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Vol. 5 Num 270 Tue. March 01, 2005  
   
General


US puts world in danger: UK MP


Visiting British opposition lawmaker George Galloway yesterday said the United States is placing the whole world in danger.

He said the US government is intensifying the process of exploitation and keeping Syria, Iran and Korea under a continuous threat.

The British MP was speaking at a discussion titled 'Crisis in current politics', organised by the Centre for Democratic Practice (CPD), at a city hotel.

"Almost two hundred people die every day in Iraq due to resistance by the Iraqi people. Some 1,500 US soldiers have already died while another fifteen thousand were injured," he added.

Galloway said the United Kingdom is playing its role as if it is the 51st state of the United States thanks to the policy of Prime Minister Tony Blair.

He also mentioned Bangladesh as a fragile country as it is economically poor and environmentally vulnerable.

The discussion was also participated by Awami League lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta, President of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Mujahidul Islam Selim, Workers' Party leader Haidar Akbar Khan Rono, International Secretary of UK BNP Shamsul Alam Chowdhury and Convenor of Protecting Oil and Gas in Bangladesh Movement.

Citing the example of Afghanistan, the CPB leader said imperialism and fundamentalism are helping each other to create further threat to civilisation.

The speakers said the political parties in Bangladesh do not represent people's interest at all.

They said Bangladesh should not be a moderate Muslim country as it was supposed to be a secular country.