GOI NON-PAPER ON ATTACKS ON (BANGLADESH) AWAMI

S E C R E T NEW DELHI 000876

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/04/2015
TAGS: PTER PREL IN BG
SUBJECT: GOI NON-PAPER ON ATTACKS ON (BANGLADESH) AWAMI
LEAGUE LEADERS

REF: 04 NEW DELHI 5486

Classified By: PolCouns Geoff Pyatt, Reasons 1.5 (B,D).


1. (C) On January 27, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall gave
us the following non-paper list of summer 2004 attacks on
Awami League leaders in Bangladesh. This non-paper was
originally referenced by our GOI interlocutors during the
August 31-September 1, 2004 US-India Counterterrorism Joint
Working Group (CTJWG) meeting in New Delhi.


2. (S) Begin lightly-edited text:

Title: "Attacks on Awami League Leaders"

-- May 7, 2004: Trade Union Leader and Awami League MP
Ahsanullah Master was gunned down at Tongi, north of Dhaka.

-- June 21, 2004: MP and senior Awami League leader Suranjit
Sen narrowly escaped a bomb explosion at Sumanganj District.

-- June 28, 2004: Mayor of Sylhet city corporation and
President of Sylhet Awami League Badruddin Ahmen Kamran,
received a death threat from an unknown organization called
"Tiger Killing Force Limited."

-- August 7, 2004: Bomb explosion outside a hotel where the
Awami League was holding a meeting. Mayor of Sylhet narrowly
escaped.

-- August 21, 2004: Attack on Sheikh Hasina, Leader of the
Opposition and Former Prime Minister, while she was
addressing an Awami League rally in Dhaka. At least 15
people died and 300 were injured.

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Comment
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3. (C) Pall made no request for USG action on the above
matter. In the context of our ongoing dialogue regarding
Bangladesh and CT cooperation, Mission would appreciate
Washington's perspective on the veracity of this data.
MULFORD