[Dawn] BANGLADESH seems to be headed towards a major political crisis as the fatality toll in three days of violence, following Thursday's sentencing to death of a Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... leader, has crossed 50. The widespread violence resulted from festivities not only between the police and Jamaat workers but also between the latter and supporters of the ruling Awami League. A disturbing development for the government is the decision by the main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to join the protests. Reacting to the death sentence passed on Jamaat vice president Delwar Hossain Sayeedi ...Islamic orator and politician. He was a former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2008, and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami... and using strong language, BNP leader Khaleda Zia
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Yep. Move on. Nothing to see here. Mass murder and rape. All is forgiven.
After a well organized military buildup in East Pakistan the military launched its campaign. No more than 267 days later they had succeeded in killing perhaps 1,500,000 people, created 10,000,000 refugees who had fled to India, provoked a war with India, incited a counter-genocide of 150,000 non-Bengalis, and lost East Pakistan.
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The Blood telegram (April 6, 1971) was seen as one of the most strongly worded Dissent Channel[4] messages ever written by Foreign Service Officers to the State Department.[5] It was signed by 29 Americans. The telegram stated:
Our government has failed to denounce the suppression of democracy. Our government has failed to denounce atrocities. Our government has failed to take forceful measures to protect its citizens while at the same time bending over backwards to placate the West Pak[istan] dominated government and to lessen any deservedly negative international public relations impact against them. Our government has evidenced what many will consider moral bankruptcy,(...) But we have chosen not to intervene, even morally, on the grounds that the Awami conflict, in which unfortunately the overworked term genocide is applicable, is purely an internal matter of a sovereign state. Private Americans have expressed disgust. We, as professional civil servants, express our dissent with current policy and fervently hope that our true and lasting interests here can be defined and our policies redirected.
(U.S. Consulate (Dacca) Cable, Dissent from U.S. Policy Toward East Pakistan, April 6, 1971, Confidential, 5 pp. Includes Signatures from the Department of State. Source: RG 59, SN 70-73 Pol and Def. From: Pol Pak-U.S. To: Pol 17-1 Pak-U.S. Box 2535;)[6]
In an earlier telegram (March 27, 1971), Blood wrote about American observations at Dhaka under the subject heading "Selective genocide":
1. Here in Decca we are mute and horrified witnesses to a reign of terror by the Pak[istani] Military. Evidence continues to mount that the MLA authorities have list of AWAMI League supporters whom they are systematically eliminating by seeking them out in their homes and shooting them down
2. Among those marked for extinction in addition to the A.L. hierarchy are student leaders and university faculty. In this second category we have reports that Fazlur Rahman head of the philosophy department and a Hindu, M. Abedin, head of the department of history, have been killed. Razzak of the political science department is rumored dead. Also on the list are the bulk of MNA's elect and number of MPA's.
3. Moreover, with the support of the Pak[istani] Military. non-Bengali Muslims are systematically attacking poor people's quarters and murdering Bengalis and Hindus.
(U.S. Consulate (Dacca) Cable, Selective genocide, March 27, 1971)[7]
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Thanks John. Interesting bit of history, and confirmation of the hopelessness of the Islam.
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I'd call it a confirmation of the singular brutality of Pakistain. The scale of the murders puts them up there with the Nazis. The collaborators of 1971 are the same people hacking cops to death and burning down Hindu houses now.
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Holy cow.
I thought I was a pretty good history/international affairs wonk but the genocide in East Pak/Bangladesh is new ground for me.
Did our media run cover for State even back then?
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"Did our media run cover for State even back then?"
No Mr. Bill, they were too invested in making us lose Vietnam at the time (not that we hadn't already).
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1971 was Cold War era. Since India went the non-aligned-but-sleeping-with-the-Soviets route, Pakistan by default won the Miss US Cold War Ally-Indian Penninsula title.
Base any actions taken, rightly or wrongly, in that context.
Ian Steadman at Wired spent a week in Nork-land in 2010. Given the Rodman story earlier this week, he wrote this piece. He offers a long but clear-eyed view of the repressive Hermit Kingdom. Worth the read.
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The looming budget crisis will hit the Defense Department very hard. But there is a place where we can cut budgets and improve our security: reforming the process by which security clearances are granted.
[Recently] an OPM investigator contacted me about my clearance renewal. She would need two hours with me, my secretary was told. No way, I thought. How wrong.
At the appointed hour a pleasant but mechanical investigator arrived. After presenting her credentials and informing me of my rights, she suggested we proceed.
Is your name John Julian Hamre? she asked.
Yes, I replied.
She asked if I lived at my street address.
I paused, a bit surprised, then replied, Yes.
She asked if I was born on my birth date.
I paused again. Maam, do you plan to read to me my SF-86 form? I asked. If I lied in completing the form, I noted, I was unlikely to admit it in the interview. Lets just go to the end, I suggested. I will swear it is all true, and if you find a fault, you can accuse me of perjury.
My common-sense suggestion had no effect. We prefer to read the questions to you and ask you to respond, I was told.
In other words, to grant a top-secret clearance in the United States, we ask a potential spy to fill out a form, which is given to an employee, possibly a contract worker, who then asks the candidate to verbally confirm what he has written.
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Actually getting a clearance can be very valuable. I just heard ads on a DC radio station offering a $25K signing bonus for people with a TS/SCI clearance.
Too bad mine expired twenty years ago.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia ||
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This guy is FOS. We don't ask you to re-state everything on your SF-86. My 86 is 73 pages. We ask a few starter questions to A - get the person comfortable talking to an investigator and B - to verify we are talking to the person. I've done this interview many times. The interview questions are written by gubmit lawyers - the investigators just follow the script. What a douche.
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Describe in single words, only the good things that come into your mind about your mother.
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Who? Bangkok Billy, ohhhhh THAT Bangkok Billy. Who gave you my name? Other names? Well yes.... I actually knew him by another name. I think he uses several.... why do you ask?
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Spousal Unit just went through a security clearance update; they did read all the questions and to add insult told her she had perjured herself regarding education; seems a secretary at her alma mater gave bad gouge regarding degree status. Took several days to correct S.U. Fedex'ed certified copy of diploma to Mr big headlildick to prove actuals.
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