What’s going on in Bangladesh?

From Brian Berletic who has been keeping us up to date on the Myanmar situation from time to time.

He writes:

The short answer is I don’t know.

To accurately and responsibly research and report on a political crisis like this requires deep understanding of the history, factions, funding, and affiliations both within and beyond a nation’s borders.

I am working on it now – it can take days (or longer ) to conduct research on a nation I am not familiar with.

But I have found some very interesting information already.

WHO ARE THE STUDENT PROTESTERS?

The “student” protesters are the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, an organization designated by many including Russia as a terrorist organization.

The nature of these protesters is similar to the US-backed “Muslim Brotherhood” who took part in the US-engineered “Arab Spring” in 2011 across the Middle East and North Africa.

WHO DO THE PROTESTERS WANT IN POWER?

The “student protesters” are demanding Muhammad Yunus be included (or even lead) the new government to form after running out the previous prime minister.

Yunus is a US State Department Fulbright scholar: https://www.fulbrightprogram.org/muhammad-yunus/

He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2006/yunus/facts/

He is also a recipient of a US Congressional medal: https://www.muhammadyunus.org/post/653/us-congressional-gold-medal-for-professor-muhammad-yunus

He has signed at least one US government National Endowment for Democracy “letter:” https://www.ned.org/covid-19-crisis-threatens-democracy-leading-world-figures-warn-joint-statement-press-release/

It is safe to say that Yunus is a US government proxy and that the “students” are demanding he be given a central role in the new government gives us a clue as to who is behind the protests but more evidence is required.

WHY WOULD THE US BE INTERESTED IN DESTABILIZING BANGLADESH?

Bangladesh is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and before that, the “String of Pearls” the US has been determined to “break” for over 2 decades now.

Destabilizing Bangladesh may be part of also “extending” India, pressuring it to capitulate to US demands regarding its support for Russia.

Bangladesh borders Myanmar which is itself the target of a violent US-backed internal conflict, 2 nations destabilized creates an arc of chaos along both India and China’s peripheries.

That’s just for starters. I will continue researching this and will put together a report as soon as I feel I can do so accurately and responsibly.

The US Embassy in Bangladesh has been actively and even openly stirring up the opposition.

Voice of America (VOA) – US government-funded media – admits:  “Haas is popular in Bangladesh among pro-democracy and rights activists and critics of the Sheikh Hasina regime.”

Note in this VOA article he’s pictured at a political event the embassy itself organized for anti-government opposition groups: https://www.voanews.com/a/bangladesh-politician-faces-discipline-over-threat-against-us-envoy/7356551.html