Anti-Indian terrorists kicked out of Bhutan, ask China for safe passage

The Times of India ^ | MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2003 03:36:50 AM | PTI

[AM2000]

Ulfa knocks on China's door

GUWAHATI: Ulfa chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa has appealed to China to offer temporary shelter to the fleeing cadres while its ideologue Bhimakanta Borgohain said they would now accord priority to Myanmar to set up fresh camps there.

Rajkhowa in a letter to the Chairman of People's Republic of China said, “'We request you to permit them safe passage to your territory with minimum temporary hospitality necessary for their survival.”

Rajkhowa in a letter faxed to the chairman on December 25, which was e-mailed to a section of the local media here on Sunday, said that of late “'we have come under massive attack of Indo-Bhutan joint forces and our combatants have been forced to retreat up to Sino-Bhutan border due to all-out air and artillery campaigns”.

He said at this moment “'they have no options but to enter the territory of China to save their lives as they are negotiating with sub-zero temperature and starvation without any cloth and food grain”.

Meanwhile ULFA ideologue Bhimkanta Burhagohain, who was handed over to India by Bhutan , on Sunday said unlike before, Ulfa was now giving more priority to setting up camps in Myanmar over Bangladesh.

He said he had earlier pointed out to the Ulfa top brass Arabinda Rajkhowa and Paresh Barua to shift the Bhutan camps to a safer country, but they did not respond.

Burhagohain, however, also asked both New Delhi and Ulfa to stop actions against each other and sit across the table to find a solution to the vexed issue.

[AM2000]

india-bhutan ping

[McGavin999]

Is China going to do it?

[AM2000]

India wants similar action from Dhaka

PTI[ MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2003 01:11:06 AM ]

NEW DELHI : Buoyed by the Royal Bhutan Army’s Operation All Clear against Indian insurgents, New Delhi will seek to build pressure on Dhaka for a similar action against the North-eastern insurgents’ camps on its soil during a high-level meeting here next week.

A list of 180 camps operating in Bangladesh and 85 prominent insurgents based there will be handed over to Bangladesh during the five-day meeting between director-generals of the BSF and the Bangladesh Rifles being held here from January 6, official sources said.

During the meeting, the Indian side will ask Bangladesh to shut down or destroy these camps and hand over the insurgents wanted for various crimes here.

[AM2000]

I don't know, but if the past is any indication then yes they will but they'll claim they didn't :-)

Or, they'll pull a Musharraf and claim they're trying to stop them from entering China but due to "harsh terrain" and what-not, they can't.

[FirstPrinciple]

India reminds me of Yugolavia. There are all these ethnicities who are herded together in one country. Each state has a different language with vastly different customs. I can see at least 5-8 countries that are bunched together inside India. Maybe it is time that they should all be free to decide what they want to do.

[swarthyguy]

Thanks. This is really a fairly large battle going on.

Such a shame too about these jokers, this is some of the prettiest country in the world.

Finally, at least, India and Bhutan are kicking butt.
There have been reports of fairly large battles in the forests and hills of this paradise.

And the heir to the throne and his father, have been leading the charge into battle. In fact, the son came back from Oxford to fight.

[Cronos]

Actually it's a bit more than 5-8 countries. It's got about 15 official languages and at least 50 languages/dialects with more than a million speakers. However, it's not like Yugoslavia as these people are generally more integrated. The terror groups are sponsored by China mostly through it's proxies Pakistan and Burma (strange how a commie nation has allies in two military juntas). China definitely fears a resurgent India snapping as that would prove to be a sufficient bulwark against chicom inflated ambitions.