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India-Pakistan
India ups security after Maoist strike call
2007-03-19
KOLKATA, India - Security was being increased across eastern India on Sunday after Maoist rebels called for a strike to protest the killing of several peasants in a West Bengal village, police said. At least 14 people died in the village of Nandigram on Wednesday after police opened fire as they protested against a planned Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
Since economic zones bring jobs, and jobs bring less dependence on Marxism ...
The call for a strike on Tuesday is likely to disrupt life in rural areas of three eastern states and the central state of Chhattisgarh. The authorities have also warned there could be violent protests. Hundreds of police are being mobilised and paramilitary troops readied for deployment in areas where the rebels are active. ‘We are on high alert as the Maoists could try to disrupt law and order especially after recent events,’ A.K. Maliwal, a senior police official, told Reuters in Kolkata.

Maoist rebels distributed leaflets and sent notices to village council offices in Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal, urging everyone to join the strike, police said.

West BengalÂ’s ruling communist administration on Saturday shelved plans for the SEZ after facing a barrage of criticism. Maoist-backed organisations in India have threatened violent movements against New DelhiÂ’s plans to build more SEZs.

Earlier on Sunday, suspected Maoist rebels blew up part of a boundary wall around a proposed Tata Motors car factory in Singur in West Bengal, a police official said. Maoists rebels say they are fighting for the rights of poor farmers and landless labourers.
To ensure that they stay poor, of course.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  See related for NEPAL - SCOOP.NZ [paraphrased] > US Concerns over Nepal Maoist Problem + A Dangerous Game for Nepal's Maoists. *Usual GIST -Commies NOT taking "NO" or "Compromise", etc. for an answer - need to keep their arms while everybody else must Must MUST M-U-S-T, D *** you, give up theirs, ELSE MEANS WAR [anyways].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-03-19 01:39  

#1  See realted for NEPAL - SCOOP.NZ [paraphrased] > US Concerns over Nepal Maoist Problem + A Dangerous Game for Nepal's Maoists. *Usual GIST -Commies NOT taking "NO" or "Compromise", etc. for an answer - need to keep their arms while everybody else gives up theirs.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-03-19 01:36  

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