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2005-04-10 Bangladesh

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Posted by Fred 2005-04-10 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What the hell are they going to do make them Pakistani?

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-10 1:01:26 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-10 1:01:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 SPOD - probably. Remember that Bangladesh was called "East Pakistan" until 1975. India played a key roll in Bangladesh's Independence. Before that, East Pakistan was run from Islamabad, with little say-so from the locals. There are still several million Muslims in what is mainly a Hindu state, and they want to reunite with the "homeland". Just another of the fascinating little plots and sub-plots on the South Asian subcontinent.

Posted by Old Patriot 2005-04-10 12:36:34 PM|| [http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-04-10 12:36:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Bangladesh is 80+% muslim. There were terrible massacres (up to 3 million Hindu, Bengali muslim, and Christian untermenshen)under Pakistani rule.

Posted by ed 2005-04-10 1:20:24 PM|| 2005-04-10 1:20:24 PM|| Front Page Top