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By Steve Herman
New Delhi
02 October 2009


Rebel Maoists attempting to seize land in one of India's poorest communities are being blamed for the execution-style killings 1 of at least 16 villagers, including children, in the eastern part of the country.


Authorities in the state of Bihar say heavily-armed rebels fired on a makeshift camp at midnight, pulled sleeping villagers out of huts, tied their hands and feet and then executed them.


Police say most of those killed were teenagers but five children are also among the dead.


Media reports say the area has been the site of an inter-caste feud 2 and that the victims were trying to protect six-and-a-half hectares of cultivated land the rebels are trying to seize.


Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar, says additional forces have been sent into the area, about 200 kilometers north of the state capital, Patna, to catch the suspects.


The state's chief minister says violence has no place in society and compensation of $3,000 will be given to the families of each victim.


A private television station says one of its reporters received a mobile phone text message from a Maoist leader, identified as Dabloo, threatening to kill Kumar if two top rebel leaders are not released from jail.


A state official says police are taking the threat seriously and have tightened 3 security for the chief minister.


The Maoists rebels, known as Naxalites, have been waging a violent campaign in several Indian states for decades, demanding land reform and more rural jobs for the poor. Thousands of people have been slain 4 in the fighting.


A massacre 5 of underclass villagers, however, is unusual. The rebels typically target government officials, police and others accused of helping 6 wealthy landlords exploit the poor.


Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently called the Maoist insurgency 7 the single biggest domestic security threat facing the country.


India's air chief marshall, Pradeep Vasant Naik, told reporters Thursday the Air Force is seeking permission from the Defense 8 Ministry 9 to return fire when its aircraft are targeted by the Maoists. Several Air Force helicopters have been shot at by the rebels during the past year.


India's military is not directly involved in the counter-insurgency but is providing logistical, surveillance and intelligence support to para-military and police forces fighting the Maoists.



谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
n.长期不和;世仇;v.长期争斗;世代结仇
  • How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的?
  • The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。
收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧
  • The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
  • His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机,然后又松开了。
杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词)
  • The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
  • His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。
n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀,大屠杀就有可能再次发生!
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
n.起义;暴动;叛变
  • And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
  • Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
学英语单词
5-hydroxytryptophan
a priori comparisons
air-breathing suit
anti-humanists
Belize Barrier Reef
bifilar helix slow-wave circuit
black compilation
border town pipers (scotland)
boze
bushfires
carboloy monoxide detector
caustic magnesia
Chatelperron
chemical equations
Chocholna-Velcice
chroming
cloverleaf antenna
companion ladders
concealed loss and damage claims
conjunctivo-antrostomy
cook utensil
counterdistinguish
crowded with
curanderos
decaying exponential
declarative instruction
deltaic deposit
Deo gratias
discount factoring
door barge
dtac
elaiosphere
electron theodolite
fibre bundle transfer function
fire service department box
gastrilegous
gear inertia
generalized linear phase
get it over with
give heed to
group disequilibrium
gruch
Headteachers
heagarty
heat tolerance coefficient
IMG tag
information handing system
interrecord structure
interrer
iso-electric level
Italian sixth
Kandhura
Knizhovnik
linguoid ripple mark
lob wedges
make money hand over fist
medical gymnastics
melanorosaurids
Menapian
metabisulphite
Moncontour
moniliasis pneumonia
monohydric acid
morning paralyses
multidimensional niche
nationals
nodulus
omnipresent program
one man bridge operation
oxygen-hydrogen recombiner
parafin section
parallel random access machine
phosphatic calculus
polyrhizum
pop-group
push-button yard
resource stock
ridge transform system
rod segment
rotary cutting assembly
S/ON (sign-on)
Schweine-Vasopressin
sector photometer
securities paper
sexual reaction
shoebird
slide prevention
slip nooses
splanchnic cell
surinamiae
time equation
torcaso
total phosphorus
unit in kind
Uruti
valency electrons
waller effect
well-behavedly
Wemale
winevault
wtf
yellow-throated marten skin