Wednesday, April 7, 2010

India's Growing Maoist Insurgency -- News Updates April 7/8, 2010



India’s Naxalite Insurgency: Politics With Bloodshed -- The Economist

An appalling slaughter signals the inadequacy of India’s counter-insurgency effort.

FOR those who consider India’s Maoist insurgency a grave and urgent threat, the evidence keeps mounting. On Tuesday April 6th several hundred Maoist guerrillas attacked a convoy in a forest in eastern Chhattisgarh state, killing 76 paramilitary policemen. This was reckoned to be the worst loss in the history of a stuttering, four-decade-long conflict.

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More News On India's Maoist Insurgency

India Says No Quick Results in Anti-Maoist Offensive -- Voice of America
India 'not planning' to deploy army after Maoist attack -- BBC
India vows to hunt down Maoists -- Al Jazeera
India steels itself for 'internal war' with rebels -- The Australian
Maoist attack stiffens India's resolve -- Asia Times
India gropes for response to Maoist menace -- Asia One
A Shifting Battlefield in Maoist Struggle -- Wall Street Journal
Maoist killings in Dantewada call for multi-pronged response -- Reuters
Fresh Naxal attack in Dantewada -- Times Of India
Search operations continue as troops pour into Chintalnar -- The Hindu

1 comment:

Subu said...

While Chidambaram continues with his orders from air conditioned cabins, Tuesday attack rattled entire anti-Maoist operation police force. They are reluctant to enter landmine protected terrain http://bit.ly/9TqN97