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So that's it.
Looks like ULFA is trying
to play a trump card.
But is it a trump card
really?
Looks like they are playing a wrong
card, a Horton 10 while the color of the game Diamond.
Even if it is a trump
card, the trump card is at the expense of Assam.
And what ULFA and PCG and MRG
will gain at the end of the day?
Independence of Assam?
Or the support from the people of
Assam?
I thought that is what ULFA was
trying to get the support of the
people.
And this is how ULFA and PCG wants
to get Independence of Assam?
By making the people of
Assam hostage in their earning the daily bread?
This way, I think ULFA
is going to get neither the support of the people of Assam nor
independence.
And Chandan has already declared
that the THE looser will not be GOI.
What does all these
mean?
Many nations have gone down in
history.
Are we witnessing the final demise
of the Assamese civilization?
May be.
Glory be to ULFA and
PCG.
I say Hobo Diok.
RB
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Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 4:49
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Subject: [Assam] Separatists declare
boycott -BBC
An Ulfa spokesperson also confirmed the group had
told India's state-run oil company ONGC to pay 5bn rupees ($113m) if it wanted
to operate in Assam. -BBC
Well! shouldn't that should clear up any doubts MRG
has about the extortion.
I wonder what this means "Assam separatists declare
boycott"
Does it mean that separatists are going to boycott the
Republic day? Or are they giving broad hints to the people of Assam - boycott
or else?
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Assam separatists declare boycott
By Subir Bhaumik
BBC News, Calcutta
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The United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) and three other
rebel groups in north-east India have urged supporters to boycott Republic Day
this month.
A joint statement condemned India's "illegal occupation" and called for a
general strike on 26 January.
An Ulfa spokesperson also confirmed the group had told India's state-run
oil company ONGC to pay 5bn rupees ($113m) if it wanted to operate in Assam.
Peace moves between Delhi and Ulfa look as good as over after three months.
On Friday, Ulfa fighters lobbed hand grenades near an oil refinery at
Noonmati not far from Assam's capital, Guwahati.
Pipeline explosion
The grenade attack, which injured three people, comes after Ulfa
separatists bombed an oil pipeline earlier in the week on the eve of Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the state.
The joint statement issued by Ulfa - along with the All Tripura Tiger
Force, the Manipur People's Liberation Front and the Kamatapur Liberation
Organisation which is fighting for a tribal state in northern Bengal - says
they have called for a general strike on 26 January.
"We urge our people to stay away from Indian Republic Day ceremonies
because these occasions only serve to consolidate Indian illegal occupation of
our region," the joint statement said.
While separatist groups in north-east India oppose Republic Day and
Independence Day celebrations as a matter of routine, Ulfa was not expected to
take such action this year.
It had taken some steps to initiate a dialogue with Delhi.
Three months ago, it set up a committee of civil society leaders in Assam
to carry forward the peace process with the Indian government.
The prime minister, along with senior cabinet colleagues, met the so-called
People's Consultative Group in Delhi to express his commitment to peace in
Assam.
But there has been no further meeting of the committee and the Indian
government.
"That seems to have upset the Ulfa," said a senior intelligence official.
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