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Myanmar unlikely to flush out northeastern militants soon
mizonews.net | June 2, 2012 , Aizawl
Indian security agencies are not hopeful of Myanmar immediately launching a Bhutan-type operation to flush out northeastern militants from it soil. More than 3,000 rebels belonging to different outfits from the northeast are reportedly holed up in the neighbouring country.
Since the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent visit to Myanmar, there was speculation about Myanmar taking action against Indian rebels hiding there. On Thursday, Union home minister P Chidambaram appreciated the "positive response" from Myanmar on the issue of militants.
"It's NSCN (Khaplang) chief SS Khaplang who calls the shots there," a security source said. "Ulfa and the NDFB have smaller contingents. Ulfa has about 200 Ulfa fighters while the strength of the NDFB is just about 100. Manipuri outfits have about 3,000 militants. The size of the NSCN (Khaplang) is also quite big," he added.
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