The New Nation - Internet Edition

I appreciate the Eid-ul-Adha message from USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore released on the night before the Eid day. I think such type of message can help in establishing trust, understanding, peace, and friendship.I would like to reproduce here the message so that the common readers can share it!

Quote - "Washington,D.C. - On behalf of the U.S. Agency for International Development, I am pleased to send warm greetings to the Muslim community and all those celebrating Eid al-Adha. This holiday honors the faith and obedience of Abraham, the founding patriarch of the three great Abrahamic religions of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. It is an opportunity to give thanks for God's many blessings.

May we all learn from Abraham's example and share our compassion and generosity with those in need this holiday season and through out the year, and let us continue to work toward a future of peace and opportunity for people around the world."

Professor M Zahidul Haque

Department of Agricultural

Extension & Information System

Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University

Dhaka

M.T.Hussain has given tacit support to Zia but has not mentioned about Zia's flirting with the anti-liberation criminals, who had taken lives of hundreds of Bangalees, who were aiding the Mukti-Bahini, instead of trying them under the law of the country. Zia did espouse power at all costs, including bedding with people who were murderers.

Need I mention also that in the same token, Mujib should have been tried for treason for giving away Berubari and Dahagram enclaves.

I, as a freedom fighter, do not accept such acts by leaders who wielded unchallenged power and acted whimsically to the detriment of national interests and sovereignty.

Syed W. Rahim

Wing Commander (Retd)

2nd-in-Command, Sector 7

Bangladesh Mukti-Bahini