State Dept. release on 20 million

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http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/text/0423npl.htm

suggests that something new might have been in the works for a couple weeks--

"...We had meetings April 3rd and 4th in Washington with the Nepalese Foreign Secretary, and with him we discussed ways in which we can support Nepal in combating the Maoist insurgency and assisting in
Nepal's economic development..."


Note that someone asked the following question at the press briefing yesterday :


"QUESTION: Since the United States started its war against global terrorism in Afghanistan, it received global support to fight terrorism around the globe. But the people of Nepal are still waiting and watching when they will see the light of hope when the United States will come to rescue them; because, every day the Maoist terrorists are — activities are taking place. "

Somebody's paying attention.

Daily "Official Texts" RE South Asia are listed here:

http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/text/
 
It may be a half world away, small and poor, but Nepal is THE buffer zone between the world's largest Maoist government and the world's largest republic and this makes the place important.

Thanks for pertinent info.
 
I wonder if taking frozen assets of terrorist organizations and funneling it back to fight terrorism would be possible. ... sure, Al Queda would be pissed, but tough cookies. It'd give Nepal more than 20 mil to work with :) .

I'm glad that SOMEBODY in the media is asking questions. ... it is long overdue!

Alan
 
Here's another tidbit--From UPI (Apr 23) via Washington Times site:


" The U.S. war against terrorism is increasingly putting U.S. military personnel in areas of the world where they have never been seen before. "At least a dozen" U.S. military personnel led by a colonel spent the weekend touring Nepal's Rolpa district. The Nepalese government has been involved since 1996 in a protracted guerrilla war with the Maoist Communist Party of Nepal. The visit was extremely low profile, with no official announcement. Secretary of State Colin Powell visited the Himalayan kingdom in January and promised logistical support to the government. Top of Nepal's shopping list are armored helicopter with night-vision capabilities, flak jackets, automatic weaponry and rocket launchers. Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya visited Washington earlier this month seeking assistance; leaving nothing to chance, Acharya is now visiting Russia and China looking for additional aid."

Nice shopping list, especially after reading some of the accounts of the nighttime raids on army and police.
 
RE choppers--

Question is...will Congress balk at giving them powerful stuff like that, because they're afraid of later misuse by the not-so-great current regime?
 
They can send choppers, or send squads of our special forces guys. I'm thinking they might send SOME of our guys in. Once we're that involved, the bad guys should just consider themselves dead.
 
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