MAOIST REBELS KILL 70 TROOPS IN EASTERN INDIA

INDIAN MAOISTS ATTACK AGAIN AND KILL 73 IN
PARAMILITARY POLICEMEN BLOODY MASSACRE

RAIPUR, India (AP) - In the biggest attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh, at least 70 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been killed in the ambush and several have been injured critically near Chintalnar in Dantewada district about 450 km south of the state capital. The attack took place while the forces consisting of around 120 personnel were returning to their base camp on Tuesday morning when the red guerillas ambushed the troopers of 62nd battalion. Reinforcement have been rushed to the spot from neighbouring districts and choppers pressed into rescue operations. “Fighting is still carrying on in the area, and we're having great difficulty getting news from there,” said authorities from the state capital of Raipur. In New Delhi, Home Minister P. Chidambaram told reporters the attacks showed “the brutality and the savagery” that the rebels were capable of. The rebels, also known as Naxals or Naxalites, after Naxalbari, the village in West Bengal state where their movement was born in 1967, is a far-left-radical communist party is inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong.

The Maoists have tapped into the rural poor's growing anger at being left out of the country's economic gains and are now present in 20 of the country's 28 states. They have an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 fighters. The Naxalites have been waging a war against the Indian Government, using armed young male and female recruits from the villages, claiming to protect poor villages and landless people. In the past few months, the Indian government has cracked down on the rebels, saying it was ready to discuss all their demands, but only if they gave up violence. About 2,000 people - including police, militants and civilians - have been killed in violence over the past few years.


No matter if the dead people belong to the security forces, paramilitary army, or Maoist rebels; violence is always terrible; and besides, in every war many innocent civilians also die. It is very difficult to find peace if we do not ask for the grace of God and respect His divine instructions to resolve this and all conflicts among human beings.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?

Life is to know the Supreme Lord, see the Supreme Lord, hear the Supreme Lord, sing the glories of the Lord, sing the glories of the sage. ... Peace cannot be enjoyed without the association of a sadhu. Without the blessings of the sadhu, without the blessings of the sage we cannot enjoy peace, we cannot enjoy happiness. Only if you will be repeating of Divine Name you could become happy. All throughout the life you will be happy. You will be happy. If we hear one, we are chanting so many times namam, Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna. They will be purified. They will never born again. They will enjoy the internal nectar. And we will be happy.

Śrīla Bhakti Vaibhava Purī Mahārāj :
Lecture given in Pula, Croatia - 2.7.1999.
Śrī Krishna Chaitanya Mission.