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I am not confused. I know it very well, having seen them from close quarters.Again, lets not get confused between paramilitary forces like CRPF and Indian Army.
I was talking about that too! Reducing the strength of the IA is not good. History taught us that we can trust a snake, but not Pakistan.From the news reports, it looks like GP Pillai has not talked to the Army Chief and that is very unfortunate. But from the previous such reports, it is about reducing CRPF presence from populated areas.
CRPF assists the State Police in maintaining normalcy in riot hit areas, when the State Administration finds that the Police Force does not have strength enough to tackle situations. There are also cases, albeit rare - when the CRPF is involved in insurgency operations. Army is for terrorist ops and for maintaining the integrity of the Country. I have never seen CRPF carrying machine guns, as they have to walk along the streets maintaining vigil. Even the IA do not carry machine guns in terrorist ops, until the situation demands it. Remember, terrorist ops are guerrilla warfare, not war. CRPF carry guns and so do the Police. The machine guns are placed at CRPF camps, so that they can defend themselves in case of an attack on their camp. In cases rare, maybe they do carry machine guns - but I find it absurd that machine guns would be used to control irate mobs. In that case, the casualty would have been in 1000s in Kashmir, no?Militancy is at a 20 yearlow. The problem that happened over summer did not involve bullets and militants but mostly riotous crowds. You need riot-squads to tackle them, not CRPF armed with machine guns.
Militancy is at a 20 year low because of the combined effort of the State Police, CRPF, IA & Intelligence Agencies.
I think that was an excellent idea. Maybe Omar Abdullah is too young to understand situations, but he's the best man to access the situation in ground zero. Remember when the IA did a flag march, those rioters hid their tails between their legs and were seen nowhere.Omar Abdulla calling in the Army was a foolish act. The Army is not involved in tackling the population, its the CRPF and Police. And it should stay tha way. Again, looks at the militancy related incidents and then think about it. Eventually the Unified Command will take the decision but the main idea is to reduce security forces from population areas. And this is mainly CRPF forces.
Going by the statements of the Army Chief, there will be reduction in Army troops.
Militancy related incidents? Which world do you live in mate? Militancy is not low because militants have become members of peace keeping forces. Militants are finding it hard to cross over. And when they do cross over, they get what they deserve - death like a dog. we should thank the IA for that. And since PA & ISI is finding it hard to send militants to India, they are using scums on their payrolls to prop up mobs so that Kashmir gets International attention.
I would however agree that rubber bullets should be used to control riots. Those are mainly brainwashed youths, and they do need a second chance.
P.S.: I have used the word militant in exchange of your post. They are not militants, they are terrorists. Hence, we should be using that word.
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