The Red Menace

Surya · Post by **Surya** » 13 Oct 2009 08:40

Admins

Can we do something about this??

Must we have this nonsense in every thread?

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Oct 2009 09:19

News from latest night:

Dilli-Howrah IR main railway line was blown up by around 100 armed naxals in bihar who also
held the railway staff hostage for a few hours, burnt the station to the ground and escaped around dawn into the forests. they threatened the police by cellphone not to approach in the night
from the next railway stn side saying they had mined the railway tracks and would kill the railway staff.

as a result the line is still down and dozens of trains are held up on both sides. not less than
200 trains must pass on that route daily.

unconfirmed reports of another railway line sabotaged in jharkhand.

p.s. imagine this were happening as IA was rushing to mobilize for a chinese invasion of NE.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Oct 2009 09:21

Ranchi: Maoist rebels have torched four trucks and have blown up a bridge in Jharkhand, police said on Monday.

According to police, one truck was torched on Sunday night on Grant Trunk (GT) road in Dhanbad district and three in neighbouring Giridih district. Maoist rebels also fired indiscriminately at buses passing through GT road in Dhanbad. Three people were injured in the firing.

Maoist guerrillas burnt three trucks in Isari block of Giridih district, which is around 210 km from Ranchi and blew up a bridge in the same block. In Dhanbad, the rebels torched a truck near Topchachi, around 270 km from here.

The outlawed CPI-Maoist has called for a two-day strike in five states including Jharkhand to protest the central government's move to crush the Maoist movement by using the air force and the army. The strike has also been called to protest alleged police repression in the name of anti-Maoist operations.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Oct 2009 09:25

bihar rly station was banshipur in patna-kiul section - ndtv was saying today morn its the main line....

meantime, more mayhem....they have been instructed to target all public and pvt infra by
their handlers.

* Maoists blow up rail tracks, telecom tower in Jharkhand, Bihar

STAFF WRITER 13:30 HRS IST

Ranchi/Patna Oct 12 (PTI) Maoists today blew up railway tracks and torched three trucks in Jharkhand and blasted a tower of a private telecom firm besides blocking roads in Bihar during a two-day shutdown called by them in protest against the Centre's decision to crackdown on naxals.

In Jharkhand, Maoists blasted railway tracks at Jharandih in the Coal belt Industrial Chord section in Dhanbad which led to the Shaktipunj Express and local trains being held up at various points, Senior Public Relations Officer of Dhanbad Rail Division Amrendra Das told PTI.

A group of 12 armed Maoists also set fire to three trucks in Giridih district's Isri area and blocked the Dumri-Giridih road with felled trees, Giridih Superintendent of Police Ravi Kant Dhan said.

They also partially damaged a road bridge connecting Dumri to the Grand Trunk Road using explosives, the police officer said, adding gunshots were heard being fired in the area.

AjayKK · Post by **AjayKK** » 13 Oct 2009 14:36

Orissa plans to 'counter' Naxal threat with land

BHUBANESWAR: Close on the heels of the mounting unrest on land issues in tribal areas and the emerging situation looking like giving handles to Maoists to wreak havoc, Orissa government has asked officials to expedite implementation of the Central Forest Rights Act.

The government is of the view that distribution of land rights to tribals could muffle the escalating extremism to some extent.

The ceaseless violence in Narayanpatna, Bandhugaon in Koraput district and similar such agitations in other areas are cited as a pointer to the degree of disaffection entrenched deeply in public psyche on the land issue.

Tribals and non-tribals for whom forest is the source of livelihood are both entitled to getting the deeds subject to a maximum area of four hectares. Orissa so far has been able to distribute such deeds to around 28,400 families.

Maoists mining govt coffers to fund rebellion

New Delhi: The Maoists are taking a cut from government contracts awarded in their areas of influence, in effect making the taxpayer fund their activities. Security agencies estimate the amount to be between Rs1,400 crore and Rs1,600 crore annually, a substantial portion of which is used for procuring -- and even manufacturing -- arms.

The rebels have institutionalised the system in Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Orissa, states awash with contracts for mining, logging and road works. Contractors for coal mining are made to pay 20-30% of their earnings and for roads 15-20% of the contract amount.

"The percentage of the cut is decided by senior Maoist members and the task of collecting the amount is the district commander's," said a senior Union home ministry official. "We came to know of the rates through the contractors and arrested Maoists. The rebels also charge from truck drivers; depending on the size of the load, the amount is Rs100-150."

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 13 Oct 2009 14:41

Shucks.....taxpayers are funding the maopests.... how long before isi printing presses find their way into the red zones.....me, bigtime jingo and all am now having my doubts about whether the state will be able to prevail at all. Should thios offensive fail, IMO its curtains for the India we thought we knew....

Chinmayanand · Post by **Chinmayanand** » 13 Oct 2009 14:53

Few years back, Ajit Jogi then Chhatisgarh CM was negotiating with the maoists for rigging assembly elections in Congress favour.His telephone call got tapped and was shown on news channels. He claimed that he had the blessings of Sonia Gandhi and he promised to arrange a meeting with Sonia for these naxals.It was after this incident that Ajit Jogi got sidetracked in Congress. So, to cut a long story short , the maoists have full blessings from Sonia . As far as they vote her in power, it's all good. This whole central govt fart against the maoists is a drama to divert the country's attention from chinese incursions, paki terror and unkil sewa satkar done by the GoI. Maoists are like Congress party workers.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 13 Oct 2009 16:37

Has anyone seen the connection between this sudden upsurge in Naxalism and the controversy over Chinese incursions and demands that Arunachal Pradesh is Chinese? With a backlash in India over the expose of its nibbling away at Indian terriotry,the PRC is trying to further subvert the Indian state and divert our attention through the Naxal terror blitzkreig.One clear objective aim,as has been seen from these attacks is the destruction of Indian infrasructure,especially the railways,which is the lifeline of the country.If 50-100,000 troops and para-military forces (the minimum number required) are engaged in combating the Naxalites across 4-5 states,along with IAF helos,etc.,then it will be more difficult to bolsterup our froces in the border areas with China.The current Naxal offensive could very well be a "dry run" by China for a future full-scale offensive.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 13 Oct 2009 19:55

Maoists set off dynamites in school, blast rail tracks

Ranchi/Patna Oct 13 (PTI) Maoists set off dynamites in a school and a panchayat office, blasted railway tracks and torched a panel room taking some railmen as hostages besides destroying some mobile phone towers in stepped up violence in Jharkhand and Bihar.

The Maoists resorted to violent protests for the second consecutive day against the Centre's move to launch a crackdown on the banned group during their two-day shutdown which ended today.

Suppiah · Post by **Suppiah** » 13 Oct 2009 19:57

I see a clear connection between the defeat of the Stalinists and PRC trying to take their task on own hands because of the impotence and incompetence of their slaves here. As long as the Stalinists hold the GOI by their b..s and are ready to squeeze it at will, paymasters have no objection. When that goes, time for direct action comes.

Re. Naxals, it is not so clear. If they are true believers in communism which the Stalinist rapist goons are not, then the naxals would be as much outraged by what is going on in PRC as they are about what is going on in India, much like the Talibarbarians of TSP

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 13 Oct 2009 19:57

Maoists block road in Maharashtra; poll officers stranded

Reinforcements have been airdashed to Malewada in Armouri constituency of Gadchiroli district where around 25 polling and police personnel are held up after their return routes were blocked by the Maoists.

Director General of Police (incharge of elections) A N Roy said reinforcements in two helicopters were rushed to Malewada to provide security to the stranded personnel, who had been engaged in an exchange of fire with the naxalites earlier in the day without any damage to either side.

The poll personnel had been fired upon by the naxals near Malewada leading to a brief encounter. Polling had resumed in the area after being suspended for some time.

nithish · Post by **nithish** » 13 Oct 2009 22:25

Govt to raise 20 companies of Jharkhand Jaguar

The state government on Tuesday gave approval for raising 20 additional companies of Jharkhand Jaguar, a specialized force of the state police constituted to tackle the ever-growing Maoist menace in Jharkhand.

As many as 20 companies of the Jharkhand Jaguar are currently deployed in the Maoist-hit areas of the state. Jharkhand is one of the worst Naxal-hit states as Maoists hold sway over 22 of its 24 districts.

The decision to raise additional companies of the specialized police force was approved by the advisory council to Governor K Sankaranarayanan as the state is under the President's rule since January 19.

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 14 Oct 2009 18:55

Upsurge in Naxal activities can not be looked in an isolation. China started to make lot of sound on Arunachal Pradesh. Almost made Nepal its colony and luckly for India Congress was not in need of CPM and CPI support and thus Nepal was saved. Now reports indicate that they have started to train ULFA. So what does all these indicate. China is now conducting a proxi war on India. The stupid Jholawalas and filmy fellows and burkha datts are not interested to see the big picture. I think China may be want to engage india before it is too late and the naxals are part of their plan.

Anindya · Post by **Anindya** » 14 Oct 2009 23:47

Have not seen information about this kind of planning in other publications and hence am posting most of the article - needs to be seen in conjunction with:

- our home minister's claims that Pakistan is desperate to help terrorists enter India (see Pak desperate to infiltrate militants into J-K: Chidambaram

- a whole host of Chinese incursions

- and now a well planned counter offensive by the Naxals

As the Centre prepares for an all-out offensive against the Maoists next month, the flag-bearers of Red terror are setting their own plans to engage the security forces in a protracted and bloody jungle warfare.

Reports reaching police and intelligence officials suggest that the Maoists are planning surprise attacks, taking advantage of their familiarity with the terrain. Sources said the Maoists are amassing large quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives and raising special guerrilla battalions to attack the police and paramilitary forces.

Sources told The Pioneer that the Maoists recently smuggled in thousands of milk cans in the dense Abujhmad forest in Bastar and are busy converting them into deadly bombs. The police have rarely ventured into the forest, used by the Naxals as their hideout and training and arms manufacturing centre.

Sources said the Naxals have also acquired large quantity of naked wires which can be used to flow in electricity to electrocute security forces. Most alarmingly, the Maoists have also started raising their own heavily armed and specially-trained cadre to take on the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) and Central paramilitary forces.

A top official told The Pioneer that they have received information that to counter the anti-Maoist operations starting next month, the extremists are preparing to launch fierce counter-attacks on the security forces and their special Red commandoes will lead such attacks.

“The Maoists are not going to wait and watch while the security forces take control of their domain. They will be bound to retaliate to keep the morale of their cadre and sympathisers up,” said the official.

Chhattisgarh DGP Vishwaranjan is of the opinion that the Maoists will fan out to newer areas when they are attacked in their strongholds and open new fronts. “It could be a cat and mouse game. We are aware that the Maoists are chalking out their own strategy to take on the forces and they may try to shift their base and engage security forces on their own terms. But we are determined to hunt them down,” he said.

Documents seized from the Maoists show that they have had planned major operations in Dhamtari and Mahasamund areas in Chhattisgarh. Intelligence available with the police shows that the Maoists had carried out survey to loot mines, magazine and police camps.

Sources said that the Naxals are likely to use diversionary tactics in a big way to divert attention of the security forces. This could involve abducting and killing ‘soft’ targets like politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen and others.

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The killing of a BJP MP's son in Bastar and beheading of a sub-inspector in Jharkhand may be part of the same design, he said.

The documents seized from the Maoists show that in Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) alone there are 12 heavily-armed companies, each with 70 to 90 members. These companies have light machine guns, AK-47, Insas rifles and self-loading rifles and mortars.

The documents also show that at present 22 Maoist platoons were working in the Dandakaranya zone and each of their members is armed with modern weapons. Sources said there are 25,000 armed members of the People Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) and local militia in the DKSZC.

Sources said the Maoists in the DKSZC have about 150 AK-47s, 700 SLRs, 50 LMGs, and 300 Insas rifles as well as hundreds of mortars. In addition, they have thousands of country-made rifles and small guns and sharp-edged weapons.

The police have learnt there are four factories in the Abujhmad region where the Naxals are manufacturing rifles, guns and grenades. “These factories are located in semi-permanent buildings and yearly produce 5,000 grenades and 4,000 guns. From Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai raw materials are brought in via Raipur. From here, the consignments are taken to Madh through road," the documents said.

The Abujhmad forest will pose a grave challenge to the security forces though the intelligence agencies are understood to have used satellite mapping techniques to scan the entire area for operational preparedness.

Sources said the Naxals are using two persons from Dhanbad to smuggle ammunition in large numbers. Investigations have proved that the Maoists pay anything between Rs 80 and Rs 100 for one bullet.

Sources said there are three to four training camps operating in Abujhmad and nearly 50 militants are trained in each batch. In the first eight months of 2009, as many as 25,000 Maoists were trained in these camps. "In between April and June these members who were trained were used against the police in landmine blasts, ambush and looting of weapons, an arrested Maoist told the police.

The Maoists have access to satellite and man packs sets and solar-powered battery charger systems.

A written directive, issued by the central Politburo of the Maoist outfit, says the entire party and its armed wings need to carry out "tactical counter-offensive and various forms of armed resistance and inflict severe losses to the enemy forces".

"Attacks should be organised with meticulous planning against the State's khaki- and olive-clad terrorist forces, SPOs (special police officers), police informants, and other counter-revolutionaries and enemies of the people."

"These attacks should be carried out in close coordination with, and in support of, the armed resistance of the masses; these should be linked to the seizure of political power and establishment of base areas; it is the combined attacks by all the three wings … and the people at large that can ensure the defeat of the enemy offensive."

The Maoists are also planning to mobilise mass movement and launch a propaganda campaign through their frontal organisation across the country to counter the proposed offensive. "In order to defeat the new offensive by the enemy and to protect the gains of the People's War, it is very essential to rouse the masses throughout the country (to) stand up in support of the struggles in Dandakaranya, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka and other places," the Politburo has directed its cadre.

Armed to the teeth, Maoists prepare for long haul

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 14 Oct 2009 23:48

source ? link ?

nithish · Post by **nithish** » 15 Oct 2009 00:01

watch out - the human rights brigade are here:

India's response to Naxals must avoid rights violations: Human Rights Watch

India should build up its response to the Naxal problem taking utmost care against human rights violations and adopt a strategy of taking the local people into confidence, the Human Rights Watch said today.

''We recognise the seriousness of the Naxal insurgency and condemn the attacks on the innocent locals and the police. The Indian state has the responsibility to protect its citizens. Our concern is that it should be done in a manner, consistent with the international human rights laws. It should adopt a strategy that takes people's cooperation,'' said Mr Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch at a press conference here.

He said it should build up its response to the problem taking into consideration the human rights issues and care should be taken in a manner that civilians do not become the unintentional casualties.

This was presumably said when the HRW held it's quarterly meeting in Dilli

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 15 Oct 2009 05:36

watch out - the human rights brigade are here:

India's response to Naxals must avoid rights violations: Human Rights Watch

"If a tree falls in the forest and no one notices, did it really fall?"

Similarly, if the Am-nasty western propagandu tools under various HR/Civil liberty facades bark their agenda-laden tunes but no one prints or disseminates it in India, will it matter?

These press releases appearing in desi media even before the state has counter attacked in any serious way is nothing but == paid propagandu from these lapdog (oops, watch-dog) 'international' agencies that somehow seem overstaffed with certain oiropean nationalities. Just wondering only.

/Yup, I know, some of them are genuine and all that. But the company they keep - known India-baiters with atrocious track records discredits a lot of what they say. I'd say scepticism about any claims they make is the least democracies that are also their targets can do.

Suppiah · Post by **Suppiah** » 15 Oct 2009 07:25

http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/15/stories ... 221000.htm

Why is he doing this? Is it to distance himself genuinely from the ideology of mass murderers or is it just a psy-op? Or is it to white wash the Stalinist 'intellectual' community by showing such fake concern for India?

Nihat · Post by **Nihat** » 15 Oct 2009 10:29

Jharkhand Police arrest two top Naxal leaders

Ranchi: Jharkhand Police have arrested top Naxal leader Ravi Sharma and his wife B Anuradha from the jungles near Hazaribagh.

Police claim they have evidence of Sharma, who is allegedly a Politburo member of the banned Naxal organisation Communist Party of Indian-Maoist, being involved in many acts of violence in Bihar and Jharkhand recently.

They have also recovered a CD in which Sharma is seen undergoing arms training with other extremists holding an AK-47 rifle. Police also claim to have recovered a pistol, four cartridges, Rs 60,000 in cash, PAN cards, a laptop and bank passbooks.

Hazaribagh Superintendent of Police Pankaj Kamboj revealed that the couple, who are based in Andhra Pradesh, were responsible for the spurt of Naxal violence in Bihar and Jharkhand and were arrested on October 10.

This was a good catch. He is an intellectual and was the mastermind in many of the cases. We have booked him under Unlawful Acts. We have aquired some weapons and Maoist documents," the SP told CNN-IBN.

"Ravi Sharma alias Arjun alias Mahesh alias Ashok and his wife B Anuradha alias Rajitha hail from Andhra and run the Maoist outfit in Bihar and Jharkhand since 1999," he was quoted as saying by PTI.

"The duo, arrested under Ichak police station in the district, has been responsible for the sudden increase in Naxal violence in these two states," said Kamboj.

Police say 50-year-old Sharma is the head of CPI(M) military group and a member of the outfit's Special Area Committee.

His wife Anuradha, left her job with a nationalised bank in Hyderabad in 1988, to join the outfit. She was sent to Bihar in 2007 where Shrma was looking after recruitment as well as training and his wife was heading the women's wing of the outfit.

Sharma is a postgraduate in agriculture and and earlier worked as a scientist with the Pusa Agriculture University in Bihar.

He is the fourth bigh Naxal leader to be arrested in less than an year. On September 21 Kobad Ghandy, one of the founder members of CPI (M) was arrested by the Delhi Police.

The convener of Naxal-backed People's Committee in Lalgarh, Chhatradhar Mahato, was arrested on September 26 in West Bengal. On October 2, Jharkhand CID arrested Naxal commander Chandra Bhushan Yadav from Hooghly station road near SahRead Comment

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jharkhand-po ... ml?from=tn

sum · Post by **sum** » 15 Oct 2009 10:41

Intel seems to be on overdrive and all the old dossiers on all these reds seems to be getting dusted off in North block..

The state really seems to be going after the Naxal big fish..good move, IMHO.

rkirankr · Post by **rkirankr** » 15 Oct 2009 12:48

Tarun Vijay's blog hits the pseudo intellectual sympathizers of Naxalites. Nice Read
http://tarun-vijay.blogspot.com/

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 15 Oct 2009 15:22

The overgrounds should not be touched. That would be against the democratic ethos of our country, IMHO.

Of course, there are a few other fringe benefits too. if they are watched. Funds sources, contacts, networks, comm networks, agency handlers, the works... In time, some can be turned and used against the phoren powers, perhaps, who knows?

nithish · Post by **nithish** » 15 Oct 2009 20:57

rkirankr wrote:Tarun Vijay's blog hits the pseudo intellectual sympathizers of Naxalites. Nice Read
http://tarun-vijay.blogspot.com/

sorry, got a malware alert

sugriva · Post by **sugriva** » 16 Oct 2009 11:35

I see that this hasn't been posted as yet....

Now, a scientist held for Naxal links
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news ... ks/529797/

Article covers how Naxal and his wife were responsible for violent attacks in Jharkhand and Bihar

Appears to be quite a blood-thirsty one too.....

‘‘During a revolution, one does not see how many people are killed. Only when the goal is achieved, will this bloodshed end,’’

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 129504.cms

kmkraoind · Post by **kmkraoind** » 16 Oct 2009 15:23

There is also a China-bashing lobby at work - By Chinese Pigs of India

But that does not justify the China-bashing campaign conducted by a certain section of the Indian media. During the last two-three months, certain sections of the media, both electronic and print, have attempted to create an anti-China hysteria. Cooked-up stories of border violations were flashed up. The campaign reached absurd levels. It was so ferocious that the government had to threaten the journalists indulging in it of legal action.

sanjaychoudhry · Post by **sanjaychoudhry** » 17 Oct 2009 09:47

Battle against Maoists being undermined by intellectuals

By Amulya Ganguli

Lenin described as “useful idiots” those bleeding heart liberals who were soft on the Communists despite the latter’s avowed objective of launching a violent insurrection to overthrow the supposedly rotten bourgeois system.

A similar indulgent, romantic attitude is discernible among Indian intellectuals with regard to the Maoists. The track record of these insurgents in killing hundreds of policemen, blowing up railway stations and transmission towers and uprooting railway lines appear to earn the forgiveness of the city-based intelligentsia because the rebels are believed to stand for the cause of the poor.

Perhaps the most prominent among the supporters of the Maoists is Sahitya Akademi award winner Mahasweta Devi, who is well known in West Bengal for her insightful writings on the tribals and was even mentioned recently as a possible Nobel Prize winner.

There are others like filmmaker Aparna Sen, theatre personality Saoli Mitra and poet Joy Goswami, who are sympathetic towards the Maoists. They may offer proforma condemnation of their violent acts, but by also criticising the state for its harsh response, as Chhattisgarh social activist Binayak Sen did recently, they partly justify the violence of the Maoists. The latter, according to them, are expressing the fury of the impoverished masses against the state, which represents the oppressive bourgeoisie.

However, it isn’t only the intellectuals or civil libertarians or media personalities who are critical of the centre’s, and especially Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s, decision to launch an all-out offensive against the Maoists. Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, too, is of the same mind although her focus is only on West Bengal.

Like the others, she also wants the centre to put greater emphasis on a dialogue with them since not all of them are “bad”. The reason for her gentle approach is easy to understand. Since the Maoists had helped her in her campaigns against the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government in Singur, Nandigram and elsewhere, she evidently owes them a debt of gratitude. It is the Marxists who are Maoists, she has said. She has also warned that Bengal will burn if Mahasweta Devi is arrested.

If the lenience of the human rights activists is due to an inability to gauge the true purport of the Maoist menace, the Trinamool Congress leader is driven solely by cynical calculations where she is ready to sup with the devil if it can help her rout the Left in West Bengal.

Her tunnel vision makes her impervious to the danger of the Maoists emerging as Frankenstein’s monster to undermine the Indian state, which they regard as neo-imperialist.

If Mamata Banerjee is driven by politics, the writers and academics are of the opinion that unless the core problem of poverty is solved, the Maoists cannot be defeated. So, they want the government to focus on socio-economic development instead of sending in the paramilitary forces.

There is a grain of truth in their view, for the Maoists have evidently exploited the deprivations of the poor, and mainly the tribals, to establish their bases and brainwash them with the Marxist doctrine of a class war.

That they have had a large measure of success is without doubt. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for a ragtag bunch of anarchists, who had splintered into numerous groups after Charu Mazumdar’s death in 1972 to mobilise in the way that they have done.

Today they are said to be present in 231 of the country’s 626 districts while the strength of their armed cadres has doubled to 20,000 men and women in the last five years. What is more worrisome is that they are far better equipped than what the Naxalites were in the late 1960s and early 70s when home-made pipeguns and improvised bombs were their main weapons.

It is, however, fatuous to believe that poverty-elimination should be attempted before any police action because the insurrectionists will simply not allow the government or even the non-government organisations favourably disposed towards them to undertake any kind of sustained development work in the areas under their control.

What is more, even if they have used the lack of development to mobilise cadres, their basic doctrine has nothing to do with material progress, but with the destruction of the bourgeois state. As such, even if there is social and economic progress, the Maoists will not fade away although their capacity to lure the poor in the countryside to their side will be weakened.

Until now, they have been helped not only by the poverty in the tribal areas of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa but also by the failure of the state governments to assess their potential till it was too late. Besides, the initial efforts to counter them with the help of poorly-trained and ill-equipped police personnel were bound to fail. It is only now that the centre is planning to deploy special forces and even use helicopters in the operations against them.

Considering that the army was deployed in the 70s for “area domination” when the Naxalites were much weaker, it is noteworthy that such a step has not been considered. The reason perhaps is that the civil libertarians are much more active than before. In addition, the Argus-eyed television cameras will bring the scenes of military presence to rouse the intellectuals even further. The government, therefore, is evidently playing safe for the present.

http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/61707.htm

The author is a certified jholawala himself. I am surprised to see this peice from him.

Manny · Post by **Manny** » 17 Oct 2009 10:34

I think, its time India has a violent uprising against the "Intellectual lefties" of India who are sympathetic towards Maoists and other far lefties.

I would be sympathetic to such an uprising.

AjitK · Post by **AjitK** » 17 Oct 2009 12:39

Forces start moving for anti-Naxal offensive, to be deployed by next week

Following the completion of polling in three states, security forces have begun moving to the Naxal-affected areas where a major offensive against the ultra-left organisations is being planned from next month.

Government sources said that by early next week, the force deployment would be complete in the six districts selected for the first phase of the operation against the Naxalites.

The six districts are spread over two geographical areas, one along the border of Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra and the other around the tri-junction of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa.

In addition to the Central forces already stationed in the Naxal-affected states, 15 additional battalions have been summoned for the operation that is expected to be a long-haul process.

Apart from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), which has been leading the fight against the Naxalites along with the state police forces, Border Security Force (BSF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) have also contributed personnel for the operation.

Sources said five battalions of BSF and two from ITBP have already reached ground zero in Chhattisgarh.

The CRPF also pulled out some of its men from Jammu and Kashmir and the north-eastern states to reinforce its strength in the Naxal-affected regions.

A coordinated armed action against the Naxalite groups, involving all the affected state governments and the Central government, has been in the works for quite a long time now, but had to be held back because of the Assembly elections in the states of Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh.

The Maoist groups have stepped up their activity in the last couple of months and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has repeatedly described Naxalism as the greatest security threat being faced by the country.

Simultaneously with the armed operation, the government also intends to initiate development projects in the Naxal-affected regions, many of which are extremely remote with little or no presence of any official infrastructure.

The government has earmarked Rs 7,300 crore over the next five years just for construction of roads in 34 of the worst affected districts. Of this, Rs 900 crore would be released this year itself.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 17 Oct 2009 13:11

http://www.dailypioneer.com/209495/The- ... tance.html

The postponement of acceptance

Swarn Kumar Anand

The oldest and best-known secret is out — thanks to the diplomatic wrangling over the Goldstone report — but there is relevance for India as human rights wallahs trip the national resolve to end Maoism. A Saturday Special focus

The world’s human rights community is on tenterhooks this Diwali. Reason: standing between them and utter irrelevance is the outcome of a debate now on in Geneva on whether or not the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) should ratify the Richard Goldstone report on the role of Israel in the Gaza conflict.

If UNHRC ratifies the report, a dangerous message will be sent out for freedom-loving people all over the world. So says Israel and its friends in the West. If it does not, then the message will be equally dangerous for freedom-loving people all over the world. No prizes for guessing who says that. Confused? That’s the name of the game in the human rights business. It’s all about which side you are on. ................

sanjaychoudhry · Post by **sanjaychoudhry** » 17 Oct 2009 13:37

Maoists train to face elite forces

The Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), a specialised paramilitary force raised to take on Maoists, could face stiff resistance from guerrillas of the outlawed CPI (Maoist).

The Maoists have begun imparting specialised training to their cadre in the forests of Bihar’s Gaya and Aurangabad districts.

Armed with sophisticated weapons, instructors from Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Nepal are training members of the People’s Liberation for Guerrilla Army, said Amarjeet Advani, 35, a Maoist leader, in Aurangabad to participate in an event commemorating the fifth anniversary of the merger of the Maoist Communist Centre with People’s War.

CoBRA is a specialised unit of the Central Reserve Police Force, one of the best-equipped in the country.

Set up last year with a grant of Rs 1,300 crore from the government, CoBRA members are armed with light mortars, machine guns, rocket launchers, INSAS rifles, FN 35 and Glock pistols, Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine guns and Carl Gustav recoilless rifles.

Advani said retired personnel of the Indian Army and the central paramilitary force had been hired to train the recruits. “We have weapons like INSAS rifles, AK-47s and self-loading rifles, apart from a big cache of explosives and detonators. Most of these have been snatched from the police.”

The government had recently announced the deployment of one CoBRA company (of 130 soldiers) in Gaya, 100 km south of Patna, to check the growing Maoist influence in the state.

Maoist violence has claimed the lives of more than 200 security personnel this year in Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Maharashtra and West Bengal. Around 700 civilians have also been killed in the same period.

Aurangabad Superintendent of Police N.K. Tiwary said there were no training camps of the Maoists in the district.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/bihar/Mao ... 63351.aspx

AjitK · Post by **AjitK** » 17 Oct 2009 20:03

Outlook cover story on Indian Govt. strategy against Maoists.Must Read.

On War Footing

The November Offensive

•The offensive will be spread over the next five years
•A special forces school, a special forces unit and an army brigade HQ will be set up near Bilaspur. The Bde HQ will participate in anti-Maoist ops in the future. The army is looking for 1,800 acres of land to set up the infrastructure.
•The IAF is looking for 300 acres for its base
•MHA is sitting on a plan to redeploy the Rashtriya Rifles
•For now, 27 battalions of the Border Security Force and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police will be moved into Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Maharashtra
•The paramilitary forces will be supported by six Mi-17 IAF choppers
•The helicopters will have on board the IAF's special force, the GARUDS, to secure the chopper and conduct combat search and rescue operations
•The offensive will be in seven phases. Each phase has been marked areawise as Operating Areas (OAs).
•OA-1 involves moving along a north-south axis from Kanker, Chhattisgarh, and on an east-west axis from Gadchiroli in Maharashtra and span the Abuj Marh forests used by the Maoists as a training centre and logistics base

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Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Oct 2009 21:03

seldom have a seen a operation scheduled to start in weeks being explained such nice detail for the maoists to read and either disappear or disrupt.

I hope they have some chankian moves to totally disregard this publicized plan and lay the traps elsewhere. because all they will find in designated target areas are booby traps and deserted campsites.

sum · Post by **sum** » 17 Oct 2009 22:26

Reassuring to read about the anti-Naxal ops and how they are being coordinated...Also, nice to see retd SF men being tapped for their expertise by the states.

Hope that the elephant waking up (finally!!!) leads to a crushing of this menace..

suryag · Post by **suryag** » 18 Oct 2009 00:55

Offensive against Maoists will be a failure: Gill

brihaspati · Post by **brihaspati** » 18 Oct 2009 01:09

^^^he is talking sense. In addition there will be severe limitations imposed from outside.

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 18 Oct 2009 07:25

brihaspati wrote:^^^he is talking sense. In addition there will be severe limitations imposed from outside.

Sadly, I agree. Just because the limits imposed from outside worked in previous occasions (did they always?) needn't necessarily mean they'll work again this time. Besides, INC now has a real shot at evicting the commies from WB. Lotsa things happening geopolitically too that reduces perceived leverage of the tfta powers to cause India to tolerate the cancer for ever longer.

There's also hope reading the words of GK PIllai, home secy in a TOI interview last week. Seems the establishment has learnt at least some lessons from past such actions. 'Clear and move on' is not even being considered now. Its 'clear and hold' till a new admin with sufficient security is installed in the cleared zones. Lessons of that nature at least have been learned.

In any case, its futile to expect that all red zones will be cleared. But if at least some are, and an example is made that such is possible, it will have a tremendous moral boost. Ultimately, the state has no option but to take on the maopests. Better now at this late stage than never, IMO.

RayC · Post by **RayC** » 18 Oct 2009 09:52

Unless one knows the govt's overall strategy and the mode via which they will approach the operation, it might be too premature to comment.

Gill is credited with finishing the Punjab insurgency. The method was not always benign. Another aspect that helped finishing the Punjab terrorism/ insurgency, unlike the current situation, is the fact that a Sikh or a Punjabi cannot just sit idle and allow his livelihood being ruined and the livelihood and money came from farming - an aspect that terrorism was seriously affecting.

In Chhatisgarh and elsewhere another issue to be contended with is thick forest and forest cover. Detection will be difficult and hence the intelligence system must be made efficient before the operations so that hard intelligence is available and the groups pursued.

Success must come in the initial operations so that it buoys the morale of the forces and demoralises the Maoists. It is an important that the initial operations are planned meticulously with excellent intelligence and capable of a good degree of success. It may means swatting a fly with a hammer.

Comparison with Afghanistan may not be correct, since a sizeable proportion of the local population is not hostile to the idea of normalcy returning and so will not plot against the operations. At best, they will be fence sitters and fence sitters always joins the winning side. Thus, initially success must come the Forces' way. Also, the Forces are Indian and not a foreign force as it is in Afghanistan.

Avinash R · Post by **Avinash R** » 18 Oct 2009 10:55

Raid on Maoist hideout on camera - Video Link
http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4329871.cms

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 19 Oct 2009 09:35

When some one told me that Andhra Jyothi news paper is pro naxals I have not belived that a news paper with huge circulation can be that stupid. When I say a news clipping on ABN News channel (Owned BY Andhra Jyothi) I was shocked to know it was true.

These people in the press and our Jholawalas are no less criminals than the Naxals. If any they are more. These people are supposed to be educated and have some brain. Can't they see what they are supporting. Can't they understand that the naxals are not fighting for any cause by against the nation itself. They want to over throw the present governament and bring a governament like one of pol pot or one like Mao. Do these people really want to support that kind of thing.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 19 Oct 2009 09:57

Narayana Rao-> the press if not stupid, they are doing the job they are being paid for, and the truth stands counts for little in thier way.

For the Indian public at large I would say-> Once you fool me , shame on you. Fool me again, shame on me.