100 feared killed in naxal attack

[RedStarOverChina]

RAIPUR: Maoists on Tuesday triggered a landmine blast targeting a truck which was carrying about 100 people in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, official sources said.

About 100 villagers were coming from Errapore to Konta when the Maoists triggered a landmine blast on the vehicle near Darphaguda, about 500 km from here, the sources said.

Superintendent of Police (Dantewada) Praveer Das said Naxalites have also opened fire on the police parties who were trying to reach the spot.

"Police have not yet reached the spot and it is difficult to say about the condition of the travellers. But all of them were returning back after attending an anti-Naxal meet at Dornapal of the district," he said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1432303.cms

The article claims that the Maoists killed 100 villagers...Does any one buy that? Why or why not?

Your comments are appreciated.

[Ice]

As far as I am concerned the Maoists in India are worse than the capitalists they are a real huddle for the revolutionary movement in India. They kill poor people and make people think that; communism on the whole is bad. Last year they killed more than 40 left party members. They keep on blabbering that the left parties in India is not following the correct line and is completely corrupt but the problem is the Maoists themselves have no idea about where they are going and how they are going to bring about a socialist revolution.


25 killed in Maoist attack (http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/01/stories/2006030116431600.htm)


This is a Maoists forum and even those guys are starting to realize that the Maoists are a bunch of fools. I am not talking about the Maoists on the whole, I am only talking about the CPI(Maoists).


maoists kill civilians in a truck blast (http://irtr.org/forums/about1254.html&sid=349b3e41021a3e901b3f25964fa4ca35)

[Tekun]

I reserve doubt for any article coming outta The Times of India
Which in the past, has showed signs of being a Western pro-establishment, pro-European newspaper


In addition, this article is short, quick, and concise
Doesn't really explain what happened
They just give u the explanation that they came up with

But as far as the Maoists, they claim they fight for the peasants and the landless farmers, so it would be counterintuitive for them to attack those that they fight for
Doesn't make sense :huh:
Could be a Salwa Judum attempt by the gov

But its hard to tell what's really going on down there
So I reserve my judgement, I won't condemn them nor support them



They kill poor people and make people think that; communism on the whole is bad. Last year they killed more than 40 left party members. They keep on blabbering that the left parties in India is not following the correct line and is completely corrupt but the problem is the Maoists themselves have no idea about where they are going and how they are going to bring about a socialist revolution.
Evidence of this would be appreciated

[dso79]

Could be a Salwa Judum attempt by the gov

According to this article the attack targeted members of the Salwa Judum, a right-wing militia that is funded and armed by the government in order to fight the Maoists. Salwa Judum forces have been involved in widespread violence and harassment against civilians.

The victims of this attack were definitely not innocent civilians.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle....ST-KILLINGS.xml (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-03-01T134651Z_01_DEL189141_RTRUKOC_0_US-INDIA-MAOIST-KILLINGS.xml)

[RedStarOverChina]

^thanx man. I knew something smells fishy.


But as far as the Maoists, they claim they fight for the peasants and the landless farmers, so it would be counterintuitive for them to attack those that they fight for
Doesn't make sense
Exactly


This is a Maoists forum and even those guys are starting to realize that the Maoists are a bunch of fools. I am not talking about the Maoists on the whole, I am only talking about the CPI(Maoists).
Nowadays none of us know what we hear is real and what isn't. Bourgeoisie media simply doesn't qualify as a reliable source of information...So we should all reserve our judgement on issues like this.

[Ice]

I reserve doubt for any article coming outta The Times of India
Which in the past, has showed signs of being a Western pro-establishment, pro-European newspaper

I dont trust Times of India either and thats the reason why I posted the link of a pro left newspaper.


But as far as the Maoists, they claim they fight for the peasants and the landless farmers, so it would be counterintuitive for them to attack those that they fight for
Doesn't make sense

The left parties are also fighting for the same cause and why don’t they join them and prepare the people for the revolution? It doesn’t make any sense either, right?

Actually they kill every one who are against them and that’s the reason why they kill the members of the left parties.

Maoists rebels kill CPI(M) leader, his wife (http://www.theshillongtimes.com/C-1-Jan.html)

They even kill women.



Nowadays none of us know what we hear is real and what isn't. Bourgeoisie media simply doesn't qualify as a reliable source of information...So we should all reserve our judgement on issues like this.

I don’t have to go for the bourgeois to know what’s happening in India mostly I get the news from the CPI(M).

Now the problem for the Maoists is, the tribal people are turning their back on the Maoists and to bring everything under control they are killing the tribal people whoa re against them.

READ THESE ARTICLES

Massive Rally At Bandowan Protests Maoist Attack (http://pd.cpim.org/2006/0115/01152006_bengal%20bandowan.htm)

I will provide with more articles later.

[violencia.Proletariat]

I've heard all kinds of figures on the death toll from each major news source. The real reason why I am skeptical of this report is that it says maoists "detonated a landmind". I'm no weapons expert, but I thought that most landminds are laid then left alone and pressure is what detonates them. I mean were these maoists camped out for a week waiting for a truck full of people to drive over so they can detonate it right then? It might have just been an accident. :(

[Ice]

Originally posted by [email protected] 1 2006, 10:59 PM
It might have just been an accident. :(
May be, but still, the people who were killed were all anti-Maoists and do you think that the Maoists killed some anti-Maoists people by accident? And if more such accidents happen I don’t think people will never bother to overthrow the capitalists.

[violencia.Proletariat]

Originally posted by Ice+Mar 4 2006, 09:47 AM--> (Ice @ Mar 4 2006, 09:47 AM)
[email protected] 1 2006, 10:59 PM
It might have just been an accident. :(
May be, but still, the people who were killed were all anti-Maoists and do you think that the Maoists killed some anti-Maoists people by accident? And if more such accidents happen I don’t think people will never bother to overthrow the capitalists. [/b]
Thats a good point, but maybe they just got lucky :lol: When I say it was an accident I dont mean they accidently detonated the mine, more like they had no control of when it went off.

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

It was on the news here, but they said it was something like 40-50 villagers. One newspaper claimed the villagers just got back from a meeting, the other said they got back from protesting the very Maoist rebels that (supposedly) killed them. I dunno what to believe.

[Ice]

Originally posted by [email protected] 4 2006, 04:59 PM
It was on the news here, but they said it was something like 40-50 villagers. One newspaper claimed the villagers just got back from a meeting, the other said they got back from protesting the very Maoist rebels that (supposedly) killed them. I dunno what to believe.
The guys who were killed were definitely not innocent people, they actually get paid 1500 rupees each for doing anti-Maoist demonstrations in the tribal areas and to brainwash the people. Now the problem is, the Maoists should prove their enemies wrong ideologically and not kill every one who is against them. Yes the victims were on their way home after protesting against the Maoists. As far as the death tool is concerned I think around 30 people were killed.

As far as the Maoists are concerned it is very common on 1991, in a fist of anger, they burnt a train compartment full of civilians killing atleast 50.