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Attacks by Maoist Rebels in India Leave 17 Dead
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Maoists blow up a school in Jharkhand
Giridih (Jharkhand), Apr 20 (ANI): The Maoists bombed a school in Kiukra village of Giridih District in Jharkhand on late Sunday night.
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Naxal armoury: from Russian to US and even Chinese guns
New Delhi (PTI): The Naxals, who stunned security agencies on Wednesday by using rocket launchers for the first time in its attack on a BSF camp in Rohtas district of Bihar, have now acquired weapons made in Russia, US and even China.
According to official sources, the Naxals have started using a wide range of weapons ranging from the World War II era .303 rifles to fully automatic assault rifles.
The CRPF, having the mandate to deal with Naxal menace, besides fighting insurgents in Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir had seized 1,714 arms in the last financial year (2008-09).
Interestingly, the maximum seizures (1,040 arms) were from the Naxal-affected Orissa, where over 200 Left-wing extremists had mounted attack on a CISF guarded NALCO mine last week resulting in the death of 11 security personnel.
Sources said various Naxal ‘dalams’ (units) are using lethal foreign arms including the US-made SMG Thomson guns, AK-47 rifles and a number of Russian and Chinese rifles and pistols. They said the weapons used by the Naxals vary from state to state.
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Mods,
Either you close this thread or allow me to start a thread for just posting violence in Pakistan day in and day out. No reason to continue to a thread without much discussion on the topic. I do not see what's his point.
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^ The point is that he does not have a point ;) Its purely therapeutic.
The poor guy has got nothing positive to post about Pakistan given the condition they are in, so the next best option is to post something negative about India.
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I know truth is bery bery painphull and on top of that Ayyubi is a big bad ISI walla.
The Hindu : National : Maoists virtually rule the roost in Jharkhand areas
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are you bihari, sala huddin?
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Mao's hijack a train; blow up a school and a train station in Jharkhand.
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are you bihari, sala huddin?
No beta, me not bihari. :)
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Maoists blow up BDO office, torch trucks - India - The Times of India
22 Apr 2009, 1004 hrs IST, PTI
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Naxals free 700 passengers, all hostages safe, unhurt
Naxals free 700 passengers, all hostages safe, unhurt 
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^Great news.. But why is the Indian govt not taking on the Maoists? What are they afraid of?
Looks like another case of Indian soldiers getting the soggy bottoms, ala Lahore Wagah border style?!?!?!
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The Indian government will talk to Maoists once they lay down their arms and shun violence.
Are you recommending that we take a lesson from Pakistan and bow down to terrorism ?
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | India’s local anti-Maoist campaign
In the southern part of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh tribesmen from several villages, sometimes from as many as 30 or more, trek for miles carrying traditional bows, arrows, drums and cymbals.
They are on a mission to get rid of the region’s Maoist menace.
Over the last year, more than 100 such marches and pledge ceremonies have taken place in Dantewara, the southern-most district of the state and a Maoist stronghold.
The campaign, which is supported by the state and federal authorities, is called Salva Judum (or Peace March when translated in the local Gondi dialect) and is aimed at ridding the area of the rebels.
Village heads are asked to identify those who may have links with the rebels.
“This will help in breaking the network of the rebels who have been able to set up a chain at village level to keep track of all activities in the area including the movement of security forces,” says inspector general of police MW Ansari.
Debate over tactics
The administration says that more than 2,000 Maoist supporters have been identified this way.
But others say the move is a very minor achievement as the supporters form the lowest rung of the Maoist organisational set-up.
Ruchir Garg, an expert on the Maoists in the region, says rebels entered this area about 25 years ago have set up a chain of command.
It encompasses local, regional and state military squads as well as mass organisations such as cultural, women, peasant and workers’ wings.
The Salva Judum campaign started last June after reports that the rebels were prohibiting villagers from collecting forest produce and beating up anyone who defied their orders, in some cases even torching their houses.
Tribesmen and women collect tendu leaves, which are used to make a kind of local cigarette, as well as honey and herbs in the region’s jungles and are the mainstay of the indigenous communities living in the area.
Those at the forefront of the campaign say elders from several villages felt the need to attack the Maoists who are hurting their economic development.
Some argue, however, that the campaign has been organised by the police by spreading misinformation.
The police and administration describe it as a “people’s voluntary uprising against the oppression of the rebels”.
But many independent observers feel it is a police strategy to combat the Maoists using the tribes people as a shield.
Since June last year when the campaign started, as many as 150 people have been killed by the Maoists.
Nearly 50,000 people from more than 600 villages have fled and are living in government-run camps.
Many have fled to towns and villages in nearby states or migrated to the cities out of fear of the rebels who have escalated their violence and have twice even raided fortified camps.
The Maoists have accused the security forces of forcing villagers to participate in the Salva Judum campaign and say they will crush it.
The allegations appear to have some basis.
“Leaders from the campaign visited our village and ordered that one member from each family should participate in the meeting otherwise we would be considered working for the rebels,” said the head of a family who have fled the area and are trying to resettle in a city.
International human rights group, Amnesty International, has also raised concerns over the safety of ordinary people, including indigenous communities, in the wake of violence between rebels and members of the campaign.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has said that the government will now ask those running the campaign to keep the gatherings smaller so that security can be provided. Twenty-eight people were killed in February when trucks carrying villagers from one such anti-Maoist meeting hit a rebel landmine.
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The Naxalites are a Maoist-Leninist splinter faction of the Communist party of India who broke away in opposition to the main group’s decision to join the electoral process.
Various groups of Naxalites have taken root in large parts of the country. Nearly one-fourth to one-third of all Indian districts are now believed to be under the influence of Naxalite (Maoist) organisations.
The Naxals now operate in 182 of India’s 625 districts, a vast “red” corridor stretching across central India.
One Indian government assessment states that Naxalite influence extends over nearly 92,000 square kilometres.
Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister, said in 2006 that the Naxals were “the single biggest challenge” to internal security ever faced by India.
Who are the Naxalites?
The term Naxalites is used to describe communist groups that advocate a class war waged by peasants against a bourgeoisie state as an essential means to achieve their goals. They are inspired by the philosophy of Mao Zedong, the late Chinese Communist leader.
When and where did the movement begin?
The Maoist movement began on the 25 May, 1967 in Naxalbari, a small village called in the Darjeeling district of the state of West Bengal. It was precipitated by a local landlord’s attack on a small tribal farmer. Other tribal and communist cadres fought back and forcefully wrested control of the land from the landlord.
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Though the state government of West Bengal managed to suppress the insurrection in 72 days, the tribesmen’s struggle attracted media attention, and the movement’s influence soon spread through the state and spilled into other Indian states such as Bihar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
Who do the Naxalites represent?
The Naxalites claim to represent the most oppressed section of Indian population, especially those who have not benefited by India’s development and bypassed by the electoral process. These include the tribal peoples from the forested parts of India, the lower castes, and the landless labourers who are paid a pittance when they do get work, or otherwise have to go hungry.
Critics of the movement, however, say that despite their professed ideology, the Naxalites today oppress people in the name of class war - extorting money from middle-level landowners (since rich landowners invariably buy protection).
The Naxalites have also been accused of extorting and dominating the lives of the tribals and villagers who they claim to represent.
What attracts the population to the Naxal movement?
The first adherents of the Naxalite movement were idealist students fresh out of universities disillusioned by a system that had failed to create the country of their dreams. These were soon joined by the oppressed rural poor attracted by the teachings of these original highly-educated idealists.
The mainstay of the movement soon became the tribals, peasants and the oppressed and marginalised segments of Indian society who found a champion in the Naxal movement.
More recently, the movement has been attracting youth from poor but upper class families of Indian society. Unemployment and corruption bring even more of the unemployed rural youth into the Naxal or the Maoist fold.
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India facing threat from Maoist fighters**More videos…**An expert committee set up by the government to study the Naxalite problem blamed the social, political, economic and cultural discrimination faced by the tribals and the erstwhile untouchables across the country as a key factor in drawing large number of discontented people towards the Maoists. The committee also blamed the lack of empowerment of local communities in far-flung rural areas as the main reason for the spread of the Naxal movement.
Others claim that the modern day Naxalites get support through coercion, and forcible induction of the youth into their armed bands.
Reports claim that the Naxals no longer act as representatives of the poor, the untouchables and the tribals. Rather, they have become intolerant to these downtrodden communities, critics have claimed.
Who do the Naxalites target?
Ideologically, the Naxalites are against the current Indian state. They believe that Indians have yet to win freedom from hunger and deprivation, and that the rich classes - landlords, industrialists, and traders control the means of production exploiting the poor.
They therefore target all arms of state like politicians, police officials, forest contractors, etc. At a more local level, the Naxalites target village political functionaries, and landlords and often claim protection money not to harm them.
Does the Communist Party of India support the Naxalites?
No, the Communist Party of India does not support the Naxalites.
Is the Naxalite movement a single entity or, has it split into groups like other armed struggles across the world?
The Naxalite movement has been affected by the mergers and divisions of the groups that claim allegiance to their philosophy; this ultimately weakened the movement.
Learning from this, the major Naxalite factions such as the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCC), the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), and the Peoples War (also known as the People’s War Group or PWG) merged under the umbrella of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in 2004.
CPI-Maoist is now active in 156 districts of 13 States that include Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttaranchal and Kerala.
It is also making attempts to establish and expand its presence in other states including Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.
What is the strength of the Naxalite movement?
The government of India estimates that the CPI (ML) has around 10,000 cadres adept in guerrilla warfare, with another 45,000 who support them.
What arms does the CPI-Maoists use?
Initially, the Naxalites were not well-armed, but over the years the movement has built up an arsenal of 20,000 modern weapons, which including AK-series rifles, most of which are looted from security forces. They have also acquired the technical experties to manufacture and use rocket launchers. The Naxals also frequently used gelatine sticks and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
What are the major areas of operation of the CPI-Maoist?
The CPI-Maoist operate in a broad swathe out of the forest belt across the very heartland of India, often considered the least-developed area of this country.
Their operations are most prominent in (from North to South) Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, eastern Maharashtra, the Telangana (north-western) region of Andhra Pradesh, and western Orissa.
How does the CPI–Maoist operate?
The Naxalites have a well-developed organisational structure, with clear distinctions between the political and military wings. Documents and CDs recovered by the Indian government from Naxalites arrested in 2008 showed that CPI (ML) also has detailed and clearly laid-out budgets with estimations of income.
On the political side, the organisational hierarchy has a Central Committee at the top, with regional bureaus, zonal committees, and district committees reporting to them
The armed wing of the CPI-Maoist is as well-organised as the political wing with a Central Military Commission, state military commissions and a zonal military commissions.
How does the CPI (ML) fund its operations?
With their control of large parts of the thick forests stretching from north Bihar bordering Nepal to north Kerala, the CPI (ML) control the teak and timber trade and have almost complete control over the forest produce marketing.
**The Naxalites split from India’s Communist Party decades ago [EPA]**This is supplemented by the large scale cultivation and sale of marijuana in Orissa, a state in eastern India.
Recent documents and hard disks seized by the Indian police from a central committee member of the CPI (Maoist) show that the Naxals collected over Rs10bln ($200mln) in 2007 through illegal taxation and force donations from small business people, forest and road contractors and even industrialists.
Their funding was expected to increase by 25 per cent in 2008.
What steps has the Indian government taken to curb CPI (ML)?
There have been various initiatives over time to curb the reach of the Maoist movement. In the 1970s, social workers like Jai Prakash Narayan spearheaded the campaign to reduce the Maoist hold over the rural poor by instituting special programmes which were supported by local administrations.
However, security forces who were charged with fighting the Maoists added fuel to fire because of their alleged insensitivity to civilian losses and casualties. Today, each affected state has resorted to its own local means of combatting the CPI.
After identifying the Naxalites as the most serious threat to the Indian state, the central government of India has now set up a a special 10,000-strong Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (Cobra) to fight the Naxalites.
The Cobra unit will focus on “effectiveness and operational success” and they will be imparted exclusive training in the terrain and topography of the area of operation.
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Al Jazeera English - India Elections - Q&A: The Naxalites of India
The Naxalites are a Maoist-Leninist splinter faction of the Communist party of India who broke away in opposition to the main group’s decision to join the electoral process.
Various groups of Naxalites have taken root in large parts of the country. Nearly one-fourth to one-third of all Indian districts are now believed to be under the influence of Naxalite (Maoist) organisations.
The Naxals now operate in 182 of India’s 625 districts, a vast “red” corridor stretching across central India.
One Indian government assessment states that Naxalite influence extends over nearly 92,000 square kilometres.
Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister, said in 2006 that the Naxals were “the single biggest challenge” to internal security ever faced by India.
Who are the Naxalites?
The term Naxalites is used to describe communist groups that advocate a class war waged by peasants against a bourgeoisie state as an essential means to achieve their goals. They are inspired by the philosophy of Mao Zedong, the late Chinese Communist leader.
When and where did the movement begin?
The Maoist movement began on the 25 May, 1967 in Naxalbari, a small village called in the Darjeeling district of the state of West Bengal. It was precipitated by a local landlord’s attack on a small tribal farmer. Other tribal and communist cadres fought back and forcefully wrested control of the land from the landlord.
Special reporthttp://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images/2009/4/11/200941194249588734_8.jpg
Though the state government of West Bengal managed to suppress the insurrection in 72 days, the tribesmen’s struggle attracted media attention, and the movement’s influence soon spread through the state and spilled into other Indian states such as Bihar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
Who do the Naxalites represent?
The Naxalites claim to represent the most oppressed section of Indian population, especially those who have not benefited by India’s development and bypassed by the electoral process. These include the tribal peoples from the forested parts of India, the lower castes, and the landless labourers who are paid a pittance when they do get work, or otherwise have to go hungry.
Critics of the movement, however, say that despite their professed ideology, the Naxalites today oppress people in the name of class war - extorting money from middle-level landowners (since rich landowners invariably buy protection).
The Naxalites have also been accused of extorting and dominating the lives of the tribals and villagers who they claim to represent.
What attracts the population to the Naxal movement?
The first adherents of the Naxalite movement were idealist students fresh out of universities disillusioned by a system that had failed to create the country of their dreams. These were soon joined by the oppressed rural poor attracted by the teachings of these original highly-educated idealists.
The mainstay of the movement soon became the tribals, peasants and the oppressed and marginalised segments of Indian society who found a champion in the Naxal movement.
More recently, the movement has been attracting youth from poor but upper class families of Indian society. Unemployment and corruption bring even more of the unemployed rural youth into the Naxal or the Maoist fold.
IN VIDEOhttp://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images//2009/4/13/20094139427177734_9.jpg
India facing threat from Maoist fighters**More videos…**An expert committee set up by the government to study the Naxalite problem blamed the social, political, economic and cultural discrimination faced by the tribals and the erstwhile untouchables across the country as a key factor in drawing large number of discontented people towards the Maoists. The committee also blamed the lack of empowerment of local communities in far-flung rural areas as the main reason for the spread of the Naxal movement.
Others claim that the modern day Naxalites get support through coercion, and forcible induction of the youth into their armed bands.
Reports claim that the Naxals no longer act as representatives of the poor, the untouchables and the tribals. Rather, they have become intolerant to these downtrodden communities, critics have claimed.
Who do the Naxalites target?
Ideologically, the Naxalites are against the current Indian state. They believe that Indians have yet to win freedom from hunger and deprivation, and that the rich classes - landlords, industrialists, and traders control the means of production exploiting the poor.
They therefore target all arms of state like politicians, police officials, forest contractors, etc. At a more local level, the Naxalites target village political functionaries, and landlords and often claim protection money not to harm them.
Does the Communist Party of India support the Naxalites?
No, the Communist Party of India does not support the Naxalites.
Is the Naxalite movement a single entity or, has it split into groups like other armed struggles across the world?
The Naxalite movement has been affected by the mergers and divisions of the groups that claim allegiance to their philosophy; this ultimately weakened the movement.
Learning from this, the major Naxalite factions such as the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCC), the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), and the Peoples War (also known as the People’s War Group or PWG) merged under the umbrella of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in 2004.
CPI-Maoist is now active in 156 districts of 13 States that include Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttaranchal and Kerala.
It is also making attempts to establish and expand its presence in other states including Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.
What is the strength of the Naxalite movement?
The government of India estimates that the CPI (ML) has around 10,000 cadres adept in guerrilla warfare, with another 45,000 who support them.
What arms does the CPI-Maoists use?
Initially, the Naxalites were not well-armed, but over the years the movement has built up an arsenal of 20,000 modern weapons, which including AK-series rifles, most of which are looted from security forces. They have also acquired the technical experties to manufacture and use rocket launchers. The Naxals also frequently used gelatine sticks and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
What are the major areas of operation of the CPI-Maoist?
The CPI-Maoist operate in a broad swathe out of the forest belt across the very heartland of India, often considered the least-developed area of this country.
Their operations are most prominent in (from North to South) Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, eastern Maharashtra, the Telangana (north-western) region of Andhra Pradesh, and western Orissa.
How does the CPI–Maoist operate?
The Naxalites have a well-developed organisational structure, with clear distinctions between the political and military wings. Documents and CDs recovered by the Indian government from Naxalites arrested in 2008 showed that CPI (ML) also has detailed and clearly laid-out budgets with estimations of income.
On the political side, the organisational hierarchy has a Central Committee at the top, with regional bureaus, zonal committees, and district committees reporting to them
The armed wing of the CPI-Maoist is as well-organised as the political wing with a Central Military Commission, state military commissions and a zonal military commissions.
How does the CPI (ML) fund its operations?
With their control of large parts of the thick forests stretching from north Bihar bordering Nepal to north Kerala, the CPI (ML) control the teak and timber trade and have almost complete control over the forest produce marketing.
**The Naxalites split from India’s Communist Party decades ago [EPA]**This is supplemented by the large scale cultivation and sale of marijuana in Orissa, a state in eastern India.
Recent documents and hard disks seized by the Indian police from a central committee member of the CPI (Maoist) show that the Naxals collected over Rs10bln ($200mln) in 2007 through illegal taxation and force donations from small business people, forest and road contractors and even industrialists.
Their funding was expected to increase by 25 per cent in 2008.
What steps has the Indian government taken to curb CPI (ML)?
There have been various initiatives over time to curb the reach of the Maoist movement. In the 1970s, social workers like Jai Prakash Narayan spearheaded the campaign to reduce the Maoist hold over the rural poor by instituting special programmes which were supported by local administrations.
However, security forces who were charged with fighting the Maoists added fuel to fire because of their alleged insensitivity to civilian losses and casualties. Today, each affected state has resorted to its own local means of combatting the CPI.
After identifying the Naxalites as the most serious threat to the Indian state, the central government of India has now set up a a special 10,000-strong Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (Cobra) to fight the Naxalites.
The Cobra unit will focus on “effectiveness and operational success” and they will be imparted exclusive training in the terrain and topography of the area of operation.
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Maoists rule India’s ‘Red Corridor’
By Sudha Ramachandran
BANGALORE - Indian Maoists hijacked a train with 800 passengers in the eastern state of Jharkhand on Wednesday morning. Although the crisis was defused within five hours, when the Maoists released the train and its passengers, the incident has sparked grave concern throughout the establishment.
The ease with which the Maoists were able to stage an operation of this magnitude - and at a time when security has been tightened for general elections - has laid bare yet again that it is the Maoists’ writ, not that of the government that runs through this part of the country.
**Dubrajpur (Lalgarh), April 23: **Suspected Maoists have beaten to death a CPM supporter and grievously wounded seven others in Lalgarh in attacks apparently aimed at breaking into the last remaining strongholds of the party in the besieged belt.