From: "Magnus Bernhardsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:34:51 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Peoples War] Nepal: Maoists hold military training in Rolpa Maoists hold military training in Rolpa Post Report KURELI, Rolpa, Sept 10 - Even as the truce called by the government and the underground Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) progressed, as many as 2,000 Maoist guerrillas from Rolpa, Dang, Salyan, Rukum and Pyuthan districts participated in a special training camp here recently. Confidential sources in the underground party revealed that most of the top-notch military leaders of the underground party took part in the week-long training camp. The jamboree of the senior Maoist militias was also addressed by the party chairman Prachanda, alias Puspa Kamal Dahal and other central leaders. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba ordered ceasefire soon after he assumed office in mid-July Maoist rebels reciprocated to the call so as to pave the way for peace talks. Besides political lessons, the Maoist militias and commanders were trained to fight with sophisticated guns and weapons in the training camp, according to the sources. The camp was held in the same venue, where the rebel outfit wanted the second round of peace talks between a government panel and the Maoist representatives to take place. Members of the Maoist militia said the training camp was held to better train the guerrillas to fight with the government security forces should the talks fail. Said Santosh, the chief of the Maoists’ Rolpa district Janasarkar or "people’s government", "People will go ahead with their campaign should the talks fail..." The government and the Maoist sides agreed meet again within 30 days in the first ever talks held in a posh Godavari resort on the outskirts of the capital city on August 30. Though the second round of talks expected to take place sometime this week, the date and venue has not been fixed yet. Meanwhile, another report from Liwang said, the Maoist rebels held five journalists and a human rights activist hostage from Friday to Sunday. They were wandering about the villages adjoining the district headquarters, Liwang, in their quest for news. The rebels are known to have kept the six under their control, because the latter did not have any written permission from the rebels. In the past, the rebels used to red carpet journalists and rights activists in their strong hold areas. The six included, Yagya Bikram Shahi and Kashi Ram Dangi of Kantipur daily, Nischal Chapagain and Rajaram Gautam of Nepal fortnightly and Sudhir Sharma of Himal Khabarkagaj fortnightly and Ghana Shyam Acharya of INSEC (Informal Area Services Center), a human rights organization _________________________________________________ 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] __________________________________________________
