[Reader-list] "India For Selective Assassination Of It's Own Citizens?"

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India For Selective Assassination Of
It's Own Citizens?

By Trevor Selvam

31 January, 2010
Countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.org/selvam310110.htm

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.