Zug in Indien entführt…
… und in Deutschland erfährt man nichts davon. Während über die Gefechte an der pakistanisch-afghanischen Grenze ausgiebig berichtet wird, ignorieren unsere Medien, dass Teile des Nachbarlandes Indien ebenfalls Schauplatz einer Auseinandersetzung sind, die durchaus als angehender Guerillakrieg betrachtet werden kann.
Der Fernsehsender IBN berichtet:
A New Delhi-bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was released from Maoist clutches by security forces on Tuesday evening, after rebels held it and its 667 passengers hostage for over four hours in West Midnapore district. All passengers are safe, the Union Government said.
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Chidambaram denied reports that there was any exchange of fire with the guerrillas.
In der pakistanischen Zeitung “Jang” schreibt Rahimullah Yusufzai nicht ohne Schadenfreude:
According to reports in the Indian media, more than 220 districts in 20 or so states are now affected by Maoist-linked violence. Indian intelligence agencies believe the movement has at its disposal 20,000 armed cadres and over 50,000 regular members. Apart from the rural poor, indigenous tribes such as the Girijans in Andhra Pradesh and Santhals in West Bengal have been flocking to the Naxalite movement. The movement has appeal for the dispossessed and the under-privileged. In the words of its present leader, Mupalla Laxman Rao, in hiding somewhere in eastern India and better known as Ganapathi, his party’s influence has grown stronger and it was now the only genuine alternative before the people of India.
Der (nicht ganz zusammenhängende) “rote Korridor” von Distrikten, die von den Aktivitäten der maoistischen Terroristen (Naxaliten) betroffen sind, von der östlichen Gangesebene (West Begalen und Bihar) in den Dekkan (Andhra Pradesh). Von offizieller indischer Seite heißt es:
The Naxalites, who have become the gravest internal security threat forcing the Centre to plan an all-out offensive against them, have
killed more than 2,600 people, including civilians, in the last three years.The highest number of incidents of violence has taken place in four worst-affected states — Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa — where 2,212 people lost their lives from January 2006 to August this year.
“We have witnessed more than 5,800 incidents of Naxal violence across the country during the period forcing the government to announce a new strategy to deal with the menace which is growing at an alarming pace in many states,” a home ministry official said.
Jüngst wurden mehrfach Polizisten entführt und ermordet, in West Bengalen wird die dort regierende, kommmunistisch dominierte Linksfront ideell und physisch attackiert, bei den letzten Landtagswahlen in Maharashtra musste der Urnengang in zwei Wahlkreisen wegen der Sicherheitslage wiederholt werden. Ansonsten haben die Maoisten Großes vor:
Kishenji says that by the time Bengal goes to its next state assembly elections in 2011, the Maoists will have expanded their influence in Bengal, even as far as Calcutta.
“We will have an armed movement going in Calcutta by 2011, that’s for sure,” said Kishenji.
Control over Calcutta has been a key objective for Indian Maoists since the beginning of the movement in the 1960s – so perhaps Lalgarh is the half-way house to Calcutta.
Ob der Erfolg der Naxaliten, wie Rahimullah Yusufzai suggeriert, auf “ppeal for the dispossessed and the under-privileged” basiert, darf bezweifelt werden. So berichtet das Asian Centre for Human Rights über das Verhältnis der Naxaliten zur Stammesbevölkerung (Adivasis):
Since the launch of Salwa Judum, an anti-Naxalite campaign, in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh in June 2005, the Adivasis, who constitute 78.51% of the total population of Dantewada, have become victims of the conflict between the Naxalites and the State government of Chhattisgarh. Though majority of the cadres of the Naxalites are Adivasis, they are not the decision makers. “Commander” Kosa, the secretary for the Naxals in Chhattisgarh hails from Andhra Pradesh. The apology by the Maoists for the killings of innocent Adivasis on 28 February 2006 at Darbhaguda was also issued from Andhra Pradesh . Similarly, the Salwa Judum campaign has been taken over by the State as a full-pledged counter-insurgency programme. The Adivasis are the pawns of both the parties of the conflict. They are also the perpetrators as well as the victims of the undeclared civil war.
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However, the Naxalites also came with the baggage associated with communist armed insurrections – execution of petty bourgeois amongst the most impoverished, extortion, and other harsh punishments. The Adivasis became victims of gross violations of human rights such as “violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; taking of hostages; outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment; and passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples”, at the hands of the Naxalites. Some of those who were injured in the landmine blast on 28 February 2006 at Darbhaguda village were allegedly stabbed and clubbed to death by the Naxalites.The policy of the Naxalites of forcibly recruiting one cadre from each Adivasi family compelled many families to give the female members to the Naxals. Hence, traditional Adivasi social taboos were challenged and destroyed by the Naxalites and resentment against the Naxalites grew. But, any rebellion against the rebels was quelled with brutality. In 1992-93, a rebellion against the Naxalites was silenced after the Naxals killed 70 Adivasis.
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Both the security forces and the Naxalites have been responsible for the recruitment and use of children in hostilities. ACHR interviewed 9 SPOs at Bangapal Relief Camp within the Bangapal Police Station who claimed that they were below 16 years.
Das hindert linke Robin-Hood Romantiker nicht daran, Petitionen gegen eine Offensive der Sicherheitskräfte zu unterzeichnen. Mit den Adivasis haben die Unterschriftsteller reichlich wenig zu tun, vielmehr lässt sich anhand der Liste trefflich in Erfahrung bringen, wie bengalische Brahmanen mit Nachnamen heißen, vorne dabei erwartungsgemäß Arundhati Roy.
Inwieweit die Naxaliten von der Regierung Obama Unterstützung zu erwarten haben, wird sich zeigen.
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