Posted on 09/06/2005 9:20:17 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
More than 10,000 Nepalese have been killed by Maoist's terrorism for nearly 10 years.
Unfortunately there is evidence India has been supporting the terrorists. New Delhi's intelligence service, RAW (Research & Analysis Wing) has been supporting the terrorists perhaps because New Delhi may have designs on Nepal's territory and wants to see more instability.
The professed goal of the insurgency, now nearly 10 years old, is the establishment of a totalitarian state, ala Pol Pot's Cambodia. For this, in their view, it is necessary to begin from "ground zero". For the fulfillment of their objectives it is necessary, in their view, to first knock down Nepal's traditional pillars of stability and unity: the Monarchy and the Army.
In Nepal, India is operating on two levels: officially it says she is also threatened by the Maoists; yet, they provide facilities for meetings between Maoists and Indian leftists, not to talk of looking the other way as far as arms supplies, medication and sanctuary for them are concerned.
The real threat is to Nepal's very existence.
The last chance for a peaceful resolution is this ceasefire, unless the pause is used by the Maoists and political opposition to simply join forces and stage a larger uprising. Their intention being to overthrow the Monarchy and rule the nation under New Delhi's guidance.
If the government cannot come to terms with the Maoists and the opposition parties then the violence and suppression will become worse. With the extent of the problem, peace is virtually impossible and that may be what New Delhi wants.
According to Sobia Nasir an editor of Pakistan Tribune "India through RAW has played terrorist activities in order to destabilize the Nepal. Most importantly, there are strong operational linkages between Indian Maoist Communist Center (MCC), Peoples War Group (PWG) and Maoist guerillas in Nepal. The MCC and PWG based in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh are instrumental in providing Nepalese Maoists with training facilities, arms, ammunition, logistical support and safe sanctuaries to take refuge once hounded by security forces". She further argued "India through its militant organizations is promoting terrorism in Nepal. The events of confrontation between Royal Nepal Army and Maoist guirellas show that Maoists are a hinderance in the revolution and prosperity and are aggravating the problems of impoverished masses because of their opportunistic and cruel tactics. Ironically, India is showing undue munificence towards these Mao rebels and they safely recede into their hideouts in Indian territory after operating and attacking Nepali military and paramilitary forces.
She also warned "The Maoists have become the best weapon for India to fulfill its mission. Nepalese government is also concerned over the reports that Maoists cadres are being trained by LTTE Guirellas in Srilanka. There is a palpable apprehension in Nepal that India may use Maoist insurgency to send a peacekeeping force to consolidate its influence in Nepal. Besides creating destabilization in Nepal, the ethnic crisis in Bhutan led by people of Nepalese origin is aggravated by Indian intelligence agency RAW to try and turn the political crisis to India's advantage".
Maoists activities of Killing one year babies and civilians and destruction of infrastructure have turned them into criminals and terrorists. The communism received its impetus only in twenties in Southeast Asia from China. The Nepalese Communist Party was established in 1949 only. That party was established at a 'time when the great Chinese revolution had been won and socialism was developing in the USSR.' The adoption of Chinese style revolution, although today the Chinese diplomat denies of any relationship with Maoist except with the name of Mao, is based upon the principle of Mao's successful revolution in China.
In Nepal,--the populations at large condemn Maoists' terrorism. The best and surest way of controlling the insurgency is to win the people's heart and mind. Winning heart and mind would require taking serious actions to reform.
Growing terrorism is the major threat and all must join hands if national security was to be assured. Besides arms race and terrorism, poverty remained the most formidable challenge to the security. Terrorism had become the biggest threat to national security in Nepal. If world community is serious about getting involved in anti terror movement world community needs to develop more sophisticated tools and capacities, must develop counter terrorism capacities that seek to minimize the problems of mass violence. They also need to develop a capacity to reintegrate people displaced by crisis into their societies, food, water and other life-saving resources need to be introduced quickly.
Maoists terrorism has to stop for the betterment of all people.
This article doesn't make any sense. While the PWG and the MCC are definetly supporting the Nepali Maoists, the PWG and MCC seek to overthrow the New Dehli government. The Maoists have also expressed anti-Indian sentiments in the past, if I'm not mistaken. So why in the hell would New Dehli or RAW support such a group?
Absolutely wrong. Firstly MCC and PWG are fighting India as much as they are supporting the fight against Monarchy. Secondly Maoists do have pockets of support in local populace because the Nepalese government is unable to project power.
Thick tripe.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1207927.cms
Andhra police gun down 2 Maoists
HYDERABAD: Police have gunned down two Maoist guerrillas on Monday night near Gokapuram village, about 150 km from here, in Mahbubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh.
This was the first gun battle after the re-imposition of a ban on the rebels.
A police party engaged in combing operations was apparently fired upon by Maoists, forcing them to retaliate. There were no casualties on the police side.
Police said one of those killed Monday was Diwakar, secretary of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Nalgonda district.
This was the first gun battle after the state government re-imposed the ban on CPI-Maoist and its frontal organisations Aug 17.
Maoists had gunned down a Congress legislator and eight others in Mahbubnagar district on Independence Day prompting the government to act tough. More than 250 people have been killed in Maoist violence since January this year.
As welcome statements continue to pour in from different quarters over the three-month unilateral ceasefire declared by Maoist supremo Prachanda on Saturday, an Indian daily newspaper has reported that the truce was called “at the behest of New Delhi” to put international pressure on King Gyanendra for a dialogue.
The Pioneer daily, in its September 4 online edition said quoting sources, “The so-called truce has been announced at New Delhi's behest to create international pressure on King Gyanendra who has launched a massive offensive against the Maoists ever since the royal coup of February 1.”
“It is believed that the supreme leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Comrade Prachanda, was in India recently for talks with officials of the Ministry of External Affairs and the Cabinet Secretariat.”
According to the news report, which was widely cited by Nepali dailies – government’s mouthpieces Gorkhapatra and The Rising Nepal dailies ran elaborate reports on Tuesday based on The Pioneer story -, the Prime Minister’s Office [India] and the Ministry of External Affairs have clearly ignored, in pursuing a deal with the rebel leader, the stand of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs that maintains a tough stand against the Nepali rebel outfit.
The CPI (Marxist) took initiatives in these dealings, The Pioneer claimed.
“Officials in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, who have been closely tracking Prachanda and his ‘People's Liberation Army’, have reacted with caution to the truce offer,“ the report said. “This is clearly aimed at achieving two goals -instigating external pressure on King Gyanendra to start a dialogue with the Maoists and recovering from the massive counter-assault on Maoists mounted by the Royal Nepalese Army," The Pioneer quoted a senior official said as commenting.
There is a clear rift between the home and external affairs ministries regarding the deal with Nepali Maoists and that Indian intelligence officials were not quite positive over the latest development, according to the report.
"Those who believe the Maoists in Nepal can be drawn into legitimate politics through a deal-induced truce are grossly mistaken. They should remember how Prachanda violated the truce of 2003. They should also learn from our own domestic experience," The Pioneer quoted an official involved with counter-intelligence operations.
The Indian officialdom is yet to react to these media reports.
Amid contrasting interpretations, India on Monday said the truce declared by the Maoists would be helpful in establishing peace in Nepal. “We hope that the ceasefire announced by the Maoists will contribute towards creating an environment in which a peace process can begin,” a statement of the Indian External Affairs Ministry said. It added, “We believe the problems of Nepal can only be addressed on a durable basis through a process of dialogue and reconciliation in an atmosphere free from violence and terror.”
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Pioneer quoted a senior official said as commenting. There is a clear rift between the home and external affairs ministries regarding the deal with Nepali Maoists and that Indian intelligence officials were not quite positive over the latest development (the truce?), according to the report.
"Those who believe the Maoists in Nepal can be drawn into legitimate politics through a deal-induced truce are grossly mistaken. They should remember how Prachanda violated the truce of 2003. They should also learn from our own domestic experience," The Pioneer quoted an official involved with counter-intelligence operations.
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