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Taslima Nasreen: The fine line between Private and
Public
Bangladesh Specific
Python half swallows women
Hate me with books not barbs!
The Bihari’s in Bangladesh
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International
Emails fired from Donkeys: Is
Al-Qaeda an American CIA outfit?
Al-Qaeda are the US govts
greatest ally: Since 9-11, and some say including 9-11, Al Qaeda has
practically done everything the US govt would ask its CIA to do.
They have killed Muslims. They have killed their European
supporters. They have timed each bombing to maximize the amount of
criticism they will receive and minimize the support for their
actions. Al-Qaeda are the US govts greatest ally.......more
The US military has
confirmed that a civilian plane belonging to international express
courier DHL was hit by a SAM-7 surface-to-air missile over Baghdad
on Saturday.......more
Richard Perle, a senior adviser to the US defence secretary, said
the US had broken international law, blaming French reluctance to
attack Iraq for leaving Washington with "no practical mechanism
consistent with the rules of the UN for dealing with Saddam
Hussein".....more
The human rights group
said it had sent a letter to US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
demanding clarification whether the demolitions as a form of
collective punishment or deterrence was officially permitted......more
Bangladesh Specific
An official says a
38-year-old-woman was collecting wood in a southeastern forest when
the python attacked her. The nearly 10-foot snake wrapped itself
around the woman, crushing her. She had been swallowed up to the
waist, head first. ......more
If anyone has to say anything about me, let
him say so in books and articles," says Nasreen, whose new book 'Dwikhandito',
meaning Split into Two, refers to her sexual experiences with some
leading intellectuals of the two countries. "No one has the right to
ban the sale of my books......more
Three-decades later,
Bangladesh remains an alien nation for many of them, still striving
to overcome cultural barriers, like language, to gain acceptance.
For starters, they speak a different language -- Urdu -- in a
society that speaks the local Bengali.....more
Islam
Thanks to Ramadan, the
sales of carbide-ripened fruits and coloured iftar specials have
shot up in Bangladesh. Colours, often toxic, are mixed in popular
sweetmeats and carbide is used to ripen green fruits like banana and
papaya.......more
It wasn't a narcotics
bust or one of the government's widely publicized raids on suspected
terrorists. This was a sweep by the muttawas, or religious police,
rounding up Muslim men -- Saudis and foreigners alike -- and forcing
them to go to the mosque at prayer time. "It's because of people
like these that Saudi Arabia gets a bad image outside. They have
turned our beautiful religion upside down," he said......more
Recommended Reading
The administration bans cameras from
showing dead soldiers returning in their flag-draped coffins. It
uses its powers to hinder the media from showing armless and legless
privates. This is done for the sake of brushing clean the horrors of
war and anesthetizing a Hollywood conditioned citizenry into
believing that this is just another PG-13 movie or violent video
game where the good guys always win and never suffer anything but
cuts and bruises.......more
Intelligence
IBDA-C leader
Mirzabeyoglu – fanatical terrorist, compulsive writer According to
DEBKA-Net-Weekly’s intelligence and counter-terrorism sources,
PKK-KADEK topped the list of what Turkey regarded as the 10 most
dangerous terrorist organizations laid before Western colleagues. A
group called the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders Front (IBDA-C) was
last on the list........more
British intelligence ran
a campaign designed to exaggerate Iraq's weapons of mass
destruction, a former US intelligence officer has claimed. He told
reporters in the House of Commons that he was involved personally
with Operation Mass Appeal between the summer of 1997 until August
1998 when he resigned from the UN....more
In the article, published
in the Saudi Gazette, Ramzi Khoury argues "it is not [Osama] bin
Laden's style of terrorism that poses a danger on the life of the
president of the United States of America but bilateral issues that
remain hanging for centuries" between the U.S. and Britain. He may
get killed for the heck of it.".....more
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Agrahayan 08,1410, 22th
November 2003
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HEADLINES AND OTHERS STORIES IN BANGLADESH TODAY
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Intelligence
Israeli Intelligence on the situation in
Turkey
MI6 deliberately exaggerated WMD claims
Killing Bush ‘for the heck of it’?
International
Emails fired from Donkeys: Is Al-Qaeda an American CIA outfit?
DHL plane hit by missile in Baghdad
War in Iraq ILLEGAL
AI: Home demolition=Collective Punishment
Recommended reading
The Hidden, Unseen War
Islam
More Harm in Toxic Ramadhan Food than Good
Saudi Arabia: Islam by the cane
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