| ashu |
Posted
on 09-May-02 10:14 PM
Hi all,
This email is here for the purpose of disseminating info.
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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From: sagenepal@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 21:48:44 -0400
Subject: [act-ma] (Resource) Nepal Solidarity Network
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ACT-MA Peace Events in Massachusetts
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Nepal Solidarity Network -- http://vm.uconn.edu/~ser00003/ns.html
I hope this is appropriate for the ACT-MA list but I'm grasping at
straws.I know that you receive information about conflicts all around the
world, but one that hardly ever surfaces in the news but is very close to my
heart, is Nepal. There has been an ongoing conflict for 7 years now
in Nepal, between the Communist Party Nepal (Maoist) and the Nepali
government.
However, it has reached horrible proportions since last November. Now
the U.S. is getting more involved than before, and supporting militarily
the Nepali state. The Prime Minister of Nepal was just in the U.S.
meeting with Bush.
There is just so much wrong with this picture that I don't even know
where to start. The Nepali government is killing noncombatants and
summarily executing suspected rebels, and is censoring reporters (over 100
reporters are in jail right now) and detaining people without charges (up to a
few thousand are currently detained indefinitely) and meanwhile doing
nothing to address the underlying poverty and lack of concern for the Nepali
people that fuel this conflict in the first place. See the Amnesty
International and Christian Science Monitor reports for details.
So, Bush wants to give an additional $20 million to the Nepali
government, and the U.S. is also is rumoured to be providing weapons via Israel.
What can you do? Tell others about this conflict -- send this to
people or lists who you think might be concerned. Research this conflict more
and tell your U.S. Representatives and Senators that you oppose funding
another government that abuses human rights to defend the oligarchy's
interests, and that there must be another way, a way towards peace, not more
escalation and body count. Tell them to oppose the funding for the Nepali government in the upcoming supplemental approprations bill.
And *please* forward this website to others -- I have no other way of
advertising it except word of mouth:
Nepal Solidarity Network -- http://vm.uconn.edu/~ser00003/ns.html
It is important to stress that I am not advocating in support of
EITHER side in this conflict.
I am NOT endorsing the position or actions of the
CPN(M), but I am concerned about the average Nepali person, who is caught in
the middle of this conflict. Both the CPN(M) and the Nepali government
have caused the deaths of noncombatants, and in my mind, true justice and
peace lies with neither of them. We must create a third way, a way of
peace.
Sincerely,
Sage Radachowsky
sagenepal@hotmail.com
Jamaica Plain, MA
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| HahooGuru |
Posted
on 09-May-02 10:57 PM
Lisne Lek operation
This refers to a series of news stories carried by TKP about the ongoing Lisne Lek operation.
Your newspaper reported that over 450 rebels have been gunned down in the operation so far claiming that the final toll could reach as high as 500. The security personnel surrounded some hardcore Maoist leaders, including Krishna Bahadur Mahara. Unfortunately, a few of them managed to escape. The security personnel have also found traces of slaughtered buffaloes, cows and utensils used by the rebels. This operation has boosted the army’s morale, and hopefully the army will remain active in flushing out the rebels from the remote and mountainous regions.
However, the killings of innocent people or attacks on the security personnel by the Maoists may not come to an end as long as the rebels operate from India. I mean it has become easy for the rebels to hit and run due to the open border between Nepal and India. And my reading says that there are some people in India who directly support the Maoist movement in Nepal. So this fight may last more than a decade.
What is necessary then ? We have set up an intelligent cell, but have failed to explore the relations between the Maoists and the people who support them from across the southern border. The government should be prepared to hire people to eliminate the Maoists even if they are in India. This is how the secret agency of any country works. I am sure it is not difficult to eliminate Babu Ram Bhattarai or Prachnada sitting in Kathmandu. The only thing we need is to hire people and arm them to eliminate the rebels.
Man Bahadur Gurung
Pokhara
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