Where are the guns?

Military expert raises eyebrows at Maoist weapon stats

Kantipur Report

KATHMANDU, Feb 24 - Military expert Dr Indrajit Rai on Saturday said that it was not as easy to believe the stats of the Maoist weapons that have been registered at the UN.

The United Nations Mission to Nepal (UNMIN) yesterday had made public that the UN had registered 30,852 PLA combatants and 3,428 weapons from the cantonments across the country.

Rai said that the number of weapons registered at the UN is far less than the number of Maoist combatants registered and the situation arose because "one man, one weapon" principle was not adopted while registering the PLA fighters.

Stating that the negotiators too failed at some critical points, expert Rai said that he had a slight inkling of this situation when it was decided that registration of those fighters also would be done who did not have weapons.

"There could have been 10-12,000 weapons and I had thought half of those would be registered. Even that figure did not come," said Rai.

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The missing 10,000 GOOD weapons, not the wrecks in the white containers, are hidden, most probably within walking dinstance of the Valley. The UN, as in Rwanda, Darfur, Congo, Lebanon - pick your favorite failed state - facilitates genocide, rape, theft and bullying. All citizens of these enitities have to fear when UN takes over... Ask the Rwandans, Darfurians... poor Nepal!