May 7, 2009 – Washington Times: “Nepal’s Maoist double-cross”
— WT reports: “So the chairman of Nepal’s Maoist radicals brags that he and his fellow-travelers tricked United Nations officials and admits that the 2006 peace deal was a sham – and gets caught on videotape doing it. The video of the recently resigned Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, was shot in January 2008 and just surfaced.”
— “Revealingly, he instructs his fellow communists not to be fooled by the compromises struck with Nepal’s democratic government. Seizing total power, he makes clear, remains the communist goal.”
— “The video of a relaxed Prachanda addressing his party faithful exposed the Maoists’ cynical manipulation of the political system. In true communist spirit, Prachanda said that the compromises struck with the government were only tactical expediencies, and that the ‘bidroha,’ or rebellion, was still on. He joked about how they duped the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) into thinking they had 35,000 fighters when in fact they only had 7,000 to 8,000, which allowed them to swell their ranks to 20,000 while claiming to be demilitarizing. And he confirmed Gen. Katawal’s suspicions by saying it would take only a small number of his guerrillas to establish ‘complete Maoist control’ of the Nepal Army.’ ”
— “He added that they had not turned over their weapons as required and that relief money earmarked for the victims of the civil war would be diverted to party coffers. ‘You and I know the truth,’ he slyly told his comrades, ‘but why should we tell it to others?’ ”
— “In an unguarded moment, Prachanda revealed he is still a terrorist at heart and those who make deals with him are dupes. ‘Why would we abide by [the peace deal] after we win?’ he said on the tape. ‘Why would we follow it when we have the upper hand?'”