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| Terror camps in Bangladesh increase by 25 to reach 180 |
| 2003-12-22 |
| In a worrying development, camps operated by North East insurgents in Bangladesh have increased by about 25 over the past month touching the figure of 180 with Indian security agencies claiming to have "concrete evidence" about Al-Qaeda presence in that country. The new camps in Bangladesh have been detected even as an operation is underway in Bhutan to flush-out Indian insurgents from that country. Dhaka has consistently denied presence of Al-Qaeda elements or NE insurgents in that country. Maybe they only give them ’moral and diplomatic support’ like the Paks in the west. I used to think reports of the number of camps in Bangladesh was exagerrated by the Indian press, but it seems that the reports of their being at least 30 camps in Bhutan were accurate. Although I don’t see the Bangladeshi army doing much against these insurgent groups, most of them are said to have covert links with the DGFI (Bangladesh’s intelligence service), and the ISI. The number of camps, which earlier stood at 155, has increased despite repeated denials by the Bangladesh Government about existence of even one of these on their soil, top security sources told PTI in New Delhi on Sunday. The concentration of camps has been seen in Khagrachar, Bandarban and Rangamati mountainous tracts of Chittagong Hills besides those scattered in Cox Bazar and Maulvi Bazar districts, they said. Camps have also been detected in Habibganj, Sylhet, Sherpur and Kurigram. The camps, whose list has been prepared by Indian security agencies, include those run by the ULFA, National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak Muivah (NSCN-IM), they said. The list also includes training camps run by People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Muslim United Liberation Tiger of Assam (MULTA), Achik National Volunteer Council, Chakma National Liberation Front (CNLF), and Dima Halam Daoga, they said. A veritable alphabet soup of Armed Struggle |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #1 Every time I read something like this, I can't help but think about Life of Brian- "FECK OFF! We're the Judean People's Front! That's the PFJ over there. BLOODY SPLITTERS!" |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2003-12-22 12:22:46 AM |