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Viewing cable 05DHAKA6143, BANGLADESH: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERROR

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05DHAKA6143 2005-12-15 06:27 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Dhaka
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 DHAKA 006143 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR S/CT RHONDA SHORE, ED SALAZAR 
DEPT FOR NCTC 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER ASEC KISL PGOV KCRM BG BG
SUBJECT: BANGLADESH: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERROR 
 
1.   The POC for Embassy Dhaka is Robert Wong, Political 
  Officer. Email: wongre@state.gov. The report will also be 
  sent to Rhonda Shore and Ed Salazar via email. 
 
2.   BEGIN TEXT 
 
GENERAL ASSESSMENT 
 
     The Bangladesh government affirms full 
support for the global war on terror, and in 2005 
it adhered to nine additional UN Conventions on 
Terrorism, leaving the International Convention 
for the Suppression of Nuclear Terrorism as the 
only one it has not joined.   Prime Minister Begum 
Khaleda Zia regularly condemned terrorism at 
domestic and international forums.  Bangladesh 
enforces UN Security Council resolutions related 
to terrorism, including the identification and 
freezing of assets of individuals and 
organizations designated as terrorists or 
terrorist supporters.   It banned as terrorist 
organizations Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB), 
Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), and 
Harkat ul-Jihad-I-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B). 
 
     Bangladesh's limited success, however, in 
countering JMB's escalating acts of terrorism in 
2005 underscored the government's serious 
institutional, resource, and political 
constraints.  Porous borders, endemic corruption, 
and debilitating in-fighting between the two major 
political parties continued to undermine the 
government's broader counterterrorism posture. 
 
     There are no formal U.S.-Bangladesh 
agreements on the investigation or prosecution of 
acts of international terrorism against U.S. 
citizens or interests.  However, in 2005 there was 
good cooperation between law enforcement agencies 
on several cases relating to domestic terrorism. 
With U.S. technical assistance, Bangladesh in 2005 
drafted a new, comprehensive anti-money laundering 
law.  It is also working with the U.S. to 
strengthen controls at land, sea, and aeronautical 
ports of entry. 
 
     North Korea, Iran, and Libya have diplomatic 
missions in Bangladesh.  Cuba, Syria, and Sudan 
have non-resident missions. 
 
SAFE HAVEN ASSESSMENT 
 
     Bangladesh asserts there are no international 
terrorist groups in Bangladesh, and denies 
allegations that northeast Indian insurgent groups 
operate from Bangladesh with the connivance of the 
government.   The Bangladesh military maintained a 
large presence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts 
(CHT), and periodically uncovered weapons caches 
left over from dormant insurgencies in Burma and 
the CHT.  Bangladesh supports the Port Security 
Initiative and the Container Security Initiative. 
 
TERRORIST GROUPS 
 
     In 2005, there was a significant shift in 
terrorism's targets, style, and tempo in 
Bangladesh.  Previously, attacks were on isolated 
individuals, largely went unclaimed, and were not 
seen as part of a broader, public campaign.  In 
2005, JMB emerged as an organization capable of 
launching coordinated nationwide attacks on "un- 
Islamic" persons and facilities in pursuit of its 
goal of a fundamentalist Islamic society. 
 
On August 17, JMB exploded nearly 500 coordinated 
small bombs across the country.  Leaflets found at 
the blast sites threatened judges, government 
officials, politicians, and other "enemies of 
Islam," including the U.S. and the UK.   In 
November, JMB breached a major psychological 
barrier by launching deadly suicide attacks, a 
first in Bangladesh. 
 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT COOPERATION 
 
     There have been no attacks against U.S. 
citizens or interests in Bangladesh. 
 
END TEXT 
 
3. Post submits information for the section 
"Foreign Terrorist Organizations" keyed to the 
2005 format. 
 
4.  BEGIN TEXT 
 
Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh 
 
DESCRIPTION 
 
The JMB is a Bangladeshi Islamic extremist group 
dedicated to the use of violence to achieve its 
objective of a society governed by Sharia law.  It 
has no known international affliations.  JMB made 
its first appearance in the late 1990s, was 
associated with several bombings in subsequent 
years preceding the August 17 blasts, and was 
banned by the Bangladesh government on February 
23, 2005. 
 
ACTIVITIES 
 
On August 17, 2005, JMB claimed responsibility for 
nearly 500 simultaneous small explosions 
throughout Bangladesh.  Additional bomb attacks 
occurred, including the use of suicide bombers, 
targeting judges, police, government offices, 
traditional folk festivals and cultural groups, 
and local non-governmental organizations. 
Despite arrests and seizures of explosive 
materials, JMB attacks continue and its leadership 
remains at large. 
 
STRENGTH 
Estimates range from 11,000 to 1,000. 
 
LOCATION/AREA OF OPERATIONS 
Bangladesh 
 
EXTERNAL AID 
Unknown 
 
END TEXT 
 
5. As per instructions, post will send the text(as 
a Word document) via unclassified email. 
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