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Tuesday October 28, 2008 07:33 by epoliticus epoliticus at gmail dot com
State violence is essential to capitalist development in India. Violence is essential to capitalist development. The Indian state has released its latest status paper on the 'Internal Security Situation,' according to the Hindu newspaper. The paper claims that up to 2,281 civilians and 821 security personnel were killed between 2004 and 2008 (up to 31 August 2008) due to Maoist attacks. Militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, the paper claims, resulted in the killing of 1,883 civilians and 789 security personnel. The militancy-related fatalities in the north-east were estimated to be 1,909 civilians and 361 security personnel. Even if we presume that these estimates are reasonably accurate, the Hindu makes an unforgivable omission by failing to report the number of civilians killed by the so-called Salwa Judum. (Salwa Judum refers to an anti-insurgency operation mounted by the Indian state in the guise of a spontaenous peace movement.) Moreover, the number of civilians killed by security personnel but incorrectly classified as Maoists is no doubt substantial. Human Rights Watch usefully reported the following (p. 9): |