Death Toll Rises in India Maoist Attack

Voice of America ^ | 26 May 2013 | anon

[BlackVeil]

The death toll from an attack on Indian politicians by Maoist rebels has risen to 23, a day after the rebels fired at a convoy of cars carrying local Congress Party leaders in eastern India.

Suspected insurgents fired at the vehicles Saturday in the Sukma area of Chhattisgarh state. Dozens of people were wounded in the attack.

Local reports say some senior party leaders were among those killed. The Associated Press reported Sunday that several more bodies were found near the scene of the crash Sunday, including those of a party leader and his son who had been believed kidnapped.

Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi has condemned what she called an attack on India's democratic values. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has vowed that the government would take firm action against those responsible for the attack.

The rebels have been fighting the central government for more than four decades, demanding land and jobs for tenant farmers and the poor.

[GOPJ]

To stop it from working you must administer more violence; selectively and with precision. Generally, those who turn to violence do so because they are too weak to win by any other means.

Seems there should be a few other alternatives...

[Gay State Conservative]

If there's ever been an argument in favor of abortion it's Mao Tse Tung.Personally,and directly,responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of his "peasant" countrymen as well as two major wars that claimed hundreds of thousands (if not more).Mao made mass murdering psychopaths like Hitler and Stalin look like amateurs by comparison.

[No One Special]

When asked to comment, Anita Dunn said Mao was still her favorite political philosopher.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

[Jabba the Nutt]

That was mistake. You can slaughter ordinary people all day long, but kill members of the elite. I’ll say the Maoists are in for it now.

[denydenydeny]

Nope. You’re wrong. For a variety of reasons the Muslims of India are better assimilated and better socialized than any in the world.

Whenever there are Muslim terrorist attacks in India, they always have to smuggle in Pakistanis to commit them.

[Twotone]

“Seems there should be a few other alternatives...”

If someone is at war with you, you have no choice but to go to war. That’s what we are refusing to face with Islam.

[1010RD]

Why I hate being “red” now. We need to switch back to blue.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BlackVeil.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

The Indian communist guerrillas are called the Naxalities and are very well organized, much like their counterparts in Nepal who literally defeated a corrupt royalty led government.

They control vast swatches of land and jungle, and unless the Indian Army mounts a major intrusion into these areas, the Communists will remain intact and effective.

[FutureRocketMan]

not yet, both for your overt statement, and the intended meaning.

[uncommonsense]

Mao is responsible for well over 60 million when including his famines. He's #1.

[uncommonsense]

Top Ten Most Evil Dictators of All Time (in order of kill count)

"1. Mao Zedong (49-78 million deaths)"

There are many more references to support his #1 ranking...