>Hopefully we don't hear statements like "have to maintain age old >brotherly relations"
*** Why? Is it subversive? Uncivilized? >A brother who harms you and threatens your existence is no longer a brother. *** But what if your parents have inculcated that sibling enmity, by their acts of commission or omission? Should you, who is able to reason ( hopefully that is), go seek an eye for an eye? >A strong border protection force is needed to save Assam from these >marauders. **** That does make me feel good. Perhaps BSF would be a good candidate, considering their flawless performance along the B'desh border. Or better still it should be that two hundred thousand strong Indian army in Assam in charge of ULFA hunting -- no make that PC Ram rescuing. They ought to be able to do it, like they are, again, at the B'desh border or at Baksa. But then again, I wonder, if mouthing off inanities as a substitute for 'kando-gyan', a hallmark of 'adhakhunda' Indian intellectualism. At 9:06 AM +0800 7/7/07, Jyotirmoy Sharma wrote: >Has the CM left the US? The seriousness of this issue should be >highlighted to him. >We should celebrate or dance to Zubeen Garg's music but at the same >time think of the people who are falling victims to Naga crimes. >Hopefully we don't hear statements like "have to maintain age old >brotherly relations" and forget about this issue. A brother who harms >you and threatens your existence is no longer a brother. >A strong border protection force is needed to save Assam from these >marauders. An indefinite road blockage of Nagaland through Assam is a >good step in this direction. > >JS > > From Assam Tribune Ediorial > >Criminal, Cowardly >Armed Naga marauders are in a habit of attacking villages in upper >Asom because they know it well how ill-equipped the Asom police is in >pushing them back to Nagaland, and how well-equipped and powerful >they indeed are in comparison to the Asom police - backed as they are >by the NSCN(I-M). Thursday's attack on the three villages - Sonapur, >Dhekiajuri and Borholla - under Geleki police station in Sivasagar >district is in fact a pointer to the increasing confidence of the >Naga encroachers who are hell-bent on realizing the dream of a >greater Nagaland. The inspiration for that comes from the NSCN(I-M) >that still believes that the Government of India would finally >concede to its demand for a greater Nagaland comprising large areas >of Asom, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. So as the Naga marauders >attack villages in Asom in a criminal and cowardly show of strength, >they know the kind of homework they are doing at the behest of Naga >militants who are otherwise said to be in a ceasefire mode with the >Government of India - and hence who are expected to follow the >ceasefire guidelines. >The commanding officer of the 1st Assam Police Battalion based at >Ligeripukhuri in Sivasagar district, A Kuddus, has been quoted as >saying that Thursday's carnage by the Nagas in the three villages of >the district was a ''planned'' one. Two questions are in order, then. >If the Nagas are so given to carrying out ''planned'' attacks in >upper Asom - instances galore - what stops the Asom police from >planning a strategy, rightly contributed to by intelligence inputs, >to counter the Naga design in full might? Its lack of training and >expertise in dealing with such situations? Its stock of outdated >arsenal? Or is it that the Asom police is afraid of confronting the >Naga encroachers and their inspiration - the NSCN(I-M)? Secondly, and >this follows from the first, what then stops the Asom Government from >readying a police force capable of protecting the defenceless >villagers in the areas in the State bordering Nagaland? A diversion >to the security of the ordinary masses from the security at the >disposal of our ministers - the so-called VVIPs with red lights atop >their cars followed by a cavalcade well beyond anyone's imagination >in a functioning democracy - may contribute a bit towards ensuring >safety to ordinary lives in the areas in question. >Equally important is the fact that the Asomiyas, who have full faith >in the Constitution of India, are being left at the mercy of the >ULFA's terror tactics, the illegal Bangladeshis who have even >encroached on the sattra land, and the Nagas now who are out to grab >the land of innocent villagers in the State by terrorizing them. Is >the Consitution then protecting us? More important, does Asom's most >powerful 'representative', Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, realize >the gravity of the situation in his 'adopted' State? Let him now >prove his commitment to the people of Asom! >_______________________________________________ >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
