পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (পঞ্চম খণ্ড).pdf/৪৯৯

475 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড still being enacted. A similar rumor now suggests that the trial might have been adjourned. But all this kite-flying amounts to very little when one remembers that in this game the prosecutor, the judge and the executioner are embodied in the same man who has, on more than one occasion, made public his passionate desire to see the death of his prize captive. Now that he has failed in the conspiracy to convince the world of this essentially Bangladesh-Pak confrontation as one of Indo-Pak conflict, he would be doubly tempted to murder Sheikh with a view to killing two birds at a time or so to speak. This would most certainly rule out all possibility of a negotiated independence of Bangladesh which is the only political settlement of the issue that would be acceptable to the people of Bangladesh and, to the Soviet Union and India. On the other side, Yahya expects a serious power tussle within the Awami League for leadership in the event of Sheikh's death. Political observers noted the carefully selected list of Awami Leaguers exempted from cancellation of their seats issued by the military junta. The list excludes important cabinet members of the People's Republic of Bangladesh with the calculated hope that such exclusions would germinate devastating mistrust within the Party which, in turn, would shatter the unflinching unity of the people of Bangladesh in their determination to liberate themselves from West Pakistani colonialism. However childish, the man oeuvre certainly shows that nowadays even ostriches are trying to be cleverer than what we are used to believe. Nevertheless they still are essentially ostriches and ridiculously powerless to change the direction of the rising St0rm. It is too late for Yahya's mediaeval antics. The wilting is very much on the wall. If Sheikh's death means blocking of the way to a negotiated independence for Bangladesh-something that is wished by our peace loving friends like the Soviet Union and India, then military solution it will be. A military victory is not only a grand possibility but our valiant fighters of the Liberation Forces can wrench it much Sooner than many of our reserved well-wishers think. All we need is active sympathy and cooperation. We never wanted nor do we want now that anybody other than the people of Bangladesh would fight in this war of liberation. We are quite able and willing to beat back the invaders to win our freedom ourselves. Now IQ71's Crudest Joke According to a report from Islamabad Tikka Khan, the unrepentant murderer of not less than two million unarmed men, women and children, has been decorated by Yahya with the high civil award of Hilal-e-Quaid-i-Azam. This shows that, in some peculiar way history does repeat itself sometime. General Dyer who massacred within minutes a peaceful crowd at Jalianwalabag was honored by London's Daily Express with the Silver Sword of Velour on his arrival from India. Of course, the crimes of Tikka Khan against humanity dating from the massacre of Baluch people in the midst of their Eid-day prayer until today are of a much grislier order than that of Dyer. This unconscious