The following is from The Corruption Chronicles.

A South-Asian Islamic country well known as a recruiting ground for terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is getting $15 million from the Biden administration to combat climate change.

The money will flow through a program called Enabling Environment for Climate Resilience Activity (EECRA) launched by the United States government specifically to create long term systemic shifts in Bangladesh’s climate resilience. The generous allocation is necessary, according to the government, because fully addressing the climate crisis requires long term, transformative changes that affect every aspect of society. And achieving it apparently requires millions of American taxpayer dollars.

Before delving into the new overseas U.S.-funded climate initiative, it is important to provide relevant background about Bangladesh, a hotbed of terrorism. The Muslim nation is a notorious terrorist recruiting ground that hates the U.S. Its history with violent extremism goes back to the 1990s when veterans of the anti-Soviet fight in Afghanistan returned to the country, according to the State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC).

In its 2019 report, OSAC writes that ISIS formally announced its foothold in Bangladesh back in 2015 and that anti-Western terrorist groups, some on the U.S. Government’s list of foreign terrorist organizations, are active in Bangladesh, including Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B), Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, AI, and ABT. “Terrorist groups continue to communicate their desire to target Westerners in Bangladesh,” according to the OSAC report. “ISIS threatened to continue discovering security gaps and holes to target expats, tourists, diplomats, garment buyers, missionaries, [and] sports teams in Bangladesh.”

The State Department has also determined that Bangladesh faces potential threats from returning foreign fighters, citing the return of at least 50 Bangladeshi citizens who traveled to Iraq and Syria to fight for ISIS.

Another alarming tidbit is the surge in Bangladeshi migrants trying to enter the U.S. via Mexico, presumably to conduct attacks. A congressional probe made public a few years ago reveals that migrants from terrorist nations are trying to enter the United States through the southern border at record rates, including an astounding 300% increase in Bangladeshi nationals attempting to sneak into the country through Texas alone.

Shortly after the congressional report was released, federal authorities arrested a Mexican-based Bangladeshi smuggler in Houston and charged him with bringing in 15 fellow countrymen through the Texas-Mexico border.

The U.S. assures that the climate action it is funding in Bangladesh will distribute resources equally among marginalized social groups and include underrepresented communities that typically are most impacted by climate change.

“Climate change planning in Bangladesh is top-down and not inclusive,” according to the grant announcement. “This activity will facilitate prioritizing and elevating the voices of historically excluded communities, including marginalized and underrepresented groups disproportionately affected by climate change.”

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