
Source: 1000 rebels & none saw? Blood spills a home truth

The count is 84, unfortunately.Rudradev wrote: No, it is not "as simple as that".
"Ek hazaar Maoist" was a concoction of our idiot media, who is not constitutionally charged with knowing any better.
GK Pillai's gibberish fails abysmally to cover up what is in fact an intelligence failure of the size of Kargil. At that time, when patrols of 10-20 men were ambushed on the LoC, these same cretins were hysterically bleating about "intelligence failure". Today nearly a hundred security personnel have been ambushed, 75 of them killed, not on the LoC but in the heart of Indian territory.
It seems that P.Chidambaram only appears a determined, effective leader when you compare him to Manmohan Singh... not by any objective standards.
Four kilometres short of the CRPF camp at Chintalnar, a massive Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detonated under the armoured vehicle, killing the lone driver, even as the troops came under heavy suppressive fire from a raised hillock bordering the path.
Booby-trapped
Troops rushed to take cover behind trees, only to find that the Maoists had booby-trapped the trees with anti-personnel IEDs. Soldiers who stayed in the open were gunned down by Maoists who used automatic weapons. In all, 75 members of the security forces were killed and seven injured. All their weapons were taken away by the Maoists.
In the second phase of the incident, reinforcements were rushed from the CRPF camp at Chintalnar, Dornapal and Chintagufa to rescue the survivors. According to a press note circulated by the Superintendent of Police, a vehicle brought to ferry the injured and the dead was also blown up with an IED, killing the driver and pushing the toll up to 76.
The planners
Sources in Andhra Pradesh told The Hindu that the attack was planned by Kosa, Leader of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee of the CPI Maoist and was executed by three Maoist companies led by Ganeshanna and Ramanna, two top leaders from the same Committee. The Maoists trailed the security forces for the better part of two days before working out the route of return and laying the ambush.
The sources said the CRPF violated two basic doctrines of jungle warfare. “First, never return to the camp along the same route that you left,” said a counter-insurgency expert with experience in Chhattisgarh, “Second, if you must, you have to clear and secure all raised terrain and hillocks.” Neither of these precautions was followed, said the source.
The tactics and command structures seem to have matured vis a vis the CPOs. The battalion sized mobbing and smooth movement is something that we need to disrupt pretty soon. Brihaspati has a point-there is a clear divide surfacing within India regarding voting patterns and rise of Maosim between regions.The landmines must have been laid during the night, the jawan said. The attack took place around 7am when the CRPF was passing through a dense forest surrounded by hills. The Maoists had arrayed themselves in `V' formation and awaiting the CRPF contingent in the thick green foliage. They first triggered the landmines and then began firing indiscriminately running down from the hills from all directions.
“There were a series of blasts. One of the first blew the anti-mine vehicle. They fired and swamped us from left and right. Bullets rained from every side. We screamed to each other and returned fire knowing it was useless but it was the last effort to survive. I could not even help a colleague or hold him as he died. A bullet hit me and I fell. Lying there, I prayed for life," he said.
Kumar explained that CRPF's 62 Battalion, which numbered 120, was split into two groups on Tuesday morning. It was the one with 80 men going towards Dornapal which was attacked. The division of CRPF forces was another mistake, he said. ``During an ambush, Naxals come in large numbers, never less than 500. We fall victims because we are outnumbered and are caught by surprise," he said.
China working on Maoist-SIMI nexus in South India?
From Arun Lakshman in Thiruvananthapuram
Sources in the intelligence agency told this reporter that the Chinese interpreters in the Indian intelligence establishment have already got vital evidences that make it quite apparent that the Chinese have already prepared a blueprint for the operation in South India and would in the immediate future create several human interest think tanks in South India for garnering support from the intellectual community and to take the state’s intelligentsia as a major propaganda machinery for its sinister operations.
The Indian intelligence agencies are on the trail of a sinister plan of Chinese for integrating the operations of the Maoist groups with the banned Islamist organisation SIMI. A top official of the Intelligence Bureau while speaking to this reporter said that a meeting between some middle-level leaders of the two organisations was held in Bengaluru recently at the behest of a foreign intelligence agent and a Kerala-based former Naxalite leader is given the charge of the operation in South India.
It may be recalled that the CPI-M of Kerala, which has been the political party that attracted the left intellectuals, is now in the grip of a fierce factional war and several intellectuals have been shown the door by the official faction of the party because of their solidarity with the Chief Minister Achuthanandan, who is now functioning in the party without proper wings.
These elements, according to the experts in the intelligence agencies, have already been roped in by the Maoist and other dalit movements to set up their base among the intellectual community of the state.
The state police have already cracked the case relating to the brutal killing of a middle-aged person while he was on a morning walk and have found a dalit outfit-Dalit Human Rights Forum-behind the murder. After a close observation, it was established that the organisation formed less than two years ago in Aluva has gained momentum in several dalit hamlets in Kerala and that it is flush with funds. A top official of the Intelligence Bureau, who is in the state in connection with the probe on this organisation, told this reporter that they are ascertaining the role played by the external intelligence agencies in creating such an outfit.
The Intelligence Bureau, in its report presented before the Union Home Minister and the National Security Advisor a few weeks ago, has said that the situation in Kerala has gone out of control and that more and more youth are getting involved in terror operations with unabated support from certain mainstream political parties.
On a day when Maoists gunned down at least 76 security personnel in Dantewada, civil rights groups held the government's “wrong” policy of pursuing an offensive against the rebels responsible for the attack.
Activist Medha Patkar said while the Maoist attack “needs to be condemned, there should be equal or more condemnation of state violence in the form of resource grab on one hand and violence unleashed by private armies of the state like Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh on the other”.
The People's Union For Democratic Rights said the attack was an “unfortunate fallout of the government's willful policy of pursuing Operation Greenhunt”. “Since war remains the preferred option of the Indian government, they have no one else but themselves to blame if and when combatants die,” it said in a statement.
Not for lack of trying if this article is to be believed.brihaspati wrote:Karnataka and Gujarat still form a loophole in this encirclement. So These south-western sectors could see activity next.
Offensive still on, says DGPThe attack has triggered “absolute panic” among mining officials in Dantewada, home to India’s largest iron-ore miner NMDC, said the state-owned company’s deputy general manager, S.P. Himanshu Kumar.
The camps — at Belpahari, Chhurimara, Jamtolgora and Neguria in West Midnapore and Dulukdihi and Bogdubi in Purulia — lack basic infrastructure like bunkers and watchtowers. Besides, none of the policemen there have night-vision telescopes fitted to their rifles, something so essential to fight in the dark.
These camps also have a “logistical disadvantage” in that they are located so close to Jharkhand — all within 1km to 7km — in a hilly terrain dense with forests.
The officers said that a big guerrilla group, double or triple the number posted at any of these camps, can easily descend from Jharkhand and give the police a “beating”.
“We are lucky if we get information about an attack within the golden hour, let alone evacuating people in 60 minutes”
You may have written this sarcastically. However, it happened in reality. Surrendered naxals made into state police forces.James Cockburn wrote: Announce massive package of aid and do a friendly buy out of this Naxal organization.
May be reservation for Naxals in the Central government bodies? Armed forces (they are ready to go trained, post them on border with Pakistan, China?) Just some loud thinking.
Must be because former PWG elements dominate the CPI(M).Muppalla wrote:James Cockburn wrote: Every top Maoist leader is from AP whether u catch him in Bengal or Andaman. It is like every islamic-terrorist has link to Pak. No wonder these people want Telanagana.
It is very long and complex story. Even I wonder how in the world this has become the intellectual capitol/capital of the entire Naxalism/Maoism. I am lost too when I try to connect dots. I will try but I may not be able to connect all the dots.SwamyG wrote:Muppalla garu: What makes them tick in AP?
Ultimately it will have to be done... no matter what "log kyaa kahengey". That's the way it is.negi wrote:^ That would mean calling in the IA itself , which is ruled out .
Muppala garu,(2) (Here is where I cannot connect the dot) For some reason communist ideology of is popular in Coastal region ( may be it was just like WB or Kerala). May be it is because some false-equality shown in the left movements of those days. It was also anti-religiousness in the ideology. There is also one psychological factor ( which I beleive) which is Andras go as herd anything new. When Budhism came 70% of AP coverted to Budhism. I guess just like that they may have thought it is cool to be communist.
James Cockburn wrote:Swatantra party leaders had clearly given orders shoot on sight of communist in the late 40s and early 50s, thats the way it works in most democracies. But then they were branded as CIA/USA agents.
Absolutely. Inspite of very heavy and serious Naxal movement in AP, the government of the day ( all parties ) did a pretty decent job. The rule of the thumb is just kill the vermin even if there is some error in judgement or coleteral damage. In the 70s Jalagam Vengal Rao wiped out every leader worth salt. They re-couped during 80s but TDP government's Greyhounds did a pretty decent job.Vishwamitra wrote:We do not need IA to come to control Maoists. Andhra GrayHounds show the way. Given proper training, equipment and MOTIVATION the police force can take care of internal security. We should not underestimate police aggressiveness.
chindu always gets 'private sources' that exactly reflect its opinion...a very convenient phenomenon...strangely these private sources dry up when it comes to covering their own 'family' parties like CPM or DMK.However, privately, senior Congressmen felt that Home Minister P. Chidambaram had unnecessarily used provocative language like “we will wipe them out” when talking about Naxals.
Look at how the puppets offer explanations on behalf of their masters. What are the Stalinists waiting for? Gazette notification of the event? If this were some minor communal event and BJP had not condemned that would be a three page orgy of editorials, opinion pieces, dancing by Sahmat, statements by 'intellectuals' and so on....strangely there are no reports of intellectuals condemning this massacre. Perhaps they approve it?The Communist Party of India (Marxist) chose to remain silent on Tuesday while indicating that it would find out more about what had happened and then react.