Tue 29 Nov 2005
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Here we go again
Is the Prime Minister listening?
Late Update:
Video Update Warning: very graphic
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November 29th, 2005 at 9:48 am
we donot want to become afganistan.pls help us to leave safly.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:33 am
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November 30th, 2005 at 12:23 pm
It is also time for the youths in Bangladesh to unite and do what they can to stop this. Afterall, it is our future that is most at stake.
December 2nd, 2005 at 10:02 am
I have long maintained that there is a civil war going on in Bangladesh, a one-side one to be sure, and people are not taking this seriously. Clearly, Islamists from the old Muslim League to Jamat have regrouped, and are determined to full-fill century-old dreams of theirs of establishing dar-ul-islam in this part of the world.
It is time for people to take the matter in their hands. The current government will not commit to taking an anti-Islamist policy because they represent the old Muslim League and are collaborating with the old Jamatis. Awami League is corrupt and incompetent, as we have seen during its turn in power. In a broader sense Bangladesh is a failing state, and thinking people need to rethink this project. It is not entirely illogical for it to be where it is. But in the mean time, rescuing what is left has to be the priority.
Resistance to the attempted takeover of the country/society by the Islamists require vocal, loud ideological expression of anti-Islamist, anti-theocratic ideology; organizing resistance at the grass roots level; and, undertaking militant resistance at the root. Someone in the village and/or town where preparation for bombing takes place, must know about these activities. It is possible to organize to find them through community based intelligence gathering. The task of eliminating these criminal elements - with or without the help of the law enforcement personnel - then can be undertaken to put these murderers-thugs out of business. Identification of corrupt politicians who are facilitating the Islamist civil war from inside should be possible and those should be eliminated politically and otherwise. One advantage is that resistance should now be the interest of growing segments of the population, as the sphere of population under assault is growing. Allies have to be found from inside and out. This is a fight for life and liberty. It is time to wake up and face the brutal facts. Time for passive acceptance of the situation is over. More hartals will not stop the carnage.
December 2nd, 2005 at 12:01 pm
Mr. Siddique
You are only partially correct. Clearly, the stealth puppeteers behind so-called “dar-ul-islam” are not amateurists. This “one-side civil war” is, definitely, a part of a grand strategic plan and can’t be looked upon as an isolated phenomenon.
Not too long ago, Jamat was certified as a “Moderate Moslem Political Party” by our friends from Langley, Virginia. We need to find the “axis of evil” in the context of Bangladesh, we need to find out the real Smirking Chimp.
For Bangladesh, the word corruption is a misnomer. The country is on a capitalist path and what we are seeing is the phase of accumulation (though primitive) of capital (by fair means or foul – a necessary evil). I smell over-simplification in your “What is to be done” scenario.