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	<link>http://naxalwar.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>This blog aims to be a (relatively) unbiased and comprehensive source for the dissemination of news, analysis, and commentary on India&#039;s Maoist insurgency. And a lot of ranting.</description>
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		<title>Are the Naxalites Winning?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Indian government just released the official figures for combat deaths across all of the country&#8217;s insurgencies. I haven&#8217;t yet been able to track down the official report (if there is one), but, from what&#8217;s being reported in the media, it doesn&#8217;t look good for the government:
In Naxal affected States, the number of the number [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naxalwar.wordpress.com&blog=7411519&post=440&subd=naxalwar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://naxalwar.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/umm-not-a-good-ration/</link>
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		<title>Telangana- The New Chhattisgarh?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The central government has given into the demand for a separate Telangana state. Telangana, currently part of Andhra Pradesh state, has had an active independence movement since the late 1960s. Considering India&#8217;s proclivity for linguistic and cultural separation, the decision is not at all unexpected.
Far be it for me to disparage the aspirations of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naxalwar.wordpress.com&blog=7411519&post=431&subd=naxalwar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://naxalwar.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/telangana-the-new-chhattisgarh/</link>
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		<title>Pre-Emptive International Concern</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting little piece of news today. The European Commission&#8217;s Humanitarian Office, which funds relief efforts in Chhattisgarh&#8217;s Bastar region, has cautioned the Indian government against undertaking an anti-Maoist offensive that would jeopardise its work:
&#8220;It can become too dangerous, because of ongoing fighting, for our partners to access and reach out to the villages,&#8221; Maria [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naxalwar.wordpress.com&blog=7411519&post=429&subd=naxalwar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://naxalwar.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/pre-emptive-international-concern/</link>
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		<title>Hearts and Minds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the Calcutta Telegraph is an virulent anti-Leftwing newspaper, in spite of its overt bias, it is one of the most solid sources of journalism in the country. And, as a creature of West Bengal, it has consistent coverage of Naxalism.
According to the Telegraph, Chidambaram, the Union Home Minister, will be attending a meeting sponsored [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naxalwar.wordpress.com&blog=7411519&post=425&subd=naxalwar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://naxalwar.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/hearts-and-minds/</link>
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		<title>Countering the Counter-Insurgency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If, as I argued in my last post, Operation Green Hunt needs to be a holistic counter-insurgency campaign- stories like this don&#8217;t help:
In the remote rural expanse that could soon be gobbled up by a Rs 19,500 crore steel plant, there is the clang of an iron-cast protest.“We will not give our land to Tata,” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naxalwar.wordpress.com&blog=7411519&post=422&subd=naxalwar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://naxalwar.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/countering-the-counter-insurgency/</link>
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		<title>Operation Green Hunt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the beginnings of Operation Green Hunt, the central government&#8217;s anti-Naxalite offensive, have unfolded, a lot remains unclear. According to government spokespeople, it will not take the form of massive assault against the Maoist zones:
I wouldn’t like to call it a war. A war is fought against the enemy, not against our own people. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naxalwar.wordpress.com&blog=7411519&post=419&subd=naxalwar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://naxalwar.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/operation-green-hunt/</link>
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		<title>The Return of People&#8217;s March</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#8216;Voice of the Indian Revolution&#8217; has returned. In late 2008, the Kerala-based People&#8217;s March magazine was banned after the arrest of its editor. According to the Hindustan Times, the publication ban was overturned after the Press Registrar Appellate Board declared that the proscription was invalid as no formal charges had been brought against the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naxalwar.wordpress.com&blog=7411519&post=417&subd=naxalwar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://naxalwar.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/the-return-of-peoples-march/</link>
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		<title>Candace Feit&#8217;s Photography</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just  stumbled across Candace Feit&#8217;s website. She&#8217;s a Delhi-based photojournalist who&#8217;s  been published in some notable outlets such as the NYT. I&#8217;d encourage you to take a look as she has done work with tribal people in India&#8217;s Maoist heartland. Seeing pictures like this serves as an important reminder to me that what I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naxalwar.wordpress.com&blog=7411519&post=415&subd=naxalwar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://naxalwar.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/candace-feits-photography/</link>
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		<title>Return to Blogging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may have noticed, it&#8217;s been some time since I&#8217;ve posted anything to India&#8217;s Forgotten War. I started my PhD this fall and as someone who&#8217;s been out of school for  number of years the adjustment process has taken up all of my time and energy. I&#8217;ve managed to settle into a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naxalwar.wordpress.com&blog=7411519&post=412&subd=naxalwar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://naxalwar.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/return-to-blogging/</link>
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		<title>Soft Targets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This India Today article is interesting, but largely misses the point:
They [the Maoists] are said to be attacking telecom towers to prevent the police eavesdropping on their conversations, and to neutralise police informers.
True enough as it goes&#8230; but, in a country which effectively bypassed land-lines, particularly in rural areas, disabling poorly defended mobile towers is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naxalwar.wordpress.com&blog=7411519&post=402&subd=naxalwar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://naxalwar.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/soft-targets/</link>
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