Thursday, March 15, 2007
Maoist attack on Chhattisgarh police kills 49
RAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Maoist rebels stormed a police camp in Chhattisgarh on Thursday, killing 49 members of the police and tribal militia in one of the deadliest attacks by the insurgents in years.
The latest attack underlined the presence of Maoist rebels in much of rural India where they have formed a "red corridor" stretching from the southern tip of India all along its southern, central and eastern forests and up to the border with Nepal. Ajai Sahni, executive director at the New Delhi-based Institute for Conflict Management said rebels have spent much of last year amassing an enormous cache of arms.
More than 700 people were killed in the insurgency last year.
Maoists say they are fighting for the rights of poor peasants and landless workers.
Obviously, there has been Congress party mismanagement of the large difficult problems which have been staring them in their face for years, particularly with regard to the SEZs and now the situations have become nationwide, many have mobile phones and mobility unlike in 1947.
IMO: After all the deaths caused directly by the police in Nandigram, all this is far from surprising, though very unwelcome..
The latest attack underlined the presence of Maoist rebels in much of rural India where they have formed a "red corridor" stretching from the southern tip of India all along its southern, central and eastern forests and up to the border with Nepal. Ajai Sahni, executive director at the New Delhi-based Institute for Conflict Management said rebels have spent much of last year amassing an enormous cache of arms.
More than 700 people were killed in the insurgency last year.
Maoists say they are fighting for the rights of poor peasants and landless workers.
Obviously, there has been Congress party mismanagement of the large difficult problems which have been staring them in their face for years, particularly with regard to the SEZs and now the situations have become nationwide, many have mobile phones and mobility unlike in 1947.
IMO: After all the deaths caused directly by the police in Nandigram, all this is far from surprising, though very unwelcome..
# posted by uv : 7:17 AM
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