RUKUM DISTRICT NEPAL APRIL 21 2004 Maoist insurgents take a break while walking through the mountains to a mobile training camp
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RUKUM DISTRICT NEPAL APRIL 21 2004 Maoist insurgents take a break while walking through the mountains to a mobile training camp in Rukum district April 21 2004 Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15 000 20 000 hard core fighters including many children and women backed by 50 000 militia In their remote strongholds they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations and people s courts to settle rows They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers Though young they are fearsome fighters and specialise in night attacks and hit and run raids They are tough in Nepal s rugged terrain full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150 000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru