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Fears over Nepal's young Maoists
BBC World News ^ | Wednesday, 1 August 2007 | BBC News

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 ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: himalaya; maoists; nepal; ycl
Isn't it interesting that this development picks up steam on the heels of Jimmy Carters' Nepal visit?....

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....

1 posted on 08/02/2007 1:20:06 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Tailgunner Joe; TigerLikesRooster

Ping.


2 posted on 08/02/2007 1:25:14 AM PDT by Thunder90
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To: Thunder90
Hmm.. Nepalese communists are on the move again.
3 posted on 08/02/2007 4:59:54 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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