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  • Daha, 08 March 2005... A 45 years old Maoist roughly buried near Daha village. "Yesterday - March 7, 2005 - at around 10am a patrol from the RNA (Royal Nepal Army) was in this area. Nobody recognised them at first because they got in disguised as women, but then they revealed their hidden weapons and shot dead that Maoist. Soon after other RNA in uniform arrived here and destroyed a Maoist's house. They have also captured an old man, he was beaten and then released. The RNA told us that they killed the Maoist because he did have a socket bomb with him, but we didn't see it and there was not any explosion. We are afraid from both the Royal Nepal Army and the Maoist" local witness says.
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  • Kusapani, 03 March 2005... Childreen watching Maoist fighters as they arrive in the village. "We fight for the people, we fight against the dictator and his goverment. We want to put an end to the poverty and the suffering of innocent Nepalis..." a Maoist press release reads
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  • Kusapani, 03 March 2005... A Maoist fighter arriving in a small village of Surket District.
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  • A 45 years old Maoist roughly buried near Daha village..."Yesterday - March 7, 2005 - at around 10am a patrol from the RNA (Royal Nepal Army) was in this area. Nobody recognised them at first because they got in disguised as women, but then they revealed their hidden weapons and shot dead that Maoist. Soon after other RNA in uniform arrived here and destroyed a Maoist's house. They have also captured an old man, he was beaten and then released. The RNA told us that they killed the Maoist because he did have a socket bomb with him, but we didn't see it and there was not any explosion. We are afraid from both the Royal Nepal Army and the Maoist" local witness says.
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  • Kusapani, 03 March 2005... A member of the Maoist Army and his son in a village of Dailekh district. The Maoist militiamen call themselves 'The Red Army' or 'The People's Army'
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  • Kusapani, 03 March 2005..Soldiers of the Maoist Army in a village of Dailekh district. The Maoist militiamen are also know as 'The Red Army' or 'The People's Army' or 'Rebels' or 'Terrorists'.
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  • Surkhet, 27 February 2005. ..Checkpoint set up by the Royal Nepal Army to counter potential Maoist activity. Everyone gets off the bus and walks through the checkpoint. The soldiers also search the passenger's luggages for weapons.
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  • Nepalganj, 01 March 2005... Policemen paying tribute to their colleague killed by Maoists the previous day. "Our King Gyanendra is not the Rome's Emperor Nerone. He can't just sit in Kathmandu and watch Nepal burning... The Maoist principles are good, but the ways they threat people are wrong. They should act legally as a political party. We want peace, not war.." an police officer says.
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  • Kusapani, 03 March 2005... A Maoist fighter. "No one is forced to join the Red Army, it is their free will to become a soldier. We give them a six months training" a Maoist spokesman says. ---------- Speaking to a Police officer in Surket, he says: "Their (Maoist Army) strong tactic is surprise. We never know when they could attack us. When someone comes towards us, we never know whether they are about to say Namaste or throw a hand grenade at us."
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  • Kalikot, 05 March 2005... A Maoist logo painted on the rocks. "Kathmandu has forgotten us, we don't exist for them, they don't care about us. That is why we are fighting against the Regime. If there was no poverty there would be no revolution" a Maoist says
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  • A Maoist woman in a village of Dailekh - west of Nepal. She is a member of the  Maoist Army
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  • Kusapani, 03 March 2005... Members of the 'Red Army' are playing chess. The Maoists have officially banned drinking alchool and playing cards. "Alchool and cards can destroy a family. Women were often beaten by their drunken husbands, and people preferred to play cards rather than going to work ", a Maoist/journalist says.
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  • Surkhet, 01 March 2005... The crowd is watching as the Policemen are paying tribute to their colleague killed during an ambush by the Maoists.
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  • Nepalganj, 23 February 2005.  Armed policeman on the street of Nepalganj. During the last ten years, nearly 11,000 people have been killed in Nepal.
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  • Kathmandu, 12 February 2005... Kathmandu Valley, 12 February, 2005. Military check point on the outskirt of Kathmandu. All the men get off the bus and walk through the checkpoint, women and foreigners are allowed to stay in the bus. A soldier checks the luggages on board.
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  • Truck carryng Policemen in Kathmandu during  the nation's Demecratic Day...
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  • Kathmandu Valley, 12 February, 2005. Military check point on the outskirt of Kathmandu.  All the men get off the bus and walk through the checkpoint, women and foreigners are allowed to stay in the bus. A soldier checks the luggages on board.
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  • Kusapani, 03 March 2005... Young Maoist fighters in a small village of Surket District. They will get some food and spend the night in here. The villagers have to provide food and accomodation to the Maoist Army. They also have to give a montly donation to the party. "We are in between the two. The RNA will beat us, destroy our village and probably kill us if we support the Maoist, but the Maoist will probably do the same if we don't support them" locals, from other villages, say.
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  • Daha, 08 March 2005.  ..Old man beaten up by soldiers of the Royal Nepal Army. "Yesterday - March 7, 2005 - at around 10am a patrol from the RNA (Royal Nepal Army) was in this area. Nobody recognised them at first because they got in disguised as women, but then they revealed their hidden weapons and shot dead that Maoist. Soon after other RNA in uniform arrived here and destroyed a Maoist's house. They have also captured an old man, he was beaten and then released. The RNA told us that they killed the Maoist because he did have a socket bomb with him, but we didn't see it and there was not any explosion. We are afraid from both the Royal Nepal Army and the Maoist" local witness says
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  • Surket, 01 March 2005... Policemen paying tribute to their colleague killed by Maoists the previous day. "Our King Gyanendra is not the Rome's Emperor Nerone. He can't just sit in Kathmandu and watch Nepal burning... The Maoist principles are good, but the ways they threat people are wrong. They should act legally as a political party. We want peace, not war.." a police officer says
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  • Kusapani, 03 March 2005... A Maoist fighter. "No one is forced to join the Red Army, it is their free will to become a soldier. Wegive them a six months training" a Maoist spokesman says. ---------- Speaking to a Police officer in Surket, he says: "Their (Maoist Army) strong tactic is surprise. We never know when they could attack us. When someone comes towards us, we never know whether they are about to say Namaste or throw a hand grenade at us."
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  • A Maoist woman holding is gun. "No one is forced to join the Red Army, it is their free will to become a soldier. Wegive them a six months training" a Maoist spokesman says. ---------- Speaking to a Police officer  in Surket, he says: "Their (Maoist Army) strong tactic is surprise. We never know when they could attack us. When someone comes towards us, we never know whether they are about to say Namaste or throw a hand grenade at us.
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  • Kusapani, 03 March 2005... A Maoist soldier wearing a 'Titanic's scarf'. The so called People's Army or Red Army have just arrived in the small village of Surket District. They will get some food and spend the night here. Their uniform is identical to the one used by the RNA. They claim that they steal the weapons from the Armed Police Force and/or from the Royal Nepal Army. They also get weapons from the black market in india. About two years ago a Nepalese newspaper has published a photo of Maoists buying weapons in India.
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  • Kusapani, 03 March 2005... A Maoist soldier holding his gun. "We are ready to make coalitions with any political leader who his against the King. Our present aim is to establish a Democratic Republic, but our long term aim is to establish a Communist regime. We are ready for peace talks but only with the United Nation as mediator." Thir Bahadur Kark, the Maoist leader for Dailekh district, says
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  • A Maoist fighter in Dailekh...About 10 years ago a small political party's leader presented an agenda to the Prime Minister in Kathmandu, highlighing the poverty in the remote areas of Nepal. The Minister ignored the agenda because it was a small political party...The same leader is now leading the Maoists and their 'People's War'
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  • Dasala Panka, 07 March 2005... "In December 2003 two girls, Jo Sarabike and her friend, were raped by soldiers of the Royal Nepal Army in this village. They were 13 and 14 years old. After that day they left the village and joined the Maoist Army" a witness says
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  • Nepalganj, 24 February 2005... A policeman on duty in Western Nepal. "Our King Gyanendra is not the Rome's Emperor Nerone. He can't just sit in Kathmandu and watch Nepal burning... The Maoist principles are good, but the ways they threat people are wrong. They should act legally as a political party. We want peace, not war.." an police officer says. During the last 10 years about 11.000 Nepalis have been killed
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  • Dailekh, 02 March 2005... Soldiers of the Royal Nepal Army are marching towards Dailekh.
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  • Kalikot, 08 March 2005... A Maoist is holding a hand made grenade. The man in this picture, who didn't want to be recognized, said "It's a war between us (the Maoist) and them (the Royal Nepal Army)". After the 'state of emergency' - declared by King Gyanendra on February 1, 2005 - most of Maoist insurgents have socket bomb in their pocket.
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  • Haudi, 05 March 2005... Zakti Pashad, a father of five children. For the last seven years he has been suffering from a horrible eye infection. "There are no doctors or hospitals around here. I went once to Nepalganj but the doctors were unable to help me. I was told to go to the Eyes Hospital in Kathmandu but I have no money, I can't afford it. Long time ago a doctor from the Royal Nepal Army's camp used to visit me, but because of the Maoists they have left and I can't get any medicines any more. Have you got any tablets for me?", the man says
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