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| A Reveal All Interview with a Maoist Rebel |
| 2005-07-11 |
| South Asia is seen as the great red hope for the Maoists. The mixing of the caste system with Class Warfare have made a virulent little combination that seems to promise continued violence. The Maoists have been nowhere near as succesful in Bangladesh because the Jihadis will eat them alive The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or Sri Lankaâs Tamil Tigers as they are commonly known, are providing military training to the Maoist rebels of Nepal in [Indian] Bihar near the Nepalese borders. Some French trainers have also been hired, a Maoist rebel leader revealed to the South Asia Tribune. Talking to this correspondent in a recorded conversation, the Maoist rebel said the Tamil Tigers were helping in formation of human bomb squads for suicidal missions. Women and teenage boys and girls were being recruited for these squads. They also carry cyanide capsules with them. This Maoist leader had recently visited Delhi from Purniya, Bihar. He has a link here with a Naxalite intellectual-activist whom the Indian security agencies often use to harass for his sympathies with Naxalites. The rebel leader told the South Asia Tribune: âThe decision to assist the Maoist rebels of Nepal was taken at a secret meeting of the Maoist activists of eight countries held in Kolkata in India. They also discussed the present status of rebellion in India. The Maoists of Peru, Netherlands, Norway, France, Germany, Sri Lanka, Nepal and India participated in the meeting. The Tamil Tigers and rebels of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) were present as special invitees,â he added. The rebel leader told this correspondent that this meeting, under the auspices of the Coordination Committee of Maoists Parties and Organizations of South Asia (CCOMPOSA) was held last year. âThe meeting paved the way for the merger of the PWG (Peopleâs War Group) and MCC (Maoist Communist Center), and an organization, namely the Friends of Indian Revolution (FOIR) was formed. It was decided in the meeting that the LTTE would provide full support to the Indian and Nepalese Maoists and Indian Maoists would provide shelter and training camps to the Maoist rebels of Nepal,â he said. The leader said: âThe task of training the rebels was entrusted to the LTTE and French Maoists.â I'm guessing the Frenchie Maoists are more concerned with ideological training Tamil Tigers have formed four Human Bomb Dalams (squads) of women. Each Dalam has 20 women. Similarly, 12 Dalams of the Suicidal Squads have been formed. Each Dalam has 40 young boys and girls. Indian and Nepalese Maoists are being jointly trained in this camp. French trainers are providing training to Nepalese rebels in the hilly terrain of Uttaranchal. When asked if the Maoist forces of India and Nepal would assist the Tamil Tigers in their operations, he said: âThey are much more resourceful than us. We are seeking their help in the training and other logistic supports.â The Red Zone and a safe corridor is being made by the rebels that starts from Nepal, and covers all of the Northern hilly area of Uttaranchal, East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, South Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh up to Sri Lanka... The Maoists of India and Nepal have also begun joint operations. Recently in a hamlet Madhuban at Bihar-Nepal border, the rebels of the two countries simultaneously attacked two banks, a post office, a petrol pump and the house of a Member of Parliament Sita Ram Singh (from Laloo Prasad Yadavâs political party RJD) in broad daylight. There were some women rebels also who were in shalwar-qameez with red dupattas (scarfs), while others wore jeans and shirts. According to witnesses, some of them had Mongoloid features and they were talking in Nepalese. When asked if similar operations would also be carried out in Nepal in the near future, the leader said: âOf course. Why not? We have to make the whole region, right from Nepal to the deep South, including some parts of Sri Lanka as an Independent Red Zone where the rule of the masses would be established.â Maoists are also strengthening their positions in the Terai region of Uttaranchal that has jeopardized the affluent peasantry of the region, which greatly consists of Sikh migrants. In this regard, the rebel leader said: âThe Terai region is adjacent to Nepal, and it falls under the Independent Red Zone. I daresay that whosoever would resist, he has to pay the price.â The Nepalese Maoists and their Indian sympathizers and counterparts, Naxalites, have made the Terai region a base from where they are waging a war against Sikh farmers, because they consider them as exploiters of the tribal and the local deprived natives. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #1 This calls out for wet work, I don't know if the Indians have it together enough to tackle this problem. It's festering badly if they can organize meetings and training camps like this. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-07-11 03:20 |