বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ২৩৮ অঘোষিত যুদ্ধ নেপাল টাইমস ৩০ নভেম্বর, ১৯৭১ NEPAL TIMES, KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 30, 1971 Editorial UNDECLARED WAR Aerial and tank battles fought by the armies of India and Pakistan have confirmed widespread fears that war is now imminent in the Indian sub-continent. The world now realizes how close the two countries are to war. The military rulers of Pakistan have even declared that an "undeclared war" is going on between the two countries and accordingly proclaimed a state of emergency throughout that country, The one-sided war waged by the rulers of Pakistan inside what was once a part of their own territory, provoked a resistance which culminated in a well-organized war within a few months. It is thus a war going on inside Bangladesh that is now sought to be described by the Pakistani rulers as an Indo-Pakistan war. In their attempt to project the resistance war inside Bangladesh as a war between India and Pakistan, they sent their planes and tanks to attack Indian territory. But the planes were shot down and several tanks were destroyed and much military equipment was captured by the Indian troops. Then, the Pakistani rulers, with an irresistible desire of installing a puppet regime through deceitful means, declared a state of emergency in their country. Not even the valuable service rendered by the villain Bhutto, by paying a pilgrimage to Peking, could fully satisfy the military rulers. His desire of being made President or Prime Minister remained unfulfilled. It remains to be seen when Bhutto will outlive his utility. The Pakistani army has been finding it increasingly difficult to fight its own people. But it wants to be defeated at the hands of a superior power, not at those of the people's resistance movement known as the Mukti Bahini. And for Pakistan, that superior power could be none other than India. Moreover, the military rulers of Pakistan are still obsessed to some extent with their desire of taking revenge for their heavy losses in the 1965 war. The most important and pressing reason is that the military rulers want to erase the whole effect of the result of the elections conducted and organized by themselves. They sought to wipe out the result of these elections by launching tank attacks on the citizens of Dacca on the night of March 25, 1971, forcing ten million people to flee to India, and murdering, looting and raping a million people. The birth of Bangladesh and activities of the Mukti Bahini were results of this repression. Now the military rulers are seeking to eliminate the people's representatives of West Pakistan as well. The proclamation of emergency and attempts to find a pretext for provocation against India, constitute the second phase of their campaign to suppress their own people, A sensible answer to the question of what should be the attitude of the world towards this strange desire of the military rulers of Pakistan, fighting against its own people, can
