[ASSAM] 14/01/2005
01. Remote viewing and field intelligence help India find connection between Pakistan's ISI and insurgents like ULFA and Naxals in India Staff Reporter Pakistan's intelligence agency and covert operations organization ISI got a surprise of a life time when Indian Intelligence bureaus started busting their efforts in India. Remote Viewing and pin pointed field intelligence helped Indian intelligence in recognizing and neutralizing the ISI connections to Naxals and ULFA. Indian agents infiltrated the Naxal and ULFA infrastructure based on information from remote viewers and then confirmed and/or corrected the data. In recent days the Northeast India has seen tremendous activities from the ULFA, an insurgent group supported by neighboring countries. Indian intelligence found that Pakistan?s ISI had shifted the focus from Jammu and Kashmir to other parts of India to help the insurgents or militant group all over India. ISI found good acceptance in Northeast India and in Andhra Pradesh. On December 15, 2004, Indian Police in Orissa finally arrested a notorious naxalite leader William Marandi alias Napoleon responsible for killing 45 police personnel and two village headmen in the last three years. A graduate with a brilliant academic career, Napoleon is a top leader of the erstwhile Maoist Communist Centre (MCC). According to some sources, many ULFA and Naxal leaders who were never found in the last few years in spite of several attempts, bounties on their heads etc. are all on a sudden getting nabbed by Indian security infrastructure one after the other. Remote viewing and pin pointed field intelligence are helping the authorities find these militants. The biggest breakthrough came in December around the same time the Tsunami hit India. Indian intelligence created a booby trap based on remote viewing data and field intelligence on meeting between a foreign intelligence agency and ULFA, the militants in the Northeast. India did nothing to stop the meeting but followed the trail to find who was really behind it. The Central Indian Government possessed information that Pakistan?s ISI was directly or indirectly supporting Naxalite and ULFA activities in the country, Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said on Thursday. "We have the information on ISI directly or indirectly supporting the Naxalite and ULFA activities in the country," he told reporters. The minister said the Indian government has raised the issue with Pakistan. Also, the Naxalite activities are being encouraged from other neighboring countries, the minister said. He added that "the issue has been discussed with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar, and they have assured of initiating steps but the Indian government is not satisfied with the assurance from Bangladesh on the subject." Jaiswal said the states having international borders have been asked to improve their security and pay special attention to international borders. The Naxalite problem cannot be tackled independently either through force or development, Jaiswal said adding both the aspects should be undertaken simultaneously. Efforts are needed to generate employment in the less developed region, as it was the major cause of public turning Naxal, the minister said. The Center was prepared to provide help to state governments that plans for development of the region affected by Naxalites, Jaiswal said. "It is not merely a law and order issue but related to the internal security of the nation," he added. Bangladesh is an Islamic country on the east of India and formerly a part of Pakistan. The amount of pin pointed intelligence India is providing is worrying Bangladesh. http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/01-14_1-05.asp 14/01/20005 02. Non-Nagas in Assam in terror Surajit Talukdar (Newsfile) Non-Naga community of the state is under terror after two minority businessmen were killed by a group of local miscreants a few days back. Many of the members of the community fleeing for life from Nagaland's Wokha district, despite police officials confirming that security had been tightened throughout the district to prevent further violence. Shops owned by the minority people remained closed in fear of possible reprisal from the locals. The two dead businessmen were garment traders belonging to the lower Assam's Karimganj district. The whole unrest started off with a row between the traders and a customer, who was later killed by unidentified men. Following this, the angry mob is said to have beaten both traders into death. The terrified community urged the chief minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi to take the issue to his Nagaland counterpart to ensure the safety of the lives and properties of the minority people in Nagaland. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1198546,0009.htm 13/01/2005 03. 'Assam to be gateway to an invigorated N-E'Add to Clippings ANAND SOONDAS GUWAHATI: The lush lawn is wet with dew and for 9.30 in the morning the city looks pretty dark. But in a snug house perched out of harm's way on the shoulder of a small hillock, Tarun Gogoi is bright and cheerful. The nip in the air, too, stays out. The Assam chief minister is all aglow on Tuesday. Bending forward to emphasise a point, the 73-year-old Congress leader - who has increasingly built on his cosiness with Sonia Gandhi - says: "What is there to be unhappy about? Things are falling in place. The North-East will be the rediscovered frontier ... for trade and tourism, and Assam will be its gate." An astute politician, Gogoi seems to have a political design timed to bear fruit before Assam goes to polls in March next year. He has the added cushion of being on a safe seat unlike his counterpart in Meghalaya, D D Lapang. There is, of course, Bhubaneshwar Kalita, the state Congress chief, hovering in the background. Sonia, though, has neither the hurry nor reason to upset the equation in Brahmaputra country. Of course, there is also the entirely disconcerting feeling of being the chief minister of a state that has a rebel movement being directed by the United Liberation Front of Asom, one of the most obdurate groups of militants which has for the last 25 years triggered a relentless wave of violence. But Gogoi feels this, too, will pass. And the confidence with which he says it clearly indicates that something is brewing. The economy is growing, tourists are flocking and real estate prices are rising — all indicators of good health that he claims will overpower militancy. Adding some more stretch to Gogoi's smile is the support he seems to have garnered from a surprising front. Sharing the dais with him at a Youth Congress camp on Monday was Bimal Baruah, elder brother of Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah. Another unlikely guest at the happy congregation was Ajay, brother of Aravinda Rajkhowa, the outfit's chairman. Nobody believes that the two men were there by chance. The chief minister, however, claims they were. "They were just there. I really don't know anything about it," the Assam CM protests. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/988881.cms 13/01/2005 04. ISI direcly or indirectly supporting naxalites: Jaiswal: Mumbai, Jan 13 : The Centre possessed information that ISI was directly or indirectly supporting naxalite and ULFA activities in the country, Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said today. "We have the information on ISI directly or indirectly supporting the naxalite and ULFA activities in the country," he told reporters here. The Minister said the Indian government has raised the issue with Pakistan. Also, the naxalite activities are being encouraged from other neighbouring countries, the minister said adding "the issue has been discussed with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar, and they have assured of initiating steps but the Indian government is not satisfied with the assurance from Bangladesh on the subject." Jaiswal said the states having international borders have been asked to improve their security and pay special attention to international borders. The naxalite problem cannot be tackled independently either through force or development, Jaiswal said adding both the aspects should be undertaken simultaneously. Efforts are needed to generate employment in the less developed region as it was the major cause of public turning naxal, the minister said. The Centre was prepared to provide help to state governments that plans for development of the region affected by naxalites, Jaiswal said. "It is not merely a law and order ssue but related to the internal security of the nation," he added. PTI http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&id=60090 12/01/2005 05. Bomb explosion injures 12 in Assam: Jorhat (Assam), Jan 12 : A powerful bomb explosion by the banned ULFA today injured 12 people, a mother and her minor child seriously, and damaged two buildings in the heart of Jorhat town's main market populated by Marwari community. Additional superintendent of police Amitav Singh told PTI that the bomb planted suspectedly under a manhole cover between two shop buildings went off at around 7.10 p m injuring the shoppers and people at Marwaripatty area of the city. A mother and her seven-year-old daughter received 80 per cent burnt injuries while some were wounded by splinters from the bomb and in the stampede that followed the blast, he said. The injured were admitted to Jorhat Civil hospital where many people were going with complaints of loss of hearing power following the explosion that rocked the town and sent the doors and windows of houses rattling. The two buildings housing shops selling clothes and other merchandise were damaged in the blast. Immediately after the blast, the shops downed their shutters and the area was cordoned off, he said adding senior police officials have rushed to the site. PTI http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&id=59609 12/01/2005 06. Nine injured in bomb explosion in Assam: Jorhat (Assam), Jan 12 : Nine persons were injured, three of them seriously, and a building damaged when suspected ULFA militants exploded a bomb in the heart of this upper Assam town today, police said. The bomb went off in front of `Beria Building' housing shops selling clothes and other merchandise at Marwaripatty area of the city around 7.10 pm. The wounded had been admitted to Jorhat civil hospital, where the condition of a child, a woman and a man was stated to be serious, they said. The impact of the bomb explosion was so powerful that it shook the entire town and caused the doors and windows of the houses to rattle, the police said. Immediately after the blast the shops downed their shutters and the area was cordoned off. Panic ran high in the town after the blast and senior police officials have rushed to the site. PTI http://athens-olympics-2004.newkerala.com/?action=fullnews&id=59566 12/01/2005 07. Festival eve blast injures 14 in Assam: Jorhat (Assam), Jan 12 : ULFA militants struck on the eve of the Magh Bihu festival today injuring 14 persons, incuding a mother and her minor child seriously, in a bomb explosion in the heart of Jorhat town's main market populated by the Marwari community, police said. Additional Superintendent of Police Amitav Singh told PTI the bomb planted suspectedly under a manhole cover between two buildings went off around 7.10 injuring the shoppers and the people there at Marwaripatty area. The mother and her seven-year-old daughter who received 80 per cent burnt injuries were shifted to Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh. Some people received splinter wounds while others injured in the stampede that followed the bomb blast. They were admitted to Jorhat Civil Hospital, Singh said. Many people were coming to the hospital with complaints about deafness following the explosion. Most of the victims were shopping for "Uruka" the eve of 'Magh Bihu', the thanks-giving festival of Assamese community. The two buildings housing shops selling clothes and other merchandise were also damaged in the blast that rocked the city and rattled doors and windows. Immediately after the blast the shops downed their shutters and the area was cordoned off. Panic ran high in the city after the blast and senior police officials have rushed to the scene. PTI http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=59595 11/01/2005 08. WB govt to step up surveillance along Indo-Bhutan border: Kolkata, Jan 11 : To pre-empt any fresh militant activities and intrusion along Indo-Bhutan border, the West Bengal government today decided to intensify surveillance there and strengthen the existing police force. The state cabinet, which met during the day with Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee in the chair, decided to create 78 new posts in the state police under the supervision of an officer of the rank of Superintendent of Police for the purpose. The stepped-up vigil would help curb subversive activities of the militant outfits in the border areas and stop their intrusion in the north Bengal districts, Bhattacharjee said. Officials said militancy had considerably come down since the 'Operation Flushout' by the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) in 2003 but outfits like the banned ULFA and the KLO were still active in the region with the patronage of the ISI of Pakistan. PTI http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=59063 [NAGALAND] 14/01/2005 09. Nagalim: NSCN-Centre talks in the end of January Talks between the Centre and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) are scheduled to resume towards the end of January and for the first time a ministerial team is likely to represent the government. NSCN (I-M) leader and its emissary, V S Atem, said over phone from Nagaland that during the talks, the outfit will take up with the government its memorandum submitted earlier for a peaceful solution to the Naga problem. Isak Chishi Swu and T Muivah will represent the Naga outfit; the government side is likely to include ministers of state Oscar Fernandes, Prithviraj Chauhan and S Reghupaty. Asked about Muivah's trip to Nagaland, Atem said, "It is successful. People are continuously meeting him for an amicable solution." http://www.unpo.org/news_detail.php?arg=41&par=1758 14/01/2005 10. Swu, Muivah friends, but betrayed us: NNC: Kohima, Jan 14 : In a significant remark the vice-president of the Naga National Council (NNC) armed wing, the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN), General (Retd.) Viyalie Metha said, that NSCN (I-M) leaders Isak Chisi Swu and Thiungaleng Muivah are friends but they betrayed the nation in the freedom struggle. Talking to a select group of journalist in the Transit Peace Camp, where the leaders of NNC reside, he described Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalaim (Isak-Muivah) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah as "good friend" but alleged, "he betrayed the nation". General Metha, who was firm on the issue of integration of Naga inhabited areas and sovereignty, ruled out any possibility of reconciliation with NSCN (I-M). About the map of "Sovereign Nagalim" he said, "We are the people who live between India, China and Myanmar. It is a God gift. India can't deny it, Myanmar can't deny it, nor can any other nation deny it." L Kaiso, Home Minister, NNC added: "The territory is given in our constitution. The territory of Nagaland should consist of all Naga inhabited areas." Incidentally, the map of a "sovereign" Nagaland drawn up by the Adino Phizo faction of the Naga National Council (NNC) is identical to the one conceived by the NSCN (Isak-Muivah). The Naga National Council (NNC) was formed on February 2, 1946. The Naga movement started under the aegis of NNC of with the formation of Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) on March 22, 1956. After the signing of "Shillong Accord" between the India and the NNC on November 11, 1975 the internal dispute started and the outcome was the formation of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) on January 30, 1980. Again in 1988, the NSCN got divided in two groups. One faction led by Isak Chisi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah came to be known as NSCN (I-M) and the other led by S S Khaplang Heimi as NSCN (K). It may be mentioned here that on Dec. 14 last year, the day NSCN (I-M) collective leaders Isak and Muivah landed in Dimapur, Muivah had said, "The freedom struggle was started not by the NSCN but by the NNC led by Late A Z Phizo". Later on in an exclusive interview to ANI television on the issue of reconciliation he said, that if any group wants to come they are welcome, as we are here to take the opinion of Nagas. (ANI) http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=60357 14/01/2005 11. “Nagas have never struggled for integration but sovereignty”: NSCN (K) leader North East Press Service Kohima, Jan 14 (NEPS): The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) said, “The people of the north-eastern region should clearly know that the Nagas have been struggling for sovereignty and it will not be a threat to their integrity and political ideologies.” Talking to NEPS here over phone from Nagaland’s Mon district today, Kughalu Mulatonu, NSCN (K) Kilonser (Minister), explained that the Nagas had been fighting for sovereignty and for which ceasefire agreements were entered into with the Government of India for having a political dialogue. “Because the Naga issue is political and sovereignty is a political issue, whereas this demand of Naga integration is for social and emotional ones,” the NSCN (K) leader explained adding, “The Nagas have never struggled for ‘integration’ but ‘sovereignty’ and this was clear in the records of the British-India Government and the British Government in London through a memorandum submitted by Naga leaders as early as in 1929.” Lamenting that the Naga NGOS had failed to understand whether the Nagas had been fighting for “integration” or for “sovereignty,” the NSCN (K) leader said the NSCN (IM) collective leadership’s coming to Nagaland from Bangkok via Delhi and asking “views and opinions” of the Naga people was nothing but trying make the “Naga NGOs” a “scapegoat.” The NSCN (IM) leaderships had been holding political talks with the Government of India over the years without letting the Naga people know what was the basis and substance of their talks. And after almost collapsing the process with the Government of India, they are now coming to Nagaland to seek their “views and opinions.” “It is something ridiculous,” Mulatonu said asking, “How can you carry on talks which are going to decide the destiny of the Naga people without letting them know what was in the substance of the talks.” Whereas the NSCN (K), unlike its rival, would first seek the mandate of the Naga people, then only it would proceed to political level talks with the Government of India, the NSCN (K) Kilonser disclosed. “There is no hide and seek to this, we are open to all,” he stated. Asked when the organization would start political dialogues with the Government of India, Mulatonu said they would start as and when the Government of India “sends a formal invitation.” He, however, categorically stated the organization would first seek mandate of the Naga people before commencing any political dialogue with the Government of India. The NSCN (K) leader also alleged that Isaac and Muivah had already become good Indian citizens just before starting political dialogues with Delhi. “I now wonder the two leaders (Isaac and Muivah) of the NSCN (IM) will be on whose side when the NSCN (K) starts political dialogue with the Government of India,” he pointed out asking, “Where is the legitimacy for them to represent the Nagas after becoming Indian citizens.” With regard to the Naga unity, Mulatonu said Naga unity should be evolved from within but not the kind of theory manufactured and pushed forward by Isaac and Muivah. Because it was for “Indian unity and not for Naga unity,” he alleged. http://www.kanglaonline.com/index.php?template=headline&newsid=21750&typeid=1 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. 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