You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
India-Pakistan
Bhutan flushout causes ripples in Bangladesh
2004-01-05
The tremors of the Bhutan flushout have reached Bangladesh, triggering a bloody rebellion in the ranks of Tripura militants hiding there and apparently prompting Dhaka to round up Ulfa activists.
Sounds good. Sure hope the corpse counts are high on both sides... errr... all three sides...
Five National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) snuffies militants were shot dead by their comrades who were tired of being on the run and wanted to surrender. They said the six were part of a 17-member group staying at the outfit’s base camp in Dudhpatil in Bangladesh’s Habiganj district. The six rebels, led by Karnajay Debbarma, were keen to surrender. However, when the NLFT leadership came to know of their plans, the rebels shot dead those who opposed the surrender and fled the base on December 31.
The NLFT is a tribal ’militant’ outfit, which is lead by Christian extremists who often target Hindus and Muslims who live in their state.
The news of the rift in the NLFT ranks coincided with reports that the Bangladesh Rifles has detained 34 suspected United Liberation Front of Assam rebels in Dhaka. However, the reports were swiftly denied by the Bangladesh home ministry, which said they had been “fabricated to strain the friendly relations between Bangladesh and India”. Dhaka’s official position is that there are no militant camps on its soil. It has sought to portray an ongoing crackdown as one aimed at flushing out criminals. The reluctance in declaring open war on Indian insurgents hiding in Bangladesh could stem from the domestic compulsions of the Khaleda Zia government, which came to power on an anti-India platform.
Posted by:Paul Moloney

00:00