By Trevor Selvam
31 January, 2010
Countercurrents.org
Recent statements from Indian leaders and police officers gives away the new
strategy on the war on Naxalism. To make the movement "headless" by carrying
out selective assassination of its leaders with the help of Israeli
operatives
Plucky savvyness combined with unnecessary bravado has recently marked the
attempts at media interface by some Maoist leaders. There are benefits to
reap and a price to pay, as a result. On the one hand, it has been a long
time coming for the Maoists to come out of their jungle bases and give press
conferences, or invite selected correspondents to visit their bases under
armed escort. They correctly understood that their political program (and
not their military campaign only) needed to be promoted and publicized. They
realized that innovative tactics needed to be implemented to popularize
their struggles and their demands and acquire some mainstream presence. It
took them a long time to also realize that when you wish to take on the
state of India, that you must at least marginally capture the imagination of
some of those who read papers, surf the net, hang out in cafes and do
occasionally get agitated about issues of justice, honesty and
righteousness. Such people cannot be ignored. In fact their chatter can
eventually affect the mood of the nation. For too long the media in India
has been significantly successful in disorienting, deflecting and
mesmerizing the minds of urban folks into imagining a country that is not up
to par because it is behind the West in so many ways. This state of stupor
persists, but there is now an increasing awareness in some circles at least,
that India's postures about its growth, success and international stature
can overnight become a hollow dream, if the word gets around that India has
treated its first citizens with violence, deprivation, displacement and
eventual genocide. The hollowness behind the growth figures, much of which
has limited authenticity when seen in terms of the high current account
deficit, high unemployment, incredible rise of prices, is also becoming
evident even among the India- shining crowd. Despite all the bravado that
Kamal Nath and Montek Ahluwalia indulge in, in Davos (after all they would
all be seeking International jobs, very soon) the baseline figures of
India's economic progress are quite undermined with the phenomenal rise in
poverty, illiteracy, infant malnutrition, farmer suicides and poor potable
water facilities and sanitation related fatalities. It is an interesting
development that one of the Government's own bodies has declared that the
assault on India's tribals "is one of the largest land grabs since
Columbus", --that brigand, pirate and drunken sailor, who landed somewhere,
near the Bahamas and declared he had found India.
Well, a section of India's population-I daresay a large section-- also needs
to discover India. And, they are doing so. And it is because of that, there
are some magazines on the net, and on print, that are taking the time to
trek into the Naxalite bases and interview their leaders. Not everything is
lost to the vacuous, hold the crotch, ape the West, get BPO-fever
generation, MCed by the Shahrukh, Infosys, IPL and Kingfisher cultural
nexus.
Initially, the Maoists' planned to let some of their spokesperson come
overground. This experiment failed, as the Governments of West Bengal (GWB)
and India (GOI) wasted no time in slapping them with Unlawful Activities
charges and put them in the slammer. No one talks about them anymore, other
than the struggling Civil Liberties organizations. They are forgotten.
Fortunately for the Maoists, there are a large number of academics and
sympathetic journalists, ( as opposed to the band of poets, actresses and
intellectuals who made a half hearted attempt to raise their voices on
Lalgarh and then withdrew into their shells in no time at the first threats
from the GWB) who have taken it upon themselves not to be intimidated and
have spoken out in fairly clear terms both on TV and as well on the web and
print media on the hypocrisy and superficiality of the mainstream media's
analysis (or extreme lack of it) in parroting the GOI's and GWB's mendacious
piety about non-violence, abjuring arms, law and order and "foreign hand."
In India, except for the alternate press and in most cases Tehelka, the
media engages in sensationalist lies or they repeat the lies of the
government and they get away with it. In India, an Inspector General of
Police blatantly concocts lies about the wealth and assets of Chatradhar
Mahato and also gets away with it, without anybody seeking litigation
against spreading such falsehood. In India, the police go after the wives,
husbands, children, brothers and sisters of those who are absconding or have
launched cases against the police. In India, police chiefs openly boast
about how to make a cold blooded execution look like an encounter and the
Home Minister meets with those same experts to discuss democracy. In India,
judges make pronouncements on corporate crime, based on whether it is good
for India's image or not! In India, an 80-year old woman's breasts get
chopped off and an 18-month old child's fingers get lopped off by
anti-Naxalite vigilantes and the press orders a martini with a twist and
watches the sunset over Juhu.
Well, the Maoists have broken some ground in bringing to the surface the
mess that lies below the pink obscenity that is the Indian parliament, where
over one hundred and fifty criminally accused thugs occupy seats. The
Maoists leaders have been audacious and dignified in giving interviews after
much planning and deployment of their own security measures. It was
necessary, because otherwise the Arnab Goswamis and the Barkha Dutts and
their unapologetic clones were having a field day, dishing out report after
report about the murderous Maoists, without analyzing what had been going on
for several years, both at Abujhmarh and Lalgarh. For too long they were
unable to convey their message to middle and upper class readers and net
surfers about what they were fighting for. Now there is sudden mainstream
discussion, on MOUs, Schedule 5 and 6, Abujmarh, Dantewada, Bastar and sites
have sprung up all over the world that follow the Indian state's war against
its own people.
It is now time for the Maoists to take stock of the situation. The Indian
state was caught off guard, both on the ground and in the airwaves. They
sent in their khaki-pant wearing, Enfield rifle toting constables after the
Maoists and they came back soon, pissing in their pants. Then they sent in
their AK-47 and Insas-rifle toting para-military forces after the Maoists.
They also have come back with their tails between their legs. Then they
deployed Special Forces with reptilian and canine names like Cobra,
Greyhound or some other fearsome moniker like Garudas. Their boats were sunk
and their anti-mine vehicles were blown up and their helicopters beat a
hasty retreat.
Enter the Israelis
It has been known for several years that India has acquired over 4,000 Galil
7.62 mm super sniper rifles, and night vision sights, laser range finders
and other targeting equipment. This is not an infantry rifle, but the
ammunition is the same as an Indian INSAS and an AK-47, purchased from
Rumania. This is also all separate, of course from thermal imaging
equipment, satellite transmission of such images and use of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles, better known as drones. All from Israel in the main. In fact India
takes up more than 50% of Israel's arms exports. It has also been known that
India manufactures under license the Russian gas-fired, super sniper semi
automatic Dragunov SVD59. Now comes the report of a special training session
involving at least 30 top ranking officers who have just completed special
training under "foreign" instructors. Nothing works in Indian media lingo
than "foreign hand." But of course, in this case it does not matter, because
the foreign hand is only for a good cause! These trainers are not bearded
Jihadists or Asiatic desperadoes in the north east with Chinese made
grenades. A report from the PTI states the following.
"Special task force to tackle Maoist insurgency"
Kolkata: The Maoist-infested states, including Jharkhand and Maharashtra,
have set up a special task force in their bid to jointly tackle the Naxal
problem, a senior West Bengal police officer said.
West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh,
Maharashtra and some other Maoist-hit states have selected 30 officers for
the special task force to deal with the Maoist problem, he said.
The 30 selected officers had undergone a month-long training programme at
Ghatsila in Jharkhand. Some foreign army officials, who have experience in
tackling guerrilla warfare, also imparted them training, the police officer
said."
Mr. Chidambaram had one of his associates state recently in a press
conference that the strategy of his initiative is to render the Naxalites
"headless." In other words he stated very clearly, that the target is to
eliminate the leaders of the Naxalites. As per the same report, "a highly
placed official in the security establishment told IANS earlier this week,
"We believe there could be around 50 such leaders scattered all over. We are
targeting them to make the entire movement headless and make a serious
dent," the official said. "
In a special report cited by the BBC, the following was also stated by a
security official, "So we are specifically targeting the Maoist leadership
and you will see a lot of special operations based on specific
intelligence."
The official said that "almost all the states are doing their bit, and that
a special operation in West Bengal earlier this week - in which Maoist
military wing chief Koteswara Rao narrowly escaped arrest - was a good
example of that. "
It is significant that Ms. Mamata Banerjee, the Central Minister and
self-appointed Bengal-saver, (and stand-up comedian, live theatre activist
who attempted suicide with a black shawl and danced on JP Narayan's car) and
who one walked in lock-step with LK Advani, was ready to beg and plead to
the Naxalites to come and negotiate with her. She must be in on Mr.
Chidambaram's deadly game plan.
She also knows that by the time of the next polls in West Bengal, if she
cannot make a settlement in the continuously expanding Naxalite terrain, she
will have a hard time putting up candidates to fight the CPI(M) . She wants
to make a deal with the Maoists, while all along claiming that they do not
exist! She is a mockery of her own self and a pivotal Quasimodo for PCC.
Selective assassination
Selective assassination, use of UAVs, missile attacks on selected homes and
sniper fire has been a hallmark of the Israeli Mossad and Defence forces,
not only in Gaza and the West Bank, but also in different parts of the world
including South America, Iran and Europe. For the past several years it is
now well-known that India has entered into very close collaboration with the
IDF and over 32 non-disclosure arms and security agreements have been signed
with them. The Mossad has titillated gun-and ammo freaks and underhanded
counter-insurgency nutjobs with their secretive killing techniques.
Assassination and murder that goes undocumented, un-prosecuted and never
brought to light, when the Mossad is involved. The CIA fumbles, trips and
gets blown up. Not the Mossad. That is why India has chosen them to deploy
dirty tricks on India's citizens. Perhaps, Mr. Chidambaram would like to
take out the Maoists leaders one by one and he has realized that it will not
happen by sending in 100,000 troops and anti-mine trucks or IAF helicopters.
So the next tactic is to walk away from the roads and get special forces
trained to go into the jungles and "live there like guerillas" and seek the
Maoists in their hideouts. Therefore high power sniper rifles, night vision
sights have become necessary. The "headless" statement should be studied
carefully. I am wondering if it is actually code word for carrying out
assassinations.
The report went on to further state the following: "The force would be named
soon and it will be pressed into action as and when the training programme
is completed," Director General of Police of West Bengal Bhupinder Singh
told PTI.
"More officers would be recruited to strengthen the force after the
completion of the training of the first batch," the DGP said.
They were given training on how to use highly sophisticated weapons and
taught the technique to detect explosives, he said. They were also told how
to survive in deep forest areas for longer period of time, the officer said.
The main objective of the force will be to stay in forest areas near the
base camps of the Maoists and to gather detailed information about their
activities and their strength, Singh said."
It would be propitious of these Maoist leaders not to fall into the traps
being laid out by the security forces.
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