Targeting Muslims?
Golam Kader, Borhanuddin Degree College, Bhola
After the break-up of the former USSR in 1991, the US has targeted the Muslim countries & nations around the world. In 1995 the world witnessed in silence the Muslim genocide in Bosnia. Some 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were killed by the Serbs. It was the greatest massacre after the Second World War. It was an organised genocide.For the September 11, 2001 attack in New York, the US accused the Muslim militants giving them the bad name of 'terrorist'. Now I believe if Osama Bin Laden is a terrorist (in Bush's words) then Mr. Bush is the cocoon of terror. The US President held Osama and his al-Qaeda responsible for the September 11 attack. On this excuse the US invaded Afghanistan. He has occupied Afghanistan to catch Osama but failed. It is mysterious as to why the US attacked Afghanistan as Osama is not an Afghan. I think capturing Osama was a lame excuse, the real target was to have control over Central Asia. The Muslims are segregated. They are not united. Some are rich and some are poor, or even very poor. Fifty per cent of the Muslim population earn less than 1 US dollar a day whilst the per capita income in the United Arab Emirates is 20,550 US dollars, in Oman it is 19,850 US dollars, in Brunei it is 14,250 US dollars, in Kuwait is 14,000 US dollars and in Bahrain it is 16,000 US dollars. Will these rich Muslim countries please have a second look into the socio-economic condition of the poor Muslim countries? It is still in doubt. These rich Muslim countries hardly raise their voice against the US invasion in Iraq & Afghanistan.
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