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2009-04-14 India-Pakistan

22 CISF men hold off 200 Naxals for 10 hours, save 150 lives

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Posted by john frum 2009-04-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 300.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-04-14 07:35|| 2009-04-14 07:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Very impressive. No doubt the dead have been reborn as Brahmin boys. May the injured recover speedily and completely.

Posted by trailing wife in Buffalo 2009-04-14 08:21|| 2009-04-14 08:21|| Front Page Top

#3 The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is a paramilitary security force in India.

It was set up under an act of Parliament on March 10, 1969 with a strength of 2,800. CISF was subsequently made an armed force of the Union of India by another act of Parliament passed on June 15, 1983. Its current strength is 105,000. [1]

It is directly under the federal Ministry of Home Affairs and its headquarters are at New Delhi.

The CISF provides security cover to 269 industrial units located all over India. Industrial Sectors like Atomic Power Plants, Space Installations, Defence Production Units, Mints, Oil Fields and Refineries, Major Ports, Heavy Engineering, Steel Plants, Barrages, Fertilizer units, Airports and Hydro electric/thermal power plants are protected by CISF. Most of these installations are located in difficult terrains of the country with harsh climatic conditions.

Posted by john frum 2009-04-14 09:22|| 2009-04-14 09:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Rorke's Drift in Damanjodi.

Posted by Mike 2009-04-14 10:35|| 2009-04-14 10:35|| Front Page Top

#5 My deepest respect for 22 exceptional soldiers who acted above and beyond their normal duties. I hope they all get promotions and a guaranteed, well-endowed retirement. They deserve it.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-04-14 13:45|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-04-14 13:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Jimmy Carter sez the Maoists are good guys. Ya got his word on it. I'm sure this was probably just their attempt at "dialouge"...

Posted by tu3031 2009-04-14 13:53|| 2009-04-14 13:53|| Front Page Top

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