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	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 64 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The RAB was created through the "The Armed Police Battalions (Amendment) Act, 2003," and published in the Bangladesh Gazette of July 12, 2003.
		The Rapid Action Battalion, as distinguished from other Battalions, has been entrusted with exclusive duties like "intelligence in respect of crime and criminal activities" and "investigation of any offence on the direction of the government" as can be seen from sections 6(A), 6(aa), and 6(bb) of the Act.
		Section 6c clause-I states: "An officer of a Rapid Action Battalion shall, while investigating an offence, follow the procedure prescribed in the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 (Act V of 1898) or in any other law, as the case may be, for the investigation of such offence."
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/07/30/d40730020328.htm (1364 words)

	Ambulance
		Ambulance arrangements have to be modified to suit particular military operations, such as when troops disembark on a hostile shore, on occasion of sieges, andc.
		To form these auxiliaries, four men in each company of every battalion of the army are practiced at a regular periods with the sanitary detachments in time of peace in the modes of picking up, temporarily attending to, and carrying wounded.
		These auxiliary bearers wear uniform of their regiments, of which they perform the ordinary duties, but have a distinguishing badge on the left arm when serving as bearers.
	www.1902-encyclopedia.com /A/AMB/ambulance.html (3048 words)

	The Bangladesh Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		RAB also said at least 72 personnel were being sent back to their parent organisations for the same allegations.
		RAB sources said they have been taking such action against those who were found involved in such activities detected through monitoring by its own intelligence.
		Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) which has both police and military personnel as its members, is working hard to reverse the tide of corruption in Bangladesh.
	www.bangladeshjournal.com /index.php?ID=3654&tim=8-3-2005 (348 words)

	Ten Terrorists Killed in Bangladesh Gunbattle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Acting on a tip-off, the RAB raided a home where the criminals were hiding at a hillock village, some five kilometers from the sub-district headquarters.
		Battalion officers recovered seven firearms, including one AK-47 rifle, as well as a large quantity of ammunition after killing 10 members of the gang believed involved in robbery and kidnapping, officials said.
		The Rapid Action Battalion, comprising members of the defense forces and police, was raised this year to combat hardened criminals nationwide.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=4§ion=0&article=52207&d=1&m=10&y=2004&pix=world.jpg&category=World (286 words)

	Crime News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to the RAB the arrested Jalal Ahmed confessed that Jafar, Anwar Pasha and Abdul Malek were engaged in arm manufacturing.
		BSS adds from Rajshahi: Rapid action Battalion (RAB) here in a drive arrested a drug trader from Rajshahi University railway station under Matihar police station yesterday afternoon and seized 286 bottles of alcohol from his possession.
		Acting on a tip-off, a RAB team raided the place at around 3.00 pm yesterday and arrested the alleged drug trader Abdul Gafur, 35, son of late Ejaj Mondal of Koria village under Paba upazila of the district and seized 286 bottles of alcohol.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/dec/21/21122004cr.htm (468 words)

	BANGLADESH: A BESIEGED STATE AT THE 34TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION WAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Ataur Rahman Sunny, commander of the military wing of Jaam'atul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) and brother of the most wanted JMB leader Shaekh Abdur Rahman on December 13.
		On December 16 the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Rajshahi in separate operations arrested four operatives of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including its Rajshahi district commander and seized a large quantity of bomb-making materials.
		Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on December 18 seized a huge cache of explosives from two Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) hideouts after an encounter in Mymensingh and 4,978 bomb detonators in Natore.
	www.saag.org /papers17/paper1661.html (2071 words)

	Alert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		RAB was launched as a special elite force as part of the government's new anti-crime initiative to clamp down on criminals and crime.
		On 10 July Saturday, the Rapid Action Battalion arrested Jumman Khan (26) son of Abdus Sobhan, Minar Hossain (25) son of Abdus Shahid and Anwar (30), son of Erfan Ali, at Minar's house in the town with two foreign rifles, four bullets and three other weapons.
		The second is that whether Hannan was killed by accident or not, he being in RAB custody at the time of his death, it's the custodian that must take responsibility for his safety and for his fate.
	www.askbd.org /A_Q.htm (4948 words)

	Glossary/Definitions of Military Terms Starting with B - MilitaryTerms.INFO
		The purpose is to facilitate rapid off-loading at the destination, with the least possible disturbance of cargo intended for other points.
		One boat group is organized for each battalion landing team (or equivalent) to be landed in the first trip of landing craft or amphibious vehicles.
		A wave in the process of losing energy where offshore energy loss is caused by wind action and nearshore energy loss is caused by the impact of the sea floor as the wave enters shallow (shoaling) water.
	www.militaryterms.info /about/glossary-b.shtml (5684 words)

	RAB - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		RAB is a TLA that may stand for:
		Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), a special security force in Bangladesh
		R.A.B., an unknown character in the Harry Potter series
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RAB (124 words)

	AsiaMedia :: BANGLADESH: Khulna editor's house raided by Rab
		Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) raided the BK Roy road residence of the editor of Dainik Tathya, Sheikh Nazrul Islam, Friday afternoon reportedly to arrest him and a notorious armed cadre of PBCP (Janajuddho).
		According to an official of Rab, Nazrul Islam, also senior vice president of Khulna Press Club, director of FBCCI and former president of KCCI, was providing shelter to outlaws wanted in several sensational criminal cases including murders and bomb attacks.
		Rab refused to disclose the name of the PBCP outlaw for whose capture the raid was conducted breaking into the two-storeyed strongly fenced palatial building of the industrialist editor of Dainik Tathya.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=15732 (311 words)

	..::: Rapid Action Battalion :::.. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The government has formed the elite 'Rapid Action Battalion' with the goal of making the police operations in the country more effective and dynamic.
		The Rapid Action Battalion is the latest addition to the police force, which has been constituted in accordance with an Act of Parliament.
		The Rapid Action Battalion came into public view with their participation in the Independence Day Parade of 26 March 2004.
	www.mha.gov.bd /RAB.php (442 words)

	rab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is a newly formed armed unit, comprising operatives from armed forces and police dept, by passing the constitution and the parliament, devised by the BNP-Jamat govt to ostensibly eliminate ordinary criminals but, in reality, as the political experts think, to keep the political opponents at bay in the forthcoming election.
		The real intention of RAB became obvious when RAB turned up in the Communist Party office last week (24 November 04) with an implicit threat, as the experts see it, to suppress the current all party political movement against communialism.
		The other interesting observation on RAB operations is that although they have killed nearly hundred criminals in three months they are not targeting the the godfathers (such as Salauddin Quader Chowdury, Aziz Bhai, Poltu etc) and Islamist extremists who are killing the liberal minded Bangalees around the country such as
	www.iftwcb.org /rab.htm (294 words)

	BANGLADESH: Severe torture of a man by Rapid Action Battalion members in Dhaka
		The victim was taken into RAB custody because he protested against the assault of an elderly man by plain-clothed RAB members on the street and then defended himself from their attack.
		Abubakkar sultan Bitan, Executive Director of Harness Level Industries Ltd, was severely tortured by the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Jasimuddin road, Uttara sector- 7, Dhaka and RAB—1 Office at Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 15 July 2005.
		He communicated with the mobile team of RAB and took Bitan to RAB—1 office at Uttara where he was beaten with iron rods.
	www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2005/1182 (851 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Rapid Action Battalion has been conducting countrywide crackdown on the Islamist terrorist and arrested about 12 militants of banned Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from different parts of the country on Friday.
		A special squad of RAB comprising the members of Headquarters and Battalions arrested three activists also recovered 30 KGs of Ammonium Nitrate conducting raid at a secret den of JMB at Keranuganj in the small hours of Wednesday.
		The arrestees have produced before the court amidst tight escort by the elite force RAB and police and they have been taken again to RAB office where are likely to be interrogated during the remand by joint interrogation cell.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /news/view.php?hidDate=2005-12-17&hidType=LOC&hidRecord=0000000000000000078180 (489 words)

	matamat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite force was formed in April last to curb terrorism, which has been ailing the nation.
		Sarbahara Party leader killed in RAB ‘crossfire’ in BarisalA top leader of the outlawed Sarbahara Party was killed in a gunfight with RAB at Dattapara in Ujirpur Upazila in Barisal Sunday.
		Official sources said the Rapid Action Battalion personnel also arrested one of his accomplices along with three arms and 24 bullets after the shootout.
	www.matamat.com /fullstory.php?gd=19&cd=2004-11-01 (389 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to the reliable sources, despite of countrywide hunt for nabbing the underground operatives of the Islamist extremist outfits involved in the incident of bomb blasts, the JMB activists are allegedly carrying out their mission in the country, it is learnt.
		RAB held Maulana Fariduddin Masood, a former Director General of the Islamic Foundation, from the Zia International Airport on Monday, reports UNB.
		RAB intelligence wing reportedly gave projection of an operations plan chalked out by the intelligence wing.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/08/23/front.htm (6581 words)

	BANGLADESH: Rapid Action Battalion officers arbitrarily torture and detain three men, resulting in the death of one
		Your urgent action is required to address the issue of torture and arbitrary illegal arrest by the RAB officers in Bangladesh.
		13 Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials arbitrarily tortured and arrested Sha Newaz Tito, Munir Hossain Talukdar and Ziaul Alam Dipu in the Agrabad area of Chittagong, Bangladesh on 4 August 2004.
		They were also witnesses of the fact that in their destruction of the house, the RAB found no sign of any arms or ammunition.
	www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2004/778?print=yes (1638 words)

	All Headline News - Four Dead After Bangladesh Bomb Blast - April 2, 2006
		Officials with the elite Rapid Action Battalion say a senior member of the banned Jamaat-ul Mujahideen group was killed in the blast, which occurred in the town of Comilla.
		According to reports, about 300 Rapid Action Battalion personnel surrounded a home in Comilla, about 55 miles east of the capital, Dhaka.
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	www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/7002760223 (193 words)

	Bangladesh defends crime-fighting unit EU accuses of extra-judicial killings - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The 4,000-strong Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), comprising soldiers and police officials, is credited with cutting crimes such as extortion by half since it was created a little over a year ago to tackle law and order in Bangladesh.
		Crime is a major political issue in Bangladesh and the country's four-party alliance government came to power in 2001 with a manifesto to tackle law and order problems.
		RAB officials say the deaths occur when suspects resist arrest by opening fire, forcing officers to retaliate.
	www.eubusiness.com /Europarl/050417093623.um9jj6pe (484 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Bangladesh's feared elite police
		The RAB was set up in April 2004 amid concerns about rising crime.
		That, he says, is why the RAB had to be created.
		But he argues that the RAB is not above the law and people can take its members to court if they believe a death was unlawful.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4522734.stm (657 words)

	The News Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We congratulate members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and other law enforcement agencies on their successful nabbing of the of Shaikh Abdur Rahman, the dreaded chief of the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and the mastermind behind many heinous criminal acts including serial and suicide bombings.
		The Shaikh and some of his associates including the members of his family were flushed out of their hideout in Sylhet with patience and without any bloodshed for which the RAB and other law enforcement agencies deserve kudos.
		Battalion have been conducting drive throughout the country on the basis of such details.
	www.newstoday-bd.com /editorial.asp?newsdate=3/3/2006 (3582 words)

	Move to challenge formation of RAB
		The establishment of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is being challenged.
		According to the petitioners, RAB was raised under the Armed Police Battalions (Amendment) Act, 2003.
		So RAB has turned out to be a head less body and ultra vires of the Constitution, the petitioners said.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/23/13363 (249 words)

	Metro
		The unit 7 officials of the Rapid Action Battalion, stationed in Chittagong, said their personnel had been deployed on the highway from the morning at three temporary outposts — at Baroiyarhat and Mahipal, and in Comilla.
		The decision on RAB deployment was made at a meeting on Friday following an alarming increase in robberies on the highways in recent times, the officials said.
		The battalion officials said the state minister for home affairs after a meeting on May 24 had asked the battalion to intensify its vigilance to stop ‘silent extortion,’ highway robberies and mugging.
	www.newagebd.com /2005/may/29/met.html (3049 words)

	Rantburg: Raw meat for the mind... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Rab is checking financial records and political connections of the businesspersons and their associates while preparing the list, said sources.
		Hasinur said the battalion was well aware of extra-judicial killing and said the battalion had engaged in no such act.
		Report from Jessore adds: An outlawed party leader was killed in a shootout between Rapid Action Battalion members and his accomplices at Changuti village in Abhoynagar upazila early on Sunday, RAB sources said.
	rantburg.com /index.php?HC=1&D=2005-05-16 (13525 words)

	The Bangladesh Poet of Impropriety: Despotic Desperation: Bangladesh's Rapid 'Assassination' Battalion
		If we are talking about anybody being 'elite' here, and if the RAB stories are to be believed as 100% kosher, we have to face the prospect of deadly 'elite' criminals on the loose, and RAB is surely no match for them.
		RAB's ability to literally 'hunt down' some of the worst known public offenders who have remained elusive, comes hand in hand with a noticeable change in many neighborhood where goons have either fled or have been picked up.
		Clearly deploying RAB is a palliative and no long-term strategies worth our notice have been spelled out to preclude the public fear of criminals.
	tpoi.blogspot.com /2005/03/despotic-desperation-bangladeshs-rapid.html (2292 words)

	BBC NEWS \| In pictures: Eid festival
		Members of the Rapid Action Battalion were deployed this year to help end the illegal checkpoints and bribe-taking.
		They are also on the look-out for cattle theft, which has been a major problem in previous years.
		The battalion denies it is heavy handed but it has a record for toughness.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/south_asia_eid_festival/html/3.stm (69 words)

	Khaleej Times Online
		CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh - Elite Bangladesh police fought a fierce gunbattle with bandits hidden in deep forests, killing at least 10 of the gang and recovering a cache of weapons and ammunition, police said on Thursday.
		Two members of the elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) were wounded during the raid in forests in the Raozan area of southeastern Chittagong district some 300 km (180 miles) from the capital, Dhaka, police said.
		The Rapid Action Battalion, comprised of members of the defence forces and police, was raised this year to combat hardened criminals nationwide.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2004/September/subcontinent_September983.xml§ion=subcontinent (242 words)

	Bangladesh: Crackdown on Terror or Image-building Exercise? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Six suspected Indian insurgents were killed on May 27 on a hilltop in Kamalganj, five kilometres off the Tripura border, in the northeastern district of Moulvibazar, in a joint operation conducted by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab).
		Similarly, the elite anti-crime force, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) involved in the operation is also suffering from a poor image.
		The officials of the joint crack force of Rapid Action Battalion and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) reportedly stated that the government for the first time has undertaken such a concerted effort to improve its image abroad, as Dhaka has often been criticized for inaction, and thereby letting terrorists thrive.
	www.saag.org /papers15/paper1411.html (1473 words)

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