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  1. Rage

    Naxals/Maoists Watch

    There's been a surge of Maoist activity in the last few days. 6 killed in landmine blast in Gadchiroli May 5, 2011, 18:53 IST | Agency: PTI | Place: NAGPUR Six members of a marriage party were today killed and four others injured in a landmine explosion, suspected to have been...
  2. Rage

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    Naxals shift collector after tribals plan rescue operation SEELERU: Rattled by tribal villagers planning an audacious bid to rescue Orissa's Malkangiri district collector R Vineel Krishna, Maoists are believed to have shifted him and junior engineer Pabitra Majhi to another one of their...
  3. Rage

    Naxals/Maoists Watch

    Sorry, should have made myself clearer. I'm talking about the Tar-21. Got confused in the contrasting articles about the X95 and the MSMC. Ignore the stupid post.
  4. Rage

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    The MARCOS now all have them. A consignment arrived late last year. 5,500 delivered to the Para-SF as of Jan. 13, this year.
  5. Rage

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    Oh, no, no. I meant torture them first. Torture is always implicit in my statements :happy_2:
  6. Rage

    Naxals/Maoists Watch

    Extra-judicial killings would not be a bad option in this case. This is a situation which demands resorting to exceptional measures. The slow pace of the judicial system will ensure that these languish in jail for many years, with the threat of breakout always imminent. I'd rather they die...
  7. Rage

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    Wow! These guys should stand in front of a court martial and be stripped of every last bit of honour they had. I'd like to see them put on a run till they dropped dead from exhaustion. But where and how exactly did the ToI come to the conclusion that they were beaten back by Naxals? Could be...
  8. Rage

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    Here we go again: Maoists blow up four buildings in Bihar The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a school, a community hall and two health centres at Sarodag village in Kaimur District on April 10, reported Times of India. Maoist leaflets were also found at the site...
  9. Rage

    Naxals/Maoists Watch

    The latest I'm hearing from the campus bluffs is that an anti-Naxal forum has been formed at the JNU (this is for you Dark Prince) by a trilateral convergence of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and Youth for Equality (YFE). There were some...
  10. Rage

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    Dantewada attack: My resignation a closed chapter, says Chidambaram PTI, Apr 10, 2010, 05.20pm IST PUDUCHERRY: Calling his resignation episode a closed chapter, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said he decided to quit because the CRPF came under his charge but that does not mean state...
  11. Rage

    Naxals/Maoists Watch

    By any standard, Maoism as an ideology is not 'popular' in India. The ever-abrogating performance of the CPI-M, which, as a political party espouses that ideology, is testament to that fact. As is the June 2009 ban on their Naxal offshoot, supported by all political parties unanimously, under...
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    If you needed more evidence of what they're up to: Maoists open new front to rope in farmers http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_maoists-open-new-front-to-rope-in-farmers_1368679 Spread the word: The 'Agra-gami Krishak Samiti' is a new front for the Maoists.
  13. Rage

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    The problem is not all with the Centre. Different states are vacillating to different extents on the issue. Chattisgarh, for example, has a clear-cut policy on the matter, giving its troops a carte-blanche mandate to engage maoist 'wood wogs' where it sees them, provided there are no excessive...
  14. Rage

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    We are going to win this war. Make no mistake about it. Whether the Maoists hole up in dens or not.
  15. Rage

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    JP, are you aware of the shortage of pilots with the paramilitaries? It ain't don't just come easy by 'givin' a fleet of transport choppers to the paramilitaries, honey. Besides, this is about CAS to ground troops, not about logistics and transport. As of early 2008, a fleet of six MI-6...
  16. Rage

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    Air power or not, the fact remains that the paramilitaries have an inadequately small fleet of choppers, and if helicopter gunships are going to be used for close-air-support, the scale of operation Scumblood Scour will demand that the Air Force or the Army Aviation Corps be roped in. Both have...
  17. Rage

    Naxals/Maoists Watch

    I couldn't agree more. This has implications beyond the mere operation and the immediate security situation. Particularly with the goal to expand infrastructure in a $1 trillion plan over the next five years, that will see foreign companies building many roads, particularly in the underdeveloped...
  18. Rage

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    Hell no! If they were, they wouldn't have committed such a stupid mistake. They're CRPF troopers, a basic paramilitary force designed largely for law & order problems under the aegis of the Ministry of Home Affairs. They train at these institutions
  19. Rage

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    On a more prosaic note, here's an interestin video from IBN: http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/112807/is-operation-greenhunt-failing.html
  20. Rage

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    Ain't that a real b^tch? So here's my question to Arundhati again: where is the hypocrisy now?
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