When a king's looking-glass world is paid for in blood
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1699935,00.html
In Nepal, Maoist rebels are heading the battle for democracy - which
the EU thinks is threatened by next week's elections
Isabel Hilton
Thursday February 2, 2006
The Guardian
On Monday a mayoral candidate in a suburb of Nepal's capital,
Kathmandu, was shot and critically wounded at his home by unidentified
gunmen. Last Saturday Maoist rebels warned all election candidates to
withdraw or face "severe action". Last month the Maoists killed a
mayoral candidate in the east of the country. For King Gyanendra, who
seized absolute power in a coup exactly a year ago, these incidents are
evidence of the evil of terrorism that the municipal elections he has
called for February 8 are designed to combat. If voters wish for a
peaceful, democratic Nepal, he says, they must defy the Maoists and
vote.
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