India: People's War group's Bihar chief arrested "Chief of the Bihar wing of the banned Naxalite outfit People's War group Arvind alias Deo Kumar alias Vikas was arrested in Patna late on Wednesday night."
Nepal: Girls in the war "A visit to the hill districts of Dailekh, Kalikot and Jumla in west Nepal in February 2003, three weeks after the declaration of the ceasefire between government and Maoist forces, reveals that the much-touted female involvement in the Maoist movement is ethically problematic for the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M). An analysis of conversations with girl cadres of the CPN (M) also reveals that the unresponsiveness of the state in post-1990 Nepal, and the limited ability of civil society to press for change, has greatly helped to attract girls to the logic of violent revolution."
"“That is why I joined the movement. You see, there used to only be sickles and grass in the hands of girls like us. And now there are automatic rifles”."
Communist Party of Peru [Shining Path] graffiti [link goes to image]
"Peruvian troops inspect a Techint Group construction camp that Shining Path rebels have painted with communist graffiti, June 10, 2003. Rebels kidnapped 71 pipeline workers, in a remote area of the Ayacucho region, but troops freed them a day later."
INdia: Bandh carries MCC message "Maoist Communist Centre activists continued the assault on railway establishments, concentrating their muscle power on tracks on the second day of their 48-hour statewide bandh and exposing chinks in the utility behemoth’s security system.
Another message sent by the extremists, who called the strike reportedly to protest police atrocities in Jharkhand, was that their writ runs in Giridih district, where the bandh had the maximum impact."
"Police officials admitted that the strike has been “most successful” this time. A source close to the MCC said: “We have proved our hold in the district. This is the message we wanted to send. No force was used. Yet people are with us in our battle against atrocities, capitalism and misuse of Pota (the anti-terrorism law).”
By Mao, Mahila Vahini ranks swell in Jharkhand "Some of them are as young as 19 years of age and all of them swear by Mao Tse Tung. And more and more of these women Naxals in Jharkhand are finding their way into police registers and ‘most wanted’ lists."
India: MCCI bandh ends sans casualties "With the two-day bandh called by the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) ending today, the police heaved a sigh of relief. ‘‘For the first time bandh enforced by the Naxals had passed off without any bloodshed,’’ said a senior police official."
Nepal:Maoists to lay down arms on condition "Hardening its stand, the Maoist rebels in Nepal, who earlier criticised the appointment of Surya Bahadur Thapa as Prime Minister, have said the outfit is ready to hand over arms only if an interim government is formed as per their demand."
Filipino PoW 'surprised' to hear he was dead "An army soldier declared dead in a clash with communist rebels last year has turned up alive in the southern Philippines, the military said on Tuesday."
"My captors treated me well," he said. "They even treated the wounds I got during the encounter with them. They never treated me as an enemy."
India: MCC sponsored two-day Jhakhand Bandh begins " The Outlawed Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) sponsored two-day Jharkhand 'bandh' began this morning with reports of minor incidents from some parts of the state."
Peru: Rebels stage mass kidnapping "Maoist Shining Path rebels raided a natural gas pipeline camp high in the Andes early Monday, kidnapping at least 50 people -- including three police officers and seven foreigners, police said.
At least 60 armed guerrillas entered a camp operated by Argentine petroleum company Techint before dawn, said Defense Minister Aurelio Loret de Mola. Techint has been using the site, near the village of Toccate, to build a pipeline to carry natural gas from Peru's Amazon jungle to the Pacific coast. Police said the guerrillas also seized explosives stored at the camp."
Nepal: Maoists announce movement "Maoists announced a peaceful movement to create public pressure for the success of peace talks and stop foreign intervention to derail peace talks, the party said Sunday. "The movement has started from today," a party leader at the contact office said over telephone."
Sgt. Ramiro Lawas of the army's 60th Infantry Battalion was the only prisoner of a rebel ambush in the southern Philippines that left 10 soldiers dead and at least 12 wounded on April 4, 2002, the rebels said in a statement."
