Crossfire and a few words

By Muftah Wali Department of English Jahangirnagar University
12 December 2004, 18:00 PM
Since RAB has started their operation against terrorists in Bangladesh one particular issue has been highly criticised among a few intellectuals in Bangladesh. That is the almost daily news of death of terrorists due to "crossfire." A few people of Bangladesh are trying to make it an issue -- trying to create chaos situation in the country in the name of democratic rights. They are trying to stop this revolutionary attempt taken by the government.

Terrorism was present during the past government and it is still present in the society. What we did not notice in the past was the least attempts to stop terrorism. Instead we saw the direct link with the godfathers to the government. And when this present government has taken this attempt as the last chance to stop terrorism and got the desired result, the opposition party is trying to oppose them.

To them crossfire is a great issue and the life of terrorists seems very valuable. Actually I am really confused what they wants. Before the activities of RAB they complained that the four-party government is a failure to stop terrorism. And now when the 4-party alliance achieved huge success to minimise terrorism from the country, they are complaining.