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| India: Report claims 'foreign nations' fuelling insurgency |
| 2009-02-26 |
| (AKI/Asian Age) - A report claims that insurgency in India is being fuelled by foreign countries, mostly developed nations, who are supplying high-end arms and ammunition to Maoists and insurgents operating in nearly a dozen states in India Insurgents no longer depend on country-made guns and pistols and have to their disposal US-made carbines, Russian made AK assault rifles, Israeli guns and Chinese pistols which are frequently being used against security forces, according to latest inputs given by security agencies to the Indian home ministry. The recovery of arms by security forces in 2008 has doubled from the previous year, posing a fresh security concern for security agencies grappling with left-wing extremism. Russian-made guns are the most popular among insurgents, says the report, while Pakistan-made Pika guns, China-made pistols, as well as Belgium and US-made guns top the list of arms frequently being used by militants against Indian security forces in insurgency-hit Jammu and Kashmir. The report says that Indian security forces seized 1714 arms from militants in 2008, double from the previous year. Indicating a steep rise in Maoist activities in Orissa over the last two years, security forces recovered the highest 1040 arms in 2008 as compared to only 27 arms in 2007. The report reveals that Maoists in Chattisgarh are also manufacturing arms locally, which include guns, bomb projector, pipe guns, mortar shells and revolvers. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > NEW DELHI: USA, INDIA MUST WORK TOGETHER TO CHECK CHINA'S GROWING ARSENAL [Mil buildup]. Analyst Richard Fisher also claims that CHINA INTENDS TO USE THE MOON AS A MILITARY = SPAWAR BASE??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-02-26 22:18 |
| #1 Who the hell would be financing Indian Maoists? The Chinese? Jihadi money would go to, well, Islamist insurgencies, one would think. I just assumed that they were getting their funding the traditional way - gangsterism and drug smuggling. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-02-26 09:47 |