Former US State Department official, cybersecurity expert Mike Benz and US conservative political commentator, conspiracy theorist Tucker Carlson's podcast raised several issues regarding Bangladesh. In particular - the Biden administration's involvement in the fall of the government in Bangladesh in 2024. In this case - the Biden administration has poured a huge amount of money into Bangladesh through the CIA's (US Intelligence Agency) proxy organizations USAID, IRI, and NED. The funding is directed at media, cultural activists, rappers, ethnic minorities, transgenders, homosexuals, transgenders, radical groups, militant organizations, terrorist groups, social media influencers, teachers, and students. It is worth mentioning that - the discussion between Mike Benz and Tucker Carlson has already been shared by Elon Musk on his X account. Tucker Carlson is also an influential journalist and a close person to Donald Trump. Speaking of which, let me say that - Elon Musk and Mr. Carlson has organized and spread the podcast to discredit the Biden administration out of political vendetta. In that case, let's see - Mr. Mike Benz's allegations regarding Bangladesh, did IRI, NED, USAID really fund Bangladesh or not? Can we find any involvement of those who are said to have funded it?
According to Mike Benz - USAID has been financing the fall of the Bangladeshi government since 2018. In this case, if we look at USAID's activities in Bangladesh, it is noteworthy that - USAID announced the 'Bangladesh-America Friendship' project with BRAC, a large NGO in Bangladesh, in February 2024. It was planned to invest $ 48 million in 5 years. I am also telling you why I brought up BRAC's name!
Podcast on the fall of the government in Bangladesh : https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1888054969145651464
Elon Musk's 'Mike Benz' tweet about Bangladesh : https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1887036439289897208
BRAC and USAID's 'Bangladesh-America Friendship' Project: https://www.jugantor.com/tp-second-edition/775010
Mike Benz said - IRI, USAID funding on transgender, hijra and gay communities creates instability in Bangladesh. In this case, if we look, we see that on January 19, 2024, at a program called 'National Seminar 2024', BRAC University teacher Asif Mahtab tore a page from a story about transgender in a chapter of the 7th grade textbook, giving a speech against homosexuality and transgender. In view of this, the people of the whole country were divided into two. One side was in favor of Asif Mahtab and the other side was in favor of the rights of gays/transgenders. When there was an uproar across the country, BRAC University fired Asif Mahtab. More interestingly, in this incident, members of the transgender community of Bangladesh claimed - 'They are suffering from insecurity. Asif Mahtab's speech will further increase hatred against transgender people among people.'
Asif Mahtab's homosexuality and transgender debate:
https://www.bbc.com/bengali/articles/c51ejgq45xlo
You might think - Teacher Asif Mahtab, BRAC University, transgender community, students, all of them are different, but no. They are all members funded by USAID, IRI, but they played different roles in the same drama! One group was in favor of the government, the other group was against the government and agitated the people! We have to go deeper.
On November 26, 2023, a transgender woman named Ho-Chi-Min Islam was not allowed to attend the 'Women's Career Carnival' event at North South University, which sparked widespread action and reaction across the country. In addition to Ho-Chi-Min Islam, the program also included Kashfi Binte Ahmed, Senior Manager of BRAC Microfinance's Gender Inclusion and Women Entrepreneurship Unit, and Azimur Rokia Rahman, Ajmeri Haque Badhon, and Sumi of the Chirkut band. Don't the names sound familiar? Let's get to that.
Controversy surrounding Ho Chi Minh at North South University: https://www.bbc.com/bengali/articles/cmlpx1y02v4o
In the same year, on August 10, 2023, Ho Chi Minh Islam met the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban. After the meeting, he said in a status on his Facebook - 'Today is a milestone for transgender people'! He said with great pride - 'I have become a woman from a man after undergoing surgery, there is nothing to hide'! These things, and then the quite heated incident surrounding Ho Chi Minh at North South University, have only created a kind of religious hatred towards Sheikh Hasina in the public mind. In other words, the message is that transgender/LGBTQ is being spread in this country with the direct support of the Awami League government. There is quite a stir about another transgender woman in Bangladesh (2021) - Tasnuva Anan (Shishir). Who was introduced on Banglavision as the first transgender woman presenter in Bangladesh. Interesting fact - both of them are students of BRAC University and represent the transgender community of Bangladesh. Another interesting fact - the transgender community led from the front lines in the July uprising, there was support from the transgender community. Another interesting fact is that - the revolutionaries of the transgender community are living quite comfortably in the United States. It is worth mentioning - various programs including dances, short films, and other programs of the transgender community were held during 2018-2024 with the funding of IRI. They formed a separate team with 77 activists and 326 citizens from the Bihari (minor group), LGBTQ community and carried out year-round activities. Meanwhile, in 2020, the Biden administration donated $ 2.7 million for a transgender dance festival in Bangladesh. When it became known, it caused quite an outcry among Americans in early 2024. Which the print media and journalists of Bangladesh also skillfully suppressed.
Sheikh Hasina stands beside Ho Chi Minh Islam:https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/jretv8gk5i
Dance program with transgender people:https://www.risingbd.com/entertainment/news/384031
Ron DeSantis (Republican presidential candidate and Florida governor) outraged over funding for transgender, LGBTQ communities in Bangladesh: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/12/politics/fact-check-ron-desantis-aid-to-bangladesh/index.html
A third gender leads the July Movement:
Interestingly, the uproar over the Sharif and Sharifa story was given this chapter in the seventh grade textbook by an organization called 'Bandhu Social Welfare Society'. They have organized dancing programs for transgenders in Khulna, Cox's Bazar and Dhaka city with direct funding from IRI. This has been revealed in the Grey Zone report. When the Sharif and Sharifa story went viral, many people including Asif Mahtab surrounded this organization and staged a protest.
Report from Max Blumelthal's news outlet The Gray Zone: https://thegrayzone.com/2024/09/30/us-plot-destabilize-bangladesh/
According to Mike Benz - Cultural activists were used in the July movement. Who are these cultural activists? If you look closely, you will see - Ajmeri Haque Badhon and many others led the movement from the front. I mentioned Badhon because - you may remember that there was a negative reaction among the hard-line Islamists in Bangladesh regarding the two movies 'Rehena and Khufia'. In particular - when there was a fuss about homosexuality in the movie Khufia, secular and pro-AL leaders and activists came to Badhon's side. To put it more deeply - Badhon was often seen with AL leader and former minister Dr. Dipu Moni, former ICT State Minister Junaid Ahmed Palak, and Tarana Halim. Badhon campaigned for AL in the 2018 elections and for AL candidate Atiqul Islam in the 2020 Dhaka North City Corporation elections. Through these things, on the one hand, the Bandhan has been able to assert himself as a pro-Awami League, and on the other hand, by joining the July coup in unison, he has also given a message - 'Even though he is an Awami League supporter, he cannot remain silent about the injustice of the Awami League'! The people have understood - 'Hey, when the supporters of the Awami League are against the Awami League, then the Awami League must have committed some great injustice! And you can't stay at home'! It is worth mentioning that - the Bandhans slaughtered cows on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Sheikh Hasina's fall. Even after the destruction of the mural sculpture of Bangabandhu, his response was - 'His two children are responsible for insulting Bangabandhu'!
Awami League's election campaign is hampered by:
Controversy in Bangladesh over the movie Khufiya:
Actress tied up in July movement:
Cow slaughter in Bandhan on the 40th anniversary of the fall of the government:
Mike Benz said - The July coup was funded by banned organizations that the US government wants to destroy. Was there any such banned organization in the July coup? Yes - In an interview with BBC Bangla, the main coordinator of the banned organization Hizb ut Tahrir Online (former student of North South University) Imtiaz Salim made a public claim and said - 'Including Gen-G is an intellectual and political leading force of Hizb ut Tahrir. We were definitely on the ground. But we were very careful that this movement was not colored in any way and that no one could influence it in any way. Without our banner, we were on the ground'. Imtiaz Salim's statement mentioned the names of three major private universities - North South, BRAC and East West University.
Imtiaz Salim's public claim:
Mike Benz said - The July uprising was financed by students and teachers. When the halls of public universities were vacated during the July movement, suddenly the students of private universities continued the movement. After August 5, the students of private universities themselves claimed in an interview - 'Their main objective was to overthrow Sheikh Hasina at any cost'. Meanwhile - when the government took action against the students of private universities, 326 teachers of BRAC University protested and joined the movement.
Demands of private university students:
Solidarity of 626 teachers of BRAC University in the movement: https://www.dhakapost.com/national/296288
Mike Benz said - Rappers and social media influencers were also funded in the fall of Sheikh Hasina. Are there any such rappers or social media influencers? Yes, there are. Rap music really stirred up the youth in the movement. Rapper Hannan's 'Awaz Uda', Sejan's 'Katha Ka', Taufiq's 'Ae Day Kar', these rap songs were created with different purposes in a planned manner. From financing to arranging the lyrics, everything was done on the instructions of USAID, IRI. Mike Benz has already shared Taufiq's song on his X account and talked about the plan. Meanwhile, among the social media influencers, Salman Muktadir was the first to join the movement and was at the forefront. It is worth mentioning that Salman Muktadir became quite controversial in the country due to his 'Avdadra Prem' music video. When such individuals came forward in the movement, a sense of persecution was observed among the youth - 'The one we have been calling bad for so long, now we see that he is also on our side. And we can't just sit at home'!
How 'Awaz Uda, Katha Ka' is made - Hannan and Sezan's confession:
Mike Benz also said - All the top terrorists were also used in the July movement. Did that really happen? Yes - After August 5th, Dr. Yunus' government released all the top terrorists known to the country.
Release of the country's top known terrorists:
Another point that comes up in Mike Benz's podcast is that IRI submitted a report around 2019/20 where they mentioned support for BNP and said it was destabilizing the country. However, BNP failed to mobilize the people and was defeated in the 2018 elections. Because - in various parts of the country, daytime voting was held at night. This undoubtedly angered the parties that financed it, as well as the Hillary Clinton party (the Biden administration's Democratic party). In this podcast, Mike Benz also said - two new active student groups were also involved in the July movement. The name of one of them is quite well known, it is the political party of anti-discrimination activists 'Nagorik Chhatra Shakti', which was established on October 4, 2023. Interestingly, the Russian intelligence agency also knew this information about the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina. As a result, before the 2024 national elections in Bangladesh, on December 15, 2023, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in a special warning - 'The CIA will cause an Arab Spring in Bangladesh'. Chinese media reported the same warning. Japanese media reported a similar possibility on July 29. However, another issue came up in that podcast - Sheikh Hasina did not allow the United States to set up a 'military base' in Bangladesh, prioritizing Bangladesh's security. As a result, since 2018, America has started trying to politically destabilize Bangladesh through organizations like USAID, IRI, and NDI.
More details about the new student organization and Maria Zakharova's warning:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19rCnWws6R/
According to Mike Benz, in 2021, the State Department, USAID took Md. Touhid Hossain and a few others to the United States for formal training to prevent disinformation. It is worth mentioning that Md. Touhid Hossain is currently serving as the Foreign Advisor to the Dr. Yunus government. Meanwhile, even though the political conflict in the country has intensified, even when news of lawsuits targeting a specific party comes to social media, the interim government is creating pressure on the media to avoid them. Which many journalists have already admitted.
USAID training on countering disinformation:
https://bd.usembassy.gov/usaid-workshop-trains-reporters-on-countering-misinformation/
Incidentally, the 'Social Business Day' conference was held on June 27-28, 2024, at the initiative of the Yunus Center in Manila, Philippines. Dr. Yunus, Asif Nazrul, Shahidul Alam, Lamia Morshed, Farida Akhtar, the current VC of North South University, Abdul Hannan, and others were present. This conference was held just a week before the movement intensified. Do you know what's interesting? The organizer of this conference is an NGO called NWTF in the Philippines, which is the main partner of USAID in the Philippines. NWTF organized this Social Business Day together with the Yunus Center. Who also receives funding from USAID at different times. Dr. Yunus is the Chief Advisor to the Interim Government; Asif Nazrul is the Advisor on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs; Farida Akhtar is the Advisor on Fisheries and Livestock; Lamia Morshed is the Chief Coordinator for Sustainable Development Goals in the Office of the Principal Advisor, Abdul Hannan, and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grameen Bank. Surely there is no need to elaborate further?!
Dr. Yunus Center Conference in Manila, Philippines : https://socialbusinesspedia.com/events/sbd2024/
Yunus Center and NWTF Conference: https://visayandailystar.com/fisherfolks-receive-financing-from-usaid-nwtf/
However, we spend hours and hours talking about the rights of the backward and oppressed people of the society. But, we don't even know that those who are being oppressed or crying in front of the camera are somehow playing with our emotions and selling them. Capitalizing on that emotion, they are making crores of rupees and getting citizenship of developed countries. We are fighting for the rights of the backward and controversial people, risking our lives, but we don't even know that they are selling out an entire country. The thing is that you are a person of a different ideology, your acquaintances have planned to kill you. Some of whom are united in the same ideology, while others are against it. But, they are all the same in their plan to kill you. According to the plan, they invite you and feed you food from the same pot, you laugh, sing, and gossip with them. But you don't even know - 'The people you are with are going to kill you soon'. This is even more heinous in politics. That's probably why it is said - 'Politics and prostitution are two of the oldest professions in the world. Where everyone goes hand in hand in terms of self-interest'!
- The Sheikh Hasina government has been brought down by a deep plan. Although the Sheikh Hasina government has been keeping an eye on all the big fish by complaining about them, a group of small fish has come and eaten the Sheikh Hasina government's mattress. Among those small fish, the number of fish supporting the Sheikh Hasina government is much higher.
