06-16-2007, 06:22 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Tribes Try to Out-Mao the Maoists June 7, 2007</b>:
The success of the Maoists in
getting the government to enact reforms, has encouraged the tribes and ethnic
minorities to do the same. Over the last few months, several new, armed, and
aggressive, militias have appeared in the countryside. <b>These groups appear to be trying to outdo the Maoists, which would be ironic, as the Maoists are now
part of the government</b>. Meanwhile, the Maoists and traditional political parties
appear to be maneuvering to ease each other out of the government. <b>The Maoists have always wanted to establish a communist dictatorship, and the
political parties believe the Maoists have not really changed their political goals</b>.
June 7, 2007: <b>Maoist groups are now offering, or selling, refuge to tribal
separatist groups (like the ULFA) from across the border in India. </b>ULFA is also
a criminal gang, involved in all manner of scams. Buying sanctuary in Nepal
appears to be a good business move. Indian is in the process of improving its
border security in this area. But on the Nepalese side, there is not much border
patrol at all. The Maoists also appear to be supplying the ULFA with supplies
and weapons.
June 1, 2007: A coalition of tribal groups called a general strike that
basically shut down commerce in the capital. The government has long insisted
that Nepali be the only language for dealing with the government, thus making it
difficult for many ethnic (and tribal) minorities to deal with the government.
May 30, 2007: In the southeast, there is growing unrest at refugee camps for
100,000 ethnic Nepalis who were forced out of neighboring Bhutan over a decade
ago. <b>Bhutan expelled the Nepalis because they were Hindu, and Bhutan wanted to get rid of anyone who was not Buddhist.</b> Nepal does not want to accept the
refugees, and many of the refugees want to go back to Bhutan. Now the U.S. has
offered to accept 60,000 of the refugees, and this has caused violence between
factions who want to go to America, versus those who believe everyone should
return to Bhutan. This has led to violence with Nepali police, and Indian border
guards, as a group of refugees tried to cross the nearby Indian border, to use
the bridge and road leading to Bhutan. That's
the same road used to bring the refugees to Nepal. Some people have been killed,
and dozens injured.
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/nepal/ar...70607.aspx<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The success of the Maoists in
getting the government to enact reforms, has encouraged the tribes and ethnic
minorities to do the same. Over the last few months, several new, armed, and
aggressive, militias have appeared in the countryside. <b>These groups appear to be trying to outdo the Maoists, which would be ironic, as the Maoists are now
part of the government</b>. Meanwhile, the Maoists and traditional political parties
appear to be maneuvering to ease each other out of the government. <b>The Maoists have always wanted to establish a communist dictatorship, and the
political parties believe the Maoists have not really changed their political goals</b>.
June 7, 2007: <b>Maoist groups are now offering, or selling, refuge to tribal
separatist groups (like the ULFA) from across the border in India. </b>ULFA is also
a criminal gang, involved in all manner of scams. Buying sanctuary in Nepal
appears to be a good business move. Indian is in the process of improving its
border security in this area. But on the Nepalese side, there is not much border
patrol at all. The Maoists also appear to be supplying the ULFA with supplies
and weapons.
June 1, 2007: A coalition of tribal groups called a general strike that
basically shut down commerce in the capital. The government has long insisted
that Nepali be the only language for dealing with the government, thus making it
difficult for many ethnic (and tribal) minorities to deal with the government.
May 30, 2007: In the southeast, there is growing unrest at refugee camps for
100,000 ethnic Nepalis who were forced out of neighboring Bhutan over a decade
ago. <b>Bhutan expelled the Nepalis because they were Hindu, and Bhutan wanted to get rid of anyone who was not Buddhist.</b> Nepal does not want to accept the
refugees, and many of the refugees want to go back to Bhutan. Now the U.S. has
offered to accept 60,000 of the refugees, and this has caused violence between
factions who want to go to America, versus those who believe everyone should
return to Bhutan. This has led to violence with Nepali police, and Indian border
guards, as a group of refugees tried to cross the nearby Indian border, to use
the bridge and road leading to Bhutan. That's
the same road used to bring the refugees to Nepal. Some people have been killed,
and dozens injured.
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/nepal/ar...70607.aspx<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->