United Liberation Front of Assam, one of the most powerful militant organisations

[alamgir]

Three killed, 12 wounded in twin Assam blasts

From correspondents in Assam, India, 11:31 PM IST


Three people were killed and 12 wounded in Assam Tuesday in two separate explosions, including one in a Guwahati market, in attacks linked to the Aug 15 Independence Day celebrations.

'The bomb was kept near a garbage bin (in the busy) Ganeshguri (locality in Guwahati). Two people were injured in the attack,' a police official said.

Earlier, three people were killed and 10 wounded in an explosion in front of a police station in Jorhat, 310 km east of here.

'The bomb was concealed in a sack and kept on a parked bicycle near the police station,' Jorhat police chief Deepak Choudhury told IANS over telephone.

The injured, four of them policemen, were shifted to a local hospital with multiple injuries.

'The area was crowded with people when the blast took place. It was a very powerful explosion that was heard from a distance of about three km,' another police official said.

This is the fourth explosion in Assam in two days. Ten people were wounded Sunday in three separate blasts. Police have blamed all the attacks on the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).

'ULFA is attempting to step up attacks ahead of Independence Day as part of their campaign to make their presence felt,' Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said.

Rebels in insurgency-hit Assam, the largest among the seven northeastern states, have for years been boycotting the Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations to protest the central government's rule over the vast region rich in oil, tea and timber. The run-up to the events has always been violent, with ULFA rebels striking vital installations including crude oil pipelines, trains and road and rail bridges, besides targeting Indian Army soldiers.

The ULFA is fighting for an independent homeland since 1979.

More than 30 rebel armies operate in the northeastern states, their demands ranging from secession to greater autonomy and the right to self-determination.


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[alamgir]

Sunday, August 05, 2007
Security alert in Assam ahead of Independence Day

From correspondents in Assam, India, 11:01 AM IST


The Assam government Sunday sounded a maximum security alert to thwart any attempts by separatists to step up attacks and bombings ahead of the Aug 15 Independence Day celebrations, officials said.

'Security forces have been put on a state of high alert across the state and all possible steps are being taken to foil militant attacks linked to Independence Day,' a police official said.

Rebels in insurgency-hit Assam, the largest among the seven northeastern states, have for years been boycotting India's Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations to protest New Delhi's rule over the vast region rich in oil, tea and timber.

The run-up to the events has always been violent, with rebels of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) striking vital installations including crude oil pipelines, trains and road and rail bridges, besides targeting army personnel. The ULFA is fighting for an independent homeland since 1979.

'Army, police and paramilitary soldiers have been deployed in strength to guard vitals installations like road and railway bridges and oil facilities, and in crowded marketplaces to foil attempts by rebels to target them,' said an army commander engaged in counter-insurgency operations.

Intelligence officials said ULFA rebels were lying low at the moment, but have the potential to strike just a few days before Independence Day. 'The ULFA has for decades been striking hard in and around Aug 15 to make their presence felt.

We have reports that the rebels were desperately trying to smuggle weapons and explosives into towns and cities for carrying out attacks,' an intelligence official said.

Police in the past few weeks arrested at least four ULFA cadres in separate raids.

'The arrested rebels have confessed about some bloody plans ahead of Independence Day,' the official said.

A security alert was also sounded in the adjoining states of Tripura and Manipur, both hit hard by militancy.

More than 30 rebel armies operate in the northeastern states, their demands ranging from secession to greater autonomy and the right to self-determination.


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[akzaman]

Separatists 'kill eight in Assam'

Eight people have died in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam in an attack by separatist rebels against migrant workers, police say . The United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) is suspected of carrying out Wednesday night's attack, they say.

Seventy Hindi-speaking migrants were killed in Assam in January. Ulfa is fighting one of India's longest running insurgencies to establish an independent homeland in the north-eastern state.
The rebels say India's central government exploits the state's rich resources, such as tea and natural gas, and does little for its people who are ethnically closer to Burma and China than to India.

Senior police official LR Bishnoi said nearly 30 armed militants raided a remote hamlet in Assam's Karbi Anglong district. They herded the Hindi-speaking villagers together at gunpoint and then fired at them, he said. Eight villagers were killed and three others injured in the attack.

'Threat'
Mr Bishnoi said the members of a local tribal militia, Karbi Longpi North-Cacher Liberation Front (Klnlf), may have helped the Ulfa to carry out the attack. The Klnlf has been carrying on an armed struggle in the area for a homeland for Karbi tribals living in two hill districts of Assam, Karbi Anglong and North Cacher.
Police and paramilitary soldiers have begun operations in the area to find the militants, he added. The BBC's Subir Bhaumik in Calcutta says militant groups in north-eastern India are likely to step up attacks ahead of the country's Independence Day on 15 August.

Militants in Assam often target Hindi-speaking migrants and settlers. The Ulfa killed nearly 70 Hindi-speaking people last January. They say Hindi-speaking people, who migrated from northern and central India to Assam long ago, pose a threat to the indigenous people of Assam. Thousands of Hindi-speaking migrants fled the state after the first wave of attacks in January.

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[alamgir]

Last Updated: Saturday, 11 August 2007, 06:34 GMT 07:34 UK

New violence in Assam 'kills 12'
By Subir Bhaumik
BBC News, Guwahati



The Indian army is on alert across Assam
At least 12 Hindi-speaking people have been killed by separatist militants in India's north-eastern state of Assam, police say.

The outlawed United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and two other tribal militias are suspected of carrying out the attacks, they say

The latest deaths bring to at least 23 the number of people killed in rebel attacks in Assam in the past six days.

Nineteen of the dead belonged to the Hindi-speaking community.

Nearly 70 more people were injured in the attacks. The security forces also gunned down two ULFA militants.

Independence Day threat

The latest attacks occurred in the Karbi Anglong district just before midnight on Friday, according to senior police officer S K Gogoi.

He said a group of militants had stormed into a remote hamlet and shot dead 11 people from two Hindi-speaking families.


The militants also hurled a grenade at a shop in the same district, killing a two-year-old child.

Nine others, including two policemen, were injured in yet another bomb blast in the district's main town, Diphu.

Police say the local tribal militia Karbi Longpi North Cacher Liberation Front (KLNLF) might have been helping the ULFA carry out the strikes.

The militants killed eight Hindi-speaking people at Ampahar in the same area on Wednesday.

Three more were killed and more than 50 injured in a string of blasts across the state since last Sunday.

Police say militants have stepped up offensives to stop people taking part in celebrations marking India's 61st Independence Day on 15 August.

The ULFA and other rebel organisations have urged people in north-eastern India to boycott the event. They also called for a general strike across the region on the day.

Deadlock

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said the security forces had been put on alert.

He said the state government was ready to start a peace process with the ULFA.

The group has been pursuing an armed rebellion against what it terms "colonial rule" by Delhi since 1979.

An effort to start peace talks between the rebels and the Indian government fell through last year.

The militants killed nearly 70 Hindi-speaking migrants across the state last January. It has since been on the offensive.

The rebel group say the Hindi-speaking migrants and settlers from India's heartland States like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are threatening the indigenous people of Assam.

The KLNLF and KRA have also been fighting for a homeland for tribal Karbis living in the two hill districts of Assam - Karbi Anglong and North Cacher.




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[HK-47]

According to India ,how is Bangladesh government and the armed forces directly/indirectly responsible for some of the terrorist acts that occurred in India?I really want to know.

 

[EagleEyes]

According to India ,how is Bangladesh government and the armed forces directly/indirectly responsible for some of the terrorist acts that occurred in India?I really want to know.

Blame game pretty much.

The Indians have occupied different lands which they claim that it is theirs at different times.

Their wishes dont stop until the Akhand Bharat fantasy idealism is completed.

Until then, to continue the occupation they must kill, clean, and maintain "troops concentration" for a better stability in the country.

 

[Marathaman]

According to India ,how is Bangladesh government and the armed forces directly/indirectly responsible for some of the terrorist acts that occurred in India?I really want to know.

What is the basis for your claim?

 

[EagleEyes]

What is the basis for your claim?

It is a simple question.

 

[Marathaman]

It is a simple question.

India never publicly accused the BD govt. for using its official machinery to send terrorists to India.

 

[Bull]

Blame game pretty much.

The Indians have occupied different lands which they claim that it is theirs at different times.

Their wishes dont stop until the Akhand Bharat fantasy idealism is completed.

Until then, to continue the occupation they must kill, clean, and maintain "troops concentration" for a better stability in the country.

U also get nightmares about Akhad bharat idlealism? Chill dude, there not s single worth of land around us that we would like to have...except for Pakistani punjab, its very fertile...hmm

 

[Bull]

According to India ,how is Bangladesh government and the armed forces directly/indirectly responsible for some of the terrorist acts that occurred in India?I really want to know.

If you still dont know, then forget it, you will never understand it!!!

 

[alamgir]

U also get nightmares about Akhad bharat idlealism? Chill dude, there not s single worth of land around us that we would like to have...except for Pakistani punjab, its very fertile...hmm

yes you are quit right, india today expand to its max. limits and know that time is very near to disintegrate

 

[Marathaman]

yes you are quit right, india today expand to its max. limits and know that time is very near to disintegrate

Wow...you really need to learn the art of twisting words a little better.

Today, India is more stable and integrated than ever since independence. If you are eagerly awaiting that glorious day, don't hold your breath.

 

[HK-47]

What is the basis for your claim?

your minister came and said something about it and various Indian defence analysts say how BDR is involved/lax with militants.I guess the latter is more true,our authorities are quite lax about these issues,but it has more to do with governance.

 

[Marathaman]

your minister came and said something about it and various Indian defence analysts say how BDR is involved/lax with militants.I guess the latter is more true,our authorities are quite lax about these issues,but it has more to do with governance.

Well, this issue has two faces. Obviously, the govt. isn't supporting militants as a policy.

But, conditions in B'desh, plus the laxity of BDR, as you said, contributes to the problem.
They might even have some amount of public sympathy.

ISI is also involved in providing arms and training to these organizations.