Posted on 08/02/2007 1:20:03 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
An aggressive nationwide parallel policing and volunteering campaign unleashed by Young Communist League (YCL) members in Nepal has worried many in the Himalayan kingdom.
Aside from ordinary people, those concerned about YCL activities include everybody from Prime Minister GP Koirala, former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, former US President Jimmy Carter and the US Ambassador to Nepal, James F Moriarty.
The YCL - the junior wing of former Maoist rebels - was reactivated after the recent peace agreement between the Nepal's seven-party alliance (SPA) and the Maoists in November 2006.
The Maoists claim that the YCL has more than 300,000 cadres currently operating around the country, and they plan to increase that number to over 500,000 in the next few months
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Our p/c gurus at State would not support the 'evil King' of Nepal ? And here is the result. Can the world afford another wacked out Maoist country? It's coming. And in one of the worlds most beautiful places. What a terrible pity....
Ping.
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