Nepal's Maoist rebels marked the 16th anniversary of their Peoples' War this week with a wave of unprecedented violence and general strikes that have plunged this Himalayan nation into crisis and fear. In all, 153 policemen, soldiers and civilians died. The retreating Maoists did not bother to take the dead policemen's vintage Enfield .303 rifles. The pickings were better at a military arsenal nearby. Tens of millions of dollars were looted from a burnt-out bank. The Maoists bore away the bodies of their fallen, so the authorities do not know what number of died.
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