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Al-Qaeda link to Bangla booms not ruled out
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman has aired the suspicion that international terrorist networks like Al-Qaeda might have links with the August 17 bomb blasts across Bangladesh.''Some misguided people of Bangladesh might have staged the incident with the support of those militant outfits which have launched terror attacks in the US or Britain,'' he told BBC Bengali service monitored here this evening. This is for the first time a top leader of the ruling alliance admitted possible presence of activities of international terrorist groups inside the country. Mr Rahman, Joint Secretary General of BNP, said, ''I personally feel that what happened here and also whatever happened in the USA or the UK a few days ago, maybe part of the international terrorism of which they too are victims.'' Asked whether activities of international terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda were there in Bangladesh, he said, ''since it is part of that, maybe, one or two might have come here or made contact. There are some disgruntled people here who are being used by them.'' he suspected Asked if the government had identified these persons who are doing this in Bangladesh, he said whatever he gathered from newspaper reports or discussions from his party leaders indicated that the government has been doing that. Asked if the government measures were adequate to dispel the fear from the public mind, he said, ''This is a relative term. There is no yardstick to scale the level of satisfaction. As far as I know, with whatever resources we have and with possible assistance from outside, the government is trying its best to ensure safety for the people.'' Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-09-05 |
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