http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/6253_1713292,00160003.htm
Chhattisgarh youths fight Maoists for just Rs 1,500 Tribal youths in Chhattisgarh are being paid a measly Rs 1,500 a month by the state government to fight Maoist rebels, even as most of them get killed within a few months of their signing up. Chhattisgarh has been hiring thousands of local tribal youths, many of them minors, as special police officers (SPOs) to fight Maoists. Almost 90 per cent of these youths, from the impoverished forested and iron ore rich Bastar's Dantewada region, fall in the death trap for just Rs 1,500. Officials say a majority of these SPOs either get killed by Maoist guerrillas within two-three months of their appointments or become permanent physically disabled as rebels chop off their hands or legs. "The government began appointing tribal men as SPOs late last year to take on rebels in Dantewada district after the guerrillas became relentless. These men are offered 8-10 weeks of moderate training," a senior police officer said. "These SPOs mainly act as informers and assistants to the main police force and actively participate in all anti-Maoist operations in their respective areas to dismantle the rebels' terror network," the official added. The government has so far appointed at least 4,000 SPOs and most of them are guarding the relief camps, a prime target of guerrillas during recent months. Nearly 50,000 tribesmen have deserted their native villages in Dantewada after the government launched an anti-Maoist movement Salwa Judum (peace mission) last June. The refugees, including women and children, have been accommodated in 27 different ill-protected relief camps. "Only a few SPOs have been given weapons and training but most are armed with traditional bows and arrows. Since they belong to the extremely impoverished belt of country, they agree for posts of SPOs only to get killed within weeks of their appointment," a home department official admitted. Of the 162 civilians killed in Chhattisgarh since January, a staggering 52 were SPOs. Most of the deaths go unrecorded as the rebels dump their bodies in thick and inaccessible jungles where police and paramilitary forces seldom dare to venture. Human rights groups say the government is endangering the lives of tribal youths by putting them in the line of fire as SPOs. "But the government has been planning to recruit more and more SPOs as they provide perfect information about rebels' movement at the local level. The central government reimburses the amount being spent by state government on SPOs remuneration," the home department official added. -- Humans are incapable of securely storing high-quality cryptographic keys, and they have unacceptable speed and accuracy when performing cryptographic operations. (They are also large, expensive to maintain, difficult to manage, and they pollute the environment.) -- 'Network Security', Kaufman, Perlman, and Speciner ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
