Hilary Clinton and her new ‘Asia Pacific’ agenda

THE US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, is gracing us with a short visit as part of her tour of the Asia Pacific to bolster what has been described as a giant stride to cement US relations with the countries in the region. Her visit coinciding with that of the senior Indian minister Pranab Mukherjee may not be taken at its face value. The two visits must have been planned in tandem and observers are prone to believing that there might be some common purpose. She was in Beijing this week and from Dhaka she will hop to Kolkata and Delhi onwards. Curiously, all US high dignitaries visiting Bangladesh in recent days have been doing the same — either coming to Dhaka via Delhi or leaving Dhaka with a stopover in Delhi. Almost as a routine. Dhaka appears to be on the sidelines of the Washington-Delhi axis.

However this time Delhi seems to be keeping a relatively low profile, the centre stage will be obviously around the ‘second-most powerful lady’ on earth.

Official pronouncement from the US embassy here shows no specific agenda for the visit. However, the grand agenda of the Obama administration for the Asia Pacific has already been detailed by Clinton herself in the following few words:

‘The future of politics will be decided in Asia , not in Afghanistan or in Iraq, and the United States will be right at the centre of action.’

No wonder she is on her trail in that very pursuit. And she enunciates her government’s policy in this regard further:

‘...We are ... expanding our alliance with Australia from a Pacific partnership to an Indo-Pacific one ... How we translate the growing connection between the Indian and Pacific oceans into an operational concept is a question that we need to answer if we are to adapt to new challenges in the region. Against this backdrop, a more broadly distributed military presence across the region will provide vital advantages.’

It is therefore not unlikely that her current visit might be part of that endeavour to ‘translate’ the said growing connection into an ‘operational concept’. It is all the more plausible in the wake of China’s multifaceted effort to shortcut Malacca through Myanmar and the Bay of Bengal, thereby the Bay of Bengal, including Bangladesh at its heart, attaining newer geopolitical nodality.

Myanmar’s ascendancy in the priority list of both the US and India is unmistakably clear. In spite of the bitter relations over decades India is seen to be waving olive towards Myanmar since the beginning of the nineties. And the US also after decades of hard fisting is now in a completely new mood.

On November 30 Clinton reached Myanmar for the first official visit by any US secretary of state to that country in last several decades. The country, which was so far being treated as a pariah, appears to have suddenly emerged as a coveted destination for the West. However, her historic encounter with the pariah was not as warm as it was expected to be. The reception was too cool not to be kept unnoticed. As per reports from her entourage, at the newly built majestic Nay Pye Taw airport, the grand lady received much less attention than the prime minister of Belarus arriving there the same day. Moreover, the official mouthpiece of the ruling party of Myanmar, The New Light of Myanmar, gave her a sleek second-page treatment, while the latter received a ‘lavish front page treatment.’ Her meeting with the Myanmar president was limited to diplomatic formality as reported in the press. She had to be satisfied with a bare feet walk around the statue of Lord Buddha in the Shwedagon pagoda, the ‘cultural epicentre’ of the country near Yangon and a friendly meeting with the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the ‘democracy icon’ of the West, in a country severely handicapped due to economic and diplomatic sanctions for decades.

In spite of that, in the light of the new game plan of the Obama administration to hop from the sandy deserts of Middle East over to the lush green of the Asia Pacific, this pilgrimage certainly opens up a new chapter in the geopolitics of our region.

The game plan succinctly pronounced by Clinton in her Hawaii speech and her write up for the Foreign Affairs Quarterly last year captioned — ‘America’s Pacific Century’ — is being read and reread all around the globe and especially in this part of the world.

Her agenda is clear:

‘As the war in Iraq winds down and America begins to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, the United States stands at a pivot point. Over the last 10 years, we have allocated immense resources to those two theatres. In the next 10 years, we need to be smart and systematic about where we invest time and energy, so that we put ourselves in the best position to sustain our leadership, secure our interests, and advance our values. One of the most important tasks of American statecraft over the next decade will therefore be to lock in a substantially increased investment — diplomatic, economic, strategic, and otherwise — in the Asia-Pacific region.’

This is how she starts and then she goes on:

‘...just as our World War II commitment to building a comprehensive and lasting transatlantic network of institutions and relationships has paid off many times over — and continues to do so. The time has come for the United States to make similar investments as a Pacific power, a strategic course set by President Barack Obama from the outset of his administration and one that is already yielding benefits.’

It is now clear that the Indian Ocean-Bay of Bengal region will be under floodlight in the coming days. China has already inked a deal with Myanmar to build an 850-kilometre super highway with rail-road-pipeline, connecting mainland China from Yunnan to Kyauk Phyu in the Arakan coast of the Bay of Bengal. With super high speed trains plying at 200-350 kilometres per hour, the time distance over this stretch of land coming down to 4-5 hours only, the geopolitical scenario changes dramatically. According to the Times of India this will provide the missing link to China’s ‘String of Pearls’ strategic construct starting from East Africa through Seychelles, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

In this backdrop the recent verdict of ITLOS in the Bangla-Myanmar tussle over the Bay waters attains greater significance. Although it was an unfortunate retreat by Myanmar from her 1974 commitments on the maritime boundary and Bangladesh had to swallow the bitter pill (of course with victory celebrations to hoodwink its own people!), the verdict, nevertheless, brings peace and stability in the Bangla-Myanmar water front, at least for oil and gas exploration. Ironically, all the contractors now sharing the blocks on either side are from the US, India and South Korea, birds of the same feather! Secretary Clinton and Pranab Mukherjee’s visit may not be out of context in this regard also.

When Clinton says, ‘Just as Asia is critical to America’s future, an engaged America is vital to Asia’s future’, or ‘the region is eager for our leadership and our business — perhaps more than any time in modern history’, some of her readers quip: ‘No Madam, Asian countries ... have their own fish to fry. It is high time that Monroe was buried, dead and forgotten.’

Monroe buried or not, we may remind ourselves that even during the last century America was at the heart of the Indian and Pacific Ocean region for more than fifty years. It chased and destroyed the Japanese navy in the 1940s, started a war in Korea that hasn't ended as yet. A massive military engagement in Vietnam lasted nearly 25 years, not to mention the ending.

Therefore a ‘new American century’ in this region is perhaps not as new as it is being projected. US alliances with Japan, South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand are already there. Clinton considers those as the ‘fulcrum’ for her ‘strategic turn to the Asia-Pacific’, to leverage the regional presence and enhance the regional leadership of US at a time of ‘evolving security challenges’.

What are those security challenges? Obviously the biggest challenge comes from the dragon on other side of the Himalayas, including the few recalcitrant still on the ‘wrong’ side. And Clinton is fairly open. Apart from the oft-repeated prescription to China, she reprimands the recalcitrant minnows:

‘As we deepen our engagement with partners with whom we disagree on these issues, we will continue to urge them to embrace reforms that would improve governance, protect human rights, and advance political freedoms. We have made it clear, for example, to Vietnam that our ambition to develop a strategic partnership requires that it take steps to further protect human rights and advance political freedoms. Or consider Burma, where we are determined to seek accountability for human rights violations. We are closely following developments in Nay Pyi Taw and the increasing interactions between Aung San Suu Kyi and the government leadership. We have underscored to the government that it must release political prisoners, advance political freedoms and human rights, and break from the policies of the past.’

Huntington left India as the ‘grey area’ in his global divide between the so-called ‘Western civilisation’ and the ‘coalition of the Islamic and Sinic civilisation’. It is not yet clear whether India has shed that ‘grey’ contour and sealed her fate finally with the so-called West.

With the Bay of Bengal turning turbulent in the foreseeable future, Bangladesh needs to put her steps cautiously and be prudent in playing her dimes, to ensure that there is no free ride.

BY :   Dr Ferdaus Ahmad Quarishi.

Crackdown brings BNP, Jamaat closer

The government's crackdown on BNP bigwigs seems to be helping bridge the gap that developed between the main opposition BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami after the last parliamentary polls. 

Jamaat leaders now plan to exploit the latest political developments in their favour, as they believe the crackdown on BNP leaders has given them an opportunity to get closer to BNP. 

Jamaat that opposed the country's independence has been facing a serious crisis following the arrests of its top leaders on charges of committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

The latest situation has prompted BNP policymakers to reassess the party's strategy for reshaping ties with Jamaat to intensify anti-government agitations from June after the expiry of the 90-day deadline for the government to restore the caretaker government system. 

Jamaat, a key component of the BNP-led electoral alliance, is likely to be in a much better position to improve its relations with BNP in this fast-changing political situation. 

"We all nationalist forces including components of our alliance are now uniting to resist the government's repression. We will face it unitedly," ASM Hannan Shah, member of BNP standing committee, told The Daily Star yesterday. 

Police last week filed cases against opposition leaders and raided houses of some top BNP men in connection with hartal violence. Most BNP bigwigs went into hiding following the crackdown. 

Talking about the present political situation, Jamaat leader Mujibur Rahman said: "Our relation with BNP was strained but now it will take a solid shape." 

Mujibur, assistant secretary general of Jamaat, told The Daily Star yesterday that the relation between the two parties strengthens either when they both face repression or during the election. 

Asking not to be named, a BNP policymaker said the party had distanced itself from its major ally Jamaat since the debacle in the December 2008 parliamentary polls. There had been an anti-Jamaat opinion before the election for its role in the Liberation War. 

BNP gave a mild response when the government cracked down on top Jamaat leaders in mid-2010.

"The government should have respected BNP's strategy for maintaining distance from Jamaat. But the latest crackdown on our senior leaders will compel the party to get closer to Jamaat to resist the government's repression," said the BNP leader. 

Mahbubur Rahman, member of BNP standing committee, holds the government responsible for the present “volatile” political situation. 

"We do not have any alternatives but to gear up street agitations, along with the components of our alliance," Mahbub told The Daily Star. 

Jamaat Chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, its Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and three other senior leaders had been arrested on charges of committing crimes against humanity, since the government's crackdown on Jamaat leaders in mid-2010. 

The embattled Jamaat then turned to BNP for launching a joint movement. But BNP did not respond, and Khaleda reportedly refused to meet Jamaat leaders. 

Matiur Rahman Akanda, assistant publicity secretary of Jamaat, said yesterday that BNP had only sympathised with Jamaat at that time. 

"But BNP did not stand by us when the government launched a crackdown on our leaders. BNP's cold attitude towards us had created a gap between grassroots-level leaders of the two parties. The changed political situation will now close the gap," Akanda told The Daily Star. 

Leaders of other Islamic parties also echoed the views of Jamaat leaders. 

Abdul Latif Nezami, secretary general of Bangladesh Nezam-e-Islam Party, said the ties between BNP and other components of the alliance strengthened following the government's crackdown. 

"Communication between the alliance leaders has increased. We are now putting our heads together to devise a strategy to gear up anti-government movement," Nezami told The Daily Star. 

Ahlullah Wasel, press secretary of Islami Oikya Jote, said the activity of the BNP-led alliance was limited to holding meetings. But the recent political developments have given them the opportunity to get united against the government.

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Mujib’s Seraj Sikder and Hasina’s Illias Ali: The Tragic Heroes of Bangladesh

When Mujib returned from Pakistan, his countryman welcomed him as their great hero, not knowing that the absentee leader during the nine months of war was returning to kill the infant democracy. Immediately after his return, Awami League leaders also gave him the title “father of the nation.”This was defying the public demand that Mawlana Bhasani, the spiritual leader of Bangladesh, a fatherly figure to Mujib and the leader of leaders be the father of the nation.

Soon after Mujib returned from Pakistan he signed the Indra Mujib 25 year agreement. People who resented were crushed. Extrajudicial killing and the practice of disappearance began. The looting and smuggling by Mujib’s favorites caused (what Amertya Sen called) “a man-made famine” which took the life of half a million people. In addition to this Mujib’s India lovers got deeply involved in Indian Congress syndicate’s connectivity plan in Bangladesh. During this time,one of the most famous leaders killed by Mujib’s Rakkhi bahini without any trial was Seraj Sikder. Mujib’s chaotic  three year and a half rule was attributed by Bangladesh observers as Fascism.

A tragic history was unfolded after Mujib imposed a one party rule in Bangladesh called BKSAL when he banned all the opposition newspapers, put leaders like Bhasani under house arrest.with economy in ruins, international observers found Mujib turned Bangladesh into ” a bottomless basket case.” In reaction to the misrule, Mujib was killed along with his family, the coup was led by Mostaque of Awami League with help from some former Bangladeshi freedom fighters in the army.

Hasina when first entering her political campaign, asked the nation for her father’s wrong doings and reverted BKSAL into Awami League. But in her second term in office, Hasina shows her devotion to Mujib’s rule. She reenacted Mujib as the father of the nation. A false history was written now saying that Mujib was assassinated for his attempt to establish a “Sonar Bangla.” High court judges now punish anybody criticizing Mujib’s rule. She also lately appointed district governors.

Among other things, Hasina without a national referendum, and defying the national sentiment gave India transit. She again like her father’s Rakhi bahini  lately using an Indian assassin group called “hundred crusaders” (reported in the media) The latest victim of these extra judicial killing is BNP’s central leader Illias Ali. The Sagar journalist couples were murdered previously in their rental home and the murderer, was sent abroad by the AL government with special visa.

After Seraj Sikder’s death, Mujib boosted in the national assembly saying, ” Where are you Seraj Sikder?”Hasina much wiser after her father’s death has not acknowledged yet that secret squads captured Illias Ali. While Mujib killed over 35 thousand in four years, Hasina’s figure is not yet over even 5 thousand in 3 years. But people and politicians are afraid that some of them might be the next target. Compared to Mujib’s time, there are miracles happening due to Hasina’s secret use of montra: In the Suranjitgate case while the driver of the car carrying Suranjit’s deputies and the money that discovered in the car on that night are now claimed by Suranjit gang to be jack fruit.  By Hasina’s magic the four eyewitnesses of the Illias abduction are also missing. Surprisingly Hasina’s law enforcers are looking for Illias Ali in Illias Ali’s home believing that BNP is hiding Illias ALi somewhere in his home. Hasina’s man have joined in the chores repeating that Illias Ali might also be the target of Jammat.

It is true, compared to Mujib’s 72-75 period, surely Hasina’s is not that alarming.  But t is now becoming clear that Hasina’s Awami League is dangerous enough whether in power or outside as the opposition party. It is showing the signs of fascism.

Despite some hope that there are still some good people in the Awami League, every indication shows that AWAMI LEAGUE IS NOT THE NAME OF A POLITICAL PARTY, IT IS THE NAME OF A MAFIA GROUP, THE LEADING BOSSES ARE CHOSEN FROM SHEIKH DYNASTY AND THE INDIAN RAW IS ITS KEEPER!

Bangladeshis in not understanding Mujib,the most powerful South Asian fascist, history repeats itself through Hasina.

GOD SAVE BANGLADESH! 

BY : Abid Bahar. 

Bangladesh – PM Sheikh Hasina ’s mind wandering; Stop the hide and seek game;

The time has come to respond from our side on an ongoing debate in Bangladesh over our recently published articles which have created fresh political ideological debate while questioning the present regime in the country. As usual, like other South Asian nations, the Dhaka government is playing foul game to hide their corrupt ferocious acts against their own citizens. Why are there so many distracting questions about the Sri Lanka Guardian, instead of conducting genuine investigations, based on facts, on the problems we surfaced through our reports? What we have done is to directly say to the “ostrich”, hiding its head in sand ‘it doesn’t work; your nudity is showing in public. Just lift your head out and face the need to restore freedom, justice and fraternity in the country, within genuine institutional framework.

One of the local language daily newspapers based in Dhaka has carried the story while quoting a source of the Sri Lankan High Commissioner’s office in Bangladesh, saying that the Sri Lanka Guardian doesn’t exist. It seems that the “source”, told the paper there is no such paper published from Colombo. The person’s claim is correct in term of wording as we have been operating from abroad since 2009 due to the present regime’s policy on freedom of expression. Otherwise the “White Van” is likely to solve the problems in its way, similar to how the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Bangladesh acts. But the person seems to not recognize that well known Sri Lankan diplomats have been contributing to the Sri Lanka Guardian since its inception in August 2007. We are not going to talk now, about our (Sri Lankan) diplomats; how they were appointed and how they are working towards weakening our foreign policy.

 

The Dhaka government and/or its allied news agency do not need to fear the Sri Lanka Guardian, but their own inhuman activities against unarmed innocent civilians and dissenters. What we have facilitated is to highlight factual reality in the country while allowing few contributors including pro- Awami league writers, who have different political ideologies to the Government, to share their wisdom with wider public through their contributions to the Sri Lanka Guardian.

 

Recently Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina soughed in public that no one has the right to play with people’s fate. Unfortunately she and the others who are benefiting from her side are portraying themselves as being innocent on the stage but one sees an alien behavior behind the screen of “patriotism” and “national security”. In other words, the present regime of Bangladesh is using their fellow citizens as the medium to get rid of their personal banalities.

 

There is documented evidence that 31 persons have been killed extra judicially in the first three months of this year. It has been reported, that among the 31 persons killed extra judicially, 26 were killed in ‘crossfire/encounters/ gun fights’. Among the deceased, 17 were allegedly killed by the RAB, three by the Police, two jointly by the RAB and the Police, and four jointly by the RAB and the Coast Guards. Torture in custody persists while forced disappearances are continuing. During the three months (January-March) 2012, three persons were allegedly tortured to death. It has been reported a Dhaka University teacher was beaten by RAB, which is the rough murderous unit setup by the regime in the name of national security. As we compare, there are more similarities between the White Van syndrome in Sri Lanka and the RAB in Bangladesh which is reported to have tortured and killed dozens of people. Ms. Hasina, this is real nudity of your ‘alien (barbarian) governance against your own people, while claiming that no one has the right to play with people’s fate. This is a tragic joke.

 

We stand with the people of Bangladesh and we will continuously publish balanced factual reports on the country as well as other countries if required. As declared in our mission statement, we adhere to the journalistic values of honesty, courage, fairness, balance, independence, credibility and diversity, giving no priority to commercial or political considerations over professional ones.

 

It would be surprising if the Dhaka government decides to block the Sri Lanka Guardian for its viewers in Bangladesh, as did the paranoid Sri Lankan government for our dear readers in Sri Lanka. Killing the messenger is popular tactic used by many failed governments trying to stay in power. However, it has been proven that our reports hit the nail on the head and expose failure of the government’s puny dopey politics against the people. Like the present regime in Sri Lanka, the Dhaka government also is following what, the Bangla proverb says, “The deer has enemies because of its flesh”. People of Bangladesh will look and take necessary objective actions against the subject on time unless the Dhaka government blindfolds its people in Bangladesh before then. In other words, “the eyes are the mirror of the mind” (Chokh Moner Ayna). We are not asking for Justice when justice can be bought; we will never ask people to act when there are no people. We surface questions because we see possibilities of the dawn of justice in the horizon.

 

Source :  Sri Lanka Guardian

Bangladesh towards civil war

Ruling party in Dhaka is pushing the current political crisis into much deeper state at timing, when the country is expected to receive US Secretary of States Hillary Clinton on May 5th, though now it is greatly feared that a civil war or a mass-revolt against the current regime may spark at any time. 

Latest situation in Dhaka, the Capital city of the South Asian country named Bangladesh is fearsome in real sense. Members of law enforcing agencies are continuing combing operations in the city in search of top brasses of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), while private television channels in particular are already in the owe of huge fear following government extreme repressive attitude towards political opponents. Especially the situation in Bangladesh turned very complex, when the ruling party lodged criminal cases against BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Munshi and members of the presidium ASM Hannan Shah, Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Sadeq Hossain Khoka, joint secretary Amanullah Aman, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, BNP leader Abdus Salam, Moazzem Hossain Alal, Saiful Alam Nirob, Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel, Sarafat Ali Sofu, LDP chairman Col (Retd) Oli Ahmed, BJP chairman Barrister Andalib Rahman Partha, MP, Asiya Ashrafi Papiya, MP, Shammi Akhtar, MP, Rehana Akhtar Ranu, MP, Nilufar Chowdhury Moni, MP, Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie, MP, JAGPA leader Shahfiul Alam Prodhan and others. Meanwhile, allegations of inhuman torture in custody on the arrested BNP and opposition leaders have already been printed in Dhaka’s print media. Eminent Bangladeshi columnist Syed Badrul Ahsan in a front-page commentary titled “When anti-politics becomes the norm”, published in leading English newspaper The daily Star wrote, “…The truth, at this point of time, is that politics is in a deep slide toward regression. Or you could even suggest that where a revival of politics, in that very modern, renaissance sense of the meaning, was the goal following the general elections of December 2008, it is today the very reverse of that goal the nation happens to be going through. Anti-politics has become the order of the day.

“That a government enjoying a vast majority in parliament and therefore vast powers is not necessarily competent government is a fact demonstrated all too well in the more than three years which have elapsed since January 2009. The death of citizens in "crossfire" has gone on, with the authorities unable to explain why the security forces are so trigger-happy. Worse, the terrible malady of disappearances, something we thought was once associated with South America in the old dictator-driven days, is now part of Bangladesh's anti-politics culture.

“A goodly number of citizens have been abducted in these past many months. Some have been found dead, but most have remained untraced. That is not what you expect in a democracy. And yet Ilias Ali and all those others before him have disappeared in all the aura of democracy which does not quite look like democracy as it should be. That is not acceptable.

“It is not acceptable that the government cannot trace Ilias Ali inasmuch as it is not acceptable that it remains unable to dig into the truth behind the murder of a Saudi diplomat, of a journalist couple, of so many others across the country. It is not acceptable that platitudes be offered where decisive action is the need.”

The same newspaper in its editorial wrote: “It seems that the government has lost its sense of proportion, a precarious state to be in for a government that is led by the oldest party in the country. It is difficult to conclude otherwise from the absurd step it has chosen to take several opposition leaders to court for creating violence during hartal on Sunday

“Reportedly, two cases have been filed against BNP leaders Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and LDP President Oli Ahmed and several other leaders and activists of 18-party alliance. In fact as many as 73 leaders of the newly formed alliance have been made accused in several cases including the cocktail blast at the secretariat and bus torching case.

“To say the least, we find this utterly weird that party leaders belonging to the opposition are sought to be taken to the court accused of creating violence. Not that such action is the first of its kind. It had happened in the past which only exacerbated the situation.

“Not only does the government action appear irrational, there is little doubt also that the move has been motivated more by a feeling of vindictiveness rather than the government's wish to curb violence. And at a time like this, when the situation is turbulent, and when the need is for a more coolheaded approach to defuse the prevailing situation that has the prospect of escalating further, it seems that the government is itching for a confrontation by ratcheting up the level of confrontation.”

Ruling party in Dhaka is pushing the current political crisis into much deeper state at timing, when the country is expected to receive US Secretary of States Hillary Clinton on May 5th, though now it is greatly feared that a civil war or a mass-revolt against the current regime may spark at any time. Especially the fear of speculation of revolt is becoming prominent following lodging of criminal cases against the opposition leaders at large while members of the law enforcing agencies are visibly increasing numerous forms of hostilities on the civilians. The culture of using the law enforcing agencies simply like political cadres are nothing new in Bangladesh. Such bad practices started during the rule of military ruler H M Ershad, who was ousted from power in 1990 though a mass revolt. Politico pundits in Bangladesh as well as expatriate Bangladeshis in various countries are seeing outbreak of similar mass revolt against the current repressive regime in Dhaka “at any time”.

It should be reminded here that the current political turmoil in Dhaka started following forced disappearance of BNP leader M Ilias Ali and his chauffer. Though the government is making false promise of rescuing Ilias Ali alive -- a number of credible sources indicate that the BNP leader and his driver were “cleared” by the members of Raw-trained Crusader-100, hours after they were being picked up. It said Ilias and Ansar were taken inside a house located at diplomatic enclave named Gulshan, where they were slaughtered by the members of the killing squad, who are working on specific hit-list. Following the murder of the BNP leader and his chauffer their dead bodies were secretly transported to Buriganga river at the old part of Dhaka and was subsequently loaded in a river-going cargo vessel, which lifted anchor at 4:00 o’clock in the morning and started for Sunderban mangrove forest, where the dead-bodies were buried or might have been sliced and offered to tigers as feast. This tragic incident was brought into knowledge of the Bangladesh PM 2-3 hours of the “execution” of the Sunderban mission of the Crusader-100 members.

BY : Jessica Fox.