The following article reminded me of a recent discussion on Goanet which had claimed that Communists were simply well-meaning "egalitarians". > For anyone who may be tempted to dismiss these as Naxalites and Maoists and not Communists, please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maoism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naxalite > DECCAN CHRONICAL September 8, 2006
Police seizes Naxal cache of 600 rockets, 27 launchers Hyderabad/ Mahbubnagar/ Prakasam, Sept. 8: In the biggest ever arms haul in the State, police recovered 600 unloaded rockets, 275 unassembled rockets, 27 rocket launchers, 70 gelatine sticks and other explosive material from two Maoist dumps in Mahbubnagar and Prakasam districts. The seizure of this huge cache of arms will be a major setback to the Maoist groups of the State. Director-general of police Swaranjit Sen termed it the biggest arms haul in history. We have information that the Maoists were planning to use these arms to attack police stations, he said. Police seized 600 unloaded rockets, 15 rocket launchers, 50 gelatine sticks, explosive material, guns and ammunition from Kranti Transport godown at Atchampet in Mahbubnagar district, about 150 km from Hyderabad. One Hanumanth Reddy, who was supposed to deliver this consignment to the Maoist leaders, was arrested prior to the seizure. In Giddalur of Prakasam district, police teams seized 275 unassembled rockets and 12 launchers, besides other explosive material, which was also kept hidden in a Kranti Transport godown. Sources said the unloaded rockets had been manufactured at Ambathur in the outskirts of Chennai. [end of excerpt] _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
