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Calls for Bangladesh war trials

By Mark Dummett
BBC News, Dhaka


Veterans of Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence have called for their countrymen who collaborated with Pakistan to face war crimes trials.

Hundreds of the veterans who took part in the victorious war against Pakistan travelled to Dhaka to issue the call at the request of their former commanders.

They say Bangladeshis who collaborated with Pakistani forces caused the deaths of thousands of civilians.

Many of those they want tried are politically influential figures.

They include the leaders of Bangladesh's largest party , Jamaat-e-Islami - which at the time opposed the break-up of Pakistan.

To this day, the leaders of the party deny a war of liberation took place, rather calling it a civil war between Pakistanis.

They also deny involvement in a youth militia which carried out many of the killings.

One of the reasons why the veterans have launched their campaign now is that elections are being organised for December.

They want Jamaat-e-Islami, which did well in the last elections, to be banned from taking part.

Lingering anger

The veterans won their country's freedom from Pakistan with the support of India in only a matter of months and are the nation's heroes.

But many wounds from the conflict are yet to heal.

Bangladesh's official records say some three million people, mostly civilians, lost their lives.

Many of the perpetrators were not Pakistani soldiers but their supporters among the local population. None have ever been tried.

Dr Mustafisa Rahman, a medic in the Bangladeshi forces, said of the collaborators: "They raped our mothers, they killed our brothers and sisters, they burned our houses, they have done everything."

Earlier governments have ignored the calls for trials, saying they would damage national unity.
 
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lol 'war of liberation' and '3 million civilians dead' :rofl:

They started the agitations, so they paid the price. They also got what they wanted, so it's high time they stop being cry babies.
 
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Here is figure...(Pak govt is somone how reponsible for atrocities in Bangladash).
Imagine, 90,000 prisoner of war, out of which 45,000 armed force personal, rest govt employess. All 45,000 are not regular soldiers. Imagine less then 45,000 armed force personal killed 3 million Bangladashi and also fought Indian army and plus insurgent, who been regular Bangladashi army officers and rest trained by Indian intelligence and army. An army who been attack by the Bangalies from the back and Indian forces from all fronts , with using full thrust of its air power.
Can they kill 3 million people ?.......
(I always say sorry for the innocent victims of this war).
 
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My personal view is that our forces are guilty of commiting atroticities. But what is done is done we cant reverse it now, though we can take steps to make the wound heel faster. I have noticed that Pakistanis are a bit scared to talk openly of the mistakes we made in East Pakistan. I think it is about time we move on and forget about the past.
One thing which I would like the government of Pakistan to do no matter who is in charge is bring our brothers back from Bangladesh. I mean those Biharis who say they are Pakistan and have been saluting our flag till today. Those people are as loyal as they come. I think theor population is about a million. But if we can host 3 million Afghans then why cant we host a million people more. And these are Pakistanis. I would like the media to start a campaign to get these people back. I am will to do whatever and whereever I can help in getting those people to Pakistan.
 
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They want Jamaat-e-Islami, which did well in the last elections, to be banned from taking part.


Yes good luck with banning that party considering they also have the BNP as their close allies.....How about the "veterans" are tired for the killing of Bihari people and others who sided with Pakistan? :rolleyes:
 
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This is another effort by our enemies to keep the differences among the 2 parts alive bcoz the environment in Dhaka is now pro-Pakistan again hence they want Muslims to keep fighting with each other.
The only solution is Bangladesh should form a confederation with Pakistan all the problems including Stranded Pakistanis will be resolved.
 
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This is another effort by our enemies to keep the differences among the 2 parts alive bcoz the environment in Dhaka is now pro-Pakistan again hence they want Muslims to keep fighting with each other.
The only solution is Bangladesh should form a confederation with Pakistan all the problems including Stranded Pakistanis will be resolved.

NO confederation should be formed, imo ever, it will lead to instability.

The article is inaccurate

"Many of the perpetrators were not Pakistani soldiers but their supporters among the local population. None have ever been tried.

Many of the perpetrators were also Bengali M Bahini.

Dr Mustafisa Rahman, a medic in the Bangladeshi forces, said of the collaborators: "They raped our mothers, they killed our brothers and sisters, they burned our houses, they have done everything."

The Muktahi Bahini did far worse to the Biharis in the beginning.

I think Pakistan should host the Biharis in fact..Just deport some Bengalis, and there's no change to the demographics at all.
 
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Calls for Bangladesh war trials

By Mark Dummett
BBC News, Dhaka


Veterans of Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence have called for their countrymen who collaborated with Pakistan to face war crimes trials.

Hundreds of the veterans who took part in the victorious war against Pakistan travelled to Dhaka to issue the call at the request of their former commanders.

They say Bangladeshis who collaborated with Pakistani forces caused the deaths of thousands of civilians.

Many of those they want tried are politically influential figures.

They include the leaders of Bangladesh's largest party , Jamaat-e-Islami - which at the time opposed the break-up of Pakistan.

To this day, the leaders of the party deny a war of liberation took place, rather calling it a civil war between Pakistanis.

They also deny involvement in a youth militia which carried out many of the killings.

One of the reasons why the veterans have launched their campaign now is that elections are being organised for December.

They want Jamaat-e-Islami, which did well in the last elections, to be banned from taking part.

Earlier governments have ignored the calls for trials, saying they would damage national unity.

Time to move on. The trials will be a waste of time just as comparing Pakistan union with Bangladesh to the EU is on this forum.

:disagree:
 
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NO confederation should be formed, imo ever, it will lead to instability.

The article is inaccurate

"Many of the perpetrators were not Pakistani soldiers but their supporters among the local population. None have ever been tried.

Many of the perpetrators were also Bengali M Bahini.

Dr Mustafisa Rahman, a medic in the Bangladeshi forces, said of the collaborators: "They raped our mothers, they killed our brothers and sisters, they burned our houses, they have done everything."

The Muktahi Bahini did far worse to the Biharis in the beginning.

I think Pakistan should host the Biharis in fact..Just deport some Bengalis, and there's no change to the demographics at all.

What was Pakistan should be the part of Pakistan. Mistakes need to be corrected.
 
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NO confederation should be formed, imo ever, it will lead to instability.

The article is inaccurate

"Many of the perpetrators were not Pakistani soldiers but their supporters among the local population. None have ever been tried.

Many of the perpetrators were also Bengali M Bahini.

Dr Mustafisa Rahman, a medic in the Bangladeshi forces, said of the collaborators: "They raped our mothers, they killed our brothers and sisters, they burned our houses, they have done everything."

The Muktahi Bahini did far worse to the Biharis in the beginning.

I think Pakistan should host the Biharis in fact..Just deport some Bengalis, and there's no change to the demographics at all.

I would say deport the afghans who r eating up our resources, bringing crime hatred, terrorism and stupid ideas about pashtunistan and balochistan and are always ungrateful to us! A recent report says that there r 4000 afghans in waziristan fighting against us.

And why the bengalis??? We did wrong with them and theres no point denying. Bhutto was a son of a ***** and we all know that. 55% of population was in bangladesh & was supporting Mujib. We shud have just accepted him but ofcourse bhutto was a powerhungry retard who would kill anyone who came in his way and Yahya acted like a **** as well. Now is that the Bengalis fault? Comeon think how it would be if we were still together! Man he was meant to be prime minister so why we west paks did not protest the decision and protest? And if this was the way of doing things then i wud be out with the gun to shoot Zardari and bilawal and saying I want a prime minister of my choice.

Please understand deporting bengalis will result in destruction of good relations being built up between our communities. I have been to bangladesh and treated with utter respect. Proves Bangladeshis have nothing against us anymore. India was worst experiance in life and i will regret being an Indian f4 sum time. I have even lost a cousin there to Indian madness recently. Then is afghanistan. Afghans hate us and 40-48% of their population is pashtun. The pashtuns r worse than normal afghans because they do not accept the creation of Pakistan. Pashtuns have crazy ideas about Pashtunistan and want to break Pakistan into pieces in any possible way. Check stupid videos on youtube and you'll know! I have been to Sharan and Kabul also. Trust me my Pakistani freinds militia responsible for a ministers defence in Sharan was attacked there by angry afghans shouting "death to Pakistan" in 2005 border clashes. My freind himself was wounded.

Anyway guess what 85% of Afghan refugees in Pakistan are Pashtuns. They have been bringing stupid ideas of pashtunistan in the name of punjabi oppression ignoring pashtuns of Pakistan are richest community out of other 3 provinces, make 30% of our armed forces are about 17% of our population and are heavily represented in government, sports etc etc. Now why are we not kicking these people out rather than talking about Bengalis who have no problem with us? Afghan refugee population is much higher than the total Bihari population! Afghan refugees are in millions but Bihari ones are barely 250000. Other than that there r some on our own land we actually accepted but haven't given citizenship yet! Can u believe that???

Home - Stranded Pakistanis, Biharis, Stateless in Bangladesh and Pakistan

As far as biharis go WE MUST ACCEPT THEM AND DO JUSTICE TO THEM FOR THEIR LOYALTY TO PAKISTAN. But actually Bangladesh has started giving nationality to second generation biharis... so i dunno if we can do that now... But we shud be embaressed though. This is what Jinnah said about them:

I am really proud of the Bihar
******* who sacrificed so
much. Their sacrifices will not
go in vein. They have brought
the Pakistan goal nearer and
have shown readiness to make
any sacrifice for its attainment.
M A. Jinnah

http://www.statelesspeopleinbanglad...spaper_reports/MoslemOfficialsPressDemand.pdf

And how that idiot Zulfiqar betrayed them. alas! If anyone says anything good about any Bhutto family it is really like having ur mother raped in front of you. Zia Ul Haq made a major mistake by leaving his daughter alone. Terrorists made mistake of leaving her entire family alone.
 
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forgive f4 the galian. Youtube is bad for discussions without swearing... :P
Nice thin g ur site takes care of that so i can do that as much as i want... :D

But why were the words of Jinnah crossed out? Why was the word muslims spelled wrong crossed out?
 
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I would say deport the afghans who r eating up our resources, bringing crime hatred, terrorism and stupid ideas about pashtunistan and balochistan and are always ungrateful to us! A recent report says that there r 4000 afghans in waziristan fighting against us.

It would be silly to bury the proverbial head in the sand and claim only Afghanis are fighting Pak Army in Waziristan. Pakistanis are fighting Pakistan's Army, and it should be admitted. The reason is that in that particular area, they are independent and like to rule themselves, as they always have done.

I don't believe one could say that the Afghanis are the ones bringing in the ideas of Pashtunistan, Balochistan, etc, or that they're all terrorists, criminals etc - too generalized, as for resources, they live in camps generally, and are fed by the UN. The important difference is that they do want to go back to Afghanistan (when the war is over), the Biharis do want to live in Pakistan. So one needs to cater for this.

And why the bengalis??? We did wrong with them and theres no point denying. Bhutto was a son of a ***** and we all know that.

Personally I don't think Bhutto (elder) was that bad, though i disagree with his nationalization policies. But if you do not understand anything from my post, do try and understand this. West Pakistan did not wrong any Bengali, if you believe it did, provide me one piece of concrete proof that they were singled out for victimization and I will believe you. If anything, Bengal wronged West Pakistan, one example was that they knew perfectly well, under the 1946 election manifesto that Urdu was to be the national language of Pakistan, yet, after the Quaid passed away (and he told them that Urdu was to be the National Language), they rioted until their demands were met. I would like to see evidence of wrong-doing by Pakistan, and not just cut and paste jobs, but your own comments.

55% of population was in bangladesh & was supporting Mujib. We shud have just accepted him but ofcourse bhutto was a powerhungry retard who would kill anyone who came in his way and Yahya acted like a **** as well. Now is that the Bengalis fault?

Do read the threads on East Pakistan. It saves me repeating it here.

Both Bhutto and Yahya Khan ACCEPTED Mujib as prime minister, under condition that he dropped the demand to fragment Pakistan into 5 separate states. You claim to want to unite Pakistan, yet you support Mujib, a man who wanted to fragment Pakistan. There's no logic to this. But get this out of your head that Mujib was denied the leadership because he was Bengali. He was denied the leadership because he wanted to fragment Pakistan into different units. Do you support fragmentation of Pakistan?

Comeon think how it would be if we were still together! Man he was meant to be prime minister so why we west paks did not protest the decision and protest? And if this was the way of doing things then i wud be out with the gun to shoot Zardari and bilawal and saying I want a prime minister of my choice.

Read above. It was his 6 point plan for autonomy that was the reason for West Pakistan not accepting him. Let me ask you. Would you support a party that wanted to split Pakistan into Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, and Balochistan countries? If yes, then I agree with you, if no, then you are wrong, and have not thought this through.

Please understand deporting bengalis will result in destruction of good relations being built up between our communities. I have been to bangladesh and treated with utter respect. Proves Bangladeshis have nothing against us anymore.

This may or may not be true, but once you get inside Dhakka, do go to the National War Museum, and do tell people that the 3 million figure is bogus. Then see how they treat you. Just because they smile at you, does not mean they are of the belief you would be callous enough to rape and murder them on the basis of their ethnicity.

India was worst experiance in life and i will regret being an Indian f4 sum time. I have even lost a cousin there to Indian madness recently. Then is afghanistan.

Too broad a generalization. Indians can be Muslim, some Indians are nice people.

Afghans hate us and 40-48% of their population is pashtun. The pashtuns r worse than normal afghans because they do not accept the creation of Pakistan.

Way to broad a generalization. Pashtun nationalism in Afghanistan is very low, it's generally confined to some politicians, the ordinary people don't care about such things, they do care about the basic necessities, such as feeding their families and so on. It is not in the interests of most Afghan Pashtuns to have NWFP join with them. It is better for it to remain separate and the Durand Line to be ignored.

Pashtuns have crazy ideas about Pashtunistan and want to break Pakistan into pieces in any possible way. Check stupid videos on youtube and you'll know!

Just because you see something on youtube does not make it genuine. An Indian might be responsible for such, or a Tajik Afghan. There really is very little evidence to base such a broad generalization on. Use logic for reason, not youtube for evidence.

I have been to Sharan and Kabul also. Trust me my Pakistani freinds militia responsible for a ministers defence in Sharan was attacked there by angry afghans shouting "death to Pakistan" in 2005 border clashes. My freind himself was wounded.

Again, this is just your word I have to go on. If Afghan Pashtuns held such hostility towards Pakistan, they would not be trading daily in Pakistan, and they would have ripped Pakistan in half by now. All the bombings being done currently are miniscule compared to what could be happening, if there was such hostility as you claim to Pakistan, in Afghanistan.

Anyway guess what 85% of Afghan refugees in Pakistan are Pashtuns. They have been bringing stupid ideas of pashtunistan in the name of punjabi oppression ignoring pashtuns of Pakistan are richest community out of other 3 provinces, make 30% of our armed forces are about 17% of our population and are heavily represented in government, sports etc etc.

Well that's a lie, no other way around it. Pashtun refugees in Pakistan hardly have a voice. If Pashtuns in Pakistan are claiming oppression, it's definitely not the refugees. Some Pashtuns perhaps are quite rich in Pakistan, but NWFP definitely isn't very rich.

Now why are we not kicking these people out rather than talking about Bengalis who have no problem with us?

The Bengalis do have a problem with Pakistan. Just go and look at their celebrated war museums, claiming that Pakistan genocided them. How is this truth? Is it friendly to make up lies to tarnish the name of an friend? No way

Afghan refugee population is much higher than the total Bihari population! Afghan refugees are in millions but Bihari ones are barely 250000. Other than that there r some on our own land we actually accepted but haven't given citizenship yet! Can u believe that???

I couldnt comment, as i'm not sure about the land thing. But as Pashtuns, I guess that NWFP is always a homeland for Pashtuns whereever they are. Bihar is the homeland for Biharis, and Bengal is the homeland for Bengalis. So that might be the reason Afghan Pashtuns are more readily accepted.

Though I do agree that Biharis should be accepted into West Pakistan, though an equal number of Bengalis should be deported.

Home - Stranded Pakistanis, Biharis, Stateless in Bangladesh and Pakistan

As far as biharis go WE MUST ACCEPT THEM AND DO JUSTICE TO THEM FOR THEIR LOYALTY TO PAKISTAN. But actually Bangladesh has started giving nationality to second generation biharis... so i dunno if we can do that now... But we shud be embaressed though. This is what Jinnah said about them:

Bangladesh lets the Biharis live in squalor. I don't think what you posted here that Bangladesh "starting" to give Biharis citizenship is a true representation. Perhaps 10 Biharis were given citizenship rights, thousands of others have been denied the right to vote in Bangladesh. Here is the link to the 10.

BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Vote for 'stranded Pakistanis'

The thousands of Biharis in Pakistan (West) have full voting rights. Who is wronging who here? There is much blind ignorance in what you say, very little neutrality.

http://www.statelesspeopleinbanglad...spaper_reports/MoslemOfficialsPressDemand.pdf

And how that idiot Zulfiqar betrayed them. alas! If anyone says anything good about any Bhutto family it is really like having ur mother raped in front of you. Zia Ul Haq made a major mistake by leaving his daughter alone. Terrorists made mistake of leaving her entire family alone.

The elder Bhutto was better than Zia-Ul-Haq. Some of his (Bhutto's) policies weren't good though imo.
 
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One wonders why is it not re-uniting with Pakistan when whatever you all state are in Bangladesh's favour and interest if they unite.

They should and they must!
 
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