[lbo-talk] Nepal

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 4/25/06, uvj at vsnl.com <uvj at vsnl.com> wrote:
> BBC News
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/
>
> Last Updated: Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 11:48 GMT
>
> Warning on Nepal child victims
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4758556.stm
>
> By Sushil Sharma
> BBC News, Kathmandu
>
> [Children have been recruited as child soldiers by the rebels]
>
> At least 434 children have been killed in Nepal and over 8,000 orphaned in
> the long running Maoist insurgency, says a leading child rights group.
>
> A report by the Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre (CWIN) said over
> 40,000 children have been displaced.
>
> Nearly 13,000 people have been killed since the Maoist campaign to overthrow
> the monarchy began in 1996.

This is a point almost always evaded by the corporate media, but
aren't a large majority of Nepalis killed during the civil war,
whether they are younger or older than 18, killed by the King's
forces?

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Yoshie
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