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	United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) - Terrorist Group of Assam
		According to reports, ULFA is in the process of relocating its camps in Myanmar, Mon district of Nagaland, Garo hills of Meghalaya and Tirap and Changlang districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
		The ULFA sought shelter in the forests on the Indo-Bhutan border from the early 1990s and established several camps in the forest areas of southern Bhutan.
		The top ULFA leadership was also in close touch with certain officers of the Pakistani High Commission in Bangladesh, who have arranged for their passport in various names and travel to Karachi, from where they have been taken to the terrorist training centres run by the ISI and its affiliates.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/terrorist_outfits/ulfa.htm (1600 words)

	United Liberation Front of Asom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some of the major assassinations by ULFA include that of Surendra Paul in May 1990, the brother of businessman Lord Swraj Paul, that precipitated a situation leading to the sacking of the Government of Assam under Prafulla Mahanta and the beginning of Operation Bajrang.
		In 2003, the ULFA was accused of killing innocent laborers from Bihar.
		Soon after the illegal destruction of the Babri Masjid mosque in 1992, the ULFA was reported to have stopped Hindu-Muslim riots in the Hojai region of Nagaon district by displaying arms openly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ULFA (1228 words)

	United Liberation Front of Asom - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The ULFA considers itself a "revolutionary political organization" engaged in a "national liberation struggle" against the "occupation by India" for the establishment of a sovereign, independent Assam.
		Soon after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992, the ULFA was reported to have stopped Hindu-Muslim riots in the Hojai region of Nagaon district by displaying arms openly.
		ULFA has also recruited thousands of bright and talented indigenous youth of the region, and reportedly converted them into thugs and dacoits by arming them with weapons and amphetamine, both of which are easily available from South East Asian underground markets.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/ULFA (1267 words)

	rediff.com: The Rediff Interview/ Luhit Deuri, former ULFA militant
		Known to be very close to ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Barua, he was almost the number three man in the organisation.
		In the early nineties, ULFA was one of the richest terrorist organisations in India.
		ULFA denies responsibility and says this is being done by the Assam Tiger Force.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jan/22inter.htm (1276 words)

	Government ready for peace talks with ULFA
		The ULFA was represented at the June 22 talks by members of People's Consultative Group, which included human rights activists, writers, lawyers and journalists.
		Duggal said reports of ULFA issuing extortion notice to a Reserve Bank official for 30,000 dollars was against the spirit of the June 22 statement.
		Formed in 1979, the ULFA is fighting for a separate homeland, accusing the government of taking away Asom's mineral and forest resources, neglecting the local economy and flooding the area with outsiders.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060711/387937.html (394 words)

	North-East- Can ULFA Be Trusted?
		The ULFA's antagonism towards the peace process is manifest and akin to its rejection of the 'safe passage' offer made by the Assam chief minister in January.
		ULFA's intention is clear now; the statement released by top ULFA leaders in its mouthpiece, Swadhinata, also conveys ULFA's unreliability as a partner in the peace process.
		Both, the ULFA and the government, are under pressure from civil society organizations to reach a negotiated settlement.
	www.manipuronline.com /North-East/May2006/ulfa14_1.htm (666 words)

	Assam & The North-East : Election 2001
		The threat posed by the ULFA adversely affected electioneering of the AGP in Nalbari and parts of Kamrup, and several parts, the AGP workers are not even in a position to move freely.
		The threat posed by the ULFA and its impact in the minds of the AGP workers were quite evident in Nalbari district as the workers in the district committee office of the party were openly discussing the problem faced by them.
		He said that as per reports available, a few groups of ULFA men have already sneaked into the State from their bases in Bhutan for the purpose and the police and the security forces are gearing up to foil the designs of the militants.
	www.axom.faithweb.com /election/news/apr2130.html (11412 words)

	Assam: ULFA- Swinging Between Peace & Rebellion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Though a peace process is on between the Centre and the insurgent outfit, ULFA militants stepped up their extortion drive in the Guwahati city in the month of March.
		The ULFA is using such a money transfer facility so that they do not have to put the lives of their activists or linkmen at risk for collecting cash.
		ULFA Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa said that political conflict was the main problem faced by the state and this problem must be on the top agenda of all political parties.
	www.saag.org /papers18/Paper1763.html (1865 words)

	ULFA
		The " United Liberation Front of Assam, ULFA", a revolutionary political organisation was born on the lawns of the historic Rang Ghar of Sibsagar on 7th April 1979.
		ULFA represents: ULFA represents, as its name implies, not only the Assamese nation but also the entire independent minded struggling peoples, irrespective of different race-tribe-caste-religion and nationality of Assam.
		ULFA itself and all freedom fighters of Assam are neither planning nor conspiring to break up India!
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Congress/7434/ulfa.htm (929 words)

	IBNLive : ULFA announces ceasefire
		ULFA RESPONDS: The ULFA chairman has said that they are very happy with the Centre's decision to suspend the Army's anti-ULFA operations.
		The ''29th Battalion'' of the ULFA, believed to be its deadliest units, had earlier declared suspension of its offensives against the security forces in response to the Centre's gesture.
		The ULFA's ''positive'' response was being described as an indication of the group's willingness to sit for direct talks with the Government.
	www.ibnlive.com /printpage.php?id=18955§ion_id=4 (283 words)

	ASSAM: KAKOPATHAR KILLINGS GIVE STRENGTH TO DYING ULFA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ULFA which grew in Assam as a means of protest against the illegal Bangladeshi migrants threatening to swamp the state later got discredited because of its perverted activities.
		The ULFA on March 8 made an oblique statement denouncing the efforts made by former Union minister and BJP leader Arun Shourie to persuade the regional Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) for a poll alliance to fight the Congress.
		Terming the ongoing talks between the People’s Consultative Group (PCG), nominated by the outlawed ULFA, and the Centre as ‘a democratic process’ towards achieving a political solution to its decade-old ‘struggle’-- the ULFA said that the outfit had to carry on its armed ‘struggle’ as democratic process was not open to it earlier.
	www.saag.org /papers18/paper1733.html (1874 words)

	Proposed Talks with ULFA Raise Hopes in North-East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		But the ULFA, which reportedly run training camps for its cadres inside Burma, rejected it asserting that 'sovereignty' should be the core issue or the talks.
		Mamoni, who is understood to be in touch with the hardcore ULFA top leaders through telephone, had also submitted a draft note justifying the need to discuss the issue of 'sovereignty'.
		ULFA’s political chief Arabinda Rajkhowa too, while welcoming the effort of Mamoni, said the core issue of the negotiation must be the sovereignty of Assam.
	www.mizzima.com /mizzima/archives/news-in-2005/News-in-May/17-May-05-31.htm (647 words)

	ULFA thorn in Assam's flesh- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ULFA was reduced to a terrorist group, attacking soft and civilian targets to assert its presence.
		The months that followed, leading to the first round of negotiations in October 2004, helped ULFA reassert itself as a voice of the people of Assam which it had ceased to be.
		ULFA refused to give up its demand of sovereignty of Assam and once again the rhetoric of direct talks, permanent solutions, sovereignty, ceasefire and safe passage came back into currency.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-1479557,prtpage-1.cms (571 words)

	The Hindu : National : It should not be a repeat of 1991 experience: ULFA
		The ULFA leaders, who agreed to hold talks for a political solution of the conflict if the exchange of the prisoners was accomplished, were bound to withdraw from talks.
		ULFA vice-chairman Pradip Gogoi, along with several senior leaders, is now lodged in a Guwahati jail, while general secretary Anup Cheta is in a Dhaka jail.
		The ULFA has demanded the release of its 10 top leaders to discuss the invitation extended by the Prime Minister's Office for peace talks.
	www.hindu.com /2005/06/17/stories/2005061703791300.htm (430 words)

	Assam & The North-East : SULFA 2000
		Police suspect the Ulfa of having killed Amrit, who was a "second lieutenant" in the banned outfit before surrendering with 531 other militants at the Rang Ghar in Sivasagar on April 4.
		DIBRUGARH, Oct 19: A self-styled ULFA lieutenant, Pabitra Saikia was killed in an encounter with the Army at Naojan Tipamia area in Dibrugarh district yesterday.
		DIBRUGARH, Oct 24: In an encounter between ULFA and Army in the Naojan Tipomia area under Dibrugarh district, a self-styled "lieutenant" of Naharkatia, Tingkhong and Sapekhati area was killed instantly on the night of October 18, said an Army source.
	www.axom.faithweb.com /sulfa (3549 words)

	ULFA seeks referendum on Assam independence - World Affairs Board
		Putting forward their argument, ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Barua told the local media last night that Assam was not a part of India until the last Ahom king, Purandar Singha, was forced to sign the Yandabu Treaty by the British in 1826.
		The ULFA leader’s statement came hours after Jnanpith Award winner and professor of Delhi University Dr Indira Goswami told the media during here last evening that she was hopeful that effort to bring the ULFA and the Central government would be fruitful.
		Possibilities of talks between the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the government seemed to reach a deadened with the 'commander in chief' of the outfit Paresh Barua telling a local TV channel on Wednesday night that the issue of "sovereignty" would not be compromised.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=3814 (1307 words)

	Army chokes ULFA supply lines to Myanmar
		The ULFA usually adopts some villages in poverty-struck areas western Myanmar by providing rations and medicines to poor villagers in lieu of their help in respect of carrying loads and providing strategic inputs.
		The security force believes that its strategy to disrupt the supply lines to ULFA camps in Myanmar would pay rich dividends as hit by shortage of essentials and medicines, the ULFA cadres will not be left with much options but to surrender to escape the onslaught of monsoon inside thick hostile jungles.
		It is feared that the ULFA would mount its attacks in urban areas of Assam including the state's capital city here to divert attention of the Army.
	www.rediff.com /news/2007/apr/13ulfa.htm (433 words)

	ULFA mediators meet Narayanan, Duggal : Assam, ULFA, Centre, M K Narayanan, V K Duggal : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
		In what was described as another step closer to direct talks between the banned outfit and the Centre, two key mediators negotiating on behalf of the group held parleys with National Security Advisor M K Narayanan and Union Home Secretary V K Duggal on Friday.
		Rebati Phukan, a childhood friend of ULFA supremo Paresh Barua, and noted Assamese author Indira Goswami took part in the talks as mediators.
		He expressed hope that the Centre will soon release the senior ULFA leaders in order to facilitate a meeting among the top rung of the outfit to discuss the modalities for the peace talks.
	www.ibnlive.com /news/ulfa-mediators-meet-narayanan-duggal/18951-4.html (276 words)

	Asia Newscast - News, Headlines & Current Events - India News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The BSP, which has substantial votes, came out in support of UPA in the Presidential election boosting its prospects even as Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat got the NDA's clearance to contest as an independent candidate.
		Mediator for ULFA talks Indira Goswami has said, the Government has set three conditions to resume the stalled peace initiative with banned ULFA, that included a direct communication from the outfit's top leadership indicating their willingness for talks with the Centre.
		Sri Lankan Government says response to the first interim report by International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) on human rights violations; killings and forced disappearances will be made after studying the observations made by them.
	www.newscast.in /index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=15&Itemid=64 (377 words)

	Hasten talks or we'll take to guns: Ulfa : Hindustantimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The ULFA designated 11-member People's Consultative Group (PCG) held talks with the Prime Minister to prepare the ground for a bilateral ceasefire and then direct talks between the rebel leadership and Government peace negotiators at a later stage.
		ULFA cannot sit idle...it is either resolution of the conflict or struggle," the ULFA said in a statement published in its mouthpiece Freedom.
		The ULFA is one of the most organised militant groups in India's northeast, where more than 30 rebel groups operate with demands ranging from secession to greater autonomy.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/7454_1574883,000800050001.htm (401 words)

	The Ultimate United Liberation Front of Asom Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		It is reported that the ULFA leaders have invested in businesses in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
		ULFA has also recruited thousands of bright and talented indigenous youth of the region, and converted them into thugs and dacoits by arming them with weapons and amphetamine, both of which are easily available from South East Asian underground markets.
		The ULFA has obliquely accepted responsibility for the blast [1].
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/ULFA (1254 words)

	Defenceindia : 23-jun-2k3 : Army News : Army launches massive crackdown on ULFA
		Intelligence reports say a large group of heavily-armed ULFA rebels have entered Assam from their bases in the neighbouring kingdom of Bhutan to carry out hit-and-run guerrilla strikes on federal soldiers.
		Lakhipathar was previously the ULFA headquarters but the militants were forced to abandon the forests after an Indian army offensive in 1990 codenamed Operation Bajrang.
		On Monday, nine soldiers were injured in an ambush in eastern Assam by the ULFA, while ULFA attacked an oil installation in the area with rocket propelled grenades, besides killing two paramilitary soldiers.
	www.defenceindia.com /23-jun-2k3/army1.html (356 words)

	Telugu Portal - Pakistan-trained ULFA rebels behind Assam bombings - Nation - Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The ULFA, fighting for an independent Assamese homeland since 1979, has been blamed for triggering close to 30 explosions in the past week that killed seven people and wounded nearly 100, besides blowing up oil and gas pipelines and railway tracks.
		The ULFA blamed all the explosions on the intelligence chief saying Sharma was trying to derail peace process between its representatives and New Delhi.
		He said the ULFA was carrying out extortion and using frontal organisations to act on its behalf.
	www.teluguportal.net /modules/news/article.php?storyid=5902 (416 words)

	ULFA-Blasts /WRD/ - Irna
		The ULFA is a rebel group that has been fighting for an independent Assamese homeland since 1979.
		ULFA representatives have held two rounds of peace talks with New Delhi since last October with the next round expected on June 22.
		Police denied the ULFA charges and said the outfit was trying to shirk responsibility following strong reaction from the public and hence blaming a section within the government establishment.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/line-20/0606104404214144.htm (417 words)

	ULFA sends positive signals
		The outfit's observations on the Naga peace process are a virtual reiteration of its earlier stand on secession.
		The ULFA, which has been waging an armed struggle to free Assam from the "colonial" yoke of Delhi, said the solution to any conflict in the region was impossible "without giving back sovereignty."
		The ULFA, operating out of bases in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, had earlier offered to talk to the government, but wanted such negotiations to be held at a neutral venue under the supervision of United Nations' representatives.
	www.indiaabroad.com /news/2003/jan/18ulfa.htm (270 words)

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