[Reader-list] Internet Choke-Off In Bangladesh

[Shambhu Rahmat]

Army has begun Internet choke-off in Bangladesh.

Not as crudely as in Burma, but in slow motion.

Attention to all the army juntas of the world, please come and visit
Bangladesh and study how to do a clever, smooth, invisible military
crackdown. The world won't notice, and your country's army will be
(like ours) the hot favorite to lead a post-US multinational UN
peacekeeping mission in Iraq.  We are loving the extra US attention
and regular visits from US security for "training."

Bangladesh now a plum posting for US diplos.  Harry "kala jahangir"
Thomas ended his Dhaka stint with a position in Condoleeza Rice's
inner circle.  Patricia "Beauty Apa" Butenis ended her tenure ushering
in military rule on 1/11/07 and then went on to become # 2 in the
Baghdad green zone (recently reported as handing cash to Iraqi father
of Blackwater massacre victim).

http://www.e-bangladesh.org/2007/10/06/bbc-bengali-internet-restrictions-in-bangladesh/

http://www.e-bangladesh.org/2007/10/03/crackdown-on-internet-users-in-bangladesh/

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BLOGGERS ARE BEING ASKED TO PUT THIS SOLIDARITY IMAGE ON THEIR SITE:
http://rumiahmed.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/free_internet_bd.gif

(and link to one of the URLs above)
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More In Bengali... (you need the bangla fonts)

http://www.sachalayatan.com/arup/9257

http://www.sachalayatan.com/rezwan/9252