This is from a private "intelligence" travel & security website company that a friend of mine owns. Uncle Bill, are you still planning a trip for Xmas???
NEPAL
4/2/2002
Maoists Postpone General Strike Until April 23
Nepal´s Maoist rebels have postponed by three weeks a plan for a five-day general strike that had been due to start on April 2 after widespread pressure not to disrupt school examinations. Parents, teachers and several political parties had urged the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to cancel its strike which had been scheduled to start on the same day more than 250,000 students were scheduled to take exams. ´Considering the future of the students and requests from the intellectual community, guardians and friendly political forces, our party has decided to postpone the plan for the general strike,´ the Maoists said in a statement. The statement urged ´everybody who is on the side of the people´ to support the strike rescheduled for April 23-27. The strike was planned to show opposition to a state of emergency and military operations launched last November to crush the rebels. There was no immediate comment from the government, which had stepped up security across the country fearing violence during the shutdown.
NEPAL
3/29/2002
25 Injured in Kathmandu Bomb Blast
At least 25 people were wounded when a bomb believed to have been planted by Maoist guerrillas exploded in the Nepali capital on March 29, police said. ´It´s a bomb explosion. Investigations are going on,´ a police official said. The police official said 25 people had been wounded in the explosion near a bridge in a residential area of Kathmandu during the morning rush hour. ´People were rushing to offices and school when it happened,´ said one witness. There were fresh blood stains on the ground at the bridge near a market in the Bhimsensthan area but the bridge did not appear to have been damaged, the witness said. Police quickly cordoned the area off. Bhimsensthan is an area not usually visited by tourists, who flock to Nepal for its temples, jungles and mountains, but the district overlooks the famous Swyambhunath temple, a Buddhist shrine on a hillock to the west of the city center.
NEPAL
3/28/2002
12 Die in Maoist Rebel Violence
At least 12 people including five women were killed in fresh Maoist violence as security forces continued their search for rebels trying to overthrow the constitutional monarchy, the Defense Ministry said on March 28. A ministry statement said Maoist rebels campaigning for a one-party communist republic bombed the house of a soldier in Kaski district in west Nepal on March 27 killing two women in the family. Elsewhere, soldiers shot dead 10 rebels including three women insurgents in separate overnight gunbattles. Maoist rebels have stepped up their attacks on government targets ahead of their plan for
a five-day nationwide general strike next week.
NEPAL
3/27/2002
Maoist Rebels Bomb Police Post near Kathmandu
Maoist rebels fighting to topple Nepal´s monarchy bombed a police post near the national capital on March 27, wounding two police officers, a junior minister said. Junior Home (interior) Minister Devendra Raj Kandel told the Himalayan kingdom´s parliament the bomb exploded at a security post at Patan Dhoka on the outskirts of Kathmandu. He gave no further details. Maoist rebels have stepped up their attacks on government targets ahead of their plan for a five-day nationwide general strike next week. Last month Nepal´s parliament voted to extend emergency by three months giving the army sweeping powers to crush the rebels campaigning for a one-party communist republic in the world´s only Hindu kingdom. The army was mobilized against the rebels for the first time last November after the guerrillas walked out of peace talks and launched a series of deadly attacks on security posts across the nation.
NEPAL
3/27/2002
Americans Cautioned on Nepal Travel
The State Department cautioned Americans on March 27 to maintain a low profile in Nepal, where Maoist rebels have warned travelers may be caught in the cross fire of the guerrilla war. The U.S. statement quoted from a recently released rebel warning that said, ´During wartime, the unassuming traveler can be caught between the cross fire of the contending armies.´ The rebels, fighting since 1996 to end Nepal´s constitutional monarchy, have announced they will impose a general strike April 2-6 across the Himalayan kingdom. Rebel violence also has increased in recent months. More than 2,800 people have been killed in the insurgency.
NEPAL
3/25/2002
10 Rebels Killed in Clashes with Troops
Nepali soldiers shot dead 10 Maoist guerrillas in operations against rebels trying to overthrow the constitutional monarchy, the defense ministry said on March 24. Six guerrillas died in an overnight encounter in Bardiya district in west Nepal. The rest were killed in separate gunbattles elsewhere in the Himalayan kingdom on March 23, the ministry said in a statement. Nepal mobilized its army in last November after the rebels broke a truce and resumed their campaign to set up a one party communist republic in the kingdom. More than 2,900 people have been killed in the conflict since 1996. Neighboring India has offered to help Nepal crush the revolt with intelligence information, equipment and training.
NEPAL
3/20/2002
Maoist Rebels Kill 7 Policemen
Maoist guerrillas raided a police post in western Nepal killing at least seven policemen and wounding eight, state radio said on March 20. Radio Nepal said the attack took place in Kailali district, some 600 km (375 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu late on March 19. It said further details were awaited from the remote district. Maoists who are fighting to replace Nepal´s constitutional monarchy with communist rule have in recent months stepped up attacks on government forces across the impoverished kingdom. Nepal´s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is due to travel to India on March 20 to seek support to fight the guerrillas who are known to have links with outlawed radical rebel groups in India. On March 17, the army killed at least 65 rebels in western Nepal in an attack on a guerrilla training camp. Nepal mobilized its troops against the rebels in November and last month the it extended a state of emergency by three months to enable soldiers to crush the revolt that has claimed more than 2,900 lives. India recently provided two helicopters to help Nepal fight the guerrillas.
NEPAL
3/18/2002
62 Maoist Rebels Killed in Raid on Camp
Royal Nepalese Army soldiers raided a Maoist rebel training camp in the remote hills of the Himalayan kingdom on March 17, killing at least 62 rebels, a Defense Ministry spokesman said. The army raided the camp at Gumchal in Rolpa district, about 250 miles west of Nepal´s capital Katmandu, ministry spokesman Bhola Silwal said. Rolpa is considered a rebel stronghold and the army has been sweeping the area since a state of emergency was imposed Nov. 26. The army mobilized to fight the rebels after they broke off peace talks and began new attacks. Previously, only the poorly armed police fought the rebels, who want to establish a communist state. The guerrillas draw their inspiration from Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Tse-tung and call for an end to the constitutional monarchy in this Himalayan kingdom. Over 2,800 people have been killed since rebels began their violent campaign in 1996.
NEPAL
3/13/2002
Six Police, 15 Rebels Killed in Clashes
Six police officers and 15 Maoist guerrillas were killed over a 24-hour period in rebel violence across the poverty-stricken Himalayan kingdom, the Defense Ministry said on March 13. Maoist guerrillas campaigning for a one-party communist republic in the Hindu country ambushed a security vehicle on March 13, killing five officers, a ministry spokesman said. The policemen were overseeing security for a planned visit to Sindhupalchowk, 70 km (40 miles) northeast of the capital Kathmandu, by Taranath Ranabhatt, speaker of the lower house of parliament. He later cancelled the trip. Another police officer was shot dead by guerrillas in Dang district in west Nepal and soldiers killed 15 guerrillas across the country in other incidents as they pursued a crackdown on the rebels. The rebels last month killed 167 people, mainly security forces in their deadliest attack of their six-year revolt.
NEPAL
3/7/2002
6 Maoist Rebels, 2 Civilians Killed in Violence
Eight people including six Maoist rebels trying to overthrow the Nepal´s constitutional monarchy were killed in the past 48 hours as security forces stepped up their campaign against the guerrillas, the Defense Ministry said on March 7. A ministry statement said three rebels campaigning for a one-party communist republic were shot dead by soldiers in Bardiya district on March 7. Three rebels died in a gunbattle in nearby Surkhet and Dailekh districts on March 6. The three districts in west Nepal are Maoist strongholds. Guerrillas killed two civilians in the central district of Baglung on March 6 and wounded two others, the ministry said. More than 1,000 people have died since November when the guerrillas ended a truce and walked out after four months of peace talks. Government forces intensified their hunt for the rebels last month after a guerrilla raid west Nepal left 167 people, mostly security personnel, dead. Nepal´s parliament last month extended a state of emergency by three months allowing soldiers to flush out the guerrillas from hideouts in the Himalayan foothills.
NEPAL
3/2/2002
14 Die as Police Battle Maoist Rebels
Five policemen and nine Maoist rebels were killed as Nepal´s government stepped up its campaign against the guerrillas trying to overthrow the Hindu monarchy, officials said on March 2. The Defense Ministry said Maoist rebels fought a gunbattle with police in Kanchenpur in west Nepal on March 1, killing three officers and wounding another seven. At least two rebels were also killed in the encounter. Two other policemen were killed in a bomb explosion in Dang district in west Nepal. Four guerrillas died in a gunbattle with soldiers in Bardiya district and another three were killed elsewhere in the kingdom, a ministry spokesman said. Maoist insurgents want to set up a one-party communist republic in Nepal, one of the world´s 10 poorest countries. The revolt has cost over 2,800 lives and severely hit Nepal´s economy.
NEPAL
4/2/2002
Maoists Postpone General Strike Until April 23
Nepal´s Maoist rebels have postponed by three weeks a plan for a five-day general strike that had been due to start on April 2 after widespread pressure not to disrupt school examinations. Parents, teachers and several political parties had urged the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to cancel its strike which had been scheduled to start on the same day more than 250,000 students were scheduled to take exams. ´Considering the future of the students and requests from the intellectual community, guardians and friendly political forces, our party has decided to postpone the plan for the general strike,´ the Maoists said in a statement. The statement urged ´everybody who is on the side of the people´ to support the strike rescheduled for April 23-27. The strike was planned to show opposition to a state of emergency and military operations launched last November to crush the rebels. There was no immediate comment from the government, which had stepped up security across the country fearing violence during the shutdown.
NEPAL
3/29/2002
25 Injured in Kathmandu Bomb Blast
At least 25 people were wounded when a bomb believed to have been planted by Maoist guerrillas exploded in the Nepali capital on March 29, police said. ´It´s a bomb explosion. Investigations are going on,´ a police official said. The police official said 25 people had been wounded in the explosion near a bridge in a residential area of Kathmandu during the morning rush hour. ´People were rushing to offices and school when it happened,´ said one witness. There were fresh blood stains on the ground at the bridge near a market in the Bhimsensthan area but the bridge did not appear to have been damaged, the witness said. Police quickly cordoned the area off. Bhimsensthan is an area not usually visited by tourists, who flock to Nepal for its temples, jungles and mountains, but the district overlooks the famous Swyambhunath temple, a Buddhist shrine on a hillock to the west of the city center.
NEPAL
3/28/2002
12 Die in Maoist Rebel Violence
At least 12 people including five women were killed in fresh Maoist violence as security forces continued their search for rebels trying to overthrow the constitutional monarchy, the Defense Ministry said on March 28. A ministry statement said Maoist rebels campaigning for a one-party communist republic bombed the house of a soldier in Kaski district in west Nepal on March 27 killing two women in the family. Elsewhere, soldiers shot dead 10 rebels including three women insurgents in separate overnight gunbattles. Maoist rebels have stepped up their attacks on government targets ahead of their plan for
a five-day nationwide general strike next week.
NEPAL
3/27/2002
Maoist Rebels Bomb Police Post near Kathmandu
Maoist rebels fighting to topple Nepal´s monarchy bombed a police post near the national capital on March 27, wounding two police officers, a junior minister said. Junior Home (interior) Minister Devendra Raj Kandel told the Himalayan kingdom´s parliament the bomb exploded at a security post at Patan Dhoka on the outskirts of Kathmandu. He gave no further details. Maoist rebels have stepped up their attacks on government targets ahead of their plan for a five-day nationwide general strike next week. Last month Nepal´s parliament voted to extend emergency by three months giving the army sweeping powers to crush the rebels campaigning for a one-party communist republic in the world´s only Hindu kingdom. The army was mobilized against the rebels for the first time last November after the guerrillas walked out of peace talks and launched a series of deadly attacks on security posts across the nation.
NEPAL
3/27/2002
Americans Cautioned on Nepal Travel
The State Department cautioned Americans on March 27 to maintain a low profile in Nepal, where Maoist rebels have warned travelers may be caught in the cross fire of the guerrilla war. The U.S. statement quoted from a recently released rebel warning that said, ´During wartime, the unassuming traveler can be caught between the cross fire of the contending armies.´ The rebels, fighting since 1996 to end Nepal´s constitutional monarchy, have announced they will impose a general strike April 2-6 across the Himalayan kingdom. Rebel violence also has increased in recent months. More than 2,800 people have been killed in the insurgency.
NEPAL
3/25/2002
10 Rebels Killed in Clashes with Troops
Nepali soldiers shot dead 10 Maoist guerrillas in operations against rebels trying to overthrow the constitutional monarchy, the defense ministry said on March 24. Six guerrillas died in an overnight encounter in Bardiya district in west Nepal. The rest were killed in separate gunbattles elsewhere in the Himalayan kingdom on March 23, the ministry said in a statement. Nepal mobilized its army in last November after the rebels broke a truce and resumed their campaign to set up a one party communist republic in the kingdom. More than 2,900 people have been killed in the conflict since 1996. Neighboring India has offered to help Nepal crush the revolt with intelligence information, equipment and training.
NEPAL
3/20/2002
Maoist Rebels Kill 7 Policemen
Maoist guerrillas raided a police post in western Nepal killing at least seven policemen and wounding eight, state radio said on March 20. Radio Nepal said the attack took place in Kailali district, some 600 km (375 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu late on March 19. It said further details were awaited from the remote district. Maoists who are fighting to replace Nepal´s constitutional monarchy with communist rule have in recent months stepped up attacks on government forces across the impoverished kingdom. Nepal´s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is due to travel to India on March 20 to seek support to fight the guerrillas who are known to have links with outlawed radical rebel groups in India. On March 17, the army killed at least 65 rebels in western Nepal in an attack on a guerrilla training camp. Nepal mobilized its troops against the rebels in November and last month the it extended a state of emergency by three months to enable soldiers to crush the revolt that has claimed more than 2,900 lives. India recently provided two helicopters to help Nepal fight the guerrillas.
NEPAL
3/18/2002
62 Maoist Rebels Killed in Raid on Camp
Royal Nepalese Army soldiers raided a Maoist rebel training camp in the remote hills of the Himalayan kingdom on March 17, killing at least 62 rebels, a Defense Ministry spokesman said. The army raided the camp at Gumchal in Rolpa district, about 250 miles west of Nepal´s capital Katmandu, ministry spokesman Bhola Silwal said. Rolpa is considered a rebel stronghold and the army has been sweeping the area since a state of emergency was imposed Nov. 26. The army mobilized to fight the rebels after they broke off peace talks and began new attacks. Previously, only the poorly armed police fought the rebels, who want to establish a communist state. The guerrillas draw their inspiration from Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Tse-tung and call for an end to the constitutional monarchy in this Himalayan kingdom. Over 2,800 people have been killed since rebels began their violent campaign in 1996.
NEPAL
3/13/2002
Six Police, 15 Rebels Killed in Clashes
Six police officers and 15 Maoist guerrillas were killed over a 24-hour period in rebel violence across the poverty-stricken Himalayan kingdom, the Defense Ministry said on March 13. Maoist guerrillas campaigning for a one-party communist republic in the Hindu country ambushed a security vehicle on March 13, killing five officers, a ministry spokesman said. The policemen were overseeing security for a planned visit to Sindhupalchowk, 70 km (40 miles) northeast of the capital Kathmandu, by Taranath Ranabhatt, speaker of the lower house of parliament. He later cancelled the trip. Another police officer was shot dead by guerrillas in Dang district in west Nepal and soldiers killed 15 guerrillas across the country in other incidents as they pursued a crackdown on the rebels. The rebels last month killed 167 people, mainly security forces in their deadliest attack of their six-year revolt.
NEPAL
3/7/2002
6 Maoist Rebels, 2 Civilians Killed in Violence
Eight people including six Maoist rebels trying to overthrow the Nepal´s constitutional monarchy were killed in the past 48 hours as security forces stepped up their campaign against the guerrillas, the Defense Ministry said on March 7. A ministry statement said three rebels campaigning for a one-party communist republic were shot dead by soldiers in Bardiya district on March 7. Three rebels died in a gunbattle in nearby Surkhet and Dailekh districts on March 6. The three districts in west Nepal are Maoist strongholds. Guerrillas killed two civilians in the central district of Baglung on March 6 and wounded two others, the ministry said. More than 1,000 people have died since November when the guerrillas ended a truce and walked out after four months of peace talks. Government forces intensified their hunt for the rebels last month after a guerrilla raid west Nepal left 167 people, mostly security personnel, dead. Nepal´s parliament last month extended a state of emergency by three months allowing soldiers to flush out the guerrillas from hideouts in the Himalayan foothills.
NEPAL
3/2/2002
14 Die as Police Battle Maoist Rebels
Five policemen and nine Maoist rebels were killed as Nepal´s government stepped up its campaign against the guerrillas trying to overthrow the Hindu monarchy, officials said on March 2. The Defense Ministry said Maoist rebels fought a gunbattle with police in Kanchenpur in west Nepal on March 1, killing three officers and wounding another seven. At least two rebels were also killed in the encounter. Two other policemen were killed in a bomb explosion in Dang district in west Nepal. Four guerrillas died in a gunbattle with soldiers in Bardiya district and another three were killed elsewhere in the kingdom, a ministry spokesman said. Maoist insurgents want to set up a one-party communist republic in Nepal, one of the world´s 10 poorest countries. The revolt has cost over 2,800 lives and severely hit Nepal´s economy.
