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Going for the kill ; The euphoria over the unilateral declaration of ceasefire by the most potent battalion of ULFA may be short-lived if the government and the pro-talk group fail to bring in more cadres to their fold.
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July 14, 2008
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Anil Haloi (name changed), who had joined the United Liberation
Front of Assam (ULFA) in 1988, was a disillusioned rebel till last
month.
He had been involved in kidnapping, murders, blasts and attacks
on security forces, all in the name of struggle for independence.
Instructions would come from the central leadership of ULFA, whom
Haloi had never seen, and he would execute their subversive plans.
But, his dream of an independent Assam still remains as distant
as it was 20 years ago. Today, Haloi fears that some Bangladeshi
would rule his motherland soon.
I have never met our Commander-in-Chief Paresh Barua, and
Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa. We want independence; but the state has
become ...