Nepal's king faces exile or execution: Maoist chief

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nepal's King Gyanendra will ultimately be exiled or executed because he has closed the door to any political compromise since seizing absolute power a year ago, the reclusive leader of the country's Maoist rebels said.

"The king has taken steps that do not give any room for compromise," Prachanda told the BBC in an interview broadcast on Monday. "It would be correct to say that the path that he has taken is the road to hell."

The Maoists have been fighting since 1996 to overthrow the world's only Hindu monarchy and install communist rule, a revolution that has killed more than 13,000 people and shattered the tourism-and-aid dependent economy.

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"The king, I think, will either be executed by the people's court or he might be exiled. For the king, today's Nepal has no future. We don't see a future for him and the Nepali people don't either. The king might be finished or he might leave."

Reuters

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1. Meeting Nepal's Maoist leader

By Charles Haviland
BBC News

In a rare move, the rebel leader, Prachanda, spoke out about the conflict that has claimed some 13,000 lives - and the possible exile or execution of Nepal's King Gyanendra.

It was difficult to believe that the man sitting modestly in the corner was Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known under his nom-de-guerre of Prachanda ("The Fierce One").

This is a man whose face, until a few weeks ago, was known only through a single photograph, taken in rural Nepal in 2001.

In that photo his forehead is creased in a frown of concentration.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4707058.stm

[Kagemusha]

2. I wish I could say this maoist leader has no point but

My memory is long... I recall how the current king gained power and then tried to grab all the power he didn't already have, for himself... just the Maoists here were not exactly created by his actions.