[shahidulnews] Unidentified terrorists in the hills

[Shahidul Alam]

rahnuma ahmed

Some external terrorists from outside Sajek have set these fires.  
There is no conflict between Bengalis and Paharis in this area. Those  
who set the fire don’t want the current communal harmony between  
Bengalis and Paharis to stay intact. Since they want to create a  
terrorist center in this area, they try to keep both sides agitated.

Major Kabir, second-in-command, Baghaihat zone (Fact Finding Team 1.  
Moshrefa Mishu et al, Report on 20th April Incident at Sajek Union.)
Bengali settlement in times of Emergency

BY NEARLY all accounts, Bengali settlement in the Chittagong Hill  
Tracts has accelerated. It has intensified. Why?

Discovering the truth is never an easy task. More so, in times of  
Emergency. But our rulers forget, not everyone submits. ‘A happy  
slave is the biggest threat to freedom,’ says a postcard on my wall.  
Fortunately, the peoples of this land, neither Bengalis nor adivasis,  
have submitted. Never fully. Or, for long.

Full article at: http://shahidul.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/

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Shahidul Alam
http://shahidul.wordpress.com


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