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...authorities had to transport their catch in 10 trucks. With so much weaponry pouring into Bangladesh, the country's gangsters and Islamic terrorists are well equipped to cause mayhem. Since April, for example, local newspapers have claimed that a gang of Islamic terrorists headed by a man known as Bangla Bhai ("Bengali Brother") has killed at least 10 people through methods that have included torturing two victims to death while their cries were broadcast over a loudspeaker to their entire village...
...wing Islami Chhatra Shibir has been behind a string of bomb attacks and killings. At gatherings during the campaign, Jamaat leaders spoke of breathing the "Islamic spirit of jihad" into the armed forces while supporters rallied around posters of bin Laden and the HUJI slogan: AMRA SOBAI HOBO TALIBAN, BANGLA HOBE AFGHANISTAN. ("We will all be Taliban and Bangladesh will be Afghanistan...
...also a godfather of the charity rock megaconcert. In 1971, he sponsored and hosted two major concerts at Madison Square Garden to help raise money for the the people of Bangladesh (the events later became a documentary film and a Grammy-winning three-record set). The "Concert for Bangla Desh" was the spiritual precursor to 1985's Live Aid, the various 911 relief concerts that have been staged recently and many other charity megaconcerts that have been held over the years. Harrison helped popularize the melding of charity, global awareness and rock music. He may have been the quiet Beatle...
...After her speech, Hasina fielded questions from the audience. Questions were asked in English and Hasina answered in Bangla, the national language of Bangladesh. Her translator then spoke to the audience in English...
...lineup of sides has lost its meaning. India's strong-willed prime minister, for all her apparent heroism in 1971, can hardly claim that the intervening decade has shown her in flattering light. This time ten years ago, the streets of Dacca resounded with exultant chants of Joi Bangla (Victory to Bengal) and the nation welcomed back its imprisoned leader, Sheik Mujib. Today, even in Dacca, it is unlikely that people bother to remember the hope that was in the air as refugees returned and the world cast its attention on the fledgling nation. Instead the country struggles...