Two hardline faction ULFA cadres were killed this week when explosives they were laying on a railway track in Assam exploded. ULFA claims the men were killed by security forces. The hardline faction announced its new central committee this week. The new acting chairman is an unknown.
The Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses has an article on the potential supra-state Naga body mentioned in last week's post. Affected Chief Ministers have responded with both confusion over the verity of the original report and opposition. This week's South Asia Intelligence Review has an overview of the ongoing battle between the NSCN-IM and the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF), another Naga body.
Briefly, in other news, progress has been made on the extradition treaty between India and Bangladesh. In Manipur, the government has been destroying floating huts, people's homes on Loktak Lake.
This will be my last post for 2011. Northeast Indian watchers should never be starved for reading material though. The Seven Sisters Post, which broke the story on the potential new Naga entity, was launched just a couple of weeks ago, adding to the healthy stream of news and analysis from the region.
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