Indian police kill 12 Maoist rebels in eastern stronghold

[TexasTowelie]

Source: AP

PATNA, India -- At least 12 Maoist rebels were killed Tuesday in a clash with police in eastern India.

Police Inspector-General S.M. Pradhan said the police attacked the rebels as they were on their way to extort money from some mining contractors in Palamau district in Jharkhand state.

He said police recovered 12 bodies and eight automatic guns in one of the rebels' strongholds in a forested area nearly 300 kilometers (200 miles) south of Patna, the capital of neighboring Bihar state. There were no police casualties.

The rebels, who have been fighting for more than three decades, say they are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong.

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1. The Naxalite insurgency has killed about 10,000 people

It's a pretty appalling situation.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Yet four people are killed in Benghazi

and the right wing goes nuts blaming the president and Hillary Clinton.

Where is the concern for human life when thousands of people are killed yet it barely receives any attention in the media in this country? I guess that those people must not matter because they aren't white.

[cosmicone]

3. A good start

Under Modi, most of these outfits will be subdued and made extinct.