With a tight grasp on the obvious.About 350 minor bombs exploded across Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding more than 100 others.
Officials said the explosions took place simultaneously in 50 cities and towns across the country, including the capital Dhaka.[...]
"It's an organized attack," said Home Minister Lutfozzaman Babor, adding that 58 of the country's 64 districts were affected.
I'm sorry. That's not particulary enlightening, is it? I can't keep up with everything. Much of anything, really.Bangladesh is the world's third largest Muslim-majority nation with a population of 140 million.
The country has been hit by several, often deadly, blasts targeting opposition rallies and religious shrines.
On Saturday, a series of bombs exploded near a Muslim shrine in eastern Bangladesh, killing one person and wounding 50 others.
In May last year, three people were killed and 50 others wounded when a grenade explosion hit a Muslim shrine in the north-eastern town of Sylhet.
Here's a little more info from the BBC:
Great way to accomplish that - blow up some more people in Bangladesh. Hell, it's not even news in the U.S.Bangladesh has long become used to occasional explosions and killings but the latest attacks look increasingly like a concerted campaign of violence.
In leaflets left at some of the bomb sites a group called Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh admitted responsibility.
The militant organisation said its aim was to establish an Islamic state.
More than 90% of Bangladeshis are Muslims but their laws are mostly secular.
Jamatul Mujahideen also wants to get Britain and the United States out of Iraq.
You know, I think I liked the world a lot better when I didn't know so much about it.Jagrata Muslim Jenata Bangladesh became notorious for a reign of fear in the remote town of Bagmara.
They held public executions of their opponents and suspended the corpses by their feet from trees.
Until now analysts have said they were not motivated by ideology but by local power struggles among criminals.
No problem at all.In the past few years, cinemas, shrines and even the British High Commissioner have been targeted but there have been few arrests.
Making any investigation more difficult is a continuing acrimony between the opposition and the alliance government.
The main opposition party, the Awami League has claimed the government itself is behind some of the attacks, which the league says are intended to wipe out leading opposition figures.
The party points a finger at elements within Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Oikka Jote, the two Islamic parties that are junior partners in the ruling coalition.
The government has strenuously denied the allegations and insists Bangladesh does not have a problem with Islamic militants.
Almost makes Americans seem civilized.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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