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US slammed for 'double standards' over nuke, Gaza, Jamaat

Staff Correspondent
Speakers at a discussion yesterday criticised the United States' "double standards" with regards to the possession of nuclear weapons, Israeli military offensive in Palestine, and its "support" for the Jamaat-e-Islami over the ongoing war crimes trial in Bangladesh.
“Why should we listen to those who have no morals themselves," said Abdul Matin Khasru, an Awami League lawmaker, at the discussion on Hiroshima Day, organised by Bangladesh Peace Council at the capital's Jatiya Press Club.
He was referring to US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen J Rapp's recent visit to Bangladesh and his opposition to the trial of any political party or organisation for crimes against humanity in 1971.
"Who is funding Israel and providing them with weapons? They are doing exactly the same thing in Gaza what they did in Hiroshima," Khasru said, alluding to the fact that the source of weaponry used in the two places is the same-theUSA.
Awami League leader Dilip Barua said, "When the entire country is awaiting
the trial of the Jamaat for committing atrocious crimes in 1971, America says banning Jamaat is not right."
He said that though the US said they opposed fundamentalists, they lobbied for religion-based political parties like Jamaat and supported mass killings by Israelis in Gaza.
The speakers said that in 1971, the country opposed Bangladesh's Liberation War and had not changed its stance even today.
"As victims of atrocities, it is our duty to support the unarmed civilians of Palestine, and forgetting our differences we should come together and protest politically against the Israeli aggression," said Mozaffar Hossain Poltu, president of the Peace Council.
Poltu's suggestion of running the United Nations without US funding and shifting its headquarters elsewhere from that country was met with a round of applause.
Economist Prof MM Akash read out an essay commemorating the day.
On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, destroying almost the entire city and killing over 70,000 people outright.
Dr Sarwar Ali, trustee of Liberation War Museum, said all nuclear bombs of the world should be deactivated and destroyed.
The money spent on making these bombs should be, instead, used on healthcare, education, development and social security, he said.