ULFA, the communist terrorists funded by the islamic ISI of Terroristan:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ULFA_ga...how/1678191.cms
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>'ULFA gave $6 mn to Bangladesh parties'</b>
[ 25 Feb, 2007 1243hrs ISTPTI ]
NEW DELHI: The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is reported to have pumped in over six million dollars to fund major political parties in the forthcoming Bangladesh elections, a leading US think-tank has said.
The funds have gone to at least 15 candidates belonging to both the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Awami League, Strategic Foresight Inc said, claiming that the ULFA was "hedging its bets in order to protect its militant and business operations in Bangladesh should either party win".
In a report on the general elections, which are expected to be held later this year, and the prevailing political situation in Bangladesh, the think-tank said the ULFA's core leadership is believed to have been living in luxury in that country for 15 years "under the protection of its political allies in Dhaka".
The think-tank, also known as Stratfor, said "as long as ULFA can continue funding the appropriate candidates, it can ensure that the Bangladesh government will resist caving into Indian demands to crack down on the militant group".
Observing that six million dollars was a "handsome contribution" coming from an Indian militant outfit, the report said the ULFA was "no ordinary organisation".
Its chief Paresh Barua was "an enormously wealthy racketeer worth approximately 110 million dollars" with business operations throughout India, Bangladesh and the Persian Gulf, it said.
The business interests, Stratfor said, included hotels, consulting firms, driving schools, tanneries, department stores, textile factories, travel agencies, investment companies, shrimp trawlers and soft drink factories.
"Barua's businesses in Bangladesh allegedly are handled by a senior government official in Dhaka," it claimed.
The think-tank said ULFA funded its militant activities through "a sophisticated extortion network" and that major tea companies in Assam continuously faced "pay or die" threats but preferred to stay quiet, both out of fear as well as business interests.
Stratfor said the ULFA had "increasingly become more concerned with its financial interests".
The ULFA was also aware that New Delhi would not budge in its refusal to give in to the group's demands and therefore was focussing its militant operations to bleed the security forces in order to strengthen its negotiating position, it said, while referring to recent attacks against migrant workers in Assam.
Besides the ULFA, the report said, Bangladeshi Islamist groups and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence were other players having stakes in Bangladesh.
<b>"As long as India's militant-rich, porous borders remain, Pakistan can continue to hamper Indian ambitions to step beyond its backyard and become a truly global power," Stratfor said.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->At least someone external has clarified that it is Pakistan that is holding not only Afghanistan back but also India. (The conclusion ain't rocket science, I know, but from the amount of Paki denial, you'd think it was.)
Is that final statement of Stratfor also an indirect admission from his end that ULFA is indeed Pakistan's little friend, or is that statement not really about the rest of this ULFA article at all?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ULFA_ga...how/1678191.cms
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>'ULFA gave $6 mn to Bangladesh parties'</b>
[ 25 Feb, 2007 1243hrs ISTPTI ]
NEW DELHI: The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is reported to have pumped in over six million dollars to fund major political parties in the forthcoming Bangladesh elections, a leading US think-tank has said.
The funds have gone to at least 15 candidates belonging to both the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Awami League, Strategic Foresight Inc said, claiming that the ULFA was "hedging its bets in order to protect its militant and business operations in Bangladesh should either party win".
In a report on the general elections, which are expected to be held later this year, and the prevailing political situation in Bangladesh, the think-tank said the ULFA's core leadership is believed to have been living in luxury in that country for 15 years "under the protection of its political allies in Dhaka".
The think-tank, also known as Stratfor, said "as long as ULFA can continue funding the appropriate candidates, it can ensure that the Bangladesh government will resist caving into Indian demands to crack down on the militant group".
Observing that six million dollars was a "handsome contribution" coming from an Indian militant outfit, the report said the ULFA was "no ordinary organisation".
Its chief Paresh Barua was "an enormously wealthy racketeer worth approximately 110 million dollars" with business operations throughout India, Bangladesh and the Persian Gulf, it said.
The business interests, Stratfor said, included hotels, consulting firms, driving schools, tanneries, department stores, textile factories, travel agencies, investment companies, shrimp trawlers and soft drink factories.
"Barua's businesses in Bangladesh allegedly are handled by a senior government official in Dhaka," it claimed.
The think-tank said ULFA funded its militant activities through "a sophisticated extortion network" and that major tea companies in Assam continuously faced "pay or die" threats but preferred to stay quiet, both out of fear as well as business interests.
Stratfor said the ULFA had "increasingly become more concerned with its financial interests".
The ULFA was also aware that New Delhi would not budge in its refusal to give in to the group's demands and therefore was focussing its militant operations to bleed the security forces in order to strengthen its negotiating position, it said, while referring to recent attacks against migrant workers in Assam.
Besides the ULFA, the report said, Bangladeshi Islamist groups and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence were other players having stakes in Bangladesh.
<b>"As long as India's militant-rich, porous borders remain, Pakistan can continue to hamper Indian ambitions to step beyond its backyard and become a truly global power," Stratfor said.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->At least someone external has clarified that it is Pakistan that is holding not only Afghanistan back but also India. (The conclusion ain't rocket science, I know, but from the amount of Paki denial, you'd think it was.)
Is that final statement of Stratfor also an indirect admission from his end that ULFA is indeed Pakistan's little friend, or is that statement not really about the rest of this ULFA article at all?