US embassy cable - 05NEWDELHI876

S E C R E T NEW DELHI 000876 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/04/2015 
TAGS: PTER, PREL, IN, BG, India-Bangladesh 
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. 
 
End text. 
 
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