MARCH 22, 2022

MIND-LES

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The US government supported protests that overthrew Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. New interim leader Muhammad Yunus has been cultivated by Washington for decades. Ben Norton discusses the geopolitical reasons for the regime change; the roles of India, China, and Russia; and the Pentagon's desire to build a strategic military base on Saint Martin's Island.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irlrT3zvsqQ

Topics
0:00 Interim leader Muhammad Yunus: Made in USA
5:09 Overthrow of Sheikh Hasina
7:44 US military base on St. Martin's Island?
8:57 Myanmar
10:33 China's reliance on Strait of Malacca for oil imports
13:34 Bangladesh-China relations
14:47 BRICS
15:36 US pressure to join Quad
17:47 Russia warned of color revolution in Bangladesh
19:06 Arab Spring
19:58 Was Hasina's undelivered resignation speech fabricated?
22:26 Hasina: "White man" demanded military base in Bay of Bengal
23:58 Hasina: USA "can overthrow the government in any country"
25:36 US-backed 1975 coup against Sheikh Mujib
28:33 US-backed 2022 coup against Pakistan PM Imran Khan
31:00 US support for protests in Bangladesh
31:22 NED funding for Bangladeshi opposition
31:41 NED funding of opposition media outlet Netra News
34:13 Historical context: Partition, India, Pakistan, 1971 liberation war
38:40 Reasons for protests
41:13 US-backed color revolutions
46:21 US State Department pressure on Bangladesh
47:36 Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami, & extremism
54:12 Outro

Exposing US gov't role in Bangladesh regime change: Why PM Sheikh Hasina was overthrown

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