Tag Archives: Military

The Burka Ban – 1

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Europe’s Open-face Democracy By Rahnuma Ahmed France bans full-face veils in public. Women wearing the niqab cannot enter government buildings, public transport, streets and markets. Burkas are not “welcome” on French soil, says Sarkozy. It is a … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 1, 2010
Posted in Colonialism, exploitation, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Islam, Oil, politics, Rahnuma Ahmed, Technology, Terrorism, war on terror | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Bangladesh army’s advancing business interests

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Kamal Ahmed BBC News, Dhaka The army is becoming increasingly involved in business activities. The Bangladeshi army has over the years played a key role in the country’s political life, but it has now also emerged as … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 16, 2010
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, exploitation, Governance, Military, politics, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

That’s not the way to do it

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Bangladesh Politics reverts to Punch-and-Judy type Jun 10th 2010 | Dhaka The ECONOMIST “THE chances of another coup in Bangladesh are close to zero,” says a former general in Bangladesh’s army. That sounds excellent. But the country’s … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 12, 2010
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Kalpana’s Family: Living Under State Surveillance

Subscribe to ShahidulNews by Saydia Gulrukh ‘Do the words of all witnesses count equally?’ asks Kalpana Chakma’s brother Kalicharan Chakma. He brings out his diary as he talks to me and says, ‘I have learned from the tragic mistake that … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 12, 2010
Posted in Bangladesh, Chittagong Hill Tracts, exploitation, Genocide, Governance, Human rights, Kalpana Chakma, Military, politics, Southern Exposure | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

ISRAEL’S ‘OPERATION MAKE THE WORLD HATE US

Subscribe to ShahidulNews BRUCE. E. WILSON, “ISRAEL’S ‘OPERATION MAKE THE WORLD HATE US’ ENTERS BOLD NEW PHASE AS JERUSALEM POST EDITOR RELEASES VIDEO MOCKING DEAD FLOTILLA ACTIVISTS” 6 June, 2010 — MRZine ‘Israel does not need enemies: it has itself. … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 8, 2010
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The Lone Ship of the Freedom Flotilla: The Rachel Corrie MV Continues to Sail Towards Gaza in Defiance of Israeli Threats

Subscribe to ShahidulNews by Michel Chossudovsky Following Israel’s criminal raid in international waters on May 31st, the Rachel Corrie MV continues to sail towards the Gaza coastline in defiance of Israeli threats. In an act of tremendous courage, the Rachel … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 2, 2010
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INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA MASSACRE

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Editorial, The Electronic Intifada, 31 May 2010 Early this morning under the cover of darkness Israeli soldiers stormed the lead ship of the six-vessel Freedom Flotilla aid convoy in international waters and killed and injured dozens of civilians aboard. All … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 1, 2010
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Anti-semitism, and the 9/11, Israel-Mossad Connection Part II

By Rahnuma Ahmed “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality,” an unnamed Bush official told reporter Ron Suskind, quoted by Eric Alterman, Bush’s War on the Press, The Nation (2005) Even when the US … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 17, 2010
Posted in Capitalism, Colonialism, exploitation, Genocide, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, People, politics, Rahnuma Ahmed, security, Terrorism, war on terror, World | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

The `Mad Dog’ in the Middle East

By Rahnuma Ahmed What Dr Alan Sabrosky has done is bell the cat. Except that it’s a dog, and not a cat.One that’s utterly mad. Insane. In the words of late General Moshe Dayan, who went on to become Israel’s … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 26, 2010
Posted in Capitalism, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, media, Military, Oil, People, politics, Rahnuma Ahmed, Terrorism, war on terror, World | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Land and people. De-colonising the national imagination

By Rahnuma Ahmed I see no reason not to be worried. For we have, over the years, begun mimicking our erstwhile Pakistani rulers when it comes to explaining what went wrong in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The `tribals’ want to … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 27, 2010
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