Nepal’s Maoist rebels embrace government
Bob Morris @ Jun 17th 2006 00:17 - Category: Unfiled
In a historic move, Nepal’s government yesterday agreed to dissolve parliament and form a temporary coalition with Maoist rebels who have been waging an insurgency in the Himalayan kingdom for the past decade. The Maoists will also dissolve a rival “people’s government” operating in the areas they control.
Sounds like, more than just ‘embracing’ government, that the Maoists have become the government. They’ve been the real power for a while, were the driving wheel behind the recent protests, and control large areas of the countryside.
[tags]Nepal[/tags]
No Comments »
Leave a Reply
Comments subject to deletion at whim of capricious webmaster. Disagreements are ok. Flames, trolls, and right-wing attacks are not. If your comment doesn't appear immediately, then moderation is on, thus there's no need to re-send it.
(However sometimes the anti-spam programs here go awry. Email us if your comments seem to vanish into the void.)
