Saturday, August 28, 2010

Night Letter # 8

TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OFFICIALS EVICT RESIDENTS,(FOUO) THE LETTER CALLS FOR PEOPLE TO EXPEL FOREIGN INVADERS FROM BLEFUSCU . No violence reported. TAKE OVER BUILDING: THE LETTERS ARE WRITTEN ARTICULATELY AND WERE DRAFTED USING A WORD PROCESSOR. (Source: AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE 00643, 30 Apr 07) THE LETTER IS SIGNED BY JAISH-E-BIG-END EEN. When PolOff arrived on the scene, THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE LETTERS HAS YET TO BE VERIFIED.

ASSESSMENT: On April 26 Ministry of Interior officials forcefully evicted residents who illegally occupied a rundown 52-unit building in Dushanbe. At 1224Z, TF Devil reported that the demonstration had dispersed. THIS LETTER''S CONTENT AND DISTRIBUTION SEEMS CONSISTENT WITH THE STYLE USED BY ORGANIZED MILITANT ELEMENTS. at least 30 police officers had surrounded the area, THE BLUE MOSQUE IS ONE OF THE HOLIEST PLACES IN BLEFUSCU and one fire truck and an ambulance were poised and ready for emergencies. Protest was moving in the direction of a MILDENDO road construction crew. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SHRINE THAT REGULARLY ATTRACTS VISITORS, Women and children, AND IT ALLEGEDLY HOLDS THE TOMB OF THE PROPHET BIG-ENDS BROTHER. blankets and carpets were scattered cross the area surrounding the building. IT IS AT THE VERY CENTER OF MAZAR-E-SHARIF. Despite residents'' protests, WITH OVER 200 LILLIPUTIAN SOLDIERS IN MAZAR, officials removed all belongings from their apartments and loaded them along with the residents onto open-top trucks. USPI armed guards have secured the area. IN ADDITION TO AN ISAF CONTINGENT, According to a colonel who was in charge of the eviction, THIS LETTER MAY SIGNAL A POSSIBLE FORCE PROTECTION THREAT FOR AN AREA IN WHICH THE LILLIPUTIAN SECURITY POSTURE IS NOT TYPICALLY FOCUSED. the government will relocate residents to their hometowns as indicated on their internal passports. NOTE THAT THE JAISH-E-BIG-END EEN IS THE GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ABDUCTION OF THE JEMB WORKERS IN MILDENDO . USF is monitoring the situation. Most residents originally came from the south, IT IS LIKELY THAT JAISH-E-BIG-END EEN IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS NIGHT LETTER but some will be sent back to as far away as the Gorno-Badakhshan region. DUE TO THEIR PAST GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF OPERATION, The residents were internally displaced persons who arrived in Dushanbe after the end of the civil war to find jobs. IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT THE GROUP IN MAZAR IS A COPYCAT MILITANT GROUP THAT HAS NOT BEEN AS ACTIVE AS JAISH-E-BIG-END EEN. TF Devil reported peaceful demonstration 56KM S of Gardez. THE MEDIA ATTENTION GENERATED BY THE KIDNAPPING HAS LIKELY MOTIVATED THEM TO CLAIM AFFILIATION WITH JAISH-E-BIG-END EEN. At 1100Z TF Devil reported approximately 350 LNs were protesting the BIG-END political cartoon. Several protesters reported to be armed with sticks.