We salute the martyrs

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The soldiers will always be remembered as heroes because they sacrificed their lives for a noble cause, we are really proud of them. May those UN peacekeepers find eternal peace and may their families find the strength to bear this agony.

I express my deep condolence at the death of nine Bangladeshi heroes who were killed on March 25, 2005 in a militia ambush in Congo. That was the second highest casualty that our army suffered since independence, after the biggest military loss in an air crash in Benin on December 31, 2003. We have lost 24 great martyrs within three years. I pay my tributes to the national heroes who sacrificed their lives for peace in this chaotic world. May Allah bless their departed souls and give us strength to absorb the great shock.

We hope that we will achieve our goals in peacekeeping missions under the UN in future also. The deaths will only strengthen our resolve.

Mamunur Rashid Tomal
Department of English,
DIU