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To the Editor
Int'l Brigade for Bosnia
Sir, The recent horrifying human rights violation in Bosnia is a terrible reminder of-the Nazi atrocities perpetrated against the Jews and Gypsies during the 2nd World War. Like the Nazis, the Greater Serbian imperialist force is engaged in a ghastly, brutal attempt to wipe out the entire Bosnian Muslim population.. The torture, murder, raping and the destruction committed by the Serbian forces against the defenseless civilians including children and women in Bosnia can only be compared with the crimes committed by tho Europeans during their post-Colombus invasion against the indigenous Indians In South America. It Is a tragedy that hundreds of thousands of human beings are
going through a living hell — constantly in fear of death, forced eviction Incarceration in concentration camps at the hands of a brutal invading force while the civilized people in neighbouring countries look the other way. European intellectuals and their various human rights organizations are known to be very vocal against human rights violations. Time to time their rumblings could be heard in far distant places In Africa and Asia. When the’ Serbs blatantly violate the human rights of Muslims in Bosnia, the European intellectuals remain silent. Bosnian Muslims are in reality the victims of being a majority population tn a country belonging to a Christian continent. The cruel silence on the part of the so-called civilized nations in Europe and North America is effectively helping the mur-
derous Serbs to drive the Bosnian Muslims from their ancestral homeland.
The United States of America decided to send 28 thousand soldiers to the war ravaged Somalia. The decision, no doubt, is a correct and timely one. But why the USA and their European allies are so reluctant to send soldiers to Bosnia? Why they are even opposed to the OlC’s request to lift the arms embargo on Bosnia? Is ft the prospect of emergence of a new sovereign European state with a Muslim majority population they are so afraid of?
The Western nations fail to ensure the human rights in Bosnia. Their cruel silence will end only with the total annihilation and eviction of Bosnian Muslims. But the Bosnians should not be let to perish only because they are the followers
of a different faith. The Bosnian Muslims have equal and undeniable rights to life and liberty.
During our own liberation war, we received sympathy, encouragement and humanitarian aids from many nations. Now is the time to reciprocate. We should In cooperation with other brotherly nations, form an international brigade to safeguard the sovereignty and survival of Bosnian people. Despite all our economic constraints some of us will certainly volunteer to stand shoulder to shoulder with the brave Bosnians battling the Serbian occupation force.
Lt Col. M A Latff Khan (retd). Major imliax Ahmed (retd). Manjur A Chowdhury. PhD. BananL Dhaka
Valuable minerals of Cox's Bazar
Sir. Time and Ude wait for none. During the last 20 years millions of tons of valuable minerals. 1 call it black-gold' of Cox's Bazar, have been lost to the sea due to ignorance, inefficiency and negligence of many. I apprehend that tn a couple of years the valuable deposits of minerals may be lost for ever due to tidal bore, greenhouse effect and other
I wonder why the government is still maintaining mum over the issue. If for one reason or the other the govern ment is unable to utilise the valuable minerals for Iasi 2-3 decades why II does not allow and encourage the private sector entrepreneurs to derive economic benefit from the
huge deposits? Why the valuable minerals arc allowed to be wasted?
We can easily and onvc nicntly make economic use of the valuable mineral black-gold with our own technical knowhow and resources. What the government is required to do is only extend logistic support
The mining and utilisation of the valuable minerals is very easy and simple. If agreed upon by the government. I would volunteer my services to demonstrate and train up the people as Io how. when and in which season these can be eas-ily mined, extracted and collected. The nation would not remain any more indifferent to this Issue.
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