On 11 February Karbi tribal guerrillas surrendered in Assam, bringing to an end their more than 15-year-old armed struggle for political autonomy. Around 400 militants of the Karbi Longri NC Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) laid down arms at a formal ceremony in Diphu, some 270 km south of Guwahati. A list of the arms which the KLNLF cadres deposited included 20 AK series assault rifles, 17 AK series rifles, 5 Nos of M-16 series rifles, USG gun – 1, Light Machine Gun - 1, Six Nos of 40 mm gun , One Rifle Launcher, One RPG - 4, SLR- 3, .22 pistol – 2, US Carbine – 1, M- 21 rifle – 4, Stand Carbine – 3, MP- 54, RDX- 500 grams, IID- 2, 3.6. gun- 3, SBBL- 5, DBBL – 2, UBBL 29, 9 mm pistol – 13, .32 pistol – 13, 9380 rounds of bullets, 25 KG- TNT, 14 nos of radio base, Time devise – 2 etc. Karbi Longri NC Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) claimed that it had only decommissioned its arms conditionally i.e, joint custody.
in reference to: Security-Risks.com Caring for your Safety, Life & Security (view on Google Sidewiki)Saturday, March 13, 2010
Naxal Strikes: Strategy Exploits Police Debility
Even as the Central Government was making grandiose schemes for launching coordinated operations in Maoist affected Central India, the guerrillas launched two major attacks during February killing scores and quickly followed it up by an offer of cease fire putting the Ministry of Home Affairs in a quandary. This was perhaps a direct response of the guerrillas to the Union Home Minister Mr P Chidambaram who had been galvanizing state governments as well as central security forces into action through out the month and had called the Maoists to abjure violence and come for talks.
in reference to: Security-Risks.com Caring for your Safety, Life & Security (view on Google Sidewiki)The Maoists Attempt to Gain Initiative: Call for Cease Fire
Almost immediately after the attack in Silda and Jamui, the Maoists were operationalising a strategy of talks with the government. Gopinathji alias Durga Hembram, wanted talks at the earliest while Kishenji the military commander was opposing it in a central committee meeting of 30 of the 36 member including those from Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa in the Kanai-shol hill forest area as per media reports. CPI (Maoist) general secretary Ganapathy proposed to put three conditions before the government — withdrawal of forces, release of Maoists from jail and lifting of the ban on the party said the media.
in reference to: Security-Risks.com Caring for your Safety, Life & Security (view on Google Sidewiki)Counter Naxal Advice From Veterans
As per veteran counter terrorism expert Mr K P S Gill, “The most rudimentary components of a counter-insurgency (CI) response to the Maoist challenge are yet to be put in place. In truth, state police forces will have to be enormously expanded, prepared, trained, equipped, revitalised and, crucially, led and mandated, before any coherent CI strategy can be effectively implemented in West Bengal”. Mr Gill has also recommended immediate review of siting of all camps, improvement in communications and leadership as well as flow of intelligence. He indicates that beefing up security by providing central forces may not be the answer to the vexing challenges which will have to be mainly fought by the State police.
in reference to: Security-Risks.com Caring for your Safety, Life & Security (view on Google Sidewiki)Depoliticise Police, Build Capacity
The focus of police capacity building of the government has been on allotment of funds and enhancing capacity of the central police whereas the challenge is in modernizing the state police which remain neglected. Therefore it is important that the same be looked into at the earliest if initiative is to be seized from the Maoists. There is a need to ensure that a firm administration is in place in West Bengal as the CPI M is now not in a fit state to carry on governance in the state with its cadres having usurped the role and power of the police who have been excessively politicized.
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
US Pakistan Relations
Connectivity From Military to Civil Needed
The chain of connectivity of the US and Pakistan relations is very curious. There are concerns of the same flowing from the military to the military and also from the US military to the government. Thus meeting between US military commanders such as Central Command Commander General Petraeus and the Pakistan Prime Minister are not unusual and indicates the type of clout that the Central Command wields in Pakistan.