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Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 17:24:21 +0100 (BST)
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Subject: [Peoples War] Nepal Maoists tell of World Plans.
Nepal Maoists tell of world plans
Rebels use cultural shows to gather villagers in remote areas
BBC South Asia correspondent Adam Mynott is one of the first Western
journalists to travel to the mountainous Rolpa district of west Nepal, a
stronghold of the Maoist rebels, who told him of their ambitions for Nepal
and the rest of the world.
The village of Holeri is high in the foothills of the Himalayas. It is where
the Maoist insurgents in Nepal carried out their most successful attack
against Nepali Government forces just over two weeks ago.
It was clear that the sort of Maoist rhetoric that has died out over the
last 15 years is alive and well and apparently growing in strength here in
Nepal
Seventy-two police officers were captured and one was killed. More than 50
policemen are still in Maoist custody.
We were staying in the home of the police inspector in this village who was
captured by the rebels about two weeks ago.
The Maoist leaders, who agreed that the BBC could visit one of their
strongholds, were initially cautious but the local committee secretary, who
calls himself Comrade Sizal, told me that he wanted people to know about the
Maoist rebellion and what they are fighting for.
Extremely hospitable
The rebels fed us and looked after us extremely well.
Speaking in a simple hut in Holeri, surrounded by other party members,
Comrade Sizal said the Maoists were not terrorists but freedom fighters.
The rebels have stepped up attacks following the massacre by King Dipendra
He said the current ceasefire between Nepali Government forces and the
rebels was not an obstacle to the Maoists' intention to take over the entire
country.
Indeed he said this would just be a precursor to spreading the Maoist
movement throughout the world.
When I accused Comrade Sizal of being slightly over-ambitious, he countered
that this was a movement on the move.
Maoists currently control eight of more than 70 districts in Nepal. They are
in effect running these areas, collecting taxes and organising education and
health care.
Mass gathering
Earlier, Comrade Sizal addressed a mass meeting of more than 5,000 villagers
who had come from all over the countryside to listen to speeches about the
Maoist rebellion and watch musical entertainment with a Maoist theme.
It was an extraordinary sight as long lines of young and old, many clad in
brightly coloured local peasant costume, snaked their way up narrow mountain
tracks towards the meeting point.
As they walked they chanted "Long live the revolution", "Long live Marxism",
and "Down with King Gyanendra's regime."
It was clear that the sort of Maoist rhetoric that has died out around the
world over the last 15 years is alive and well and apparently growing in
strength here in Nepal.
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