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Citizens condole Arafat's death

Staff Correspondent
The name, Yasser Arafat, has become a source of inspiration for all the peoples across the globe fighting for individual, political and other sorts of freedom, speakers at a condolence meeting said yesterday.
Though Arafat died with his dream of a sovereign Palestinian state unfulfilled, the guerrilla icon succeeded in consolidating his nation, theynoted.
Sammilito Nagorik Samaj, a civil society body, organised the citizens’ gathering at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city to condole Arafat’s death.
"While striving for the independence of Palestine, Arafat also rushed to every comer of the world where people struggled tor freedom, said Sammili to Sangskritik Jote President Nasiruddin Yusuf.
He said Arafat lent unconditional support to the people of Bangladesh in their fight for independence in 1971. So, Bangladeshis also always stand by the Palestinian people in their endeavour for independence.
Eminent columnist Syed Abul Maksud said, though Arafat throughout his life opposed communalism, the Americans repeatedly termed him ’a leader of the Muslim world'.
" But tills ill attitude of the US-UK-Jewish axis failed to make any negative impression on the people of the world," he remarked.
"Yasser Arafat Is the name of a revolution. Though he has died, his dream of a Federal Palestine will surely come true," said Dhaka University Teachers' Association President Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique.
The honour Arafat was accorded to when alive and after death indicates that his struggle in the last four
decades will not go in vain, he added.
Awami League Presidium Member Abdur Razzak said. "The struggle of the Palestinian leader is an ideal for the people of Bangladesh who have continuously been oppressed by autocratic governments and Razakars."
Various socio-cultural and political organisations participated in the meeting and placed wreath at a portrait of Arafat. The meeting also observed silence for one minute and a number of artistes sang songs and recited poems in his honour.
One of the convenors of Sammilito Nagorik Samaj, retired Air Vice-Marshal A K Khandaker, pre-sided over the meeting. Bangabandhu Parishad General Secretary SA Malek, journalist Kamal Lohani, Workers Party of Bangladesh Politburo Member Haider Akbar Khan Rano, Jatiya Samaj tantrik Dal Acting President Mainudclin Khan Badal and cultural activist Ramendu Majumder spoke among others.