Search on for abducted British officers in Nepal

[dArKeR]

Nepalese forces were searching yesterday for two British army officials abducted by Maoist rebels from a mountain village, scouring the rough terrain on foot in a hunt that was expected to take days.

Hundreds of soldiers and police were deployed to look for the two Britons who were kidnapped along with three Nepalese helpers on Sunday night from Lekhali village, about 300 kilometers northwest of the capital Katmandu and close to a rebel stronghold.

Police official Krishna Shrestha said by telephone that authorities did not know the status or whereabouts of the kidnapped men and it could take at least two days to find them.

The area is a mountainous region with no roads. The troops were searching on foot in territory where the rebels could easily attack.

http://www.etaiwannews.com/Asia/2003/10/22/1066785642.htm

If a Moslim did the kidnapping you all know the Media would print 'terrorist' and not 'rebels'.


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Lost British officer found in Nepalese mountain region

A British army officer taken captive along with six locals by Nepal's Maoist rebels was set free yesterday, an official said.

The seven men, kidnapped on Sunday in Baglung district in west Nepal during a drive to recruit Gurkha soldiers, were safe after they were released into the care of a local school teacher, district
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/10/22/2003072893administrator Prem Narayan Sharma told reporters.

[dArKeR]

1. AP same day in Kashmir diff story - 'Islamic militants'

Twelve Kashmiri civilians held hostage for a day by suspected Islamic militants in a village house have been freed, and soldiers were engaging the holed-up rebels in a gunbattle yesterday, police and army officers said.

http://www.etaiwannews.com/Asia/2003/10/22/1066785686.htm

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Any significant difference in the terms?

The Nepalese are 'rebels' and 'insurgents'; the Kashmiris 'rebels' and 'militants'. I'd have said the terms are similar.