[Assam] Assam villages burnt down - From the BBC

[Chan Mahanta]

At 8:33 AM -0600 7/5/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>This from the BBC. One would hope this brings about the same levels 
>of protests and condemnations when a member of the Indian army goes 
>awry!



*** And look how the 'authorities',  quick to ambush and assassinate 
civilians on suspicion of being
'terrorists'  protecting what they ought to be doing!






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>Four Indian villages burnt down  - BBC News
>Armed residents of India's north-eastern state of Nagaland have 
>burnt down villages in the neighbouring state of Assam, police say.
>
>Two villagers were killed when hundreds of Nagaland residents 
>crossed the border and torched four settlements in Geleki, in 
>Sibsagar district.
>
>More than 20 villagers have been injured in the attack, police said.
>
>Nagaland claims part of Assam as its own territory, while Assam says 
>some of its land has been occupied by Nagaland.
>
>Assam police official DK Pathak told the BBC that nearly 100 houses 
>were set on fire by armed villagers from Nagaland in Geleki early on 
>Thursday.
>
>Many villagers have fled the area of the attacks in panic.
>
>'Forcible occupation
>
>Nagaland was created as a separate state by carving the former Naga 
>Hills district out of Assam in 1963 after a rebellion broke out 
>there in 1956.
>
>The separatist National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) has 
>been demanding integration of all Naga inhabited territories of 
>Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh with the state of Nagaland to 
>create a greater Naga state.
>
>Nagaland claims thousands of square kilometres of territory in Assam 
>as its own.
>
>Assam alleges that Nagaland has forcibly occupied a huge area of its 
>territory, declaring it an administrative sub-division of its own 
>called Niuland.
>
>Angry Nagas burnt down 10 government schools in Manipur state on Wednesday.
>
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