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[Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 4:54 AM Subject: Nepal. CPN(M): revolt 'will continue' From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CPN(M): revolt 'will continue' BBC. 18 December 2001. Nepal revolt 'will continue.' A senior Nepalese Maoist leader has said the insurgency will continue until the monarchy is abolished, despite the intensifying of the army operation against the Maoist rebels. In the first ever radio interview by a senior Maoist leader, Mr Dinanath Sharma, told the BBC that his party was not against peace talks if the government was ready to form a constitutional assembly to draft a new constitution, which they believe would lead to the establishment of a republic. Mr Sharma, a politburo member of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), said his party was determined to defeat what he called reactionary forces. He rejected the government demand to surrender arms. However, he added that if the government withdrew the army and agreed to the formation of a constitutional assembly, resumption of peace talks was possible. That demand was categorically rejected by the government last week. It is believed that there are around 5,000 armed militia involved in the insurgency. Some 500 of them are reported to have been killed since the army operation began. However, Mr Sharma said this number had been highly exaggerated by the authorities. He also denied recent reports in the Indian press that two senior Maoist leaders, one of them the main military strategist of the party, had been killed in an army operation. The Maoists want to replace the country's constitutional monarchy with a communist republic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
