How is it possible?
Solaiman Palash, East Jurain, Dhaka
The prime minister said that she & her government didn't know about the existence of Islamic militants in Bangladesh before August 17, 2005. This went beyond the limits of credibility because her government had banned the JMB in February 2005, which was behind the countrywide bomb attacks on August 17 last year. The pertinent question is if they didn't know about the existence of the Islamic militants why did they ban JMB then?It's obvious that the role of the government before August 17 was quite questionable. Most of the newspapers in Bangladesh published the news of the potential threat of Islamic militancy. They gave the facts and details. They relentlessly tried to pursue the government to take action against militancy, but they failed. At that time the government said that the Islamic militancy was a déjà vu created by the media. They also withdrew the Time Magazine from the newsstands because they published a feature about the potential threat of militancy. If they took necessary steps at that time, some innocent people might have escaped death. After all, it's Bangladesh, where nothing is impossible. Farmers demand electricity but receive bullets. Law enforcers kill people without trial. Strange!
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