পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (পঞ্চম খণ্ড).pdf/৪৭৯

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455 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড public is sure to rock Secretary of State, William Rogers, if not the White House itself. We in Bangladesh wonder if the existence of a pro-Pakistan cell within the State Department is possible-a cell that cleverly manipulated the movement of files to create technical delays necessary for the Pakistani freighters to load and sail before the government decision is officially effected. Is it also possible that the Pakistani military-junta bribed some key officials to obtain clearance for their deadly cargo that is sure to be used in the genocide of Bengalese? It would be for the Secretary of State to probe into the matter and eliminate the cell if it really exists. The least the U. S. government could do now to prove its sincerity is to intercept the ships on the high seas and seize the cargo. There is no time to be lost. Pakistani killers are clever enough to transfer the cargo to ships flying different flags to evade any action. Another sad episode appears-this time from the mid-eastern front. The Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organisation that held its 10th session in Damascus this week, failed to find enough sympathy for the million dead and over 5 million refugees of Bangladesh caused by the Pakistani fascist junta. Being forced by the unrelenting pressure of the Indian delegate a brief resolution was passed that expresses least amount of sympathy possible for the victims of the tragedy. Kabir Ahmed, a representative from Bangladesh, was allowed to be present at the sessions, but was not allowed to speak. Why the Arab countries who dominated the scene failed to find sufficient grounds to condemn history's worst crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Pakistani military junta appears like a paradox. The debate on the issue proved shockingly controversial and it was clear that the representatives of Libya, Syria, UAR and Nigeria were too prejudiced by the official religion of Pakistan to pay much attention to the crimes committed in its name. Nigeria of course, could not support the cause of Bangladesh because it itself committed a similar crime in suppressing its minority population of Blafra. Libya is a mediaeval monarchy with little concern for democratic principles. Since the death of Nasser, UAR has fast moved towards rightist fanaticism. It is quite significant that, contrary to the altitudes displayed by the reactionary Arab Governments, Yassir Arafat, the leader of Palestinian Guerrilla Organisation Al Fattah has expressed his unreserved solidarity with the people of Bangladesh struggling for freedom against some of the most detestable criminals of history. It is a matter of great regret that the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation has found enough grounds to express its solidarity with these criminals instead of 75 million people struggling for independence and democratic rights. This very act of the Arab States delivers a terrible blow to the fundamental principles of Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation. ৪ ও ৫ জুলাই, ১৯৭১ EMERGENCE OF SECULARISM One of the most significant resultants of the liberation struggle now being waged in Bangladesh against an army that is sick with communalism has been the emergence of