[Assam] B;ast in Guwahati - TOI

[Chan Mahanta]

>  >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.



*** What else is new Ram? So WHO do you think are in control?













At 10:38 AM -0500 6/10/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>Hi C'da,
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>My assumptions, if any, are based on various newspaper reports )BBC, 
>AP, Sentinel etc).
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>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.
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>  >ordinary reasoning would tell us that they are STUPID, right?
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>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.
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>  >Or that it is a  nice way to perpetuate PCG beating up on 
>those >poor innocents at Dilli, like you implied.
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>That the PCG underplays ULFA's actions while overplaying those of 
>the GOI/GOA is well-known.
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>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.
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>--Ram
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>On 6/10/06, Chan Mahanta 
><<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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>Hi Ram:
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>I saw your exchanges with m-da on this.
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>Have you considered why ULFA might have wanted to jeopardize the peace process
>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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>What could ULFA's motives be?
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>Ordinary reasoning would tell us that they are STUPID, right?
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>Or that it is a  nice way to perpetuate PCG beating up on those poor 
>innocents at Dilli, like you implied.
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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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