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According to a newspaper report, crows in Patuakhali town are dying in large number. About 150 crows have died during the last one or two days. They were seen falling from the trees and dying suddenly! The district livestock officials are reportedly investigating the cause of their sudden unnatural death.

What has happend to the crows in Patuakhali? I am afraid, they might have been attacked by Avian Flu virus or exposed to some deadly chemicals due to environmental pollution!

Anyway it is sincerely hoped that the experts will soon be able to isolate the element/factor responsible for the sudden death of the crows.The crow is a bird which is reputed for her harsh voice. Still, a crow renders valuable service to the city dwellers! About two and a half kilogram of domestic refuges and other garbage are being eaten up by a single crow alone every day! This reduces the volume of our daily garbage deposit.

935 false statements only!

Quoting a recent study conducted by two journalsim organisations, the AP reported from Washington that President Bush and top administration officials issued 935 false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attack!

The study concluded that the statements "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and,in the process,led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses".

What a pity! Peace deliberately thrown into astray!

Professor M Zahidul Haque

Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University,

Dhaka.

Israel has laid electricity siege of Gaza causing untold sufferings to the people living within the territory controlled by Hamas. There is no electricity, no water, no treatment in hospitals and no food. As a result, thousands of people are swarming into the Egypt to buy essentials including water. Nobody knows how long will the world shut its eyes?

The West has done its duty asking Israel to vacate the siege and the East, particularly the neighboring Arabs, watches from the safe distance lest the West becomes displeased. The only country that has stood by the Gazans is Egypt.

There is no value of life of the Muslims to Israel. Everyday its army kills innocent Muslims and say: They (the Muslims) belonged to Hamas which does not recognise Israel and wants to destroy its very existence.

This argument is not logical. It is because Hamas is not so powerful to fight the state of Israel who unofficially possesses nuclear arsenal. A strong belief has grown in the Christian world that it is their sacred duty to protect Israel at any cost.

Therefore, whatever Israel does is legal. In contrast, whatever the Palestine Muslims do for mere survival is illegal. Peace in the Middle East is never possible unless this wrong perception vanishes from the brains of the West.

We believe in peaceful co-existence. We do not oppose the Jews as a religious community. We also agree that the Jews have right to survive, but that not at the costs of the Muslims or any other religious community. Let the world including Israel realises this simple truth.

Williams

Banani, Dhaka