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Army prepares for long battle with rebels

(13 May 2002) Gam village, Rolpa district May 11, 2002 1. Various of soldiers digging up and reburying Maoist dead on rice terraces 2. Various, soldier with cap from dead Maoist 3. Various of workers returning from digging up Maoist bodies 4. Aftermath of Maoist attack on army garrison 5. Various of soldiers' possessions scattered around 6. A senior officer whose face cannot be shown for security reasons shows a hand drawn map found on a dead Maoist 7. More aftermath of attack, soldiers looking weary 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Voxpop, Soldier (name withheld for security reasons): "I think that I am dreaming or what. I can't imagine. All our troops are dead in a trench site. I don't know what happened". Libang town, Rolpa district May 10, 2002 9. Various of soldiers digging tent platforms at newly reinforced battalion headquarters Gam village, Rolpa district May 11, 2002 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Voxpop, Soldier (name withheld for security reasons) "At the moment when our commander he told us to come back, all our troops, sixty men, combined, army, police and armed police, they are sixty. They all are really angry." Libang town, Rolpa district May 10, 2002 11. Various of soldiers sitting around waiting to be deployed 12. Various of helicopter getting ready to leave with new soldiers STORYLINE: The Nepalese army has been gearing up for a continued battle with Maoist guerrillas in the remote western district of Rolpa, the heartland of the rebel movement, and the battleground last week of the bloodiest fighting in the six-year insurgency against the government. Journalists at the village of Gam, in Rolpa, toured the remains of a burned-down security post, where last Tuesday's attack by the guerrillas left at least 70 soldiers and police dead. Hundred of rebels are also said to have been killed in the recent fighting. The army has started withdrawing troops from Gam and another strong army base in Thawang, girding for a fresh guerrilla attack expected at the largest garrison of Rolpa, in Libang. An anonymous army source said the withdrawal was a tactical move, to enable the defence force to have "sufficient troops for a larger operation". The rebels, who draw their inspiration from Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong, have been fighting since 1996 to topple the constitutional monarchy and redistribute the land in this impoverished Himalayan kingdom. More than 3,500 people have died in the insurgency. The guerrillas' attack followed an assault by the army on the rebel stronghold week before last. Nepal's interior ministry said at least 350 rebels were killed in the offensive. Nepal's 52,000-strong army has participated in several international peacekeeping missions, but has never taken part in operations at home. Nepal will have 6,000 newly trained soldiers later this year. Kathmandu is also seeking helicopters, 50,000 M-16 assault rifles, communication equipment and night-vision devices from the United States. The Bush administration has pledged 20 (m) million dollars in aid after Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba met US President George W Bush earlier this week. The Nepalese army claims some 150 rebel corpses were found on the mountainside. On Saturday journalists saw the bodies of 10 rebels who appeared to have been quickly buried by the Maoists in shallow graves as they retreated when army reinforcements began to arrive on Wednesday. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...