The CIA and the Israeli Secret Agents are using India as a stepping stone to perpetrate their dreadful crimes especially in Pakistan and now they have made their way into Bangladesh. Poor Benazir Bhutto! How she became a pawn in the game of American CIA‘s conspiracy and gave her life. Pakistan as a nuclear-power nation is in the way of Israel’s plan to attack on Iran. So they want to disintegrate Pakistan strategically. You guys remember, the Jewish reporter came into Pakistan and he ended up being killed there. He was secretly working for the CIA for quiet some time and he went there on a secret mission. Apparently he was acting there as a decoy journalist. Anyway you know the rest.

You know Henry Kissinger who was one of the masterminds behind the US-Iraq war, and you know about John F. Kennedy’s assassination. That same Henry Kissinger the lowest of the low, also was behind the assassination plot of John F Kennedy. John F. Kennedy vehemently tried to stop Israel to build a nuclear bomb of which the technology they got from the French. They killed John F. Kennedy to clear their way in order to push ahead with their secret mission of making a nuclear bomb. They successfully set up someone else for the killing of J. F Kennedy. In recent history they did the 9/11 attack on American soil and so easily they got away with it, and what’s more they capitalized on it big time.

In general, Americans do not like the Jew and Israel “the freeloader“. Israel has been using America as its cash cow for years. They know, the Jews in America are an increasing threat to the very survival of America and its culture, social values, reputation, etc. and they along with Israel are harming them and their country tremendously. Unfortunately, the Americans are helpless. Because the US congress and the Senate are manipulated by the American and Israeli Jews. Moreover, they have taken almost all the control of the FBI, CIA, and NSA. Keep in mind that it is not the American people who want to harm us; it is the CIA, Israeli Secret Agents and the American Jews. Look, it is not that I am trying to clue you in on their secret vicious plans. You could find them out for yourselves. It is all out there. Just visit this website http://www.americancivilrightsreview.com/jewwatch.htm or jewwatch.com and delve into them.

Now they are trying to polarize our country in order to destroy the strong unity we have as a Moslem nation. In Israel’s view Bangladesh with a large Moslem population is a big threat to be reckoned with. And what makes it worst is that we align with the Palestinians in principle for their fight with Israel. So it is their vested interest to destabilize our country. Here is a tip for Pakistan, “you must ask Russia and China for help before it is too late“.

To bring in FBI and British personnel for the investigation will only add a much larger peoples’ disbelief to the investigation. We all know what they are up to. We very much hope that Bangladesh would approach Russia and China for technical assistance with respect to conducting an impartial and honest full-scale investigation into that killing spree.

The point I am trying to make here for all Bangladeshi citizens is that gentlemen, enemies are gaining on us. Let’s not turn against each other rather pull together on our national interest and become much stronger as a nation. This is the time to settle all our differences. We should rise above all bickering, mudslinging and hating each other. It is imperative that we be very vigilant at this time and raise an awareness among our people of all potential vicious crimes that can be committed on our soil by our foreign enemies. Finally, let’s wait around for the results of those investigations to come out.

They’ll never forget such a fearful picture in the beautiful, sunny morning in Bangladesh. Even though I never experienced war at home front, but that day was as close as it gets. More than 100 officers have been killed and still 70 officers dead body is not found yet.

My prayer goes to all those brave,courageous and competent army officers who were sacrificed in the most heinous way for a crime they did not commit. Its time like this that makes you wonder about the humanity of these so-called human beings who could kill innocent people in such mindless acts. How can a person, that too your own country man do this to you? What are the reasons for doing so?
I’m sure all these questions are rocketing through the minds of those unfortunate family members who lost their love ones for a cause, that’s still remains a mystery.

I always felt I’m a lucky woman that I didn’t born in uganda, rwanda or bosnia or in latin america even not in pakistan or India and I’m a fortunate Bangladeshi woman. I liked the Bangladeshi peoples’ submissive character, their intelligence, dedication,sacrifice. and I also believe that they are gentile and not criminal… Whenever we discussed in the class with friends, peers, teacher about colonization, racism, slavery, hegemonic power, mass killing among the two groups. I always fwondered to think that since the beginning of the humanity, human kind were in a crusade to save their civilization. they built their history, tried to make life easy for their future generation with their dedication sacrifice.

But I wondered to know that rape was a weapon what was being used during the rwanda genocide. 250,000 women were the victim of aids/hiv. they committed this crime to their loved one to wife to friend, to own people.
I feel shame when I discus and talk about the picture on women violence in Bangladesh. how they mutilated their beutiful face by acid. It was a henious crime I’ve ever heard.

I ask myself where is huminity. why I’m studying? I know it is building , creating my mental decolonization, I’m in the process of awarness and cosciousness. What I’ll do, how I’ll creat a beautiful world. How I can change this world, yes! it is a huge work, lets start now. we need to build strong, democratic will in eveyone. Though finally, it has to be political WILL.

I had a hope, and there was a possibility and probability. now I’m in fear, Now I’m ambiguous. I’m shocked at the momentum . I’m hoping no more blood shade in my country to my people. It is time to question ourselves where we belong how we can educate ourselves to create a beautiful world, I’m craving for a change among humanity in a good way. During 1971 the people of this country, who fought for saving a life of a child, saving a smile of her mother, saving a flower!
It has been a symbolic war for the nation. And again we need to go back there to be united.

They’ll never forget such a fearful picture in the beautiful, sunny morning in Bangladesh. Even though I never experienced war at home front, but that day was as close as it gets. More than 100 officers have been killed and still 70 officers dead body is not found yet.

My prayer goes to all those brave,courageous and competent army officers who were sacrificed in the most heinous way for a crime they did not commit. Its time like this that makes you wonder about the humanity of these so-called human beings who could kill innocent people in such mindless acts. How can a person, that too your own country man do this to you? What are the reasons for doing so?
I’m sure all these questions are rocketing through the minds of those unfortunate family members who lost their love ones for a cause, that’s still remains a mystery.

I always felt I’m a lucky woman that I didn’t born in uganda, rwanda or bosnia or in latin america even not in pakistan or India and I’m a fortunate Bangladeshi woman. I liked the Bangladeshi peoples’ submissive character, their intelligence, dedication,sacrifice. and I also believe that they are gentile and not criminal… Whenever we discussed in the class with friends, peers, teacher about colonization, racism, slavery, hegemonic power, mass killing among the two groups. I always fwondered to think that since the beginning of the humanity, human kind were in a crusade to save their civilization. they built their history, tried to make life easy for their future generation with their dedication sacrifice.

But I wondered to know that rape was a weapon what was being used during the rwanda genocide. 250,000 women were the victim of aids/hiv. they committed this crime to their loved one to wife to friend, to own people.
I feel shame when I discus and talk about the picture on women violence in Bangladesh. how they mutilated their beutiful face by acid. It was a henious crime I’ve ever heard.

I ask myself where is huminity. why I’m studying? I know it is building , creating my mental decolonization, I’m in the process of awarness and cosciousness. What I’ll do, how I’ll creat a beautiful world. How I can change this world, yes! it is a huge work, lets start now. we need to build strong, democratic will in eveyone. Though finally, it has to be political WILL.

I had a hope, and there was a possibility and probability. now I’m in fear, Now I’m ambiguous. I’m shocked at the momentum . I’m hoping no more blood shade in my country to my people. It is time to question ourselves where we belong how we can educate ourselves to create a beautiful world, I’m craving for a change among humanity in a good way. During 1971 the people of this country, who fought for saving a life of a child, saving a smile of her mother, saving a flower!
It has been a symbolic war for the nation. And again we need to go back there to be united.

pamelia

Everyone living abroad and affected by this, please show your respect by visiting your Bangladesh Embassy and laying flowers etc.

But wait, I heard the ill-fate deceased DG Maj Gen Shakil managed to talk to prime minister, and army chief in the wee hours of the mess; may we know what exactly Maj Gen Shakil told them and what were immediate steps taken by these two top executives to save officers lives?

An attempt to deescalate the tension, as claimed by appropriate measures necessary for that very moment the head of the government offered general amnesty, fine but why don’t we demand to learn that at the time when one DAD Touheed and his fellow “mutineers” had the privilege to meet prime minister and demanding for amnesty why didn’t prime minister demand in return to directly talk to Maj Gen Shakil and his top men who were claimed to be kept “hostage” by Touheed and his fellow men? Why didn’t a general amnesty offer was made in return of Maj Gen Shakil and all other captives safe arrival at BDR’s Main Gate besides Touheed and all his men’s arms lay down and surrender to law enforcement peacefully? Instead the nation with prime minister’s trust on bunch of criminals, allowed phase 2 and 3 killings and lootings, I would say. As if it was a picnic and some opportunity for a target practice fun, more of how to kill unarmed population was simply carried out.

And how can a few thousand people simply flee from a secured and walled fort like compound just like magic? Was there anybody responsible for preventing bunch of criminals escaping no matter what we came to know about their atrocities at that moment?

Wait, where was Sohel Taj, who was visible frequently at all time but not with a white flag entering BDR compound instead Nanak and Azam with questionable integrity did the job?

Do we feel that DAD Touheed and his men fooled, bluffed and cheated the nation by lying that Maj Gen Shakil and BDR top brass were alive but reality was by then they were all brutally killed?

I condemn the fierce killings of member of arm forces and their family that took place that day. Such brutal act cannot go unpunished.

The army has shown great patience and maturity in holding back their emotions and the way they dealt the situation.

Its undoubtedly remarkable the way the honorable PM Shekh Hasina handled the situation.

The country and all the political parties should now work together to identify the culprits and bring them to justice.

My heart goes out to all the souls that were lost and the family of the effected who have a difficult time ahead of them.

Why don’t any Bangladeshi newspaper post such a picture to identify the red bandana guy?

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I am not finding my words to frame the sentences and really don’t know how to start. But you must know the truth. Just now I am back after listening from the eye witness. Yes, our beloved Enshad Bhai (Lt Col Enshad, Arty 1st BMA Long Course, ex FCC student) was possibly the second to be shot down. It would take long time to tell how it has started. You will come to know from electronic and print media. They shot DG BDR Maj Gen Shakil first (Innalillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajeun). Enshad bhai due to his appointment was close to DG. During that time there was an incoming call to his mobil phone set and hearing that sound of incoming call they shouted and fired him next (Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajeun). He was second person to be killed. As other officers were alive that time so they could understand the received 7 bullets and died instantly. If we want to know the exact time of his death then we may collect the print copy of his mobile number and count 2 seconds from that relating from the starting time of BDR DG’s Darbar, however, the life won’t come back. There are many other stories also known to me as I personally heard from the eyewitness. Your relatives may know many more information from Lt Col Qamruzzaman who is survived luckly despite that there were four attempts to kill him.

Please know that there were 168 officers present in the darbar where 30 officers were BDR officers (DAD or promotee officers). Rest all were army officers including who came from other 45 Battalions too for participating in Darbar and BDR week celebration. This strength (138 army officers) is confirmed.Now you already know how many dead bodies are recovered and how many officers are released alive. Initially they threw the dead bodies in the drain but once came to know from news that dead bodies are visible at certain points, then they possibly cut into pieces and then threw as small pieces while burned and buried rest of the bodies. They burned all officer’s cars (may be more than 30) and robbed 100% officers houses and taken away all valuable just as “Shontrashi”. DG Madam was brutally butchered and killed (they even told to other family members how she was killed just to make fun). I should not write details about those stories hear.

If any one really hope to listen the actual stories, please go to those who returned from Pilkhana or at least request your other known journalists or human rights workers so that country and the world knows these stories for any future justice.

I started typing this email 0105 hrs 27 Feb but writing now at 0945 hrs in the morning as I went to sleep in front of the Laptop as I was sleepless during all these crisis period. I was CO of two BDR battalions just before my retirement. If I didn’t retire after 25 years then by now I would also be at Pilkhana by now and face the same. So, many officers were personally known to me. I had the telephone numbers of almost all BDR officers and CO/ 2ic. So, once the Pilkhana and other Sector HQ command were gone, I tried to contact to many over phone (I now know that many other officers also tried to keep contact with their friends who were with 45 Battalions at different parts of the country border). We sympathetic officers tried to keep contact and advice them but surprisingly and most possibly, army from authority side, possibly didn’t gave them any directives regarding what to do (whether to still stay with the battalions or to leave the places to safer locations). I could understand the sentiment of around 100 officers who were present at Mirpur Cantonment after people from were brought there. Army Senior officers were in the inactive role during this crisis period. I saw our great FCC Maj Gen Iqbal Karim Bhuiya and the second senior most Lt Gen Jahangir too standing there silently as if they were also sympathetic visitors like we retired officers. As if they didn’t have any other role to play. I hard mid level officers talking that during this crisis period army higher ranking officers were busy with normal day to day office activities during this crisis period. Officers were desperate to express is if they were busy only to safe guard their own present rank, status and appointment. I leave behind only few questions to my reader:

1. Should we not find the stories how the rest dead bodies were hidden/ destroyed? The answer of these stories may only be known to those rebel BDR soldiers only.

2. How and who will identify the killers where all eye witnesses are killed? Who will cross examine? Will BDR DADs and soldiers give correct statements against their own defaulters? How neutral will be the investigation? What will be the status of General Amnesty where as such grave nature killing, and destruction have taken place??? How so many rebels could fly away where as govt’s so many agencies were deployed? How helped them in extrication?

3. Is the problem solved as told by the govt or just the starting of long going problems?

4. What are the loses to the nation of loosing so many high and mid level lives/ military professionals? Economic, political, security, diplomatic, etc losses including the reputation of the nation? The loss to their individual families and friends are of course well understood by all which can never be returned.

5. How to recover …… all?

My comments:

1. It is now known that most of the killings took place after the General Amnesty as rebel BDR soldiers thought killings every one will keep no eye witness. But now, could political solving save the life of many?Because many officers were alive until afternoon, so any strong and prompt deterrent military action would make rebels afraid and surrender/fly away (the way they have left the place now). In this way many other officer’s life could have been saved possibly. Because during that time those inside officers would also remain operationally cooperative. It is known that DG BDR had the reaction time to make telephone calls to PM, Home Minister, Army Chief and IGP requesting for prompt help (SOS message) before she was shot. And now the world has witness the nature of help that was extended to allow time to rebels even to kill the rest, destroy the dead bodies and leave the place peacefully. More or less 10 thousands were inside the Pilkhana for the BDR week (exact strength may be known from the previous day’s daily parade and ration strength). So many rebels were allowed to leave the place without arms where the nation news that RAB and army were cording the area.

2. Why people from 3 KM around were asked to leave the area at the last moment when it is already declared that rebels have surrendered their arms? Is it just for facilitating rebels to leave the place along with the general people when there is already rush of general people out side. Why only few are identified and captured enroute where as the whole nation knew that Pilkhana was surrounded by police, RAB and Army from the beginning?

3. As an ex military and BDR officer I would strongly comment that prompt military action was possibly the best option for keeping minimum loss in compare to what we have suffered now. In that case the BDR command could be restored by sorting out the rebels.

4. BDR can not be commanded with present DAD (promotee BDR officers) as it have to protect the International Border? I doubt whether or not other army General or officers would like to be re posted as BDR DG or CO/2ic/MO/OPS Officer/other appointments. If that will so, who will command 45 Battalions, 12 Sectors and HQ BDR??? Police/Anser/BCS/ Political leaders/ Other Officers????? Army officers had been commanding for so long operationally being successful according to BDR standard. But now, will the new/ adhoc command be successful while commanding this rebel BDR troops? Will the border remain secure at least like the past standard? Will the smuggling level remain under same level? My comment is “NO”.. the country and this BDR will have to pay a lot.

5. This incident/mutiny, the way it has unfolded until now, is of course was a master minded action by out side player.

6. PM, Home Minister, Army Chief and IGP didn’t do much to extend the help which DG BDR asked for before he was shot.

7. Please ignore any mistake from above writings which I typed being tired. However, please try to get the main points which I tried to high light. I will never argue with any one even if some one disagree my opinion. Hope readers would only consider these as my personal opinion. You may also ignore any other sensitive comments, according to your understanding, which I wrote with the mentality of loosing my 6 batch mates and other known brother officers. However, even if you write any thing in reply then we may understand each other’s view and learn more which is of course part of democratic process. I would always be sorry for any mistake/ wrong of my writing, if any.

a. My professional comments are backed by my four times experience of commanding two Army Infantry and Two BDR battalions as CO, Handling rebels at Mozambique(1994) and Liberia (2005-6) as UN Military observers for two years, 6-7 years of fighting counter insurgency at Chittagong Hill Tracts, two years BMA basic military training and 25 years military education and training while sensitive comments were due to missing of my so many long term good batch mates and other professional friends together as well as due to the “silent observer’s role of many senior officers” who could other wise do/suggest some thing else too. The information which are written were known by me personally while talking to other BDR officers and their families who could survive, army officers whom I talked physically.

b. Please, as a responsible citizen of the country, try to help govt agencies and the nation in providing the information/ knowledge/ experience/ suggestion/ idea/ opinion for quick recovery of missing persons/ dead bodies and lost weapons including the proper investigation with a view to take appropriate actions by the appropriate authorities and solve such problem permanently.

c. It is friday and so I have to go for prayer. ay the Almighty Allah bless us all, bless the departed souls, bless the families of departed souls, bless all the security forces, bless the nation Bangladesh.

Regards,
Lt Col (Retd) ………(Author prefers to be anonymous)