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2005-07-18 Afghanistan/South Asia
Killing spree in 'crossfire'
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Posted by Steve 2005-07-18 10:13|| || Front Page|| [10327 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Note to self: do not get involved in a gunfight in Bangladesh.
Posted by Anonymoose 2005-07-18 11:03||   2005-07-18 11:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Note to self: Don't go to Bangladesh, period!
Posted by Steve">Steve  2005-07-18 11:22||   2005-07-18 11:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Good grief, I had no idea they were having a contest over there- police leading, with RAB pushing up, but some distance behind and the Cobra/Cheetah team just not able to get out of the starting gate and making a poor impression on the statistics. Joint forces are really in it for the pride of playing.

This bit is just too funny/weird:

The government earlier had given the army personnel indemnity from prosecution for killing 54 people during Operation Clean Heart, but no such measures has yet been adopted for the law enforcers responsible for the deaths of 378 people in 'crossfire', 'shootout' and 'encounter'. While heart attack was cited wholesale as causes of death during Clean Heart, the law enforcers these days trot out the same old story of 'crossfire' where the victims get arrested and killed either in 'crossfire' or 'encounter' or 'shootout' during operations for recovering illegal firearms at deserted places, mostly in the small hours. The police and Rab authorities send to newspaper offices the same press releases containing the same old story, with only names of the victims and recovered firearms changed.


Superb inline comments Steve.
Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-07-18 11:34||   2005-07-18 11:34|| Front Page Top

#4 But soon after a number of people with no criminal records fell victims to the 'crossfire', panic had started to pervade cross sections of the society.

Uh-huh. Why do I get the feeling the "cross sections" that started to panic included the criminals, do-gooders, and press?

(But I repeat myself...)
Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford  2005-07-18 11:47|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2005-07-18 11:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Members of law enforcement agencies seem to be out in a competition to earn better record on killing people in so-called crossfire incidents...

Wonder what they win?
Posted by tu3031 2005-07-18 12:17||   2005-07-18 12:17|| Front Page Top

#6 The press is uptight, the rest of the Bangas and fine with it.
Posted by Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-07-18 13:49||   2005-07-18 13:49|| Front Page Top

#7 The police and Rab authorities send to newspaper offices the same press releases containing the same old story, with only names of the victims and recovered firearms changed.

SOB who knew?

I think RB coverage is putting on the heat.
Posted by Shipman 2005-07-18 14:07||   2005-07-18 14:07|| Front Page Top

#8 ...heart attack was cited wholesale as causes of death during Clean Heart...

Glad somebody over there has a sense of humor.
Posted by mojo">mojo  2005-07-18 14:29||   2005-07-18 14:29|| Front Page Top

#9 They're showing it on SPIKE tomorrow night in place of a Bond movie.
Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins  2005-07-18 14:59|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org]  2005-07-18 14:59|| Front Page Top

#10 But soon after a number of people with no criminal records fell victims to the 'crossfire', panic had started to pervade cross sections of the society.

First-offenders never have criminal records. Neither do people who constantly go free before comeing to trial.

Still, I would like to see some more teams out there. We could have a Monsoon Madness™ ... um ... elimination tournament.

Anyone know where I can get a RAB penant? Preferably with a shutter gun?


Posted by Jackal">Jackal  2005-07-18 16:03|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]  2005-07-18 16:03|| Front Page Top

#11 Yeah, we could do brackets just like in the NCAA tournament. I'm calling Cobras vs RAB in the final.
Posted by WhiteCollarRedneck 2005-07-18 16:52||   2005-07-18 16:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Steve wrote:
Note to self: Don't go to Bangladesh, period!

Why? They're making such progress these days on cleaning out the criminal element.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-07-18 22:16|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-07-18 22:16|| Front Page Top

#13 Oh shoot, I should have used lime for the background color. At least I think it's lime.
testing 1 2 3...


I'll try to remember the right background color next time.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-07-18 22:18|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2005-07-18 22:18|| Front Page Top

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