পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৫৬২

526 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম সংবাদপত্র তারিখ Frank Speaking The Nation 24 September, 1971 Vol. 1 : No. 1 FRANKLY SPEAKING Bangladesh bleeds today. Its people are crying aloud in torments and agony. The bloodbath the world has seen on the soil of Bangladesh remains unsurpassed in the catalogue of brutality and bestiality in human history. Cities and towns of this unfortunate land are moistened with human blood mercilessly spilled by the occupation army of Pakistan. For them it is a war of attrition. For the Bengalees, it is a battle for survival. It is a war which we never wanted. It is a war which has been thrust on us by the power, hungry military junta. They are out to throttle our voice and kill our urge for freedom-freedom from the colonial domination of West Pakistan. Freedom in our birth right and freedom is our life-line without which we languish in our morbid existence. Existence without freedom is just a body without soul, limbs without life. And that tantamount to virtual death. Bengalees as a living nation, the eighth largest in the world, cannot accept a decree for self-liquidation. No nation would agree to self-annihilation. Naturally there is a clash of interest between the rulers of the West and the ruled in the East. The bellicose attitude of the army puffed up by the singularity of brute force compelled the peaceful people of Bangladesh to rise up on the strength of non-violence. The abundance of goodwill of the Bengalees has not been reciprocated. Our meekness has been misconstrued as weakness. The forces of peace have been hit by the brutal show of violence. The brute force of violence has overtaken the land of peace. Intolerance and prowess of the military junta has turned the quiet soil of Bangladesh into a vast battleground. A modern army and its sophisticated armory have been let loose against unarmed civilians. How tragic was that lacs of people have been butchered, human habitations blown off, millions rendered homeless destitute who have fled to India for the safety of their lives. The beastly process of elimination in Bangladesh has surpassed even Hitler's Gestapo-method and scare-crow tactics. The air, land and water of Bangladesh are groaning under the pangs of inhuman brutalities and savage repression. In the language of blood-hounds of General Yahya, bestiality is the only property of humanity. Ratonality has been sacrificed at the alter of animality. Otherwise how on earth could men, women and children be butchered so ruthlessly and mercilessly on the soil which till today they claim to be an integral part of the same country. The enemy was sadly mistaken when it thought that with a modern army it was going to finish off a “Bamboo stick Army.” We Bengalees never wanted a war. We were never prepared for a war either. But when the worst had befallen us it was a question of our honor and dignity. It was a question whether we would like to exist as a free nation or accept the indignities of slavery. The eighth largest nation in the world to be contented with colonial domination and servitude? No, never. So we had to choose the first