Supposedly or at least on the surface China and Pakistan back King Gyanendra. India does not and the United States is doing what it does best going for regime change.
I would have to dig farther the Maoists could be true independents but that just doesn’t seem right.
-Am
Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at 07:15 JST KATHMANDU — Forty soldiers were killed following an attack by Maoist rebels on an army base in the remote Kalikot district of western Nepal, the government said after reinforcements reached the clash site earlier Tuesday.
The Defense Ministry said in a statement that 112 soldiers reported missing following the attack late Sunday have been found alive, while 76 others still remain unaccounted for. (Kyodo News)
August 10, 2005: Senior Indian military leaders fear that the Nepalese police and army may not be able to contain the Maoist rebels. The Indians are particularly upset that the king deposed the elected parliament. But the legislature was corrupt and ineffective dealing with the Maoist problem as well. What really worries the Indians is the growing strength of Maoist rebels on the Indian side of the border.
August 9, 2005: Maoists continue to kidnap hundreds of villagers at a time, to lecture and threaten them into supporting, or joining, the rebels.
August 8, 2005: In the last 24 hours, a battle between over a thousand Maoist rebels and an army base defended by 200 soldiers, left over half the soldiers dead before reinforcements could arrive. This is the first major attack by the Maoists in over a month.
August 7, 2005: Three policemen were killed in a clash with Maoist rebels in central Nepal.
August 4, 2005: The Maoists continue to play cat and mouse with the army. The soldiers are trying to capture or kill armed Maoists, while the Maoists strive to terrorize the population into supporting them.
August 2, 2005: In the last two days, Maoists in western Nepal have kidnapped some 300 high school students, hoping to convince some of them to join the rebels. The Maoists are also kidnapping teachers, and indoctrinating them into how to teach Maoist principles in the classroom. Teachers who refuse this instruction are threatened with death or exile.
August 1, 2005: More casualties are being inflicted than are being reported. This is because the government has encouraged the formation of armed local defense organizations. These outfits then go to war with the local Maoists, or people they believe to be the local Maoists. Thus there are dozens of little civil wars going on all over the country.
July 31, 2005: Unrest continues in the capital, with students protesting the jailing of their leaders for earlier violence.
July 30, 2005: In eastern Nepal, Maoist rebels kidnapped seven government officials. This is a continuation of the Maoist terror campaign against the government, trying to scare officials away from area the Maoists wish to control and exploit. In this case, soldiers quickly took off in pursuit, and the next day, the government employees were released.
July 28, 2005: Everyone is fighting "for the people," but the people of Nepal are suffering the most from the Maoist rebellion. The Maoists, led by middle and upper class revolutionaries, are determined to burn the country down, if need be, in order to attain their goals of a communist dictatorship. Their upper and middle class foes, who control the government, say More...
Reference. China throws its weight behind Nepal king #msg-7209234
Fresh from its perceived success in Kyrgyzstan, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), an American non-governmental organization, has a new mission in Nepal, where King Gyanendra has assumed autocratic powers. #msg-7072201
When India announced that it would discontinue its military aid to Nepal's government after King Gyanendra sacked the government, Pakistan announced that it would fill the gap. #msg-6106204
Talking of Tibet, it is already proposed to extend the Chengdu-Lhasa railway all the way to Kathmandu. Reports have meanwhile indicated that China’s Tibet region now possesses a good military road network running parallel to the Indo-Tibet border. #msg-6086108
Outsiders won't be allowed to meddle in Nepal: FM Pandey
Nepal is being pressured by a terrorist group (the Maoists?) to accept outside intervention that might entail anti-China activities.
This sounds like the U.S. is behind the terrorists.
Fresh from its perceived success in Kyrgyzstan, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), an American non-governmental organization, has a new mission in Nepal, where King Gyanendra has assumed autocratic powers.
Beijing has even more reason to concern itself with the NED's presence in Nepal, next door to sensitive Tibet. The NED makes no bones of its concerns about Uighur Chinese, and is known to have earlier funded anti-China forces in Tibet. #msg-7072201
KATHMANDU, Aug 17 - Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey Wednesday expressed Nepal's determination not to allow outsiders to muddle into internal affairs and determine her future.
Minister Pandey who is in China at present made the remark while delivering a speech at the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) in Beijing this morning.
"Nepal has now been pressurized by a terrorist group and their supporters and sympathizers to accept outside intervention in its domestic problem, a press statement issued by the Embassy of Nepal in Beijing quoted the minister as saying.
Nepal is aware of its sensitive geo-strategic location and shall remain firm in its resolve not to permit the misuse of its territory for sinister designs hatched for ominous purposes, he said.
On Nepal-China relations, Pandey said that the understanding, goodwill and trust have been the hallmarks of mutual relations and that both the countries have always respected, in unequivocal terms, each other’s sovereignty and political independence and refrained from interfering in each other’s internal affairs.
Stating that Nepal has firmly endorsed one-China policy, he said that Nepal is determined to see that no anti-China activities are carried out from Nepali soil and that the instability in our country is not exploited for sinister designs in any form against the development, progress and peace of Tibet Autonomous Region.
"China has always valued our principled stand on these issues," Pandey said. (dds)
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