| Biswo |
Posted
on 26-Nov-01 01:38 AM
Oh, God.
The news from Salleri is really terrible. Hundreds of Nepali died there last night.
Please read the report in Kantipuronline.com below. There is no point in blaming the
constitutaional political parties. The government didn't initiated attacks. The
government wanted peace till the last moment.
I remember reading about Korea war. The Chinese invaded one of the impregnable
defense of tanks and machines guns of America and S Korea just with the sheer
number of people fighting against the allied force. A lot of Chinese died, but they
won that war.Maoists tactics sounds same. But in Salleri, at least it seems, the
army valiantly stopped them. Kudos. Kudos to those who survived. As someone
said, the victorious people in the war time are those who survive. Survive at any
cost. Only if they survive can they revive their life, and live to tell their posterity
how they survived.
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Hundreds of rebels feared dead in Solukhumbu clash
KOL Report
KATHMANDU, Nov 26 – Reports are coming of a massive fighting between the Maoist rebels and army and police in remote Solukhumbu district which is thought to have left hundreds of Maoist cadres dead.
Initial reports from the areas say the Chief District Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police and chief of the revenue office along with at least 30 police were killed after the rebels launched a massive attack on the district headquarters Salleri late Monday night.
The Maoists thought to number about 1,000 then attacked a military camp located near the town. The fighting began at around midnight Sunday and lasted until 4 a.m. Monday morning. About 40-50 soldiers guarding their barracks stood their ground inflicting heavy casualties on the rebels.
The rebels say they have suffered massive reverses in the fighting claiming their losses run into “hundreds.”
Bodies of about 30 to 35 rebels are reportedly littered on the grounds in Salleri after being recovered by the army. Several more bodies were carried away by the rebels themselves.
More details are coming in. (rk)
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