The sad part of this news is that Anjan Dutta lost! He of the profitable ASTC and an ACTUAL working minister.
--- Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Mukul da, > > >But Hazarika said in TV at Dibrugar" Ulfa won't do > such a dirty job. It > >is some other interest with big money backing" > > Then of course, all these reports that they made an > attempt on Hazarika's > life (from the AT/Sentinel) must be all wrong. Its > impossible to think that > the ULFA would engage in "dirty jobs" :-) > > --Ram > > > On 5/14/06, mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > But Hazarika said in TV at Dibrugar" Ulfa won't > do such a dirty job. It > > is some other interest with big money backing" > > > > mm > > > > ------------------------------ > > From: *"Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* > > To: *ASSAMNET <[email protected]>* > > Subject: *[Assam] ULFA a mariachi band? - HT* > > Date: *Sun, 14 May 2006 08:49:58 -0500* > > > > > > > > "*The Ulfa which has always spoken out against > "culturally imposing" > > Bollywood on the Northeast but clearly has no such > qualms about being > > inspired by Hollywood " - Rahul Karmakar in * > > Hindustan Times > > > > All one can say is Go West, young man(men), Go > West!. > > Or > > Antonio, Antonio, wherefore art thou Antonio? > > > > --Ram > > > > In Robert Rodriguez's classic *Desperado*, music > like everything else > > is beholden to violence. A little boy ferries > heroin in a banjo while El > > Mariachi, a killer played by Antonio Banderas, > moves from town to town with > > guns concealed in a guitar case a tale dark > enough to inspire none other > > than Assam's band of militia, the United > Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa). > > > > The latest strike by the Ulfa against former Asom > Gana Parishad (AGP) > > minister Pradip Hazarika, say the police, would > have made Mariachi proud. > > > > The Ulfa which has always spoken out against > "culturally imposing" > > Bollywood on the Northeast but clearly has no such > qualms about being > > inspired by Hollywood tweaked the script > slightly. The guitar was > > substituted with a more popular stringed > instrument in Assam the mandolin. > > > > > > > > On May 9, when Hazarika and his convoy of > motorcycle-bound supporters were > > passing through Amguri town in Sivasagar, the Ulfa > was lying in wait. When > > the group approached, two men opened fire on > Hazarika. The AGP leader > > survived he is now at AIIMS undergoing treatment > but two of his personal > > security officers did not. > > > > When the police officials reached the spot soon > after the strike, they > > found an abandoned mandolin case. Inquiries > revealed that a band of young > > musicians were doing the rounds of the area a few > days before the attack. > > > > "Cartridges near the mandolin case revealed the > assailants used AK-47s > > that in all probability were concealed in the > mandolin case," said a > > district police officer. The local people noticed > the boys moving about but > > did not think much about "innocuous looking > musicians", the officer said. > > > > However, the attack on Hazarika he won the > Amguri Assembly seat > > defeating transport minister Anjan Dutta of the > Congress has been no music > > to the ears of the police. The assailants have > been as slippery as their > > cinematic inspiration and it is feared they have > sneaked into adjoining > > Nagaland. > > > > Talk about the reel world spilling over to the > real. > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >assam mailing list > > >[email protected] > > > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
