Myanmar army hits Indian rebels

Myanmar troops have launched a crackdown against Indian separatists, raiding several rebel bases, officials and militant leaders said yesterday.
An Indian defence official said camps belonging to the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) had been smashed in northern Myanmar's Sagaing division.
"The offensive is continuing... since the last four days with some key Ulfa bases demolished according to information available so far," a commander of India's paramilitary Assam Rifles told AFP, asking not to be named.
The Ulfa, fighting for an independent homeland in northeast India's Assam state, has well-entrenched bases inside Myanmar, from where they stage cross-border bombings and hit-and-run attacks on federal soldiers.
At least half a dozen separatist groups from India's northeast have bases in Myanmar under the patronage of the dominant Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K).