First reports from the Kingdom suggest the people of Nepal shown more political savvy and intuition than their (justly) infamous politicians! There is a feeling of relief, and questions why this Emergency was not declared earlier.
On Tuesday evening, one week after HM King Gyanendra's speech, the land-line phones and internet were back on-line. The mobile net is still switched-off, and according to RNA, this gave the Army a "leg-up" on the maobadis. They relied on the GSM-net for a lot of tactical C3 (Comms-Command-Control), and now they are being deprived of it & rolled-up.
The CPN-M (maoists) called a general strike for 3 days last week... and everybody ignored it!!!
Our intrepid Mjr. Andrew filed a brave Losar-report from Pokhara, and basically confirms the base-line: Relief, Expectations, faith in Monarchy as the Last Standing Structure in the F-state of Nepal. (F not as 'Failed', but as 'Fucked-Up')!
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