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...story on rebuilding Bangladesh [April 10] should be applauded for viewing the country in a global context and showcasing its success in attracting foreign investment, developing social welfare and promoting economic prosperity. But thanks for those accomplishments should go to the people of Bangladesh, not to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia or even to the leader of the opposition, Sheikh Hasina. As for the rise of the Islamic insurgency, how can the Prime Minister state that she didn't know about it until the Aug. 17, 2005, bombings, when there had been news reports about Bangla Bhai [the founder...
...Your cover story on Bangladesh and Zia was timely. Although the government awoke quite late to the reality of terrorism, it now seems sincere in its attempts to curb Islamic militancy. But the government's coalition partners are fundamentalists, and that seems to be the Achilles' heel of the rulers. The government appears paralyzed and unable to root out religious militancy for fear of losing the fundamentalists' support. Statesman-ship demands that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party put aside its concerns about winning elections and repudiate its dangerous coalition partners for the greater cause of democracy. Ali Ahmed Dhaka...
...flustered when I read TIME's interview with Zia. She said she and her government were unaware of the existence of the Islamic militants in Bangladesh before Aug. 17, 2005. That statement was ridiculous because the government banned the Islamic party Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh in February 2005, well before the bombings. Newspapers in Bangladesh published stories on the potential threat of Islamic militancy and relentlessly urged the government to take action against militancy, but the calls went unheeded. If the government had taken the necessary steps, innocent people might have been spared a premature death. Solaiman Palash Dhaka...
...troops, will assume a greater role. But in places like Helmand province, where few Afghan or foreign troops were stationed, the main burden of fending off the insurgents has fallen to an Afghan police force that is poorly trained and often overmatched by the Taliban. Says Sam Zia-Zarifi, research director of Human Rights Watch's Asia Division: "They are totally ill prepared for what they are going to face...
...Edward Hichez), the interpreter translating Kat’s part actually looked vividly angry while the interpreter translating Poppy’s part looked suitably pathetic. Later, when Kat described her sexual plans for the night to her lesbian lover “B,” played by Zia A. Okocha ’08, the interpreter—rolling her eyes, throwing back her head, and arching her back—seemed utterly consumed with desire. Leon Jefita, a hearing-impaired audience member from the Cambridge community, was enthusiastic about the performance. Although he admitted that...