---------- From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [R-G] Coca-Cola bombing, anti-WWIII action AFP. 21 October 2001. Indian Maoists bomb Coca Cola factory to protest US raids in Afghanistan. NEW DELHI -- Maoist rebels on Sunday bombed a Coca Cola factory in the southern Indian state of Andra Pradesh in retaliation for US military action against Afghanistan. The American soft drink company said the attackers overpowered the security guards at the gates of the factory in the coastal state's Guntur district and then exploded four landmines. "The attackers bombed the boiler plant, the vehicle parking area and administrative building. Another bomb did not explode," the company said in a statement. Three Coca Cola company cars were also destroyed by the blasts. Although damage was extensive, the factory's production unit was not destroyed, it said. No one was injured in the raid which took place early Sunday by around 12 heavily-armed members of the People's War Group (PWG). A local police official said the attackers came in a jeep and a motorcyle and escaped after causing heavy damage to parts of the factory. Police said the rebels left a note at the scene warning of further attacks against other Western companies in the coastal state. "We have found a note in Telugu language which said the attacks were against American imperialism and the US attacks in Afghanistan," Guntur police chief, Vinay Ranjan Ray, told the Aaj Tak private television network. The People's War Group are locked in an armed conflict against the Andhra Pradesh government to press for sweeping land reforms in favour of poor farmers. Sunday's attack is their first strike against Western firms in the region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews with continuing coverage of WWIII _______________________________________________ Rad-Green mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green
