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[ALOCHONA] Myanmar brings in everything:Troops, tanks, warships, frigate to spread tension further



Myanmar brings in everything:Troops, tanks, warships, frigate to spread tension further
The Myanmar military brought in heavy tanks, artillery guns, 12 warships and a frigate along its border with Bangladesh in the last 24 hours ended yesterday evening as part of its preparation for a large-scale conflict with Bangladesh, sources at the Bangladesh Armed Forces said.

Bangladesh also has strengthened its military build-up in a bid to repulse a Myanmarese incursion by preparing 30 warships in Chittagong and Khulna, a Navy official stationed at Chittagong told The Daily Star.

However, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni at a press conference yesterday rejected reports about the heavy military build-up by Myanmar along Bangladesh border, saying it is a routine movement of the security personnel.

"I had talks with our ambassador, an army officer, in Myanmar and he told me that it is a routine practice," she said, adding, "Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes also called the Myanmar ambassador in Dhaka and the envoy conveyed him the same message."

Ground reality did not support the foreign minister's claim as various sources in the military, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and intelligence agencies said that the situation on the border remained tense.

"The situation at Bangladesh-Myanmar border has remained tense," Major General Mainul Islam, director general (DG) of BDR, said last night.

The BDR DG met State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haq Tuku yesterday and 'normally' discussed the border situation.

"I am going to place some proposals tomorrow (Monday) to include construction of more Border Operations Outposts across the border and a few more battalions to strengthen the border guards," he told The Daily Star.

An intelligence agency official said Myanmar has doubled its military presence at the border over the last couple of weeks, a move that has prompted Bangladesh to take similar measures.

"Myanmar has sent in 37/57mm artillery guns that will bring Chittagong under their firing range," the Navy officer told The Daily Star after the foreign minister claimed normalcy at the border.

Based on the information so far gathered, we suspect that Myanmar is making preparation for a short-scale naval conflict, he said.

"Suspicious military preparations have been going on at the Myanmarese side of the border over the last two months," an intelligence official said, adding that the Myanmar army has newly deployed two battle units at their side.

Earlier Myanmar had deployed nine Light Infantry Battalions in its border with Bangladesh. As part of their repeated provocative acts, the junta has violated international border rules and constructed illegal barbed wire fences along the frontier.

"We in the Bangladesh Navy suspect that Myanmar wants to intrude into our sea and declare a large chunk of area as their Maritime Exclusive Zone," the Navy official said.

The Myanmar junta can intrude into the Bangladeshi waters any time to claim ten nautical miles area, which covers the disputed block, which is thought to be a big source of oil and natural gas, he said.

Sources said after Bangladesh's maritime boundary talks with Myanmar ended inconclusively in April, Bangladesh Navy made a deployment plan last September and sent it to the government for immediate action.

The deployment plan urged the government to strengthen maritime patrol at the Bay of Bengal and arrange joint naval exercises with friendly countries.

Meanwhile, sources in Sittwe (formerly known as Akiab) said that Myanmarese Air Force Tatmadaw has stationed three fighter planes at the Sittwe airfield. Sittwe is only 80km away from Chittagong airport.

Twelve warships are constantly patrolling the Bay area, which borders Bangladesh, the sources added.

According to Bangladesh Navy sources, a new Myanmar navy frigate, built with the Chinese help at Yangon, has arrived at the Bay of Bengal.

"There have also been new tanks and armoured columns are pouring in using the 40km road that they have recently built," said another Navy officer.

He said Bangladesh has kept around 30 warships standby in Chittagong and Khulna to repulse any Myanmarese incursion. "The Myanmarese army personnel are regularly infiltrating into Bangladesh territory in the guise of civilians to gather information."

Briefing newsmen, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni also said she had no information about whether Myanmar's border guards were trying to push Rohingya refugees across the border.

In reply to a question, the foreign minister said Myanmar is not violating international laws by erecting barbed wire fences along Bangladesh border as well. "Myanmar is constructing fences in their territory conforming to international laws," she said.

Dipu Moni also said the movement of the Myanmar security forces has no link with Bangladesh's decision to seek UN arbitration to determine maritime boundary between the two neighbouring countries.

Asked whether Bangladesh asked China to mediate to resolve the crisis, she replied that she had no idea about any official proposal in this regard.

Meanwhile, no new leave for the navy men are now being granted, as all leaves in the Bangladesh Navy have been restricted, sources at the navy said.

http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=109365



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[ALOCHONA] Maj Gen Ehtesham transferred



Maj Gen Ehtesham transferred
 
Major General Ehteshamul Huq, the military secretary to the president, has been transferred to the army's Rangpur-based division as its general officer commanding, a government official said Sunday night.
   
The general was linked Sunday by Prothom Alo to militants charged with attacking Sheikh Hasina on September 26, 2001 during the election campaign (
 
The official said the transfer had nothing to do with the report.The official said Huq had been transferred from the president's office and the defence minister had signed the order moving the two-star general to the 66 Division. 'Major General Huq's transfer has nothing to do with the latest media report,' the official said.
 
 



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[ALOCHONA] J & K Women tackle Jehadists



        We need more spirited women to fight the jehadi and jongi thugs since women are preyed upon as the primary targets in blueprints of the Islamists who want to traumatise a community.
 
 

On Dashami, Jammu housewife kills jihadi with axe

 

Sanjay Khajuria

 

JAMMU: As the country bid farewell to goddess Durga, the demon-slayer, on Dashami and witnessed the evil king Ravana being vanquished on Dussehra, a humble Muslim woman in a remote Jammu village slew a dreaded Lashkar terrorist single-handedly.


Exhibiting astonishing, raw courage, Rashida Begum took on the two terrorists who had barged into her home late Sunday night in Thana Mandi village in Rajouri district. The woman, in her early forties, grabbed an axe and swung it wildly, killing one of the armed terrorists and injuring the other. Seeing his partner meet a bloody end, the other terrorist fled in sheer dread.

 

A Rajouri-based police officer said the two terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistan-based group that carried out the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, had entered Noor Ahmad's home around 9pm with the intention of holding the family hostage.

 

Police said the two also wanted information on some local targets that Noor and his family members refused to provide. Angered by the resistance, the two began beating them up, threatening to eliminate the family, when Noor's wife, Rashida, took them by surprise, pouncing on one of them from behind. She brought down an axe in powerful blows, killing the terrorist on the spot.

 

She then charged at his partner who, nonplussed, was trying to gather his wits. Rashida and the rest of the family members soon overpowered him and snatched his weapon. However, the terrorist escaped under the cover of darkness, but not before receiving sharp cuts in the face-off with the furious housewife.

 

Rajouri's additional superintendent of police Shabir Ahmed said investigations were on establish to identity of the duo but the slain terrorist was believed to be Osama, a Pakistan-based LeT commander, wanted in many cases of extortion and terror related activities. ``We are awaiting more details from the spot where a police team is carrying out further investigation,'' Ahmed said. Security forces are combing the area for the escaped terrorist.

 

(Courtesy: The Times of India; September 29, 2009)

(URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/On-Dashami-Jammu-housewife-kills-jihadi-with-axe/articleshow/5066348.cms )

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Brave Ruksana becomes a star

 

Shahdhara Sharief (Rajouri), 29 SEPT: Her immensely brave act has turned young Ruksana Kausar into a heroine and people now see her as a fighter against the zulm or atrocities of militants. She had taken on a group ofLashkar-e-Taiyyaba terrorists who barged into her house late Sunday night, snatched an AK-47 from one intruder and shot him dead.

 

Ruksana is full of smiles at her house in Upper Kalsi in Shahdhara Sharief of Rajouri district, as she is besieged by television reporters asking her how she did it.

 

Posing with the AK-47 that she grabbed from the militants, she recounts for the umpteenth time how she shot dead LeT terrorist Abu Osama in her house up in the hills, while the locals cheer her.

The girl, in her late teens, fought militants and saved her family, especially her parents.

 

When the terrorists barged into her house late Sunday night, Ruksana might have been provoked by the terror unleashed by the ultras on her parents ~ Noor Hussain and Rashida, and by a premonition that her own dignity was in danger. But what she did was an act of supreme bravery. "One thing is for sure that the girl exhibited rare bravery, and she deserves all praise for it," Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Mr Shafkat Watali told IANS. "This is a clear manifestation that the people are willing to fight back militants. They are sick of the atrocities of militants."

 

Ruksana is aware that the new spotlight has come on her after she shot the militant with his own gun.

"I knew that they were up to something, and saw them trying to do something terribly wrong with my daddy," Ruksana said, brimming with anger. "I snatched the gun by pulling his hair and then opened fire on him."

 

This act of the girl is being termed as a fight against zulm by the locals ~ who feel this would begin a new chapter in the anti-militancy feelings of the people.

 

"Now, we feel that militants are not invincible. They can be overpowered and killed," said Showkat Hussain, a villager who had come to see Ruksana from Darhal, about 30 km from here.

The villagers, some of whom have dish antenna fixed on their houses, have seen Ruksana on their TV sets. Many others came to see the new brave girl of the area.

 

"She is another Sher bibi," say people, referring to a legendary Gujjar woman who used to venture into the jungles in Banihal area, where lions used to roam many decades ago. After Rukhsana shot dead one terrorist, the other ultras ran away, including one who was injured.

The family members handed over to the police two AK-47 rifles which they had snatched from the terrorists.

 

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Mr NN Vohra has lauded the exemplary courage and bravery of the fearless young girl.

 

"The Governor has asked for a formal report from the Director General of Police so that he can recommend the young girl for a gallantry award," an official release said.

 

"The Governor also intends to invite this brave girl to the Raj Bhavan to honour her," the statement said.

 

 

(Courtesy: The Statesman; September 30, 2009)

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