Ali_R
November 15, 2002, 8:03am
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Rebels operating in Nepal for a communist system.
Speaking exclusively to CNN’s Satinder Bindra, the Maoist leader, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who has a $65,000 price tag on his head, vowed to continue the bloody rebellion against the government until it decentralized all its powers and put in place an interim administration.
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“Just like the Americans branded al Qaeda and the Taliban as terrorists to wage a war on them, similarly the Nepal government has categorized the Maoist movement as terrorism because they want to get rid us,” Mahara told CNN.
“Our movement is based on an ideology. It has the support of the Nepalese people,” he said. (Full interview transcript)
Mahara argues the rebels are fighting on behalf of the majority rural poor to rid the country of an outdated feudal system that favors only a small urban elite.
**The rebels, who follow the late Chinese communist party leader Mao Zedong, are insistent that what Nepal needs is a communist republic system. **
Link:CNN.com - Maoist leader predicts 'war to the end' - Nov. 14, 2002
Exactly the last paragraph was the reason why open this thread. When I saw the interview yesterday night, CNN was trying to make us (the viewers) believe, that Maoist Rebels fight for the cause of creating a democracy.
Kinda bad translation or just a slight/ordinary mistake?