Reader Response to Wikileaks
A response to the recently released wikileaks on Tarique Zia by Doctor Taleb Ali WikiLeaks does not have any damning messages about Bangladesh’s current administration. Both United States ambassadors missed everything about the misdeeds of the Awami League. Perhaps it was deliberate, as the U.S. policy at the time was very pro-Indian as a part [...]
by Shakhawat Liton and Shamim Ashraf Portraying Tarique Rahman as a symbol of “kleptocratic government and violent politics” in Bangladesh, the US embassy in Dhaka even recommended blocking his entry into the United States. The embassy believed Tarique was “guilty of egregious political corruption that has had a serious adverse effect on US national interests”, [...]
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Two former army chiefs, who would later join Awami League and BNP, had aspired to see changes in ‘dynastic politics’ courtesy a US-aided coup in 2004, according to leaked US diplomatic cable. The cable, published by whistleblower website WikiLeaks on August 30 last, said the US rejected the requests. The cable that then US ambassador [...]
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Credit: Weekly Blitz, News Desk According to whistleblower Wikileaks, quoting leaked cable message of the then US ambassador in Bangladesh, Harry K. Thomas, Lt. General [Retired] Nooruddin Khan, former Chief of Army Staff and Awami League cabinet minister as well as leader of the party “asked for United States Government’s support in ending Bangladesh’s current [...]
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