[osint] India: North East Insurgency Report 31DEC-03JAN [8 News Clippings]

2005-01-03 Thread Dak Bangla
[ASSAM] 03/01/2004 01. Alert sounded in Assam over US tremor warning Guwahati, Jan 2 : The Assam government Sunday sounded an alert asking police, health and civil officials to work out contingency disaster management plans in the event of an earthquake jolting the region, officials said.

[osint] India: Nepal Maoist-KLO-Ulfa nexus 03JAN [2 News Clippings]

2005-01-03 Thread Dak Bangla
01. Army keping vigil on Nepal Maoist-KLO-Ulfa nexus NIRMALYA BANERJEE KOLKATA: Links between Kamtapur Liberation Organization, United Liberation Front of Asom and the Maoists of Nepal are posing a new dimension to the insurgency situation in Assam and north Bengal, eastern command GOC-in-C

[osint] India: North East Insurgency Report 02-03JAN [7 News Clippings]

2005-01-03 Thread Dak Bangla
[Nagaland] 01. Prayers at NSCN camp for success of peace parleys with New Delhi: [India News]: Dimapur, Jan 3: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah), on the first Sunday of New Year 2005, observed a fast and prayer programme for the success of the ongoing peace talks with the

[osint] Bangladesh: Maoist Insurgency Report 03-04 JAN [5 News Clippings]

2005-01-03 Thread Dak Bangla
04/01/2004 01. Murders cross previous records in Jhenidah 101 in 2004 against 75 in 2003: 50 murders by outlaws The law and order situation deteriorated in Jhenidah district last year, with 101 murders committed during the period against 75 in 2003, according to a high-ranking police official.

[osint] South Asian Maoist Insurgency: Rebels, not criminals

2005-01-04 Thread Dak Bangla
04/01/2005 Rebels, not criminals Approach this disaffected community in a spirit of conciliation I have gone through the gist of talks between the government of Andhra Pradesh and the Naxalite groups in the state. The two sides were proceeding well and the ceasefire was holding firm. There was

[osint] Bangladesh: Maoist Insurgency Report 06Jan [1 News Clippings]

2005-01-06 Thread Dak Bangla
06/01/2005 Attempt on Journo: Khulna newsmen demand security Our Correspondent, Khulna Khulna journalists, concerned over Tuesday night's bomb attack on Dainik Jugantar Bureau Chief and a former leader of Khulna Union of Journalists, have asked police to step up security measures and demanded

[osint] Bangladesh: Islamist Groups [3 News Clippings]

2005-01-06 Thread Dak Bangla
06/01/2005 Passport forger for terror suspect Hambali held in Thailand: police (AFP) BANGKOK - Thai police have arrested a Bangladeshi man accused of providing top Asian terror suspect Hambali with a fake passport, reports said Thursday. Hoque Sindik, 40, was arrested at a central Bangkok

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2005-01-06 Thread Dak Bangla
03/01/2005 Manipur - In a strange whirlpool of Cross-Current by R. Upadhyay Manipur literally means a jewel-land, but for a last few decades the glamour of this culturally linked isolated corner of India too fell in the web of insurgency. Whatever may be the reasons behind the evolution of

[osint] India: The Tsunami - Some Securuty Aspects

2005-01-06 Thread Dak Bangla
04/01/2005 THE TSUNAMI--- SOME SECURITY ASPECTS by B.Raman Some security aspects of the widespread tragedy caused by the Tsunami of December 26, 2004, have not received the attention they deserve. 2. The first aspect relates to the fact that areas inhabited by ethnic minorities have been very

[osint] Bangladesh: Dixit India’s status as a National Security State

2005-01-07 Thread Dak Bangla
07/01/2005 Dixit India’s status as a National Security State Enayetullah Khan J.N. Dixit, informally known as Mani, was one of the most important actors in shaping Indian diplomatic and military involvement in the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence. Although belonging to the bureaucratic

[osint] Bangladesh: Chittagong Hill Tracts Insurgency Report [ 2 News Clippings]

2005-01-07 Thread Dak Bangla
07/01/2005 01. 11 AK47s, ammo seized at Bandarban again Our Correspondent, Bandarban Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) yesterday seized another huge cache of firearms and ammunition, including 11 AK47 rifles, from Naikkhongchhari with the law-enforcers still clueless about rampant arms smuggling in the

[osint] India: North East Insurgency Report [ 1 News Clippings]

2005-01-07 Thread Dak Bangla
07/01/2005 Two army personnel, including major killed in Assam due to mistaken identity: Guwahati, Jan 7 : Mistaken identity cost the lives of two army personnel, including a major, whom a joint police and CRPF team shot dead taking them to be ULFA militants in upper Assam's Dibrugarh district,

[osint] India: North East Insurgency Report 06-07JAN [9 News Clippings]

2005-01-07 Thread Dak Bangla
://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2theme=usrsess=1id=65076 = [About Dak Bangla Intelligence Scan] Based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, DakBangla is a twice weekly special interest Intelligence Scan Magazine. It studies and shares offbeat Open Source Intelligence and academic materials available

[osint] SRI LANKA: LTTE's Prabhakaran killed in tsunami?

2005-01-08 Thread Dak Bangla
08/01/2005 Tamil Tiger leader dead or missing after tsunami: Sri Lanka radio (AFP) COLOMBO - Elusive Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and his intelligence chief Pottu Amman are among the dead or missing after last week’s tsunami disaster, state radio said Saturday, sparking fresh

[osint] ANALYSIS: Conventional war with India seen turning nuclear

2005-01-08 Thread Dak Bangla
08/01/2005 Conventional war with India seen turning nuclear By Anwar Iqbal UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL No conventional war between India and Pakistan will remain limited for long — it would gradually lead to a full-scale war and ultimately to a nuclear conflict, warns a study by a Pakistani

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2005-01-09 Thread Dak Bangla
08/01/2005 The Salvador Option’ The Pentagon may put Special-Forces-led assassination or kidnapping teams in Iraq By Michael Hirsh and John Barry Jan. 8 - What to do about the deepening quagmire of Iraq? The Pentagon’s latest approach is being called the Salvador option—and the fact that it

[osint] South East Asia: Insurgencies Cast Shadow Over Tsunami Relief

2005-01-09 Thread Dak Bangla
09/01/2005 insurgencies Cast Shadow Over Tsunami Relief By David Fox GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Long-running armed rebellions in Indonesia and Sri Lanka cast a shadow on Sunday over massive relief efforts in two nations devastated by a deadly tsunami two weeks ago. Indonesia's military

[osint] India: North East Insurgency- Manipur: Rampaging Militants, Mute State

2005-01-10 Thread Dak Bangla
Manipur: Rampaging Militants, Mute State Bibhu Prasad Routray Director, ICM Database Documentation Centre, Guwahati On January 6, the Meitei insurgent Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), a militant outfit fighting for an independent homeland for the majority Meitei community in Manipur, asked heads

[osint] BANGLADESH: Maoist Insurgency Report 11 JAN [3 News Clippings]

2005-01-11 Thread Dak Bangla
11/01/2005 01. Khulna outlaw leader killed in Rab 'crossfire' Staff Correspondent, Khulna A leader of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party's (PBCP) M-L faction was killed in 'crossfire' between the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and his accomplices in Jessore yesterday. Abdul Hye, 45, a

[osint] INDIA: North East Insurgency Report 11-14JAN [11 News Clippings]

2005-01-14 Thread Dak Bangla
[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

[osint] BANGLADESH New Phase of the Resistance

2005-01-14 Thread Dak Bangla
New Phase of the Resistance A tiny hamlet in the southern part of Bangladesh, woke up shivering on a broad daylight. A minor Hindu girl is being raped by more than 10 very well known strong and powerful men of the neighbourhood. The entire village saw the act, the entire village knows the

[osint] BANGLADESH: Maoist Insurgency Report 15 JAN [2News Clippings]

2005-01-15 Thread Dak Bangla
15/01/2005 01. PBCP leaders' widows form suicide squad Staff Correspondent, Khulna Security in Khulna city and district has been tightened following information that widows of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) leaders have formed a suicide squad to avenge killings of their husbands in

[osint] Assessment: The Roots of Extremism in Bangladesh

2005-01-15 Thread Dak Bangla
The Roots of Extremism in Banglades By Wilson John In many ways, Bangladesh seems an excellent place for al-Qaeda to find sanctuary in the decisive years ahead. It is an impoverished Islamic nation, politically weak and backward in its economic development. Its ports have been active hubs for

[osint] INDIA: Panic grips Bangladeshis after being asked to leave India within 30 days

2005-01-15 Thread Dak Bangla
14/01/2005 Panic grips Bangladeshis after being asked to leave India within 30 days Kendrapada (Orissa), Jan 14 : The Indian government has asked over 1500 Bangladesh nationals, living in its eastern coast for decades, to leave the country despite protests by the immigrants who say they have no

[osint] Analysis: India's Missile Programme

2005-01-15 Thread Dak Bangla
14/01/2005 India's missile programme takes a leap forward Ravi S. Jha NEW DELHI — Even when Pakistan's attempt to successfully procure new generation F-16 fighter aircrafts from US has become a subject of disquiet in India, New Delhi's deliberation of exporting high-end nuclear-capable

[osint] INDIA: North East Insurgency 13-15JAN [ 10 News Clippings]

2005-01-15 Thread Dak Bangla
[ASSAM ] 13/01/2005 01. Asom Sena a historical mistake : AAMSU GUWAHATI, Jan 13 – The All Assam Minorities Students’ Union (AAMSU) has lashed out against the recent decision of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) to raise an Asom Sena. It has described the move as a “historic mistake”.

[osint] BANGLADESH: Islamic Groups 11-15 JAN [4 News Clippings]

2005-01-15 Thread Dak Bangla
15/01/2005 01. Khatme Nabuwat 'deadline' to govt Staff Correspondent International Khatme Nabuwat Movement, Bangladesh, yesterday set December 23 this year as the deadline for the government to enact a law declaring the Ahmadiyyas non-Muslim. Giving the deadline at a rally of Islamic zealots

[osint] INDIA: North East Insurgency Report 15-17JAN [ 8 News Clippings]

2005-01-17 Thread Dak Bangla
16/01/2005 [ASSAM] 01. Hardcore ULFA militant dies in grenade blast: Guwahati, Jan 16 : A hardcore ULFA militant was killed when a grenade which he was trying to hurl at the security forces went off in his hands, police said today. The militant identified as Ajit Deka died on the spot in the

[osint] INDIA: Assessment - Left Wing Extremist Consolidation Undermines Electoral Processes

2005-01-17 Thread Dak Bangla
Left Wing Extremist Consolidation Undermines Electoral Processes Guest Writer: Sanjay K. Jha Associate Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies Analyses, New Delhi The election process in the States of Bihar and Jharkhand, scheduled for February 2005, has been brought under serious threat by an

[osint] US Special forces 'on the ground' in Iran [2 Reports]

2005-01-17 Thread Dak Bangla
01. U.S. Has Reportedly Sent Teams Into Iran By a Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Since at least last summer, the United States has conducted secret reconnaissance missions inside Iran in an effort to identify three dozen or more suspected nuclear, chemical and missile sites that could

[osint] BANGLADESH: Bomb Incidents 13-18 JAN [6 News Clippings]

2005-01-18 Thread Dak Bangla
18/01/2005 01. Amin Bazar grenade carrier linked to Aug 21 attack Court Correspondent Mohammad Hossain, arrested with a hand grenade on January 10 from Amin Bazar, was shown arrested in the August 21 grenade attack case yesterday and put on a three-day remand for interrogation. Metropolitan

[osint] BANGLADESH: Islamic Groups 18 JAN [2 News Clippings]

2005-01-18 Thread Dak Bangla
18/01/2005 Suspected Islamist militant held with explosives Our Correspondent, Bogra Police arrested a youth in a house at Gabtoli upazila in the district early yesterday and seized powerful explosives and bomb-making substances from his possession. The detainee Shafiqullah, who hails from

[osint] India's ticking immigrant time bomb

2005-01-18 Thread Dak Bangla
14/01/2004 India's ticking immigrant time bomb By Ramtanu Maitra There is little doubt among those in New Delhi who have even a cursory knowledge of India's northeast that it is a time bomb that will explode sooner or later. The 4,096-kilometer-long and porous India-Bangladesh border makes for

[osint] ANALYSIS: Burma in Crisis

2005-01-18 Thread Dak Bangla
16/10/2005 Burma in Crisis By Myint Thein - Senior Advisor to the Burmese Resistance The Burmese military government refused Tsunami disaster assistance because it was delivered by an American Aircraft Carrier with many fighter jets and attack helicopters. The last time an American Naval

[osint] BANGLADESH: Islamic Groups 17-19JAN [2 News Clippings]

2005-01-19 Thread Dak Bangla
19/01/2005 01. Islamists attacked Jatra, says arrestee Our Correspondent, Bogra Islamist militants of Jamatul Mujahedin (JM) were involved in Saturday's bomb attack on a Jatra (a folk theatre form) show in Laxmikola village in Shahjahanpur upazila, a detainee confessed to police yesterday.

[osint] INDIA: The case of the Gujarat riots

2005-01-19 Thread Dak Bangla
20/01/2004 The case of the Gujarat riots By Siddharth Srivastava NEW DELHI - Since India won independence in 1947, there have been two major instances of mass killings of members of a particular community/faith, with enough evidence being thrown up of complicity by the state or those in power;

[osint] REPORT: Heroin Production and Trafficking in Indo-Burma Border

2005-01-19 Thread Dak Bangla
18/01/2005 Heroin Production and Trafficking in Indo-Burma Border T. Siamchinthang Today, the Indo-Burma border is the worlds biggest heroin trafficking area and heroin is frequently described as Burmas most valuable export. Since Burmas military regime, then called the State Law and Order

[osint] INDIA: North East Insurgency Report 18-19JAN [News Clippings]

2005-01-19 Thread Dak Bangla
[ASSAM] 19/01/2005 Assam Tribune Editorial 01. The gravest threat to security Poonam I Kaushish “You don’t need to invest Rs 3 lakh on a Colt, a Smith and even a Wesson to kill us. Just Rs 100 is enough. The break-up: Rs 2 for detonator, Rs 7 per packet of powder gel, Rs 50 for 15 kg ammonium

[osint] INDIA: North East Insurgency Report 19-20 JAN [ 4 News Clippings]

2005-01-20 Thread Dak Bangla
[ASSAM] 20/01/2005 01. Two killed, 12 injured in Assam blasts (LEAD) Guwahati,Two people were killed and a crude oil installation was blown up in Assam in a string of explosions blamed on the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), officials said Thursday. There were three bomb blasts, two

[osint] Strategic factors in India-Bangladesh relations

2005-01-20 Thread Dak Bangla
Strategic factors in India-Bangladesh relations Brigadier General M. Sakhawat Hussain (retd) Current Indo-Bangla relations could hardly be classified as any thing but warm, depending upon which stratum of India one is talking about. I find four strata of India. One, political, two,

[osint] BANGLADESH: Islamic Groups 21 JAN [3 News Clippings]

2005-01-21 Thread Dak Bangla
21/01/2005 01. Police question Bangladeshi over failed attack on Afghan warlord KABUL, Afghanistan - Police investigating a failed suicide attack on an anti-Taleban warlord said on Friday they were questioning a Bangladeshi man over the incident, while a hospital said all but one of the 25

[osint] BANGLADESH: Maoist Insurgency Report 21 JAN [ 3 News Clippings]

2005-01-21 Thread Dak Bangla
21/01/2005 01. Five killed in crossfire Star Report Three alleged outlaws and two criminals were killed in 'shootouts' during police actions in Kushtia, Satkhira, Bogra and Dhaka yesterday. Of the outlaws two were top cadres of Biplobi Communist Party (BCP) while one was from Janajuddho

[osint] INDIA; North East Insurgency Report 20-21 JAN [10 News Clippings]

2005-01-21 Thread Dak Bangla
[ASSAM] 21/01/2005 01. ULFA owns up responsibility for serial blasts GUWAHATI Banned terror outfit ULFA has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's serial blasts in Assam that left one person dead and six others injured. A person, identifying himself to be Paresh Barua, the self-styled

[osint] Understanding IED's: Trial by Fire

2005-01-21 Thread Dak Bangla
21/01/2005 Trial by Fire Op-Ed Assam Tribune The curtains had fallen on the year behind. The first bright rays of the New Year sun streaked across the blue tapestry of the morning sky. Arcs of yellow rimmed the lower clouds as the sea of people rang in the New Year with joy and mirth. The

[osint] INDIA: North East Insurgency Report 21-22JAN [9 News Clippings]

2005-01-21 Thread Dak Bangla
[ASSAM] 22/01/2005 01. Gas pipeline blown up in Upper Assam Guwahati: Suspected ULFA militants blew up a gas pipeline at Bangal Gaon village under Chabua police station in Dibrugarh district of Upper Assam late last night, according to a delayed report received here. Police sources here

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2005-01-22 Thread Dak Bangla
22/01/2005 In the grip of Maoism By Sultan Shahin NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India (CPI Maoist) and Janashakti, the two main Maoist groups in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday pulled out from the three-month-old peace talks initiated by the state government, with the

[osint] INDIA: In the grip of Maoism

2005-01-22 Thread Dak Bangla
22/01/2005 In the grip of Maoism By Sultan Shahin NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India (CPI Maoist) and Janashakti, the two main Maoist groups in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday pulled out from the three-month-old peace talks initiated by the state government, with the

[osint] INDIA: North East Insurgency Report 22-23JAN [9 News Clippings]

2005-01-22 Thread Dak Bangla
[ASSAM] 23/01/2005 01. Gogoi on hit list of ULFA: Official GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is in the hit list of the proscribed ULFA and the Centre has been asked to provide him suitable security in view of the threat perception, Home Commissioner B K Buragohain said today.

[osint] BANGLADESH: Islamic Groups 20-22JAN [2 News Clippings]

2005-01-23 Thread Dak Bangla
22/01/2005 01. Experts alarmed by extremist tilt in BangladeshAdd to Clippings KOLKATA: Those with any concern for democracy should be alarmed by the condition in Bangladesh. For the country which once fought famously to preserve its language is fast turning into a hub of fundamentalist,

[osint] BANGLADESH: The next Islamist revolution?

2005-01-23 Thread Dak Bangla
Bangladesh was supposed to be a model of democratic tolerance. But that was before militants like Bangla Bhai began their reigns of torture and the cry went up for a new Taliban. NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE January 23, 2005 The Next Islamist Revolution? By ELIZA GRISWOLD Before dawn one morning

[osint] Spiritual leader Deepak Chopra tackles world peace

2005-01-23 Thread Dak Bangla
24/01/2005 India-born Spiritual leader Deepak Chopra tackles world peace NEW YORK - It’s an incongruous image: Deepak Chopra, leader of a spiritual movement that has introduced millions of Americans to the benefits of positive thinking, waving a cell phone in the air as he lists its capacities

[osint] PAKISTAN: Balochistan Opening another Front?

2005-01-24 Thread Dak Bangla
Balochistan: Opening another Front? Kanchan Lakshman Research Fellow, Institute for Conflict Management; Assistant Editor, Faultlines: Writings on Conflict Resolution As the people of Pakistan celebrated Id-ul-Azha, there was an unexpected and uncertain lull in violence in the province of

[osint] INDIA: North East Insurgency Report 23JAN [14 News Clippings]

2005-01-24 Thread Dak Bangla
[ASSAM] 23/01/2005 Assam Tribune - Editorial 01. Blame game The political parties have resorted to a blame game on the failure to seal the international border to prevent infiltration of foreign nationals and free movement of insurgents but no party can escape the responsibility for the

[osint] The emerging Bay of Bengal

2005-01-24 Thread Dak Bangla
25/01/2005 The rise of India and China is a powerful phenomenon that is influencing economics and security globally, but also regionally in places like the Bay of Bengal. New Delhi, partly because it is determined to be a powerful regional actor, and partly because it is acting to contain China,

[osint] BANGLADESH; The Unlucky Candidate

2005-01-24 Thread Dak Bangla
We can therefore confidently dismiss Ms. Griswold's theory of impending Islamic revolution in Bangladesh. But we still have to find a culprit for the August 21 bomb attack on an Awami League rally and for the physical assault on Professor Shamsur Rahman which seems to be Ms. Griswold's last line

[osint] PAKISTAN: The rape in Balochistan

2005-01-24 Thread Dak Bangla
The fact that something like this happened is bad enough but worse still is the fact that the organisation this woman worked for allegedly tried to cover up the incident rather than take effective measures to bring the criminals to justice. That so much time has passed without formal charges

[osint] INDIA : North East Insurgency Report 24-25 JAN [ 8 News Clippings]

2005-01-25 Thread Dak Bangla
[ASSAM] 25/01/2005 01. Suspected bomb detected at Guwahati Guwahati, Jan 25: A suspected bomb was detected in the Bamunimaidan area of the city this morning amidst ULFA serial bomb blasts across the state since the last one week in the run up to the Republic Day tomorrow. Police sources said

[osint] ANALYSIS: The Persian Influence and Timetable

2005-01-25 Thread Dak Bangla
24/01/2005 The Persian Influence and Timetable - Iran's military preparations since the end of the Iran/Iraq War Willard Payne On 5 January this year Reuters mentioned Iran’s Defense Minister Adm. Ali Shamkani’s statement that in 18 months, next summer, Iran would launch a locally made

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2005-01-25 Thread Dak Bangla
25/01/2005 It is only through the expansion of trade links between northeastern India and Burma, Thailand and Yunnan that industrialisation, tourism and investments in the northeast can be stepped up. In turn that may lead to Bangladesh breaking out of its self-imposed isolationism and agreeing

[osint] BANGLADESH: The Bangla Bhai fallout

2005-01-26 Thread Dak Bangla
But Bangla Bhai, the darling of the Rajshahi police and the local politicos alike, returned to reference with a bang, first in a gala world-wide premiere of sorts in the New York Times magazine of January 10, 2005, and then in a counter mob-justice administered to three of the Bangla Bhai

[osint] BANGLADESH: Islamic Groups 26Jan [ 7 News Clippings]

2005-01-26 Thread Dak Bangla
26/01/2005 01. Defiant JMJB keeps on reign of panic AL postpones hartal amid security fears; another JMJB leader held Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi Awami League postponed its half-day hartal in Bagmara upazila yesterday amid a reign of panic as Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) remained

[osint] INDIA: North East Inusurgency Report 25-26Jan [9 News Clippings]

2005-01-26 Thread Dak Bangla
[ASSAM] 26/01/2005 01. Blasts rock Assam, Manipur; soldiers kill two By Syed Zarir Hussain, Indo-Asian News Service Guwahati, Jan 26 (IANS) Explosions triggered by separatists marred Republic Day celebrations in Assam and Manipur Wednesday as soldiers killed two civilians in an apparent faux

[osint] ANALYSIS: Pakistan may face lengthy conflict on Afghan border

2005-01-26 Thread Dak Bangla
Pakistan may face lengthy conflict on Afghan border 26/01/2005 By Amir Zia QUETTA, Pakistan, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Pakistani forces, already stretched battling Islamic militants and guarding the Indian frontier, could be sliding into a protracted separatist conflict in a key province bordering

[osint] BANGLADESH: Maoist Insurgency Report [2 News Clippings]

2005-01-26 Thread Dak Bangla
01. Two killed in 'crossfire' Mob lynches 2 outlaws Staff Correspondent, Khulna An outlaw leader and a highwayman were killed in 'crossfire' with police yesterday in Khulna and Naogaon. Angry mobs also killed two outlaws in Bagerhat the same day. Dipankar Sarker, 35, a listed criminal and a

[osint] PAKISTAN: Balochistan sliding into protracted ‘separatist’ conflict

2005-01-26 Thread Dak Bangla
27/01/2005 Balochistan sliding into protracted ‘separatist’ conflict (Reuters) QUETTA — Pakistani forces, already stretched battling militants and guarding the Indian frontier, could be sliding into a protracted separatist conflict in a key province bordering Afghanistan, military officials and

[osint] ASSESSMENT: Maoism In India And Its Appearance In Nepal

2005-01-26 Thread Dak Bangla
India is a regional hegemonic power and Nepal and Nepalis have to live with that. India's position on the armed maoist insurgency in Nepal is not static. Initially India considered this Nepal's internal problem. Maoists used the open boarder between Nepal and India very effectively for shelter,

[osint] ASSESSMENT: India shifts regional geopolitical cards

2005-01-27 Thread Dak Bangla
India's tsunami assistance rendered to its immediate neighbors can also be viewed as going beyond the humanitarian dimension. India's willingness to help Sri Lanka and the Maldives clearly indicates that New Delhi takes an active interest in the region, Betram Bastiampillai, former professor of

[osint] PAKISTAN: Balochistan - Between Gas Guns

2005-01-27 Thread Dak Bangla
Last week, Satribune.com, a web-based newspaper covering issues pertaining to South Asia, featured a special report on Balochistan. Claiming that Baloch students and second-generation tribal leaders have been particularly susceptible to the call for taking up arms against Islamabad, Satribune.com

[osint] BANGLADESH: Bomb Incidents 28 JAN [ 3 News Clippings]

2005-01-27 Thread Dak Bangla
28/01/2005 01. A grisly reminder of unsolved killings Zayadul Ahsan It has the chilling similarity to the August 21 grenade attacks on Sheikh Hasina. The venue is a public rally, the speakers and participants all Awami League workers. The timing of attacks is just when the rallies ended. Even

[osint] BANGLADESH: Habinganj Bomb Attack Update 27-28JAN [ 6 News Clippings]

2005-01-27 Thread Dak Bangla
28/01/2005 01. Kibria, 4 AL men killed in grenade attacks 70 wounded as killers throw 2 grenades on AL rally in Habiganj; Hartal tomorrow Former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria and four other Awami League (AL) activists were killed in a grenade attack on an AL rally at Boidder Bazar in

[osint] INDIA: North East Insurgency Report 27-28JAN [7 News Clippings]

2005-01-27 Thread Dak Bangla
28/012005 01. ‘Weak’ outfit in R-Day retort - ‘salute’ or sabotage? Assam governor Lt Gen. (retd) Ajai Singh and an aide look towards the direction where the second blast occurred during the Republic Day parade at Judges Field, Guwahati, on Wednesday. Picture by Eastern Projections Guwahati,

[osint] Hindus fiercely defend Swastika, slam Nazi controversy

2005-01-28 Thread Dak Bangla
In New Delhi, Giriraj Kishore, general secretary of the VHP slammed the move saying the ban could be devastating to the sentiments of the Hindus who have accepted and respected all religious symbols in their homeland. Kishore said any disrespect to the Swastik, a 5000-year-old emblem finding

[osint] PERSPECTIVE: What If Iran Has the Bomb?

2005-01-28 Thread Dak Bangla
This is a terrible choice, I know. But until saner heads can construct a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, the world wound be a lot safer with MAD than with a mix of massive air strikes and commando raids on Iran's nuclear, industrial, and oil exporting infrastructure. And, from my reading of

[osint] BANGLADESH: Habiganj Bomb Attack Update # 2- 28JAN [ 7 News Clippings]

2005-01-28 Thread Dak Bangla
28/01/2005 01. Bangladeshi opposition to launch 72-hour nation-wide strike DHAKA, Jan. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- The main opposition party of Bangladesh on Friday announced a non-stop 72-hour hartal (destructive strike) from Saturday across the country to protest against an attack on its rally that

[osint] BANGLADESH: The Next Taliban State?

2005-01-29 Thread Dak Bangla
What is surprising that Sheikh Hasina, the leader of the opposition in the parliament belonging to the Awami League, not only favours such alarmist stories but she has been persistently portraying the present coalition government of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as 'pro-Taliban', 'Pro-Pakistan' and

[osint] BANGLADESH: US Condemns Habiganj Bombing, Warns of Climate of Impunity

2005-01-29 Thread Dak Bangla
The State Department strongly condemned the incident, which it said was the latest in a disturbing series of attacks on leaders of the Bangladeshi opposition and civil society, and the second fatal attack on an Awami League rally in six months. Department spokesman Steven Pike called the incident

[osint] BANGLADESH: Islamic Groups 28- 29JAN [5 News Clppings]

2005-01-29 Thread Dak Bangla
NEWS HEADLINES IN CLIPPINGS 01. Resist these criminals 02. 2 associates of Bangla Bhai arrested 03. Hearing today on remand of 25 JMJB men 04. JMJ man arrested 05. Rab, police seize M16, guns in Chittagong // 29/01/2005 NewAge Editorial 01. Resist these criminals The

[osint] INDIA: North East Insurgency Report 28-29JAN [7 News Clippings]

2005-01-29 Thread Dak Bangla
NEWS HEADLINES IN CLIPPINGS 01. ULFA is 'frustrated', says Indira Goswami 02. Vij ignores creeping careerism 03. Govt keen on talks with ULFA: Governor 04. Nagalim an illusion: UNLF 05. Three held by AR, I/W police, arms recovered 06. UGs held 07. UNLF takes issue with NSCN on ‘Naga

[osint] MYANMAR: Coup in Rangoon? 28-29JAN [ 5 News Clippings]

2005-01-29 Thread Dak Bangla
+ MIZZIMA BRIEF: Thai Prime Minister confirms reports of political tension riseing in Burma. Kachin Post: Vice-Chairman of juntas State Peace and Development Council Vice-Senior General Maung Aye was rounded up at undisclosed location in capital Rangoon and his office was closed down.Several

[osint] BANGLADESH: SAARC drifting on undercurrent of tension

2005-01-29 Thread Dak Bangla
+ Bangladeshi newspapers published reports from their Kolkata correspondents that demands to punish Bangladesh were voiced by Indian speakers and some Bangladeshi expatriate non-Muslim delegates in an 'international' conference attended by a French journalist and briefly by Taslima Nasreen, the

[osint] BANGLADESH: JMJB behind Jatra attack, nabbed terrorist says

2005-01-29 Thread Dak Bangla
30/01/2005 JMJB behind Jatra attack, nabbed terrorist says Our Correspondent, Bogra An operative of Bangla Bhai on Friday night claimed Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) responsible for carrying out the bomb attack on a jatra show (a folk theatre form) at Laxikola village of Shahjahanpur

[osint] BANGLADESH: General Strike-Day 2- Updtae 30JAN [3News Clippings]

2005-01-30 Thread Dak Bangla
NEWS HEADLINES IN CLIPPINGS 01. Violence mars Bangladesh opposition strike 02. Opposition strike grips Bangladesh for second day 03. Violence mars Bangladesh strike // 30/01/2005 01. Violence mars Bangladesh opposition strike DHAKA, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Police beat back

[osint] INDIA: Bangladesh to crackdown on rebel bases 30-31JAN [3 News Clippings]

2005-01-31 Thread Dak Bangla
NEWS HEADLINES IN CLIPPINGS 01. Bangladesh may launch crackdown on anti-India rebel bases 02. Positive response from Bangladesh on checking militancy: Patil 03. Patil visits Bangladesh border for confidence building: Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005

[osint] BANGLADESH: Islamic Groups 30-31JAN [ 2 News Clippings]

2005-01-31 Thread Dak Bangla
HEADLINES IN NEWS CLIPPINGS 01. Cultural outfits, NGOs JMJB's new target 02. Bangla Bhai men circulate leaflet calling for jihad /// Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/01/bangladesh-islamic-groups-30-31jan-2.html 31/01/2005 01. Cultural outfits, NGOs JMJB's

[osint] BANGLADESH: Maoist Insurgency Report 29-31JAN [4 News Clippings]

2005-01-31 Thread Dak Bangla
HEADLINES IN NEWS CLIPPINGS 01. 3 outlaws killed in 'crossfire' 02. 3 suspected extremists killed in shootout 03. 2 Chuadanga PBCP men killed in 'crossfire' 04. PBCP leader killed in 'crossfire' Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/01/bangladesh-maoist-insurgency

[osint] BANGLADESH: Bangla Bhai and revolution

2005-01-31 Thread Dak Bangla
+ Now about Bangla Bhai(BB). The guy is an absolute thug and needs to be brought to justice as soon as possible. But for an American journalist to see him as a milestone to an Islamist Revolution in Bangladesh is not only far fetched, but downright malicious.+ 31/01/2005 DakBangla:

[osint] BANGLADESH: Crossfire extravaganza: Mindless playing with fire?

2005-01-31 Thread Dak Bangla
, perhaps, can easily be dismissed as outright lies as only blatant lies are always consistent, the hard truth hardly is.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/01/bangladesh-crossfire-extravaganza.html Crossfire extravaganza: Mindless playing with fire? CAF Dowlah 31/01/2005 Not very long

[osint] ANALYSIS: Israel and Iran compete for Influence in the US through Pentagon

2005-01-31 Thread Dak Bangla
than they ever dreamed in Russia. They are just perfecting some of the delivery systems and Tehran is setting up events to provide them a reason to use them. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/01/bangladesh-islamic-groups-30-31jan-2.html 31/01/2005 Military Analysis: Israel

[osint] BANGLADESH: SAARC on schedule - 30 JAN [3 News Clippings]

2005-01-31 Thread Dak Bangla
HEADLINES IN NEWS CLIPPINGS 01. 'Time inappropriate for holding SAARC summit in Dhaka': says Reza Kibria 02. Dhaka rules out postponement of Saarc summit 03. SAARC summit as planned: Bangladesh Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/01/bangladesh-saarc-on-schedule-30-jan-3.html 30/01

[osint] INDIA: North East Inusurgency Report 29-31JAN [11 News Clippings]

2005-01-31 Thread Dak Bangla
leaders in Delhi for next round of talks 08. NSCN leaders in Delhi to further talks 09. Congress, BJP delegates meet NSCN leaders 10. KNF rejects Muivah 'offer' 11. [PERSPECTIVE] Through developments, wean away militancy Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/01/india

[osint] NEPAL: King Takes over, Emergency Declared, Airport closed 01FEB [ 8 NEWS CLIPPINGS]

2005-02-01 Thread Dak Bangla
denies 'coup' 07. India voices concern over political developments in Nepal 08. Emergency Nepal's internal affair: China Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/nepal-king-takes-over-emer_110726227514916\ 618.html 01/02/2005 01. Nepal's

[osint] ANALYSIS: SAARC- Delhi digs on terror

2005-02-01 Thread Dak Bangla
a bearing on this country.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/bangladesh-political-unrest-tata-quit.html 01/02/2005 Delhi digs on terror With the Saarc summit beginning in Dhaka a few days from now, India is deeply worried about the deteriorating law and order situation in Bangladesh

[osint] NEPAL: Press Release: Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) on the King's Coup

2005-02-01 Thread Dak Bangla
01/02/2005 Press Release: Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) on the King's Coup Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/nepal-press-release-communist-party-of.html Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Central committee Press Release The coterie of fratricidal, genocidal, corrupted

[osint] STUDY: Is Bangladesh the Next Afghanistan?

2005-02-02 Thread Dak Bangla
preferred political party, indulges in politics of the left a mish-mash of anti-imperialism, socialism, nostalgic admiration of Maoist China and resentment of America that remain stuck in the world of nineteen-sixties, of the Vietnam war and China's cultural revolution. + Dak Bangla: http

[osint] ANALYSIS: Islam and democracy

2005-02-02 Thread Dak Bangla
to the ugly, fanatical face of radical Islam, through the indiscriminate killing of Westerners, assorted infidels and fellow Muslims. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/analysis-islam-and-democracy.html 02/01/2005 Islam and democracy By Helle Dale Is Islam culturally

[osint] ANALYSIS: Contradictions in US policy towards Pakistan and South Asia

2005-02-02 Thread Dak Bangla
the relationship from the perspective of its global security interests.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/analysis-contradictions-in-us-policy.html 02/01/2005 Contradictions in US policy towards Pakistan and South Asia WASHINGTON: A new Report by the Congressional Research Service

[osint] NEPAL: Democracy Gets Royal Flush Down the Drain

2005-02-02 Thread Dak Bangla
India and China. + Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/nepal-democracy-gets-royal-flush-down.html by: Ranjit Devraj Nepal expert Prof S.D. Muni described the king's ''ruthless dismissal'' of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's government as a '' total snub to India which had

[osint] FLASH: SAARC Postponed

2005-02-02 Thread Dak Bangla
Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/flash-saarc-postponed.html 02/02/2005 South Asia group postpones talks A summit of South Asian nations scheduled to be held in Bangladesh next week has been postponed. The announcement was made by Pakistan, which currently chairs the Saarc

[osint] INDIA: Maoist - Red Alert

2005-02-02 Thread Dak Bangla
stability and integrity.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/india-maoist-red-alert.html 02/02/2005 Red Alert AJAI SAHNI, SAJI CHERIAN There is a Panglossian obduracy in the refusal to acknowledge and address the realities of the Naxal (left wing extremists) threat in India

[osint] ASSESSMENT: Crackdown on Democracy in Nepal as Insurgents Rush for Shelter in India

2005-02-02 Thread Dak Bangla
said they had received reports that senior Maoist leaders had crossed over into India shortly after the crackdown. These officials say that one of the most wanted Maoist leader, Baburam Bhattarai, is reportedly hiding in Bihar.+ Dak Bangla: http://dakbangla.blogspot.com/2005/02/assessment

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