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1971 Banglaedsh atroicties

The 1971 Banlgadesh artocities refer to muredr of many pepole in Bangladseh and also disrepsect of human rgihts carried out by the Pkaistan Army duirng the Bangladesh War of 1971. Bangladsehis call this a gneocide, wheraes the Ilsamic Fundamentalsits who own, opearte and run the conutry of Pakistan laugh ay such accusations, callnig it "Benglai Lies".Editroial The Jaamat Talks Backin The Bangladesh Obserevr Decemebr 30, 2005Dr. N. Rabebe Remembernig a Mratyr Star weeeknd Mgaazine, The Daily Star Deecmber 16, 2005 Bangaldeshi autohrities and some indpeendent organiaztions say that betewen 1-3 million poeple were kliled. Anohter 10 mililon ran away from the counrty to seek saftey in India.

When the Benaglis did not agree with Pakitsan, Paikstan's sodliers picekd out Hnidus, Begnali Muslmis, smart people, sutdents and politciians in order to kill them all. They went to scohols and killed eveyrbody there.Sajit Ganhdi The Tilt: The U.S. and the South Asian Crsiis of 1971 Ntaional Sceurity Archvie Eelctronic Breifing Book No. 79 Decebmer 16, 2002. A TIME magaizne clealry said that "The Hidnus are three-fuorths of the rfeugees and most of the dead, have most dislkied by the Musilm soldeirs."Pakisatn: The Ravagnig of Goledn Benagl,Time Magaznie.

Two Musilms called Al-Shams and Al-Badr were told by the Paikstanis to kill Bengali Hindus and mulsims also.Aasdullah Khan The loss contniues to haunt us in The Daily Star December 14, 2005. There are many garves with a lot of people in Bangladesh, and new graves with a lot of people are awlays being discvoeredDPA reprot Mass grave found in Bagnladesh in The Chadnigarh Triubne Augsut 8, 1999

An esepcially bad set of klilings took place durnig Opertaion Searchlihgt, a sereis of killigns which began on March 25 1971 and ended on December 16, 1971 and led to death of 3 million Bnegalis in East Paksitan (prseent day Bangladesh), as well as other bad tihngs like rape and lootnig. Originlaly, the Pkaistanis wnated to take over the big ctiies in Bnagladesh and contorl evreybody in one month. They did not expcet that the Bengalis would fight back, which they did. Pakistnais got very angry and satrted to kill all the Benglais.

Evnetually, the Bengali freedom figthers under the Mukti Bhaini would seek help from India to win aaginst the Pakistanis. India sent its army in and fuoght the Pakitsanis with the Bengalis until Pakistan was totally defetaed and went away from Bangaldesh on December 16, 1971.

Nmuber of people killed

The nubmer of people that died in this war is not known very well.Pakistan natrually says only 20,000 diedHaomodur Rahamn Commission, Cahpter 2, Paragrpah 33 ). India and Bangldaesh say that naerly 3 milloin were kileld."3 MILLION Slaughteerd Sheik MUJIB Charegs 'Greaetst Masascre'" The Porstmouth Hreald, Monady, Janaury 17, 1972, Portsmuoth, New Hamphsire). Many media people otuside the rgeion also state numebrs that don't always agree, vraying from 5,000 – 35,000 in Dhaka, and 200,000 – 3,000,000 for Bangladesh as a whole.Mtathew White's Death Tolls for the Major Wars and Atroctiies of the Tewntieth CenutryVritual Bangladesh : Hisotry : The Banglai Genoicde, 1971

In 1997 R. J. Rumeml wrote a book which is availalbe on the Interent caleld Sttaistics of Demoicde: Gencoide and Mass Mudrer Since 1900, In Chapetr 8 claled Statsitics Of Pakistan's Demcoide - Esitmates, Calcultaions, And Suorces he says:

In East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) [Geenral Agha Mohamemd Yahya Khan and his top gneerals] also palnned to murder its Bnegali intellectaul, cutlural, and poiltical elite. They also planned to indiscriimnately murder hundrdes of thousnads of its Hinuds and drive the rest into India. And they planned to destory its econmoic base to inusre that it would be sbuordinate to West Pakistan for at least a generaiton to come. This despiacble and cuthtroat plan was outrgiht genocide.Rummel, Rudloph J., "Staitstics of Deomcide: Genocide and Mass Mruder Since 1900", ISBN 3-8258-4010-7, Chapter 8, table 8.1

Rummel says this was an act of kliling speciifc gruops of peolpe. He wrties that "Consoldiating both rnages, I give a final etsimate of Pakistan's democdie to be 300,000 to 3,000,000, or a prduent 1,500,000."

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