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India to approve a diamond mining lease for global miner Rio Tinto in Madhya Pradesh. They still have diamond mines in India?

In every continent where Rio Tinto operates the story is the same: land taken from indigenous people without compensation; workers prevented from freely organising in trade unions; destruction of the environment; and cosy relations with politicians, government officials and dictators.

brihaspati wrote:Why does modern military/army style organization/performance/habits necessarily imply only possible ex-Indian Army personnel? Why cannot it be ex-armymen from neighbouring countries? Or even from across the waters? There are plenty of military bases around IOR.

Indian writer Arundhati Roy says she is ready to be an "independent observer" if the Indian government agrees to peace talks with Maoist insurgents

Kishenji has denied that his party gets any help from retired army officials.

Gerard wrote:Indian writer Arundhati Roy ready for Maoist talks role

Indian writer Arundhati Roy says she is ready to be an "independent observer" if the Indian government agrees to peace talks with Maoist insurgents

Kishenji has denied that his party gets any help from retired army officials.

Kolkata, Mar 7 (ANI): The Maoists ultras on Sunday said that they would be interested in talks with the Centre with writer Arundhati Roy and singer-turned-politician Kabir Suman being mediators in it.

Speaking to a private news channel Maoists leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishanji said his group would stop violence if the Centre invited intellectuals and rights activists like Arundhati Roy, Kabir Suman and former IAS officer B D Sharma to mediate in peace talks.

Kishanji demanded that the government should stop the ongoing operations against Maoists to pave way for talks.

He also demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should announce halting of operations.

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Meanwhile, Arundhati Roy has said that though she is ready to be an independent observer if the government agrees to hold peace talks with the Maoists but cannot act as a representative for the Maoists.

"I am a writer, I don't have the skills of a mediator," Roy said. (ANI).

The Maoists decided to take help from their foreign counterparts, including those in the Philippines and the Netherlands. It was mentioned in the party congress document that ultra-Left outfits abroad had agreed to help the Maoists in India,” said an Intelligence Branch officer.

"That's how mining corporations have worked historically, by creating an enemy"

brihaspati wrote:Problem is that the view depends on which side of rashtryia power you are standing. The same "imperialist/capitalist/running dogs of bourgeoisie/running dog of imeprialist capitalism/comprador bourgeoisie" become "progressive" after the "great proletarian revolution" takes place under the guidance of the "vanguard party" under the leadership of the politbureau under the leadership of the "great leader". Everywhere the communists gain paower, after some time there is no longer any problem with similar mining or exploitative venture capitalism. If it was so, the Vietnamese peasants or environemntalists would not have been protesting against the "sole friend of the proletariat" the PRC activities in related domain.

Jarita wrote:^^^ But she is stating some facts that have not been contested. Even a nut may say something true once in a while. I agree that 98% of what she says is doped up garbage and she is on a self aggrandizement trip, however she is quoting goverment reports in that video. Please watch and judge for herself

A very prominent civil war is going on in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh in the name of Naxalism and Salwa Judum. All of us have a right to know who the real beneficiaries are in this civil war. The stories of Essar and Tata steel plants, Essar funds for Salwa Judum camps, their mining leases, the MoUs being kept under wraps, the forced, undemocratic and unconstitutional acquisition of land for these plants, the arrests, the murders, the rapes, and the brazenness of the whole affair might give us some clues.

Thu, Mar 11 06:18 PM
Ranchi/Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) Backed by air cover, security forces Thursday pursued Maoists in eight districts of West Bengal and Jharkhand in a major crackdown, seizing a huge quantity of arms and destroying concealed rebel camps in thick forests.

Director General of Police Neyaz Ahmad told IANS: 'Yes, operations have been launched in many places in Jharkhand. West Bengal has also joined the inter-state operation against Maoists.'

Officials said the drive against the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was on in West Singhbhum, East Singhbhum, Bokaro, Hazaribagh and Seraikela districts in Jharkhand as well as Purulia, West Midnapore and Bankura districts in nearby West Bengal.

KOLKATA/EAST SINGHBHUM/BHUBANESWAR: Operation Green Hunt has been launched with bullets in Jharkhand and a healing touch in Bengal.

The CRPF personnel have started massing under the cover of medical camps on the Bengal side — the same tactics as the Maoists used to get a toehold in the state. Preparations are on to link up with the forces driving Maoists out of strongholds in East and West Singhbhum in Jharkhand.

The operation that started on Sunday seems to be giving desired result — winning the trust of the locals — claimed senior police officers.

Villagers, in West Midnapore and Purulia (Bengal) and Ghatsila (Jharkhand) are coming forward with information on Maoists.

State police and CRPF units have started getting local intelligence inputs even in areas such as Jorma, Jamaimari, Sakhabhanga on the Bengal side and over a dozen villages like Basodera, Burudih, Dayanmara and Digha in Jharkhand. These are the areas where the Maoists had the final word until Operation Green Hunt started.

It is clear by now that this operation is taking place under direct orders of the Centre and the supervision of CRPF. Home secretary Ardhendu Sen said, "This is no recce. It was an operation. We are analysing the results."

Appa Rao, who was the prime accused in the killing of Deputy Inspector General of Police KS Vyas in Hyderabad in 1993, was arrested once and was in Chanchalguda central jail in Hyderabad for seven years.

But he jumped the bail in 2000 and went underground. KS Vyas, who was on the hit list of Maoists for his campaign against them, was killed when he was jogging in Lal Bahadur Stadium in heart of Hyderabad.

Only days after Maoist military strategist Koteshwar Rao threatened to strike Kolkata. TIMES NOW has accessed a detailed plan chalked by the terrorists. In this document- the maoists reveal their plan to carry their fight into urban area. Specifically industrial belts across northern India. In their plan to shake up urban India- the 129-page Maoist document - titled Strategy and Tactics of the Indian War, seized recently by security forces, states, "Our presence today in key industries is extremely low. It is a pressing need that we enter key industries such as transport, communications, railways, ports, power, oil and gas and defence equipment. This is crucial for the success of our revolution."

Nihat wrote:

Only days after Maoist military strategist Koteshwar Rao threatened to strike Kolkata. TIMES NOW has accessed a detailed plan chalked by the terrorists. In this document- the maoists reveal their plan to carry their fight into urban area. Specifically industrial belts across northern India. In their plan to shake up urban India- the 129-page Maoist document - titled Strategy and Tactics of the Indian War, seized recently by security forces, states, "Our presence today in key industries is extremely low. It is a pressing need that we enter key industries such as transport, communications, railways, ports, power, oil and gas and defence equipment. This is crucial for the success of our revolution."

http://www.timesnow.tv/INDIA/Maoists-te ... 340471.cms


P.S. - If anyone can find the link to surrender of 16 Maoists in Orissa (said to be biggest Naxal surrender), please do post it here.

According to police, of the 16 Maoists, eight were hardcore rebels from Adaba area of Gajapati.

brihaspati wrote:So the Maoists can be a good weapon to clear off the "Parliamentary Left" in preparation for takeover by more "convenient" electoral forces! The strategy can be deemed excellent. See to it, that the Maoists are not touched until they gain sufficient strength to erase the electoral discomforts - like the "Parliamentary" Left when they no longer toe the "line" or are no longer useful, or say the odd saffron clad becoming a thorn in the side of electorally important faiths by reverting tribals back to their traditional beliefs. Once the Maoists are able to liquidate such discomforts, eliminate the Maoists, and let allies fill up the vacuum.

MB should be careful, for she would be the next target in the long run. How come Maoists never ever really move against populations or groups that are crucial for the Congress to succeed electorally? Or move against only when such groups show signs of moving away or rebelling!

The way it will go, is MB now helped to liquidate the CPI(M). Then MB's party neutralized and absorbed into the Congress over the longer run. At worst keep MB as a local satrap, safely walled inside the "remote" province far away from the Sultanate headquarters at Dehli. Those "bengalis" are after all always "untrustworthy" for any pure-blooded UP based rulership. Only those Bengalis without any political base but wily old brains on their necks are useful as advisors or servants. But any with some mass appeal like MB, should be carefully penned in - these are the subversives who can upset dynastic applecarts.

Cautionary tales to be learned by heart by all dynastic aspirants from the only place and background who deserve to rule India as their birthright onlee - those d***** Bengalees pushed up the Gangetic belt under the Palas, declared independence from the Delhi Sultanate, resisted the Mughals ruling from Delhi [what an audacity and what a crime against the wonderful syncretic Mughals! ] became virtually independent under the Nawabs, and worst possible crime - they rose up in armed struggle to overthrow the great friends of India - the British, again ruling from Delhi.

So if MB is not careful, the Maoists will emerge again.