04-29-2005, 12:19 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->ULFA, CPI-Maoist in US terror list
Press Trust of India
Washington, April 28: The United States has listed Assam's banned
militant outfit ULFA and the Communist Party of India (Maoist), formed after the
merger of various naxalite groups, as terrorist outfits.
They have been mentioned in the list of Other Selected Terrorist
Organisations (OSTO), released by the US department of state in its
country reports on terrorism released on Wednesday.
Terror organisations that do not target the national interests of the
United States or its citizens are listed in the OSTO.
The listing of the two organisations under OSTO follows the attacks by
the outfits on civilians, said the country report on terrorism on India.
Referring to the ULFA as the most prominent group in the northeast, the
report said it uses extortion to finance military training and weapons
purchases.
The outfit reportedly procures and trades in arms with other northeast
Indian groups and may have linkages with other ethnic insurgent groups
active in neighbouring states, it said.
According to the report, the ULFA receives aid from unknown external
sources.
In eastern India, the report said, the primary naxalites groups took
steps towards consolidation by combining to form the Communist Party of India
(Maoist).
Naxalite violence dropped significantly in 2004, but the future of
peace talks was uncertain at the year's end, it said.
It also expanded the description of Pakistan-based militant outfit
Lashkar-e-Tayyaba to include its operation under various fronts and
names of convenience.
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Press Trust of India
Washington, April 28: The United States has listed Assam's banned
militant outfit ULFA and the Communist Party of India (Maoist), formed after the
merger of various naxalite groups, as terrorist outfits.
They have been mentioned in the list of Other Selected Terrorist
Organisations (OSTO), released by the US department of state in its
country reports on terrorism released on Wednesday.
Terror organisations that do not target the national interests of the
United States or its citizens are listed in the OSTO.
The listing of the two organisations under OSTO follows the attacks by
the outfits on civilians, said the country report on terrorism on India.
Referring to the ULFA as the most prominent group in the northeast, the
report said it uses extortion to finance military training and weapons
purchases.
The outfit reportedly procures and trades in arms with other northeast
Indian groups and may have linkages with other ethnic insurgent groups
active in neighbouring states, it said.
According to the report, the ULFA receives aid from unknown external
sources.
In eastern India, the report said, the primary naxalites groups took
steps towards consolidation by combining to form the Communist Party of India
(Maoist).
Naxalite violence dropped significantly in 2004, but the future of
peace talks was uncertain at the year's end, it said.
It also expanded the description of Pakistan-based militant outfit
Lashkar-e-Tayyaba to include its operation under various fronts and
names of convenience.
URL:Â Â Â http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=45653<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->