Internal Security Watch

pgbhat · Post by **pgbhat** » 12 Aug 2009 04:16

No radioactive materials on seized NKorean ship

PORT BLAIR: The two-member experts team from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), after two long sessions of detailed investigation, have not found radioactive materials on the North Korean cargo ship, which the Indian Coast Guard had detained on August 5 off the Hut Bay of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The experts from BARC (A&N Islands) were called in by the joint investigating team probing into the circumstances under which the North Korean ship had entered the Andaman waters recently .

The ship MV Mu San, which is currently anchored at the Port Blair port area, was intercepted by the ICG ship Kanaklata
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Highly placed sources in the joint investigating team confirmed no radioactive material was found this time as well.

There was nothing of that sort (radioactive material), said a source, on condition of anonymity.

The team comprising Army Intelligence, Navy, Intelligence Bureau and the CID, has been interrogating whether the ship was involved in illegal transportation of nuclear components because the statements of crew members were not matching with documents available.

The sources told Express that the joint investigating team was still waiting for a Korean interpreter to begin their interrogation of the crewmembers properly.

The commander of the Andaman and Nicobar Coast Guard, Deputy Inspector General KR Nautiyal on Saturday had said that there the crew at first said they were going to Iraq, but then said they were going to Kakinada and were unable to produce any relevant document. The ship’s captain had also said that they had entered the Andaman water due to engine failure. However, the technical team had found that there were no engine failure.

Ananya · Post by **Ananya** » 12 Aug 2009 06:55

What did we expect some excessive radiation

. I thought our intellegince was intelligent indeed !!! this is common sence issue. This was just a mock drill from HAN using NOKO as a ginuea pig to test the survelence techneques of Indian cost Guard and looks like we bungled up this time .

Any body from the intelligence community pls comment

Abhi_G · Post by **Abhi_G** » 13 Aug 2009 23:45

Secret Indian currency template compromised: CBI

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news ... 890917.cms

The secret template India uses to print currency notes has been "compromised" and that is possibly why fake but real-looking Indian currency notes are being pumped in to subvert the country's economy, says the Central Bureau of Investigation.

"Our investigations have revealed that the 2005 secret security template which was introduced as part of the new design adopted then has been compromised," CBI Director Ashwini Kumar said.

It was decided at the meeting to take up the issue of FICN with the European countries, including Britain, which are exporting ink and currency paper to Pakistan from where most of the counterfeits originate.

Media reports suggest that FICN even bore authentic series codes indicating the deep knowledge of anti-national elements about the security features.

sanjaychoudhry · Post by **sanjaychoudhry** » 14 Aug 2009 02:34

It was decided at the meeting to take up the issue of FICN with the European countries, including Britain, which are exporting ink and currency paper to Pakistan from where most of the counterfeits originate.

US and UK are the real enemies of India currently and they are punching India from all sides. However, this is done in such a deceptive and hush-hush way, it is incidents like the above which give a glimpse about what is really happening. These two countries are desperate to carve out some territory for themselves out of India. Most of anti-national operations inside India -- from promotion of Indian leftist liberals to support to Indian Maoists to mischief in Kashmir and North East -- is being orchestrated by the AngloSaxons. Pakistan is just a cat's paw for these two worthies.

Meanwhile:

'Edge over terrorists in 26/11 possible if DRDO weapons used'

Security forces would have had an edge over terrorists during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks if they were equipped with weapons developed by the country&aposs defence labs, a top DRDO official claimed here today.

Several technologies like stun grenades, chilli bombs and laser dazzlers are"not known to any one"in the security agencies, P S Goel, Chairman of the Recruitment and Assessment Centre, DRDO, said delivering the Aryabhatta Lecture at the annual meeting of the Astronautical Society of India here.

Goel, who is also a member of the National Security Advisory Board, said security forces would have gained an upper hand while fighting terrorists at Hotel Taj Mahal or Nariman House had they used DRDO-developed weapons.

Stun grenades and chilli bombs have the capacity to paralyse persons within the vicinity of the explosion for a few minutes, while laser dazzlers cause momentary blindness.

"The inertia of the system (administration) is so great that these technologies are not available to the law enforcing agencies. We have failed in giving any advantage to our security forces,"he said.

Goel, former Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, made a strong pitch for technologists to be a part of the national security apparatus.

" National security is too serious to be left to security agencies alone. Technologists must make it their business,"he said.

http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news ... nal/1/20/1

Rahul Mehta · Post by **Rahul Mehta** » 14 Aug 2009 06:28

Singha wrote:
1. hope people are aware that .....

2. Lalgarh offensive was a total failure.

2. What solution do you propose?

1. BRites are always "aware" of anything and everything.

.

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 14 Aug 2009 07:10

What solution do you propose?

Jury system, banning and exiling the NJBPRIE etc and right to recall. Thank you for your kind consideration. awmta.

suryag · Post by **suryag** » 14 Aug 2009 21:38

^^^ you left out right to possess guns

SRoy · Post by **SRoy** » 14 Aug 2009 23:40

John Snow wrote:Take it from me we are going to have swat valley like situation in the three states (actually 4)
from moaists. WB,Orrisa, Chattisgarh/Jharkhand and AP..

True

John Snow wrote:These maoists need to be put down in the same ruthless fashion as Stalin did to his opponents.
Very soon we may have to use Helicopter gunships and agent orange ...
Very sad indeed.

So, lets understand this correctly. It is the corrupt and inefficient ruling setup that has caused this problem at the first place and you prescribe agent orange for tribals and poor villagers (I don't of course expect you to realise that the Naxals have grassroot support...any effective operation will harm countryside population).

Sorry, irrespective of the fact that I'm a card carrying saffronite, I'm beganing to see the reasons that causes villagers to support and shelter these insurgents.

And I no longer abhor the fact that the EJs have begun to exploit the angst, as our so called middle class consider their plight unworthy of attention.

Chinmayanand · Post by **Chinmayanand** » 15 Aug 2009 04:11

Kerala on high alert after email threat

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Security across Kerala was stepped up following an email threatening blasts if the demand for a separate Muslim state comprising some northern districts of the state was not met.

‘‘The email was sent to the offices of local TV channels on Wednesday night. We began investigations immediately. The origin of the mail has been traced to Dubai though the rest of the details are not known yet,’’ IG Tomin J Thachenkery, head of the cyber cell of Kerala police. The sender has introduced himself as Zakir Hussain, ‘commander’ of a newly formed outfit Militia Malabar Mujahideen. It also says the organization has its headquarters in Karachi and also operates from the UAE.

Sridhar · Post by **Sridhar** » 16 Aug 2009 01:03

First picture of Delhi Police's Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team? This is the first mention I have seen of the designation of a commando squad as a SWAT team. What is the weapon they are carrying?

Source: The Hindu
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article3456.ece

Sridhar · Post by **Sridhar** » 16 Aug 2009 01:24

Here's a report about the SWAT team from a few days ago.

http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/26/stor ... 380400.htm

JE Menon · Post by **JE Menon** » 16 Aug 2009 03:30

Sometimes, one image can show us how the security of India is not as simple as we might like it to be - IF we want to retain what makes us Indian, and what it is we are trying to defend.

View the slideshow in the link posted by Sridhar, and check picture 6

Gerard · Post by **Gerard** » 16 Aug 2009 03:38

JE Menon wrote:View the slideshow in the link posted by Sridhar, and check picture 6

A Muslim woman carries her son, dressed as Lord Krishna, on the occassion of Janamashtami in Patna on Friday. Photo: PTI

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 16 Aug 2009 03:40

Gerard · Post by **Gerard** » 16 Aug 2009 03:40

Sridhar wrote:First picture of Delhi Police's Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team?

They look like SPG

ChandraS · Post by **ChandraS** » 16 Aug 2009 03:42

Sridhar wrote:First picture of Delhi Police's Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team? This is the first mention I have seen of the designation of a commando squad as a SWAT team. What is the weapon they are carrying?

Source: The Hindu
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article3456.ece

The men in the picture are from SPG's Counter Assault Team. This unit was first publicly deployed during the last year's Independence day. You check out some of their pictures in the Mil forum picture thread. In that thread there is a picture of two commando with blue coveralls and BPJ's armed with AK's which I believe is the SWAT team referred to in the article.

Check out these posts: http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 79#p717479

This seems to be the SWAT team - http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 15#p718215
Check out the DP badge on the left arm of the commando on the left.

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 16 Aug 2009 04:23

sanjay kumar why are surprised? you should have atleast heard of big names like amjad ali khan, dagars, bismillah khan, zakir hussain etc are all ardent saraswati bhaktas. not mention people like malayalam writer vaikom basheer who lived as a yogi in the himalayas for a while. even with ordinary people this is common. in my town there is anjaneya temple which is heavily patronized by muslim women who bring their little kids to get a talisman tied that is supposed to ward off fear.

i dont know why it is surprising that there are apolitical people, even if a minority amongst them. when we diss islam at brf we are dissing the political part of it. should never forget that.
end bodha.

ganga jamni is india's contribution to the world. and krishna and saraswati have had a lot to do with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qli9tU5MJa0 (MSS sings jagadhodaarana, (poor ignorant)yashodha humored krishna by playing with him - the jagat ka uddhark. little did she know that the jagat ka uddhark was not just her son. thinking of him as just her son she played with him. she played with the gem amongst the beings as if he was merely her son ...

i was about to write about this. the story of krishna and yashodha is sort of unique, isn't it. every mother world over loves her son. and there are stories of all sorts of mothers. but there is only one yashodha and nothing like her story.

Sridhar · Post by **Sridhar** » 16 Aug 2009 19:15

Thanks. Was misled by the caption on the Hindu photo. That SPG team looks mean.

pgbhat · Post by **pgbhat** » 17 Aug 2009 07:42

Home minister Chidambaram makes a statement

HYDERABAD: With his teenaged grand niece Kanthi, a badminton player herself, seated next to him, Union home minister P Chidambaram on Sunday watched the final day's action at the World Championships from the spectators' gallery at the Gachibowli stadium.

Chidambaram's visit was seen as an attempt to prove that there was no threat to the mega event. He flew into Hyderabad by a scheduled commercial flight and proceeded in a private car to the stadium, a 15-minute drive, unannounced.

Chidambaram, who was without any security cover, was on a private visit to the city, official sources said in New Delhi.

The home minister bought a Rs 1,000 ticket and proceeded to the spectators' gallery to watch the finals before he was spotted by the tournament organisers.

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Chidambaram said he was burning from inside after England decided to withdraw from the event. "Despite a statement made by me, one of the teams (England) withdrew and if I may say frankly, I was burning from inside when I saw that," the home minister said after coming out of the stadium.

Yogi_G · Post by **Yogi_G** » 17 Aug 2009 15:20

just saw on tv that 9 Pakistanis posing as fishermen arrested in Kutch by BSF, they admitted they were not fishermen. Not much more details as of now but it sounded like they were planning an attack!

shravan · Post by **shravan** » 17 Aug 2009 17:56

Centre playing politics while dealing with terrorism: Modi

Hitting out at the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused it of playing politics while dealing with terrorism and said he "fails to understand" why it returned the anti-terror bill proposed by his state.

"When it comes to dealing with terrorists, we must draw a clear line between those who are on their side and those who are on the side of society," he said referring to the Centre rejecting his government's Gujarat Control of Organised Crime (GUJCOC) Act.

Modi said the anti-terror bill which had been pending with the Central government for a long time was returned to the state assembly recently with the directions to delete certain provisions.

"...I fail to understand why the central government should oppose provisions which are already part of the similar Acts in Karnataka and Maharashtra," he said while speaking at the Chief Minister's conference on Internal Security here.

The Chief Minister said, "even the so-called liberal democracies and proclaimed upholders of human rights like USA, Canada, Australia etc have enacted laws having more stringent provisions than the proposed GUJCOC Act."

Making a strong case for the proposed law, Modi said the need for such a legislation was not only for punishing the "perpetrators of terrorism" but also to prevent educated youth from being drawn into terrorist ideology.

Modi said it was "shocking and unfathomable" for him to understand the opposition from the Centre to the proposed bill, especially when the terrorists are getting support from across the border and working hand-in-glove with organised crime syndicates.

He also advocated "de-linking" the cases of convicted terrorists in death row from criminals involved in other crimes while considering their amnesty applications.

"Though I am of firm opinion that no such procedure of 'first in first out' need be followed in such cases, yet I would urge the Central Government to at least de-link the cases of such convicted persons who are involved in offences relating to anti-national, terrorist and subversive activities," he said.

"This the least that the sufferers of such terrorist attacks would expect from us as representatives of the States," Modi added.

The amendments by the Centre in the Criminal Procedure Code also came under criticism from Modi who alleged that these have tilted the balance in the favour of the "offenders and guilty".

"...the intention to carry out amendments may be noble to protect the innocent from harassment and to uphold the human rights, these amendments have somehow tilted the balance in favour of offenders and guilty," Modi said.
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We need a P.M. like him.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 17 Aug 2009 18:41

How strikingly similar to the Rabinder Singh episode,also involving a key intel official who also disappeared to the US.Was Bari also a US double agent all along?

http://blog.taragana.com/n/dhaka-names- ... er-140926/

Dhaka names ex-intelligence sleuth, diplomat as deserter
Ians August 16th, 2009
DHAKA - The Bangladesh government has declared as deserter an army brigadier general who was a top military intelligence official posted in its mission in Washington last year.

Brigadier General Chowdhury Fazlul Bari could face a court martial if he returns home, The Daily Star said Sunday.

Bari lives with his family in Washington after his leave was rejected and he relinquished charge at the embassy. He has the support of his in-laws who are American citizens.

Bari was the Number 2 man in the Directorate General of Field Intelligence (DGFI), the military intelligence organisation that is known to be used by successive governments for keeping a surveillance over political opponents, during the regime of Begum Khaleda Zia (2001-06).

His brother Chowdhury Ashraful Bari Noman, a leader of the Zia-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party, told the newspaper: “Bari told me he was never involved in any subversive activities or corruption, and (that) he will come home in future.”

Bari was posted to the US mission last year by a caretaker government that ruled Bangladesh during 2007-08.

The military authorities have declared Bari a deserter who defied repeated orders by the new government that took office in January this year.

“As he was declared a deserter last month, he can now be arrested at any time if he returns home,” the newspaper quoted an unnamed army source as saying.

harbans · Post by **harbans** » 17 Aug 2009 18:44

WTF is this??

Police 'killing'
Chongkham Sanjit is seen standing in a PCO with the Manipur Police Commandos. Photo: Tehelka

Photographer captures apparent extra-judicial killing by Indian commandos

Slide Show

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/global ... =WorldAsia

sum · Post by **sum** » 17 Aug 2009 19:11

Pretty old news now..

This incident caused manipur to burn over 2-3 weeks from middle of last month

harbans · Post by **harbans** » 17 Aug 2009 19:14

Did they punish the guily cops? I missed out on this.

Added later:

Though state chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh ordered a judicial inquiry and suspended six commandos of the Manipur Police involved in the incident last week, people in the state have been asking the government to look into the reason of the `rising number' of alleged fake encounter cases.

Even officials here are quite convinced about `high-handedness' on the part of the state police as they pointed out that while other states like UP have been showing a decrease in the number of "fake" encounter cases, Manipur has been showing an increase which is quite disturbing.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/arti ... 878588.cms

shravan · Post by **shravan** » 17 Aug 2009 20:02

KCR threatens militant struggle for Telengana

youtube

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Nice way for asking a separate state. Today i feel proud for being a Telugu.

archan · Post by **archan** » 18 Aug 2009 02:07

Nine Pakistanis held in Sir Creek in Kutch
Some expendable cannon fodder from the other side of the fence. I am glad they didn't succeed in their assigned task. Good job by the BSF.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 18 Aug 2009 02:38

The guy must have been involved in the coup/revolt attempt.

mithil · Post by **mithil** » 18 Aug 2009 05:57

shravan wrote:KCR threatens militant struggle for Telengana

youtube

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Nice way for asking a separate state. Today i feel proud for being a Telugu.

Shravan garu,

There is a saying in telugu..."Raanu raanu raju gaari gurram gaadida ayyindi ata-which means as the time flew by the kings horse metamorphed into a stubborn and a lazy donkey", I guess the same applies for KCR. I guess he is trying to keep the very last dying embers of telangana issue alive and thus gain political mileage out of it. Being from telangana, from what I've heard is, the whole TRS party is nothing but a castle of cards...ready to fall any moment.

But let me make a prediction which I shall hope that it goes awfully wrong. There is a chance that this issue might come to the fore once again, in the current situation of drought and TRS might hijack the lack of monsoons to highlight the telangana issue once again and thus play with peoples emotions.
I wish somebody takes out this guy and says....ooops the gun misfired

Masaru · Post by **Masaru** » 18 Aug 2009 06:14

Gerard wrote:
JE Menon wrote:View the slideshow in the link posted by Sridhar, and check picture 6
A Muslim woman carries her son, dressed as Lord Krishna, on the occassion of Janamashtami in Patna on Friday. Photo: PTI

Interesting that these kind of images get prominent attention from certain media outlets namely Chindu and BBC ...
psyop to divert attention from the thinking of the rest 70-80% of a certain community ?

pgbhat · Post by **pgbhat** » 18 Aug 2009 11:02

Pakistani terrorist groups planning more attacks: Manmohan

NEW DELHI: Stressing that cross-border terrorism remains a most pervasive threat, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said “there is credible information of ongoing plans of terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out fresh attacks.”
{no sh!t }
Inaugurating the Chief Ministers’ Conference on Internal Security, he cautioned: “The area of operation of these terrorists today extends far beyond the confines of Jammu and Kashmir and covers all parts of our country.”

Dr. Singh told the Chief Ministers that in dealing with the terrorist challenge, “we need to be prepared for encountering more sophisticated technologies and enhanced capabilities.” He emphasised the need for guarding the sea frontier as vigilantly as the land border.

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 18 Aug 2009 12:55

^^Well, since the Hon. PM has already ruled out a strong military response to TSP ("War is not an option"), what does he propose to do about and after the next terrorshit attack, pray?

Sadly, he will do what he valiantly did after 26/11 - nothing. He's already preparing the ground to slip and skip responsibility for the coming attack, seems like. jai ho indeed.

pankajs · Post by **pankajs** » 18 Aug 2009 14:41

Pak summons Indian envoy, protests against Manmohan Singh's remarks
He is not only preparing the ground to slip and skip responsibility for the coming attack but I think also use this pretext to tear the sharm-nak joint deceleration for which he was heavily criticized and did loose some H&D even within some of his core support base.

ashish raval · Post by **ashish raval** » 19 Aug 2009 12:24

I was not able to find the old Psy-Ops thread, so posting here:
Vatican $hitties are at it again. They want to change the course of history via subtle Psy-Ops shifting blame. The kind of which is used in English media newspapers in India.
http://quicktake.wordpress.com/2009/08/ ... holocaust/

Gerard · Post by **Gerard** » 20 Aug 2009 18:42

Wary India frisks North Korean freighter

India moves NKorean ship to mainland: coastguard

Javee · Post by **Javee** » 21 Aug 2009 23:40

X posting from Nukkad..

WASHINGTON: The US Customs and Border Protection's extra scrutiny of megastar Shah Rukh Khan was triggered by Bollywood's showbiz having come under the scanner of law enforcement authorities and intelligence agencies for dodgy financial transactions and alleged underworld links.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news ... 916759.cms

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 22 Aug 2009 00:11

And from Bijushet

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Muppalla wrote:Javee,

You should post that Internal Security thread.

If need be you can xpost my original post from Monday Aug 17, 2009 on page 68 too.

link : http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/postin ... 4&p=719641

BijuShet wrote:I am trying to find out why King Khan spent a long time at US immigration in Newark, NJ airport. Here are some facts I could gather about the purpose of his trip.

1) SRK was to perform at a paid event in Chicago, IL on Aug 15 & 16 ( South Asian Carnival 2009). The event is in Chicago and he flew into Newark, NJ may have set some bells for the immi officials. South Asian is the acceptable way of saying the event is Paki or Indo-Paki.

2) This show is being organised by Farhath Hussain. Farhath is a bollywood star shows organiser in UK. Farhath was associated with SRK's 2005 Temptation tour in UK. This guy also served (not sure of the present times) as a manager to Shilpa Shetty in 2007 time frame. Google chacha did not get me any bio on this guy to check if he is of Indian or Paki origin. One link points to him having contacts with Abu Salem (the Don in Custody). It seems he was helping Salem in shifting base to US (I beleive Salem was trying to buy some night club in Atlanta, GA) from Portugal. At the time GoI was hot on his tail and eventually got him deported to India from Portugal with his girlfriend Monica Bedi. Also the same article talks of Salem obliging Farhath by pressuring bollywood star to perform in this guys overseas shows. This page has a list of shows he organised since 1986 ( http://www.thetalentgateway.com/member/139 )

Domain look up at Whois for "thesouthasiancarnival.com" (http://domains.whois.com/domain.php )
Registrant: Farhath Hussain +4.4345678, 499 Katherine Road London,essex,UNITED KINGDOM E7 8DR

Interesting to find a brick and mortar store(I think Landscaping type of firm) called Five Star Trimming also shares the same address.
Five Star Trimming (Trimmers & Trimmings) Tel: 020 85035687 Address: 499 Katherine Road London E7 8DR (http://www.londononline.co.uk/profiles/62312/ )

3) The bankrollers for this show are Chicago based trio of Monty Syed, Altaf Hussain(brother of Farhath Hussain) and Sajjad Shamsi. ( http://www.thesouthasiancarnival.com/about.php ). I need to find out who these people are?

Monty Syed : http://www.indiapost.com/community-post ... story.html
Syed Monty hails from Navsari. He came to Chicago in early eighties for pursuing higher studies. He attended school and colleges here, but he had a burning desire to do something for himself and of course, for the community. In mid eighties, Amitabh Bachchan had come for the first time in Chicago and Monty was at his show at Lane Technical High School.

Sajjad Shamsi : http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-106128B89E626827.html
AURORA -- Worried that new owners were going to replace them, Patty Ziegler and her three co- workers struck first and quit just hours after Sajjad Shamsi took over the Mobil station at Illinois and Morton Avenues on Aurora's West Side. Monday and Tuesday, Ziegler was back -- along with three of her children, ages 7, 9 and 12, and a friend -- to protest in front of the station and to ask regular customers not to shop there.

Ziegler said the new owner treated them unfairly by not coming in with information on whether wages and hours would stay the same.

Shamsi, though, said he wanted to keep all the employees at the same pay rates but, given the few hours between when he took over the ...

4) The top sponsor for the current show http://www.Raza.com (http://www.thesouthasiancarnival.com/sponsors.php)
From GoDaddy.com's whois database for http://www.raza.com (Paki Telecomm company providing calling cards to TSP & India)
Registrant: Raza Communications, 5219 N. Harlem Ave., Chicago, IL 60656
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: RAZA.COM
Created on: 16-Apr-98
Expires on: 15-Apr-11
Last Updated on: 24-Apr-05
Admin Contact: Raza [email protected], 5219 N. Harlem Ave., Chicago, Il 60656, USA - 7737928150 Fax -- 7737928150

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 22 Aug 2009 02:40

Seen and met Farhath Hussain, 98% likely to be Paki origin. I have been to one of his events many years ago. His brother lives not too far from me, he is big in the business too if I recall. He also brings the Paki artists to the UK for tours and the ones living in India like Adnan Sami.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 24 Aug 2009 01:55

Separate homeland plan for Muslims, Centre told

A confidential report sent by a security agency to the Centre says insurgent groups supported by Bangladesh were working on a long-term plan to create a separate homeland for Muslims in the North-Eastern region.

Intelligence reports have already pointed out that such groups are already coming up with posters and banners demanding homeland in areas dominated by the Muslims, mostly from suspected Bangladeshis.

After effecting a significant change in the demographic profile of a number of districts in the North-East by facilitating illegal infiltration of Bangladeshis, the insurgent outfits in the region are now working on a long-term agenda for creating an exclusive homeland for Muslims.

A confidential report from a key para-military force fighting insurgency in the North-East to the Union Home Ministry has classified insurgency in the region into three categories -- ethnic/extortionist, terrorist and secessionist groups.

The secessionists, according to the CRPF report, essentially comprise Islamic fundamental groups who also provide logistics support to the ethnic and terrorist groups in order to strengthen its influence in the region. “The insurgency situation in the North-East is dominated by what can be termed sub-national aspirations of groups within existing territorial divisions,” states the report, adding that the rest of the insurgent groups have ethnic aspirations.

Concerns about the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in the North-East were raised by many Chief Ministers at the CMs' conference on security, which was recently held in Delhi. Expressing fears over the increasing influx of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants into his State, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said. “The decadal population growth rate between 1991 and 2001 as recorded in the 2001 census was 64.41 per cent — the highest in the country. Further, it is striking that the number of masjids and madrasas has increased from 27 to 28 in 2007 and 2008 in the State.”

Rio added, “During the same period (1991-2001), several areas in Dimapur and Wokha districts bordering Assam recorded exceptionally high rates of population growth. It is a fact that the silent and unchecked influx of illegal migrants in the district has played a crucial role in this abnormal growth and is slowly resulting in a change in the demographic profile of the inhabitants in certain parts of the State.”

Rio further said that such demographic changes required urgent attention as they would add to the tensions already prevailing in a volatile insurgency situation. The Nagaland CM also expressed apprehension over the involvement of Muslims in the NSCN (IM) for extortion and the community's involvement with HuJI and other terror groups.

“There is strong possibility of Islamic extremists establishing ‘sleeper cells’ in Nagaland by taking advantage of their contacts inside the State. Another possible scenario is that these Islamic extremist elements may either develop differences with the NSCN (IM) and form a rogue terrorist group or set up a new organisation with links to other Muslim extremist groups to further their own agenda,” the Nagaland CM had told the conference chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Similar apprehensions were also raised by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, Arunachal Pradesh CM Dorjee Khandu, Tripura CM Manik Sarkar and Meghalaya CM DD Lapang.

As per the report by the Central Reserve Police Force, the number of insurgent groups in the North-East has surpassed the total number of such outfits at the national level and Islamists have infiltrated most of the groups.

With 43 active outfits in the small State of Manipur, it has exceeded the figures of active insurgent outfits reported for secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir.

While Assam has 38 active insurgent groups, Tripura has 32 similar organisations.

While both Meghalaya and Mizoram have six outfits each, Nagaland has four and Arunachal Pradesh has one insurgent group. In Manipur, Assam and Tripura, the terrorist groups have outnumbered the districts, highlights the report.

Inputs with the Centre also suggest that the groups have serious differences in terms of ideological positions, but there are various levels of operational understanding between them. The two main Naga outfits coordinate among various outfits in the region. The NSCN (K) has a functional understanding with ULFA and UNLF and the NSCN (IM) has similar arrangement with the PLA, ULFA and operational understanding with National Democratic Front of Bodoland and Kamtapur Liberation Organisation and NLFT. Most of these arrangements are for logistics such as training, movement, arms procurement and not direct operational intervention.

Despite the overall decline in insurgent activities, the spatial spread has not revealed any significant change. Active insurgent outfits -- like the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), United National Liberation Front (UNLF), People's Liberation Army (PLA), Isaac-Muivah and Khaplang factions of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) and National Liberation Front of Tripura -- represent the maximum levels of violent insurgent activities.

The year 2008 witnessed more violent incidents and deaths than the preceding year. According to the data available, 480 civilians and 742 insurgents were killed in 1,646 violent incidents in the North-East. Fifty-three security force personnel were killed in action and more than 1,000 arms were recovered from various terror groups.

In 2007, the region witnessed 1,490 violent incidents, in which 498 civilians and 503 insurgents were killed. During the period, 79 security personnel were also killed.

However, the number of bomb blasts decreased to 45 from a significant 83 explosions in 2007.

TROUBLE BREWING
- Insurgent groups supported by Bangladesh working on a long-term plan to create a separate homeland for Muslims in the North-East
- Such groups coming up with posters and banners demanding homeland in Muslim-dominated areas
- Insurgency in the region classified into three categories — ethnic/extortionist, terrorist and secessionist groups
- The secessionists essentially comprise Islamic fundamental groups and provide logistics support to the ethnic and terrorist groups
- With 43 such groups active in Manipur only, the figure of active insurgent outfits reported for secessionist activities is higher than in Jammu and Kashmir

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 25 Aug 2009 18:16

Lashkar suspect arrested from New Delhi railway station

A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative holding a Pakistani passport as also a Jammu and Kashmir voter identity card was arrested with explosives from the New Delhi railway station in the capital on Tuesday, police said.

On the basis of specific information from the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Saleem Mohammed alias Yusuf was arrested by a Delhi Police special cell team from the Ajmeri Gate terminal of the New Delhi railway station in central Delhi, a senior police officer said.

"We arrested an LeT operative from the Ajmeri Gate terminal Tuesday noon. We have recovered some chemicals, explosives, four detonators and two timers from his possession," Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) P.N. Aggarwal told IANS.