Bangladesh peacekeeper shot dead in Sudan

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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Bangladeshi peacekeeper shot dead in Sudan

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=39937

Star Online Report
A Bangladeshi peacekeeper was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Darfur region of Sudan Sunday morning.

The deceased, Ajgar Ali, 40, landed in Sudan for United Nations peacekeeping mission in July this year.

Ajgar was killed in gunfire by miscreants when he was guarding a UN structure in Darfur around 8:00am on Sunday. The gunfire also left two others injured.

Kamrul Ahsan, public relations officer of police headquarters, confirmed the incident.

Ajgar served as a constable in Bangladesh police.

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[IZVINITE]

May the Soul of Rest In Peace.

 

[eastwatch]

Inna lillahe wa inna ilaihe razeun. I feel so sad. May Allah grant Ajgar's soul an eternal Paradise.

 

[integra]

Rest in peace my brother.

 

[kobiraaz]

'Surely we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return'."

May Allah Grant you Jannah !

 

[Alienoz_TR]

Allah rahmet eylesin.

 

[Skallagrim]

An offtopic question..Should a patriotic government consider gradual less involvement of BD Armed forces in UN peacekeeping missions? Seeing that they are highly paid on peacekeeping missions compared to the regular govt salary there is higher chance of blackmailing certain govt decisions taken in the greater interest of our nation but that may aggrieve certain nations that finance UN peacekeeping. Right now I can think of a rumor that 1/11 was one such consequence. True or false, such things may happen at any time. So should we think of the formulation of an exit strategy in future if not right now?

 

[Avisheik]

Rest in peace brave brother. He s forty, he probably had a family to support. Damn i fell really bad for them

 

[Avisheik]

An offtopic question..Should a patriotic government consider gradual less involvement of BD Armed forces in UN peacekeeping missions? Seeing that they are highly paid on peacekeeping missions compared to the regular govt salary there is higher chance of blackmailing certain govt decisions taken in the greater interest of our nation but that may aggrieve certain nations that finance UN peacekeeping. Right now I can think of a rumor that 1/11 was one such consequence. True or false, such things may happen at any time. So should we think of the formulation of an exit strategy in future if not right now?

As of now peacekeeping has done us more good than harm.

Positive points
-Extra Money for the soldiers(economic gain)
-West pays us money for the upkeep of our equipments
-Soldiers more battle hardened since they are in a actual battle field with actual enemy, plus they learn how to fight in an unknown terrain(eg rainforest, dessert)
-International recognition(basically good image)
-Better relations with those countries we have peacekeepers in( eg sirrea leone made bangla their official language)
-Soldiers get to learn tips and tricks of other nations from peacekeeping, which will eventually help us to become more efficient

Negative points
-What you have mentioned
-Plus incidents like this, where we lose one of our own.


Anyway i think our government rotates our peackeepers to make it fair for everyone in the armed forces. I think there is a rule that says you can only be a peacekeeper only for a certain number of time. After that you will be barred

 

[Skallagrim]

As of now peacekeeping has done us more good than harm.

Positive points
-Extra Money for the soldiers(economic gain)
-West pays us money for the upkeep of our equipments
-Soldiers more battle hardened since they are in a actual battle field with actual enemy, plus they learn how to fight in an unknown terrain(eg rainforest, dessert)
-International recognition(basically good image)
-Better relations with those countries we have peacekeepers in( eg sirrea leone made bangla their official language)
-Soldiers get to learn tips and tricks of other nations from peacekeeping, which will eventually help us to become more efficient

Negative points
-What you have mentioned
-Plus incidents like this, where we lose one of our own.


Anyway i think our government rotates our peackeepers to make it fair for everyone in the armed forces. I think there is a rule that says you can only be a peacekeeper only for a certain number of time. After that you will be barred

I'm aware of the positives, but of the opinion that it has the potential to cause more harm than good. As you implied every officer and perhaps every soldier in their service tenure at least once participates in a UN peacekeeping mission, that only makes the threat a bigger one in contrast with Armed Forces of a cosiderably larger size.

 

[Al-zakir]

Innah lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajiun.

 

[scholseys]

A true martyr may god book him a flight straight to heaven.

 

[Shardul.....the lion]

Rest in peace..............

 

[mb444]

Peacekeeping operation should continue. It may have some negative points the chief amoungst them is the economics of such operation could compromise the integrity and purpose of the defense forces, however I believe the positives outweigh it.

The biggest plus points to peace keeping operations is that it exposes BD personnel to the world. This I believe professionalises them more. Defense as a sector is normally insular for security reasons. Peacekeeping offers a scope to mix with personnel from around the world and share best practice, tactics and strategy. This is invaluable, there is no other way BD could give its personnel such experience.

People to people contacts between BD forces and that of other countries should also not be understated. It the long run such exposure will pay devidends in terms of influence in international affairs.

Lastly peacekeeping improves our operational readyness and organisational capability to respond to natural calamities or god forbid a security situation.

The price we pay is the lives of our personnel. Each one is a tragedy for the family and the nation, however peacekeeping does overwhelming good for BD and also for the countries and the communities that we go to help in. The sacrifices of the peacekeepers should be held with high esteem and their families should be looked after well.

 

[Avisheik]

I'm aware of the positives, but of the opinion that it has the potential to cause more harm than good. As you implied every officer and perhaps every soldier in their service tenure at least once participates in a UN peacekeeping mission, that only makes the threat a bigger one in contrast with Armed Forces of a cosiderably larger size.

Yes the potential to cause harm is there but i dont think it will outweigh the positive effects. One good thing about peacekeeping is that it reduced the number of coups in our military significantly after bangladesh started participating in it. Soldiers became more disciplined because they knew they will be rewarded.

I dont think anyone in our military has the power to stage a coup and demand to be send for peacekeeping. Anyway our soldiers are quite proffesional and and probably understands that it is fair for them to rotate the peacekeeping duties. If one or two soldiers tries to grab more peacekeeping slots than others, they should be kicked out for lack of proffesionalism IMO