US involvement in Nepal

[The Rotten One]

The United States has decided to send twenty million hard-earned tax dollars worth of weaponry to the Royal Nepalese Army in an attemt to quell the Maoist revolution. The US will also be training the RNA in the use of said weaponry.

This sounds a hell of a lot like what happened during the Afgan rebellion, and we all know how well that has turned out. What is the Government thinking? Why are we doing this?

[bunk]

i saw it on the news a while ago but i didn't catch much of it. I was going to post something........
they will do anything to try and stop communism. They blame the guerrillas of human rights abuses but the Nepal army is supposed to be just as bad.

[crazy comie]

I wouldn't call the guerrillas communists they don't know what to do with the country once they get power.

[LuZhiming]

Originally posted by The Rotten [email protected] 7 2004, 06:12 AM
The United States has decided to send twenty million hard-earned tax dollars worth of weaponry to the Royal Nepalese Army in an attemt to quell the Maoist revolution. The US will also be training the RNA in the use of said weaponry.

This sounds a hell of a lot like what happened during the Afgan rebellion, and we all know how well that has turned out. What is the Government thinking? Why are we doing this?
:angry: Once again, the U.S. is sending weapons to a country with one of the worst Human Rights abuse record in the world. I personally don't care about the Maoist rebels, but I know that the Nepalese dictator and his army will use this to oppress ihs people. What is your source for this frustrating news?

[Edward Norton]

the rebels in nepal are maoist.

anyways the usa can throw all the $ it wants to as the maoists now control 85% on nepal and the royal gov. only has the capital.

it wouldn't suprise me if the maoists take over nepal this year as they now fight gov. forces in open battle and win on most occassions.

this war in nepal is in its last stages and nepal is going to be the next marxist state to come into being

[The Rotten One]

Both BBC and CNN confirm my info.

Doesn't this all sound a hell of a lot like the beggining of WWII? Some oppressive moron comes into power, exploits a weakness for political gain, chooses a scapegoat, and starts to invade countries. My god. It's exactly the same.

[crazy comie]

The rebles said on an interveiw on channel 4 news a while ago that they didn't know what they would do to the country when they got inpower.

[LuZhiming]

http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2004/a...c_apr04_8.htm#5 (http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2004/apr/arc_apr04_8.htm#5)

Nepal-US joint army exercises

At least 30 US soldiers are conducting joint training exercises with the Royal Nepalese Army in Nepal since Tuesday, The Himalayan Times Thursday said.

"Apart from joint training exercises with the RNA's Special Force, the American soldiers will be working with RNA in communication, medical, engineering and logistics," the daily said quoting army sources.

Civil aviation sources confirmed the arrival of the American C-130 Hercules aircraft which brought the US soldiers. An RNA 11 Brigade source said the US flight crew was learning flying skills over Nepali terrain with the help of RNA personnel, the daily reported.

"The flight and maintenance crew of C-130 is here for joint training exercises," the daily quoted American Center Director, Constance Colding-Jones as saying. Jones added a US Congress delegation is expected on Thursday to "collect information" about the whole region (South Asia).

About delivery of the next consignment of M-16 rifles, the daily quoting Jones, who is also press secretary for the US embassy in Katmandu, said, "The RNA has asked for 20,000 M-16 rifles but delivery of those weapons will basically depend upon their manufacture."

Sources believe the next consignment of M-16 rifles will be delivered to the RNA soon. After United States delivers 20,000 M-16 rifles, the RNA's 72,000-strong force will be equipped with a total 25,000 similar weapons. The erstwhile Deuba government had purchased 5,000 M-16 rifles to combat the ongoing Maoist problem, the daily reported.

Most of the rifles being used by the RNA are over 30 years old and unreliable in battles. The US President has agreed to provide $17 million to the RNA in military hardware assistance. The aid package will be used basically to pay for 20,000 M-16 rifles and night vision equipment, it is reported.

According to the report, the government wants to change the largely ceremonial RNA into a modern, front-line, counter-insurgency fighting force. It is believed that the US is assisting the RNA to force the Maoists to sue for peace, compelling its leaders to return to the negotiating table.

The daily quoting its sources added the 39 platoons in the western Nepal will be provided the new M-16 rifles, which are lighter, accurate and malfunction proof. nepalnews.com pd Apr. 08 04


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Maoists release 31 abductees

Maoists Wednesday released 31 persons abducted by them on Monday from Ayashok bazaar of Panchthar district, a daily reported Thursday.

According to The Himalayan Times, a group of 50 Maoists had abducted 31 civilians, including students and a former DDC member, Durga Chamling.

According to the report, Maoists forced the abductees to walk the whole night before releasing them on Wednesday at Rabi bazaar in Panchthar district. They were released in the presence of Maoist leader of Mechi-Koshi zones, Bashu Shakya



Hmm, I really fear that this is going to turn into something like Ngo Dinh Diem's massacres in South Vietnam, the situations are quite similar. Yet another dictator to add to the list....

[crazy comie]

I wish the usa would keep out of other countreis.

[DaCuBaN]

I'm sure there's some way we could use British imperialism to counteract that of the US. Maybe recapture the colony? :lol:


Doesn't this all sound a hell of a lot like the beggining of WWII? Some oppressive moron comes into power, exploits a weakness for political gain, chooses a scapegoat, and starts to invade countries. My god. It's exactly the same.

no no no , britain haven't agreed to defend one of them yet. And the yanquis government aren't simply trying to hide away and save their own ass this time. They're getting actively involved (which they do even worse a job of).

There&#39;s no teaching some people. I would never advocate the creation of malware, but doesn&#39;t the feeling of impotence toward the situation really drive you to join the ranks of the damned? <_<

[crazy comie]

The us is indead to powerfull it needs a counterbalance hopefully that will come in the way of china.

[DaCuBaN]

I personally prefer the UN approach. If we could somehow persuade the US not to veto a resolution to remove the veto&#39;s we could force the US to fragment :D

Well I can dream can&#39;t I?

[Dio]

I think the U.S. are hankering for a war. Ya gots to feed the beast.

[mysticofthewest]

if the us helps crush this rebellion in napal they had better see in through or another afganistan might occuor again

[Raisa]

Originally posted by crazy [email protected] 8 2004, 11:23 AM
The rebles said on an interveiw on channel 4 news a while ago that they didn&#39;t know what they would do to the country when they got inpower.
....I find that hard to believe that was really them. Thats poposterous. Why even fight ?

[VukBZ2005]

Right, Raisa. America&#39;s aid is useless anyway at this
stage now.

[shyguywannadie]

maybe the Vietnamese can train the Maoist rebels on how to kill the yanks, if anyone knows, those guys do.

[praxis1966]

Somehow I highly doubt the U&#036; will get involved in Nepal on a large scale. The military is stretched too thin at this point, and with several countries withdrawing troops from Iraq, the need for more troops there will only increase.

As a matter of fact, I just heard on NPR today that to date &#036;700 million earmarked for the effort in Afghanistan had already been diverted to forces in Iraq. Not to mention that there are rumors of altering rhetoric concerning the interim government. Word is, the administration might change the language from "soveriegnty" to "limited soveriegnty." The difference may sound semantic, but in practice is huge. This in all probability means that the Bush administration is planning no signifigant withdrawal of forces even after an interim government is established.

No, I highly doubt we&#39;ll see any active fighting on the part of the U&#036; military, leastways not any time soon. On the other hand, this is another example of the shameless hipocracy of the Washington powers that be. Democracy is not important as long as the dictatorship is a friendly one to American business interests.

[crazy comie]

They said they would sort it out when they got in power but it could have been bad translaition.