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Thursday, August 6, 2015

PAKI TERRORISM : I CAME HERE TO KILL HINDUS

SOURCE:
http://www.msn.com/en-in/news/national/pak-says-no-naved-in-national-database-india-rejects-claim/ar-BBlrLmn?li=BBlqne4

Pak says no Naved in national database, India rejects claim

Indian authorities on Thursday dismissed Pakistan's claim that a terrorist captured during an attack in Jammu and Kashmir was not a Pakistani national because there was no record of him in the national database.

The Pakistan government contended that the records of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) had revealed the detained terrorist, Mohammed Naved Yakub alias Usman Khan, was "not a Pakistani national".

However, Indian security officials and experts pointed out that Pakistan's claim could not be taken at face value.

Pakistan currently has a population of more than 180 million and NADRA's own website acknowledges that the authority has collected the data of "over 96 million citizens". This means NADRA, which issues photo ID cards to Pakistanis, does not have details of almost half the country's population, the officials pointed out.

Islamabad had made a similar claim about Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive during the 2008 Mumbai attacks, before acknowledging his Pakistani nationality months later.

Earlier, Pakistan government sources were quoted by The Express Tribune as saying that India's accusation that the terrorist involved in Wednesday's attack came from Pakistan was "unsubstantiated and unwarranted".

"NADRA record shows Indian claims of an arrested person, Usman Khan, originating from Pakistan are totally baseless," a source was quoted as saying by the Tribune.

© Provided by Hindustan Times The sole militant caught alive after a terrorist attack on a BSF convoy that was travelling on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur district about 85km from Jammu, on…

Indian forces gunned down one terrorist and captured another on Wednesday after a deadly attack on a BSF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir that left two troopers dead and eight others injured.

The captured man gave his name as Naved alias Usman and said he was a resident of Ghulam Muhammadabad area of Faisalabad city in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Home minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament that Naveed had identified his slain accomplice as Mohammad Nomen alias Nomin, a resident of Bhawalpur, also in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Both Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad have a strong presence in Bahawalpur and Faisalabad. Senior Al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah was captured from a LeT safe house in 2002.

Naveed's capture during the terror attack in Udhampur was ignored by most of Pakistan's leading dailies. Those newspapers which carried the report buried it deep inside. The news also did not figure on the websites of most leading Pakistani news organisations.

In many ways, the reaction to the arrest of Naved was reminiscent of the capture of Kasab during the Mumbai attacks. For days, the Pakistani media and government rejected that he was Pakistani. Kasab told Indian authorities that he belonged to Faridkot in Punjab but the media contended there was no village of that name.

Things changed only when the Pakistan-based reporter of a foreign newspaper travelled to Faridkot and traced details of Kasab's family and the influential Dawn newspaper printed an interview with Kasab's father. Soon after, Kasab's family was spirited away from Faridkot by Pakistani intelligence agencies.

.Indian forces gunned down one terrorist and captured another on Wednesday after a deadly attack on a BSF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir that left two troopers dead and eight others injured.

The captured man gave his name as Naveed alias Usman and said he was a resident of Ghulam Muhammadabad area of Faisalabad city in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Home minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament that Naveed had identified his slain accomplice as Mohammad Nomen alias Nomin, a resident of Bhawalpur", also in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Both Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad have a strong presence in Bahawalpur and Faisalabad. Senior Al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah was captured from a LeT safe house in 2002.

In many ways, the reaction to the arrest of Naveed was reminiscent of the capture of Kasab during the Mumbai attacks. For days, the Pakistani media and government rejected that he was Pakistani. Kasab told Indian authorities that he belonged to Faridkot in Punjab but the media contended there was no village of that name.

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I CAME HERE TO KILL HINDUS

It's fun doing this," said Usman, a Pakistani militant who was captured alive after an attack on a BSF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur on Wednesday.

Two BSF soldiers were killed and a further two were injured during Wednesday's attack.: The sole militant caught alive after a terrorist attack on a BSF convoy that was travelling on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur district about 85km from Jammu, on Wednesday, August 05, 2015 (Agency Photo)

Usman, who was also identified as Naved by news agency PTI, said he was a resident of Faislabad in Pakistan.

After his capture, he told the media that he entered the Jammu region 12 days ago along with another militant, who was identified as Momin Khan. Khan was killed in retaliatory fire by the BSF.

Usman became the second Pakistani militant to be captured alive after Ajmal Kasab, the lone 26/11 attacker who was subsequently convicted and hanged to death.

"I came to kill Hindus," said Usman, dressed in a dark blue shirt and brown trousers, with a relaxed posture.

"It has been 12 days since I came here. We walked all days in the jungle," he said, as villagers clicked pictures with him.

VIDEO: Doing god's work by attacking Indians, says Pakistani terrorist

Usman was caught after he and an accomplice killed two BSF soldiers by ambushing a paramilitary convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. He is suspected to have links with the Lashker-e-Taiba.

"I am from Pakistan and my partner was killed in the firing but I escaped. Had I been killed, it would have been Allah's doing. There is fun in doing this," he said.

Initially, he said that he was in his early 20s but later claimed that he was only 16. He has been changing his statements. First he identified himself as Kasim and later as Usman.

Misleading authorities is a known tactic of the banned Lashker group that sends youngsters to Jammu and Kashmir for attacks. They direct recruits to claim they are below 18 so that they are tried as juveniles if caught.

PAKI TERRORISM IN INDIA LIBRARY OF VIDEOS

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NO COMPUTER

NO COMPUTER

An unemployed man is desperate to support his family of a wife and three kids. He applies for a janitor's job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test.

The human resources manager tells him, "You will be hired at minimum wage of $7.35 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address so that we can get you in the loop. Our system will automatically e-mail you all the forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your first day."

Taken aback, the man protests that he is poor and has neither a computer nor an e-mail address.

To this the manager replies, "You must understand that to a company like ours that means that you virtually do not exist. Without an e-mail address you can hardly expect to be employed by a high-tech firm. Good day."

Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having $10 in his wallet, he walks past a farmers' market and sees a stand selling 25 lb. crates of beautiful red tomatoes. He buys a crate, carries it to a busy corner and displays the tomatoes. In less than 2 hours he sells all the tomatoes and makes 100% profit.

Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 and arrives home that night with several bags of groceries for his family. During the night he decides to repeat the tomato business the next day. By the end of the week he is getting up early every day and working into the night. He multiplies his profits quickly.

Early in the second week he acquires a cart to transport several boxes of tomatoes at a time, but before a month is up he sells the cart to buy a broken-down pickup truck.

At the end of a year, he owns three old trucks. His two sons have left their neighborhood gangs to help him with the tomato business, his wife is buying the tomatoes, and his daughter is taking night courses at the community college so she can keep books for him.

By the end of the second year he has a dozen very nice used trucks and employs fifteen previously unemployed people, all selling tomatoes. He continues to work hard.

Time passes and at the end of the fifth year he owns a fleet of nice trucks and a warehouse that his wife supervises, plus two tomato farms that the boys manage. The tomato company's payroll has put hundreds of homeless and jobless people to work. His daughter reports that the business grossed over one million dollars.

Planning for the future, he decides to buy some life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances.

Then the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the final documents electronically. When the man replies that he doesn't have time to mess with a computer and has no e-mail address, the insurance man is stunned, "What, you don't have e-mail? No computer? No Internet? Just think where you would be today if you'd had all of that five years ago!"

"Ha!" snorts the man. "If I'd had e-mail five years ago I would be sweeping floors at Microsoft and making $7.35 an hour."

Which brings us to the moral of the story: Since you got this story by e-mail, you're probably closer to being a janitor than a millionaire.

Sadly, I received it also

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

OROP : OPS MAHASANGRAM - PRESS RELEASE 51st DAY OF RHS AT JM FOR OROP

PRESS RELEASE

04 AUG 2015: 51^st DAY OF RHS AT JM FOR

OROP

Today 51^st day of Relay Hunger Strike, 21 Ex-servicemen sat on RHS at JM. Ex-servicemen had come from Ambala, Jhajjhar Haryana and Noida. It is very encouraging that ESM are coming from almost all states of India for joining the RHS at Jantar Mantar. The mood at JM was upbeat and morale was high. Jantar Mantar was visited by more than 200 ESMs including officers, JCOs, ORs and civilian supporters who had boosted the morale of ESM on RHS and the organizers. Two delegations, from Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, visited JM in support of RHS. It is matter of great pride that Hav Major Singh was on RHS for 51^st day and Col Pushpinder Singh was on RHS for 15^th day.

The breakfast at JM was sponsored by Col Pushpinder Singh of 3^rd Grenadiers for the third time since beginning of RHS.

Today, 26th NDA Course officers along with their lady wives visited JM to boost morale of ESM on Hunger Strike. The Course gave a large donation for offsetting expenditure of running the agitation.

First Chief of Naval Staff (Ex CNS) Admiral L Ramdas, of the 1^st NDA Course, visited JM on 31 July and gave a donation for the ongoing agitation. This is a great morale booster and hopefully other Chiefs of staff and senior officers will soon join battle for OROP. Retired Chiefs of staff have given indication that they are now ready to take up the issue of OROP with Government in their own way. Indications are that they are now ready to take up the issue of OROP with PM of India.

Similar agitation is going on in 65 more towns in India. Recently Kulu has also been added in the Agitation has entered in next phase wherein visibility of ESM will be seen in all over India. In this phase, intensity of agitation all over country will be increased. RHS all over country will be increased. Marches will be taken out around the country.

Mr Dipinder Hooda and Mr Mahabal Misra (ex-MP) had visited JM to express their and their party’s solidarity with the demand of Ex-servicemen. Mr Dipinder Hooda has expressed that he will take the issue of OROP in Parliament. He confirmed that he has already given a notice to speaker Lok Sabha for a discussion on OROP and the delay in its implementation.

Mr Derek O’brien of TMC also contacted Gen Satbir Singh that soon all 46 MsP of TMC will visit JM to express their support for OROP. He has also promised that he and his MsP will raise question for this undue delay in issuance of Government notification for OROP.

Mr Sharad Yadav of JDU has also extended support for OROP and has promised to raise the issue in Parliament. Mr Sitaram Yechuri has sent a letter to JM confirming his party’s support for OROP. Mr Jitinder Chaudhry has also confirmed his commitment to OROP.

The boycott call of all Government functions by Ex-servicemen will be strictly implemented by all ESM pan India. Maharashtra unit of IESM has refused to attend Kargil day functions planned for 6 Aug 15.

Some ESM are hell bent to increase the RHS into Hunger Strike till death, but Chairman is trying his best to dissuade them to start the fast. Chairman has been able to convince them to wait till 15 Aug 15 and if the Government fails in honoring its promise then they will be permitted to start their fast-unto-death if they wish. IESM has received 21 volunteers to go on fast-unto-death in case of failure of Government to fulfil its promise.

Messages are being received from across all states in support of RHS.

Gp Capt VK Gandhi
04 Aug 2015

OROP : OPS MAHASANGRAM JANTAR MANTAR 52nd day of Relay Hunger Strike

Dated: 05 AUG 2015

UNITED FRONT OF EX SERVICEMEN

ONGOING AGITATION DUE TO NON IMPLEMENTATION OF OROP

RELAY HUNGER STRIKE AT JANTAR MANTAR NEW DELHI REQUIREMENT OF VOLUNTEERS

Dear Friends,

1. We are in our 52nd day of Relay Hunger Strike at Jantar Mantar and at more than 50 locations across the country for Non-Implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) inspite of its sanction by the Govt more than 17 months ago.

2. While the “Jathas” of ESM are coming from various states for the Relay Hunger Strike, we need a sizeable member of ESM and our supporters to be present at the relay Hunger Strike locations to encourage them and also to showcase solidarity to the cause of “Justice to the Soldiers”. May we request for volunteers to assist the management of relay Hunger Strike at Jantar Mantar.

3. May we also request all ESM residing in and around NCR to visit Jantar Mantar every day to ensure a sizeable presence?

4. Let us all join to strengthen the Protest Movement across the country.

“Heads, Hands & Shoulder………..Together”

With Regards,

Yours Sincerely,

Maj Gen Satbir Singh, SM (Retd)

Advisor United Front of Ex Servicemen & Chairman IESM

Mobile: 9312404269, 0124-4110570

Email:satbirsm@gmail.com

NAGALAND : The Nagaland Accord: A splendid breakthrough

The Nagaland Accord: A Splendid Breakthrough

Syed Ata Hasnain

Lt. Gen (retd) Syed Ata Hasnain is the former Corps Commander of the Srinagar

based 15 Corps, and is currently associated with Vivekanand International

Foundation and the Delhi Policy Group, two major strategic think tanks of Delhi

4 Aug, 2015

The first of the payoffs of the accord is the fact that the biggest militant group of the North East has formally accepted its allegiance to the Indian Constitution.

The longer a political issue involving land, rights, self-determination and socio-economic space festers, the more difficult it is to comprehend it. Nagaland’s problems with the Union of India symbolize the larger problem of the North East. The first reactions to a potentially successful agreement generally perceive that this should be the harbinger and trigger for greater integration and political messaging for the North East that India has been aspiring for long.

A short recapitulation is necessary to set the tone for a brief analysis of what such a landmark event, no doubt a major feather in the NDA government’s cap, can be expected to deliver.

There are distinct phases in the history of the discord that the Naga people and their leaders have had with the Indian state. Right from 1947 the desire for independence was strong. The Naga Nationalist Council (NNC) under Angami Phizo conducted its own referendum and with strong backing of the people fought an insurgency which was contested in earnest by the Indian Army 1956 onwards.

As in most insurgencies and especially those in jungle infested, remote and highly underdeveloped areas, military solutions were never possible. India and its Army realized this early and attempts at negotiations with moderate elements were always a part of the narrative, interspersed with phases of intense counter-insurgency.

1963 saw the grant of statehood to Nagaland with a degree of autonomy. In 1975, the Shillong Accord was signed with the NNC but as is usual there was an immediate resistance by younger leaders and splinter groups broke away to continue the violent struggle. In 1980, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) was set up by Isak Chisi Swu (himself present at the Prime Minister’s residence on 3 Aug 15), Thuigaleng Muivah (currently unwell) and SS Khaplang (now heading the renegade group). It became the natural successor of the NNC as the generations of political leadership changed. It further splintered in 1988 into NSCN (IM) and NSCN (K) with the alphabets now well recognized to denote the three original leaders. The split was violent and almost irreconcilable and remains so to the day.

One of the major demands of the Naga leadership of every hue was the desire to merge all contiguous territories with Naga presence in other states and create the Greater Nagaland or Nagalim which is almost four times the land mass of current Nagaland. These states include Assam, Manipur and Arunachal who have all been extremely wary of this demand. The complexity of the issue can be appreciated from the fact that even the elected assembly of Nagaland under the Indian Constitution has from time to time passed resolutions on the need for all Naga inhabited contiguous areas of neighboring states to be brought under Nagalim. The latter has been a bone of contention even as the broad contours of understanding emerged about an accord under the Indian Constitution.

The ceasefire with the NSCN(IM) was signed on 25 July 1997 and with NSCN(K) in 2001. These were preceded by a series of meetings abroad under different governments at the Center underlining the fact that there was a level of continuity and political maturity which majority of the people in India are unwilling to recognize in our political system. Almost 80 meetings took place after the signing of the ceasefire accord.

In Mar 2015, the NSCN (K) broke off the ceasefire and formed the morphed group United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia comprising elements of the ULFA, Bodos and Manipur militants. It executed the strike against the Indian Army in Chandel district of Manipur on 4 June 2015. The NSCN(IM) leadership is essentially from the perceived Nagalim area of Manipur while Khaplang is a Hemi Naga from Myanmar.

Through the period of the ceasefire for the last 14 years with the K faction and 18 years with the IM, there have been intermittent and sporadic inter faction duels/clashes between the two which the Indian Army has attempted to intervene in. Both factions carried their weapons although these were never supposed to be openly displayed in public. The IM faction has a huge headquarter at its well-known camp called Hebron. It conducts all business from this facility. Given the extremely long period of negotiations with many interlocutors and monitored by a Ceasefire Commission, the IM faction has undoubtedly displayed sincerity and steadfastness in intent. Such political dispensations with militant leanings are extremely vulnerable to generational change when young blood tends to perceive the fading energy of the older generation in its cause. The IM faction too may have faced this but its sincerity must be greatly appreciated.

Details of the accord are yet sketchy and will be available in due course but even without them a peripheral analysis on implementation and pay-offs is still possible.

The first of the payoffs is the fact that the biggest militant group of the North East has formally accepted its allegiance to the Indian Constitution.

Since NSCN-IM was responsible for spawning many other separatist militant groups across the North East, the idea of allegiance to India can be seeded once again. This is the most significant message going out from the agreement brokered by RN Ravi. The smaller groups in Manipur’s hill tracts must be taken into the ambit of the agreement with the assistance of the goodwill of the IM faction.

Secondly, the skepticism of NSCN-IM for all these years allowed the proliferation of a militant industry with illegal taxation and disallowance of development footprint by the state. Hopefully, with the IM faction now on board, governance will play a greater role, allowing the energy of the state to be transmitted to the people. The state, too, now has even greater responsibility. Investments must be monitored and accountability must be complete lest state corruption becomes the stumbling block.

Thirdly, it is unlikely that larger separatist militant groups such as the K faction, ULFA and Bodos will readily accept any steps to come to a peaceful settlement. In the process of attempting to woo the K faction nothing must be lost from the agreement with IM faction which has been the saner and more mature group all along. The protection of the IM cadres and leadership undoubtedly will be one of the major aspects under consideration. What remains to be seen is if the state is expected to provide protection or will the NSCN-IM be permitted to retain its weaponry for self-defense.

Pragmatism rather than dogmatic ideas of allegiance to the state must dictate the discourse.

Fourthly, it is yet early to say but the agreement must be looked upon as the beginning of opportunities. The infrastructure for opening India’s access to South East Asia could finally get underway if militancy in the areas along the potential alignments in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur is steadily addressed with the resolution of the larger issue of Nagalim.

The initial statements speak of a framework agreement regarding the Nagalim issue, the most contentious aspect. What should be expected is that there will be measures to grant greater autonomy to the Naga dominated areas in other states without compromising on territory. This will mean some system of dual control and funding, the detail of which must have been documented by Mr Ravi and Mr Muivah (Mr Isak still being in hospital but having given assent). Included in the detail must be some relevant aspects of the retention of the unique Naga culture and languages. How well will this be taken by the other states remains a moot point but considering the quiet parleys that have gone on, it is possible that they are on board in the larger interest of economics for which the time has finally come in the destiny of the North East.

It is hoped that the agreement would have included suitable measures for the eventual demobilization of the NSCN-IM cadres and their absorption. The Mizoram model, although much smaller in quantum, offers the required guidance. The Indian Army’s Territorial Army (Home & Hearth) as well as the Assam Rifles which is under expansion will be ideal entities to consider for absorption. The challenge of security due to the K faction still being outside the ambit of ceasefire and its long drawn history of feuds with the IM will be a major issue of consideration.

The NDA government has shown energy, tact, decisiveness and political maturity in pursuing the talks with the NSCN-IM and convincing the latter of India’s sincerity. Of course this has been work in progress under previous interlocutors who deserve credit but RN Ravi’s presence along with the guiding hand of Mr Ajit Doval plus the deep understanding they possess has added much weight. Is it possible to have such an approach towards militancy in other parts of the country including J&K? That will take a separate analysis to answer.