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A classless enemy

  • 14/03/2008

the Naxalite attack at Orissa's Nayagarh town is not a wake-up call for the state. It is a big slap on its face. The busy township, hardly 100 kilometres from the state capital, is not a usual target for Naxalites. It could not be dismissed as a stray incident as conveniently as the past attacks in remote districts of Koraput and Malkangir. Nor could the government so easily blame the spread of Naxal terror on numerous