[Assam] B;ast in Guwahati - TOI

[Ram Sarangapani]

Hi C'da,

My assumptions, if any, are based on various newspaper reports )BBC, AP,
Sentinel etc).

It is entirely possible this blast could well have been someone who wants to
blame the ULFA and stall the peace process, it is also quite possible that
it could have been the ULFA (or some within it)
who could have done this and blame someone else. Its not as if the ULFA have
never killed people before.

>ordinary reasoning would tell us that they are STUPID, right?

On the surface, yes. But as we had discussed sometime earlier, there are a
few who actually benefit from an ongoing insurgency situation. To keep it a
burning issue, means power, money etc for these people.

 >Or that it is a  nice way to perpetuate PCG beating up on those >poor
innocents at Dilli, like you implied.

That the PCG underplays ULFA's actions while overplaying those of the
GOI/GOA is well-known.

C'da, sadly, this whole thing has become like a puppet show, and the strings
ain't being pulled by the common person in Assam.

--Ram



On 6/10/06, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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> Have you considered why ULFA might have wanted to jeopardize the peace
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> and the possibility of obtaining freedom of their leaders with these
> explosion at Machkhowa ( a Muslim neighborhood at that!), or create public
> animosity by targeting civilians? Or for that matter with the attacks at
> Dhubri, Mangaldoi etc. of the last few days?
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> But think again. A little harder this time :-). I know you are capable.
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> WHO are the people who have the most to gain from these ? ULFA? Or
> somebody else? And if somebody else, WHO could they be?
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> And if you cannot, do let me know. I'll try to help out with a few clues.
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> At 12:06 PM -0500 6/9/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
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> *Five people including a 10-year-old boy were killed and 16 seriously
> injured when a powerful bomb planted by the ULFA exploded in a busy market
> here on Friday evening - TOI*
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> Again? I thought that talks were scheduled for the 22nd, and all those
> arrested are about to be released by the GOI and GOA (including the one
> arrested the other day).
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> Now, the army/crpf/police will probably come in, a few more people get
> killed or hurt, some ulfa arrested, the ulfa retaliates, and the PCG will
> again demand those apprehended be released. The GOI and GOA stalls, talks
> postponed, ulfa plants another bomb, kills a few more, etc etc etc.
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> This sordid tale keeps going on and on, like the energizer bunny. One
> could well suspect that there must be people who actually benefit (money,
> power whatever) by keeping this a burning issue.
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> Just absolutely disgusted!
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> --Ram
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> GUWAHATI: Five people including a 10-year-old boy were killed and 16
> seriously injured when a powerful bomb planted by the ULFA exploded in a
> busy market here on Friday evening.
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> The bomb went off at 4.20 pm at the wholesale vegetable market at Machkowa
> when it was at its busiest, killing four and wounding both vegetable vendors
> and buyers, Senior Superintendent of Police Nitul Gogoi said.
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> One of those injured, which included a woman, later died at the Gauhati
> Medical College Hospital.
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> The bomb was suspected to have been planted in a vegetable basket as no
> crater was formed when it exploded with a thundering blast, Gogoi said.
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> The area was cordoned off and nearby shops and markets immediately shut
> down with panic spreading in the area.
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> Last night, the ULFA, mainly targeting the police, carried out
> simultaneous attacks in four places injuring 32 persons.
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> Twenty-two people were injured in a grenade attack at Mangaldoi town in
> Darrang district, while an IED exploded near Purani police station of
> Golakganj area in Dhubri district, injuring four people including a
> constable.
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> In the same district a hand grenade was hurled inside a shop injuring one
> person, while in Nagaon district five people including a policeman were
> injured when the militants targeted the Haibargaon police station.
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