-flip-side-of.html Bangladesh terrorism is flip-side of Pakistani terrorism An Associated Press rep

[osint] BLOGOSPHERE: NEPAL - Bloggers, journalists defy media clampdown by king

h disturbing for the journalist. If the situation [stays] like this, more and more media houses will be closed down and the journalists [will be] out of jobs." + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/blogosphere-nepal-bloggers-journalists.html Check these free Nepal blogg

[osint] BANGLADESH: Release of Anup Chetia unlikely despite expiry of jail term [2 NEWS CLIPPINGS]

other than India, where he is wanted as a leader of the separatist movement, said the source. Another petition, which he filed on September 3, 1998 seeking political asylum, is also pending before the government. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-release-of-anup

[osint] BANGLADESH:Tribal loyalties

st to speak ill of the government. Most of these people unfortunately have more or less tribal loyalties when it comes to politics, and nothing -- certainly not anything as inconvenient as the facts -- is going to cause them to rethink their belief system.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com

[osint] Setting the Stage for a New Cold War: China's Quest for Energy Security

r Sino-Indian energy competition.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/setting-stage-for-new-cold-war-chinas.html Setting the Stage for a New Cold War: China's Quest for Energy Security A notable feature of 2004 was its volatility in oil prices -- New York light sweet crude prices re

[osint] ANALYSIS: SAARC and India's Security Interests

security considerations in their relationship. This by itself becomes a major imperative for building friendly and equitable relations between the two countries. And it is not the responsibility of only one country. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/analysis-saarc-and-indias

[osint] DakBangla Occasional Blog # 2 â Dummy Rifles and our 1 dollar 2 cent Jihadist

t real.... good old Harry KT in Dhaka Bin sitting and getting fatter and Osama Bin lying all along..you got em CHEAPEST TERRORIST TRAINING CAMPS going in the world in "Bungle-A-Day"..explains why all em jihadist are ending up here. LINK http://bangladesh.blog-

[osint] ISLAM: Europe's rising class of believers

ty with concerns about values and ethics." "If Islam cannot sit comfortably within the liberal European mainstream," says Winter, "it will raise the question whether Europe ... can accept substantial differences" among its citizens. Back in the Paris cafe, Ms. Gargouri and

[osint] BANGLADESH: Our image and our diplomacy

Intelligence and the Defense wing. They are constantly on the prowl checking on their colleagues and superiors, rather than doing their assigned jobs - a legacy of the authoritarian days of the early Bangladesh times and the latter times of military governments. + Dak Bangla: http

[osint] BANGLADESH: Political Terrorism threatens Democracy

to undermine the credibility of the internationally reputed agencies by restricting their activities.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-political-terrorism.html Bangladesh: Political Terrorism threatens Democracy Anand Kumar Can an opposition party organize attack on

[osint] GLOBAL JIHAD: The remaking of al-Qaeda

Qaeda. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/global-jihad-remaking-of-al-qaeda.html The remaking of al-Qaeda By Syed Saleem Shahzad KARACHI - More than four years since the launch of the campaign to catch Osama bin Laden "dead of alive", the US has initiated a new ph

[osint] FBI office to be opened in Bangladesh [2 NEWS CLIPPING}

Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/fbi-office-to-be-opened-in-bangladesh.html 1. FBI office to be opened in Bangladesh Washington, Feb 23 : The US will open a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) office in Bangladesh to help the country in its anti-corruption campaign and aid it

[osint] NEPAL: Responding to the Royal Coup

feed it. The way to confront the insurgency is through combined political and security strategies that could bring the Maoists to the table and forge a lasting peace. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/nepal-responding-to-royal-coup.html Responding to the Royal Coup Kathmandu

[osint] DakBangla Occasional Blog # 1 - Banning JMJB, Jamaat-Ul- Mujahideen and thereafter

pretty well be the South Asian equivalent of OBL.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/dakbangla-occasional-blog-1-banning.html So its seems that Bangladesh's arms have been sufficiently twisted to admit the 'existence' JMJB and Jamaat- Ul-Mujahideen and do the un-do

[osint] BANGLADESH: UNHCR asks for information on blasts

and reports thereof. The special rapporteur also asked the government to explain whether the inquiries were inconclusive, and if so, why so â whether the perpetrators have been brought to justice, and if not, why not.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-unhcr-asks-for

[osint] FLASH: Interpol sounds bio-terror alarm

" Mr Noble said, citing recent evidence. "I think the alarm is real and it is continuing to ring." + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/flash-interpol-sounds-bio-terror-alarm.html Interpol sounds bio-terror alarm The world is ill prepared for the looming threat of a

[osint] India to be unrivalled regional power in 15 yrs'

st--and continue its nuclear standoff with Pakistan," it said. Moreover, other South Asian States â Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal â will be drawn closer to and more dependent on India and its economy. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/india-to-be-unrivalled-regional-power.htm

[osint] BANGLADESH:Nasreen, writing and deep crimson

o not remember that in literature, in the wider territory of aesthetics, it is always advisable to let a hundred flowers bloom. You simply cannot stamp out one of the flowers only because it happens to be a deeper crimson than all the others around it. It is time for a serious rethink on Taslima Nas

[osint] INDIA: Ayodhya Exclusive - Hour Of Janus

that would rise at Ayodhya. In the event of assuming high office, he would be the chosen one. As it happened, Vajpayee was eventually "chosen" by Advani, the man who led the entire Ram movement. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/india-ayodhya-exclusive-hour-of-janus.htm

[osint] BANGLADESH: SAARC - The highway of hope

session of nuclear weapons per se does not add to India's power as it did not help France in Algeria, US in Vietnam, Soviet Union in Afghanistan and China vis-à-vis Taiwan. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-saarc-highway-of-hope.html The highway of hope Kazi Anwaru

[osint] BANGLADESH: Jamaat and Future of Democracy

more importance to its political gain over literal interpretation of Islam, it is less likely that it will harm the west as being in the western side is more politically beneficial than opposing them. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-jamaat-and-future-of.html Rise of

[osint] BANGLADESH:Why can't India get along with BNP government?

ooperative and mutually supportive relations. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladeshwhy-cant-india-get-along.html Why can't India get along with BNP government? Harun ur Rashid The Bangladesh government feels that India has let her down in postponing the 13th Saarc Sum

[osint] NEPAL: Going for broke

significantly, China has not said no.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/nepal-going-for-broke.html Going for broke- When realpolitik is needed in Nepal, we pursue ideology. 23 February 2005: In the conduct of foreign relations, a country may insert ideology, or practise realpolitik

[osint] ANALYSIS: Is South Asian cooperation doomed?

is operationalised. At the same time, indirect trade between two countries (via Dubai and Singapore) is estimated at over $ 2 billion. Enhanced trade cooperation will mean lower prices for million and help governments implement poverty allaviation programmes. Cooperation, not mutual recrimination, is

[osint] INDIA: CPI-M doesnât see Bangladesh design

f the problems of infiltration on communal lines and has consistently been demanding that illegal migration of both Hindus and Muslims be stopped." + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/india-cpi-m-doesnt-see-banagladesh.html Dismembering India impossible : Das CPI-M doesn't se

[osint] FLASH: India stops military aid to Nepal

+ India today formally announced that military supplies to Nepal has been put on hold. External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Navtej Sarna told reporters in New Delhi that all military supplies have been suspended from February 1.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/flash-india-stops

[osint] BANGLADESH:Why attack on BRAC and Grameen Bank?

countries. It is true that many countries of the world see the extremism and religious conflicts. At any cost we cannot let it happen in this country. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-why-attack-on-brac-and.html Why attack on BRAC and Grameen Bank? By Md. Masum Billah Of

[osint] ASSESSMENT: Nepal - The Calculus of Failure

x27;s long-term ambitions for 'great power' status in the region would certainly and substantially be assessed in terms of its immediate capacities to deal effectively with the present crisis. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/assessment-nepal-calculus-of-failure.h

[osint] US signals hard line on China military threat

ks to join the global community of nations. As it does so, it is undergoing a military modernisation and is developing capabilities that have the attention and interest of many in the region." + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/us-signals-hard-line-on-china-military.html US si

[osint] Indian Defence Budget May Shoot Up by 30 Per Cent to Rs1000 Billion

f the Indian forces will not be possible. Though peace process has started between India and Pakistan, the defense sector feels that equipping of the forces is still necessary." + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/indian-defence-budget-may-shoot-up-by.html Indian Defence Budget Ma

[osint] PAKISTAN: Generals panic as US Agrees to Sell Patriot Missiles to India

clearance to Sen to proceed further. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/pakistan-generals-panic-as-us-agrees.html Panic Grips Pakistani Generals as US Agrees to Sell Patriot Missiles to India Syed Saleem Shahzad KARACHI, February 20: Panic has almost broken out in the Strategic and

[osint] Pakistani army to shoot at âintrudingâ U.S. forces

sistance, military partnership including â and this is a personal view â joint military permanent bases and also cultural exchanges." LINK http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=6965 -- Dak Bangla is a Bangladesh based South Asian Intelligence S

[osint] BANGLADESH: Jamat-i-Islami and the Regional Jihadi Networks

n the face of earth. In 1971, the people of Bangladesh, buried Pakistan, the beloved land of Nizami and his likes, to create Bangladesh. In 1971 also Jamat had a two member representation in the cabinet and they jubilantly performed all the murders and atrocities. They are

[osint] INDIA: Grappling with specter of failing states

e Minister Khaleda Zia keeps thumbing its nose at India, allowing Indian rebels from northeastern states a sanctuary, though constantly denying their presence, and allowing militants to make assassination bids on secular leaders who campaign for friendship with secular, democratic India. + Dak Ba

[osint] FLIP SIDE: God Owes Us an Apology

puny species, then disasters prove that he is not all-powerful; and if he is all-powerful, then clearly he doesn't give a damn. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/flip-side-god-owes-us-apology.html God Owes Us an Apology Barbara Ehrenreich Ehrenreich Column photoThe tsunami of

[osint] ANALYSIS:Rushdie and Taslima: exiles from 'home':

er. I don't want to swallow the bone of forty-seven stuck in my throat. I want to vomit it out. I want to recover the undivided land of my forefathers." + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/analysis-rushdie-and-taslima-exiles.html Rushdie and Taslima: exiles from 'ho

[osint] NEPAL:Death of Democracy and the Rise of a Dictator

understand the deceptive role of dictators who are the champions of a bogus democracy.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/nepal-death-of-democracy-and-rise-of.html Death of Democracy and the Rise of a Dictator The Monarchy in Nepal SURENDRA R. DEVKOTA Democracy is a wonderful passion

[osint] ISLAM:Democracy in Muslim world

ti-Western teaching of the Egyptian thinker, Sayyid Al Qutb, supposedly the intellectual godfather of Osama bin Laden, and so little of the writings of his fellow Egyptian, Mohammed Abdo, who sought to reconcile Islam's compatibility with reason and progress.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogs

[osint] INDIA:Patriots Need to Hail the Left

deshi vote bank. The Islamists know that more than anything, it is Marxism which is the biggest enemy of the Islamists. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/india-patriots-need-to-hail-left.html Patriots Need to Hail the Left It augurs well that both the two major Left parties, t

[osint] INDIA: CPI warning on Bangladesh design

Gogoi said, America never wants India to emerge as a strong power in this region like China because it would be a great challenge to them, both in military and economic fronts, he added.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/india-cpi-warning-on-bangladesh-design.html 19/02/2005 CPI

[osint] ASSESSMENT:Threat of Civil War grows in Pakistan province

aken Musharraf as he pushes his army into a difficult offensive against al-Qaida, the Taliban and their allies in the districts just north of here. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/assessment-threat-of-civil-war-grows.html 20/02/2005 Threat of Civil War grows in Pakistan province

[osint] INDIA:The politics of region

ht through the effects of snubbing Bangladesh, the host country, and Pakistan, the SAARC chairman, which is naturally dismissive about India's reasons. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/india-politics-of-region.html 19/02/2005 The politics of region Sunanda K Datta Ray Sh

[osint] BANGLADESH: Catch Bomb-Throwers Now

moves irrelevant and even smacks of an ulterior motive of the government. Now that things are coming to light without the government wanting so, the long wait for evolving an effective internal mechanism to fight the threat from fundamental Islamic militants may soon be over. + Dak Bangla: http

[osint] ISLAM: What would you rather be: Ethnic Minority, Gentile or Dhimmi?

'thinkers' that thrive on anti-Islamic diatribe and foul mouthing.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/islam-what-would-you-rather-be-ethnic.html 20/202/2005 What would you rather be: Ethnic Minority, Gentile or Dhimmi? Yamin Zakaria The 'art' of attacking Isl

[osint] BANGLADESH: Anup Chetia extradition - Two govts may discuss it if there is official request

was available, the source said with request not to be named. He said that the ULFA leader is serving a prison term, and declined to speculate on what might be done after his prison term ends + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-anup-chetia-extradition-two.html 18/02/2005

[osint] BANGLADESH: Maoist Insurgency Report 12-19FEB [13 NEWS CLIPPINGS]

Dak Bangla; http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-maoist-insurgency-report-12.html READ BANGLADESH MAOIST INSURGENCY REPORT 07-11FEB REPORT IN THIS LINK <http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-maoist-insurgency-report-07.html> HEADLINE IN CLIPPINGS 01. PBCP man kil

[osint] PAKISTAN: Musharraf-Jihadi Confrontation Within Army Reaching Boiling Point

Corps of Signals, Lt Col Ghaffar Babar Saffarzai, pilot of the Army Aviation Command, Major Adil Qadoos Khan from the Kohat Signals Corps, Major Ataullah Khan Mahmood from the Judge Advocate General Branch, Major Rohail Faraz, HQ 2-Corps (Infantry) and Captain Dr Usman Zafar.+ Dak Bangla: http

[osint] NEPAL: Is China doing a second Tibet?

s opposition. Again, take Tibet. While New Delhi sympathises with the Tibetans and has provided the Dalai Lama a haven where he can peacefully carry on his crusade against China, Kathmandu accepts Tibet as an integral part of China. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/nepal-is-china-d

[osint] VALENTINE VOLENCE: Blame not the poor old saint

tries like India, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia continues unabated. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/valentine-violence-blame-not-poor-old.html 19/02/2005 Blame not the poor old saint Farish A Noor Next year, instead of ranting and raving against all things Western, perhaps s

[osint] BANGLADESH: Analysis - Negative politics may give rise to backlash

BNP-Jamaat electoral bond for next year's election.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-analysis-negative-politics.html 18/02/2005 Negative politics may give rise to backlash M. Rashiduzzaman Hartals, vandalism, intimidation, assault, arson and pitched battles between

[osint] INDIA: Kargil Exclusive - War Against Error

officers feel that a candid assessment was necessary. They feel that only such an exercise and a keenness to learn can help a professional army to make a course correction and keep it fighting fit in this millennium. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/india-kargil-exclusive-war

[osint] BANGLADESH: Islamic Groups 12-19FEB [16 NEWS CLIPPINGS]

Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-islamic-groups-12-19feb-16.html READ BANGLADESH ISLAMIC GROUPS REPORT 09-11FEB HERE: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-islamic-groups-09-11feb-9.html HEADLINE IN CLIPPINGS 01. 4 members of Islamist group held 02

[osint] ANALYSIS: Sea Piracy in South Asia

oast guard. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/analysis-sea-piracy-in-south-asia.html 18/02/2005 SEA PIRACY IN SOUTH ASIA Dr Vijay Sakhuja The 2004 annual piracy report published by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) was released in February 2005. The report highlights the

[osint] Maoism on the March...............Meanwhile, in Nepal...

is (about the "and of history" as a clash of ideologies) and the Huntington thesis (about the "clash of civilizations"). We'd be back to the old capitalism vs. communism discussion, which was supposed to be behind us, all settled, and consigned to the rubbish heap of history! Let the

[osint] BANGLADESH:Bombs, again

. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladeshbombs-again.html 18/02/2005 Bombs, again What about police checking motorcyclists carrying large bags? With the blood of recent bomb victims still staining the pavements, new victims from two more bomb attacks are fighting for life

[osint] BANGLADESH: And now, BRAC and Grameen...

the audacity of criminal elements in hurling bombs at politicians, cultural functions and now the offices of some of the pioneering NGO and development-related bodies. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-and-now-brac-and-grameen.html 18/02/2005 And now, BRAC and Grameen

[osint] BANGLADESH: Message from New Delhi

nd our own national self-interest strongly, but to temper the more confrontational and less defensible elements of our India policy. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-message-from-new-delhi.html 18/02/2005 Message from New Delhi Zafar Sobhan Make no mistake about it.

[osint] PAKISTAN:Chinaâs Gwadar naval outpost

mar, Tibet, and Pakistan. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/pakistan-chinas-gwadar-naval-outpost.html 17/02/2005 The China-Pakistan Gwadar port in Balochistan province provides China a strategic foothold in the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean to the alarm of India and the unease

[osint] INDIA: What does the Left want?

ld be engaging in political terrorism and infighting? Wouldn't Pakistan have been better off to leave its politics behind and concentrate on its economics? Wouldn't Myanmar? + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/india-what-does-left-want.html 180/2/2005 What does the Left

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