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| Naga rebels claim Myanmarese raid of their camps | |
| 2004-01-05 | |
| Two days after the Indian Army chief hinted at joint military exercises with Myanmar, a senior NSCN(K) leader said that several of the group’s camps have come under the attack of the Myanmarese army. The Myanmarese army is now advancing towards the NSCN(K)’s council headquarters in Sagaing division. With Bhutan having acted, and Myanmar seeming to do the same, the myriad of North East Indian insurgents only have Bangladesh as their safe haven. The outfit’s home secretary, Ngaimong, told The Telegraph over a satellite phone from one of its base camps in the Patkai hill range of Myanmar bordering Arunachal Pradesh that a large platoon of the Myanmarese army from its 7th battalion was advancing towards the outfit’s headquarters at the Tenup Tephak Joku Valley. He said the outfit’s leader, S.S. Khaplang, was now camping at the base. The rebel leader claimed the military activity against the group has been intensified at the behest of the Indian Army after the visit of Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat to Yangon in the first week of November. The NSCN(K) alleged that the junta was using Naga civilians as human shields.
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| Posted by:Paul Moloney |