... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
equally violent, according to intelligence sources.
Jamaat does not want to take the blame alone for the recent spate of terror across the country and plans to associate BNP with the violence by filling their shoes, the sources add.
"Jamaat-Shibir men may unleash terror tomorrow [today] in the capital and parts of the country. As part of their ploy, they may even use firearms to kill BNP activists forcing them to go for a tougher stance against the government," a National Security Intelligence official told The Daily Star yesterday on condition of anonymity.
A top official of the intelligence wing of Rapid Action Battalion
(Rab) also apprehends Jamaat-Shibir may unleash massive violence in the city cashing in on BNP's hartal today.Speaking anonymously, the Rab official said Jamaat's main target would be Projonmo Chattar at Shahbagh intersection where the youth have been demonstrating for capital punishment to war criminals and banning of Jamaat.
"We will beef up our security and our top level officials will be on the field to ward off any such subversive activities," he added. The Rab official said Jamaat-Shibir men remained almost silent in the capital for last few days which is not a good sign.
Against this backdrop, BNP would enforce its countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal in an already tensed situation when 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
independentbranch 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...
unleashed a wave of terror during its 48-hour shutdown that ended this morning.
The main opposition, which is considering a hard-line stance, said it would form countrywide "committees for public safety" to, what it said, counter the ruling Awami League's threat to resist opposition movement.
"We will build resistance through these committees," said BNP Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed at a presser yesterday without elaborating on the matter.