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Maoist rebels threaten to derail Indian elections
telegraph.co.uk ^ | April 22, 2009 | Dean Nelson

Posted on 04/22/2009 6:52:52 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

A growing insurgency by Maoist rebels in India is threatening to derail the country's parliamentary elections with a series of co-ordinated attacks.

They have unleashed a campaign of terror in four states in the south and east of the country where they have threatened election officials, security personnel and voters who defy their call for a poll boycott.

The campaign intensified yesterday when 250 rebels, known locally as 'Naxalites' hijacked a train and held 500 passengers hostage for four hours before releasing them unharmed.

The raid highlighted a deadly war which has gone largely unnoticed beyond India, and demonstrated the growing reach of a Maoist insurgency which now affects a quarter Indian districts.

It followed an earlier strike on a government office in Jharkhand where rebels blew up a conference centre. In another incident, eight trucks were torched and a driver killed as Jharkhand prepared for India's second round of voting tomorrow (thu).

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said the Maoist 'Naxalite' insurgency is India's biggest internal security threat – more threatening than Islamic militants who have killed several hundred in spectacular attacks on Jaipur, Delhi and Mumbai.

The Maoists are now believed to pose a substantial threat in 150 of India's 600 districts stretching from Andhra Pradesh in the south, up into the poor eastern states Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar. In those 150 districts, the state is regarded as "non-functioning". ....

An estimated 6,000 people have been killed by the insurgents since they launched their uprising in Naxalbari, West Bengal, in 1967 after a peasant was killed by a landlord's employees. ....

Last year, they killed more than 650 police officers, soldiers and civilians in a series of commando raids and bombings.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: india; naxalites

1 posted on 04/22/2009 6:52:52 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe
"A growing insurgency by Maoist rebels in India is threatening to derail the country's parliamentary elections with a series of co-ordinated attacks."

I wouldn't be surprised if the Chi-Coms are bankrolling this "movement".

2 posted on 04/22/2009 7:02:10 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: StormEye

All the bad actors on the planet are acting out now that there is a weak US President. Pray for our country!


3 posted on 04/22/2009 7:12:07 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Tailgunner Joe

You mean CORNHOLERS (formerly ACORN) has a Far East branch??

For those who have not yet heard, based on their success in stealing the 2008 election, ACORN has changed its name.
The catchy new acronym is defined below.
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Leaving nearly
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This, as you can see, spells “CORNHOLERS.” The leadership of the group formerly known as ACORN felt this was a more descriptive name given what they did to the rest of us in November of 2008.
They suggest all affected Americans also learn another acronym familiar to most veterans: BOHICA.
Bend
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Film here:
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4 posted on 04/22/2009 8:12:48 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood; BullDog108

Seen this yet?


5 posted on 04/22/2009 8:17:44 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Aham Brahmasmi - I am eternal soul)
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To: little jeremiah
Yeah, I did. What happened to Sir Francis Dashwood's Kali Yuga ping list?

The Naxalites are not getting any press in the West. And neither is the Sri Lanka war. Lots and lots of stuff happening here in India.

Two good internet TV streams to watch are IBN and NDTV.

FRegards,
BullDog

6 posted on 04/22/2009 8:31:06 PM PDT by BullDog108 (A Smith & Wesson beats four aces)
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To: indcons; MimirsWell; TigerLikesRooster
The Indians didn't take the Maoists seriously enough when they were moving on Nepal did they?

Meanwhile back in the USSA the light of liberty slowly dims...

7 posted on 04/22/2009 9:12:00 PM PDT by TigersEye (Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: BullDog108

I haven’t seen any relevant articles myself (hardly), at least on FR, and I have too many plates on sticks in the air to do searching, although it is a topic of great interest to me.


8 posted on 04/22/2009 10:21:54 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Aham Brahmasmi - I am eternal soul)
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To: Indian_Fighter_Kite; Knitting A Conundrum; Hari prasad; MimirsWell; happinesswithoutpeace; ...

Kurukshetra War - Kali Yuga ping...

To be added to or removed from this ping list, please FReepmail Sir Francis Dashwood.

9 posted on 04/23/2009 5:40:35 AM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
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To: BullDog108
The Naxalites are not getting any press in the West. And neither is the Sri Lanka war. Lots and lots of stuff happening here in India.

The Maoists and Islamics are working together. The Maoists are also using Christian missionary groups as false fronts...

10 posted on 04/23/2009 5:45:59 AM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
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