[Excerpt: However, the Tribune newspaper quoted unidentified Indian foreign ministry officials as saying New Delhi decided Saturday to stop helping the Royal Nepalese Army and summoned its ambassador in Katmandu to discuss the situation.]
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/February/subcontinent_February469.xml§ion=subcontinent India suspends military aid to Nepal (AP) 13 February 2005 NEW DELHI - India has suspended indefinitely military aid to Nepal’s fight against Maoist insurgents in a bid to pressure the monarch of the Himalayan nation to restore democracy, a news report said on Sunday. India harshly criticised Nepal’s King Gyanendra after he dismissed the government and declared a state of emergency on Feb. 1. But analysts initially expressed doubt that New Delhi would withdraw military aid, fearing a Maoist victory would encourage communist rebels in India. However, the Tribune newspaper quoted unidentified Indian foreign ministry officials as saying New Delhi decided Saturday to stop helping the Royal Nepalese Army and summoned its ambassador in Katmandu to discuss the situation. Foreign ministry officials could not be immediately reached to confirm the report. On Friday, Nepalese politicians who have fled to India urged Washington and New Delhi to end military aid needed to fight the Himalayan kingdom’s Maoist insurgents. They said India has provided arms worth 4 billion rupees (US$93 million) to Nepal over the past three years, allowing the king to increase his control of the army. Without foreign aid, the Nepalese army, with strength of 78,000 soldiers, would not be able to win against the rebels who now number nearly 300,000, the politicians said. After the takeover, the king said the dismissal of the government was necessary to crush the growing insurgency. The Maoists now control much of Nepal’s countryside. The rebels, who are inspired by the late Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, want to overthrow the monarchy and establish a socialist state. The conflict has claimed at least 10,500 lives. enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
