U.S. reveals terrorist threat on garment buyers in Bangladesh

[bluesky]

Recent studies have found that the new ISIS recruits are mainly from the urban well-off families and are quite well educated. Their strategy is not so simplistic...

I think, you are talking only about those criminals whose operation killed 25 innocent people Gulshan. But, I am talking about the acceptance of ISIS hooliganism anywhere. Do our well educated youth cherish the criminal accomplishment in Gulshan? I doubt it. However, it is the half-educated bearded Mullahs who would have liked the killing of so-called non-Muslims in that operation. This is the difference I am talking about. Moreover, not all the ISIS members in the Daesh land are well educated. At least one cannot say it without a data to prove it.

 

[extra terrestrial]

I think, you are talking only about those criminals whose operation killed 25 innocent people Gulshan. But, I am talking about the acceptance of ISIS hooliganism anywhere. Do our well educated youth cherish the criminal accomplishment in Gulshan? I doubt it. However, it is the half-educated bearded Mullahs who would have liked the killing of so-called non-Muslims in that operation. This is the difference I am talking about. Moreover, not all the ISIS members in the Daesh land are well educated. At least one cannot say it without a data to prove it.

Not the Gulshan Attack, I was talking about the recent general trend... There is something called radicalization. Have you read about those militants killed in the raids later on? Same features: well-educated, well-off and urban... And it's not only in Bangladesh, take a look at the western fighters of ISIS, or those from Southeast Asia. Even the girls, (taken as wives for those fighters) similar backgrounds...

The thing is these militant groups have changed their tactics and are challenging the traditional notions about them. They don't really belong to the same type as Afghan Mujahideen...

 

[bluesky]

Not the Gulshan Attack, I was talking about the recent general trend... There is something called radicalization. Have you read about those militants killed in the raids later on? Same features: well-educated, well-off and urban... And it's not only in Bangladesh, take a look at the western fighters of ISIS, or those from Southeast Asia. Even the girls, (taken as wives for those fighters) similar backgrounds...

The thing is these militant groups have changed their tactics and are challenging the traditional notions about them. They don't really belong to the same type as Afghan Mujahideen...

Yes, there is an infiltration into the well-off groups. But, the radicalization has not spread too far. We cannot say the radicalization is universal in BD. It is possible these so-called bright youths were recruited by the ISIS on the presumption that they would be used to infiltrate the lower stratum Madrasa group with their background in the operation of computers and communication skills. Well, this has not been realized so far.

 

[Zabaniyah]

LOKI ভাই - এরকম বিস্তারিত বিশ্লেষণপূর্ণ জবাব দেবার জন্য আপনাকে অবশ্যই ধন্যবাদ এবং শুভবাদ দিতে হবে।

তবে একটা কথার জবাব এখনো আমার কাছে পরিষ্কার নয় - সেটা হলো বাংলাদেশে আতঙ্ক ঘটালে দায়েশ এর কি সুবিধা আসবে।

আমাদের দেখতে হবে আমাদের মিল কারখানা বন্ধ হয়ে গেলে কারা লাভবান হচ্ছে। সেদিকটা চিন্তা করতে গেলে মায়ানমার বা ভারতের নাম উঠে আসে সবচেয়ে আগে।

এটা কোনও হিংসাত্বক চিন্তা নয়। লজিক্যাল এনালিসিস এর বহির্প্রকাশ মাত্র।

Well, something always stirs up in the country's RMG sector. Not long ago, 60 percent of the factories in Ashulia were shut down due to worker unrest.

I do not know why Daesh would want to be here. But, we should at least take Western intelligence agencies seriously and take the appropriate measures. What happened at Gulshan was our failure. We failed the hostages. Their families & friends.

I did elaborate on the precise and the likely origins of Daesh. I'd say fate has beckoned upon us given that our garments industry is a part of the liberal globalization of the 90's. They want vengeance upon them. Some men just want to see the world burn.

Burma is another thing. Just a few weeks ago, a Burmese envoy sent a letter from Suki to our PM stating that they'll take back Rohingyas. I do not know if that is mockery, but they certainly aren't bright enough to pull something off like destabilizing a country. If it hadn't been for their greed and stupidity, none of the ethnic tensions in their country would have happened in the first place.

The US had very recently lifted economic sanctions against them. The EU will lift them sometime in April this year. We do not know what their intentions are for Bangladesh, only time will tell. Do not take any aggressive measures against them. It is what they want us to do. We must avoid that trap. So that's Suki's game plan(?) Other than that, that country is a distant thought as long as we don't do anything stupid. Only time will tell what that God-forsaken country has to offer.

আমি যদি আমার দেশের উন্নতি সম্বন্ধে সচেতন হই তবে এসব ব্যাপারে সোচ্চার হওয়াটা কি স্বাভাবিক নয় ? ভারতের গার্মেন্ট ইন্ডাস্ট্রি আমাদের কাছে মার্ খেয়ে গেছে গত দশ বছর আগে সেটা তারা ভালোভাবেই জানে। তাদের অর্গানাইজিং ক্যাপাসিটি এবং কস্ট দুটোই আমাদের তুলনায় নিম্ন মানের। তবু তারা যেকোনো ভাবেই গার্মেন্টস কে ফিরতি উঠিয়ে আনবার চেষ্টায় আছে।সেদিক থেকেই আমাদের ক্ষতি হলে ওদের লাভ বই ক্ষতি নেই।

সেদিক থেকে চিন্তা করলে ভারতীয়দের নিরীহ ভাববার অবকাশ একটু কম-ই। অবশ্য আপনার যদি ওদের প্রতি কোনো সহানুভুতি থাকে সেটা আমি মেনে নিতে রাজি আছি।

কিন্তু আমাদের দেশে যে লক্ষ লক্ষ গরীব লোক দুটো পয়সা রোজগার করে খেয়ে পরে বেঁচে আছে - ওদের ইন্টারেস্ট আর প্রটেকশন এর ব্যাপারটা আমাদের মতো মধ্যবিত্তদের-ই দেখতে হবে। ওটা ভারতীয়রা দেখবে - এ আশা আমার মতে ভুল।

বাংলাদেশের উন্নতি কোনো ভাবে ব্যাহত হলে ওদের লাভ-ই হবে।

আপনি সম্ভবত তিরিশ বছরের কম বয়সের ভারতীয়দের সাথেই খুব একটা মেশেননি। ওদের আরএসএস এবং অন্যান্য সাম্প্রদায়িক সংস্থাগুলো পশ্চিমা দেশ গুলো তে ভারতের থেকেও বেশি তৎপর এবং ভারতীয় তরুণ সম্প্রদায়দের ওপর ওদের প্রভাব খুবই প্রকট । তারা বাংলাদেশের মতো মুসলিম দেশের উন্নতি কোনোদিনই ভালোভাবে দেখবে না।

এটা হিংসা বা বিদ্বেষের ব্যাপার না। শুধু সাবধান এবং হুঁশিয়ার থাকবার ব্যাপার।

আর নীলগিরি যে আপনাকে তোষামোদি করে বাংলাদেশীদের মাঝখানে ফারাক আনবার চেষ্ট করছে সেটাও হাস্যকর।

সবকথার শেষকথা হলো আমি আমার দেশের ইন্টারেস্ট দেখছি না অন্য দেশের?

সেটাতে আমার কোনো ভুল থেকে থাকলে আমাকে পয়েন্ট আউট করতে পারেন।

Of-course Bilal bhai, it is your right to be vocal. I 100% agree with you. But, are you certain that the authority would listen to you? SHW merely shrugged off Al Gore's concerns regarding the Rampal power plant during the Davos summit. I often wonder why she even bothers to go to these gatherings. If a man like Al Gore can't make her look beyond the obvious, then we really don't stand much of a chance.

I will be broad with you in answering your queries regarding India though.

So what does this tell us about the Gore vs. Hasina match? Hmm? What if I told you that people like Rizvi, Moni and bunch of others were merely placed there with no credentials and no merit whatsoever. Someone or something helped SHW to gain that kind of power and confidence. Right since the Caretaker admin headed by Gen. Moeen and Fakruddin.

Have you ever heard of a little known journalist named Gary Webb? I think most of you won't be familiar with him.

See, back in the 1960's it was rumored that the CIA were availing themselves from the drug trade in Laos and South East Asia in general. It was part of an effort to fund black-ops missions to destabilize anti-American governments. And for a long time they were. Mr. Webb wrote an article titled 'Dark Alliance' where he hinted that the CIA-backed Contra rebels in Nicaragua and the booming drug trade in LA were linked. They went so far that the CIA even sold arms to Iran just to secure funding for the rebel group. I'm sure that our Iranian friends here can verify that. Mr. Webb's reporting mentioned that there was indeed implicit cooperation between the CIA and the major drug dealers. Of-course, mainstream newspapers like NY Times were quick to defend the CIA and ridicule Mr. Webb. He fired back stating them to be government mouthpieces. In 2004, Mr. Webb committed suicide by shooting himself twice in the head.

Do you know what is the most precious commodity within the intelligence agencies? Information. It's not that the CIA agents enjoy smoking crack and make money while at it. By cooperating with parts of the underworld, it gives them information upon which they can act more effectively and more quickly. Timing is precious. That was of-course way back in the 90's. Don't know about now however. It is scary to think about it given the times we live in.

Now you would be asking as to how this is relevant to us Bangladeshis? The answer lies with what I have stated about the Chatra League earlier. I do not know about Daesh however. But whomever are backing them are indeed very powerful. They are not some cheap-shots like Chatra League. That force in Syria/Iraq would made the Indians go head over heels had it been in Kashmir. They are very powerful and insidious. They can be right next to you without you even suspecting. I really do not think that the Indians would want to play hero or games with them. Their judgments are swift, brutal and without mercy, I have to give that to them. We need caution.

A great and wise man once said: "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."

And that is what precisely what is going on there. The futility of questioning them is the same as not questioning at all. Yet, their over-dependence on the source of their power may someday become their own undoing. Taking one's power for granted can be dangerous, especially when it is not your own. I say someone just needs to rattle that power's cage. I've noticed Dr. Yunus quite often taking some awards from Mr. Modi. Makes one wonder. They'll be compliant in the end, trust me. Especially with a wild card like Mr. Trump (I've become a fan)

Look, Bangladesh never had any real sense of sovereignty in its entire history. There's always some foreign power or even some foreign corporation that has some parasitic relationship in Bangladesh with some local underlings doing their bidding. If Bangladesh want to secure its future, it needs to assert itself first from a sociopolitical perspective. After all, isn't that what our forefathers fought for? Like I said before, it is a question of attitude. The ruling party and the ones before them aren't helping.

Bangladesh needs help. It is innocent, yet, lead by the rich and powerful who are guided by the very poverty and savagery they came from. And I'm not even going to start with the ones living below the poverty line. Yes, there's such a thing as self-sustaining poverty. No wonder where all the cheap labor for garments come from. Imagine with 3D printing and AI comes online someday. Riots will be rampant!

Bangladeshis need to evolve in an increasingly complex world. Otherwise, they won't match up against others. Or in worst cases, they won't survive.

Sorry for the super late reply. I hope that answers your questions. I regret if some of the things I've stated are dark, but that is sadly the reality.