Posted on 03/18/2007 3:47:02 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Approximately 300 Maoist rebels, called Naxalites, attacked an Indian police post at Rani Bodli in the central-western state of Chhattisgarh the night of March 15. Armed with guns, grenades and homemade firebombs, the attackers overwhelmed the 79-man post, leaving approximately 50 policemen dead and making off with weapons and ammunition. Eleven days before the Rani Bodli attack, Indian parliament member Sunil Mahato was assassinated in neighboring Jharkhand state -- an operation in which Maoists were allegedly involved. ...
The Naxalite insurgency is located primarily in eastern India in a "red corridor" comprising the states of Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Karnataka, Orissa and Chhattisgarh. To a lesser extent, Naxalites also are active in parts of other states such as West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Some estimates claim that Naxalite activity is spread across as much as 25 percent of India's territory. To date, the Naxalites have carried out attacks mainly in rural areas and have refrained from taking their fight directly to the capital of New Delhi or India's larger population centers. It appears that the Naxalites' recent escalation is the result of a change in policy from the existing leadership. The shift in the insurgency began with the unification of the Maoist Communist Center and the People's War Group -- the two main factions involved in the armed insurgency -- in September 2004. This changed the entire scope of the struggle from scattered localized cells to a more unified force operating in the "red corridor."
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Wow, India is really in deep kimchi, aren't they? That map makes it clear.
India is probably not real happy about the unrest by Pakistani lawyers, either.
Naquadria is considered even more dangerous.
This is to reduce the amount of posted pictures (posting a link instead of the pinglist sign). Does posting lots of pictures make FR more expensive to run?
Yes. Very deep tikka masala.
Yes. Very deep tikka masala.
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