U.S. imperialism, the number one enemy of people across the world and main source of world terrorism, has turned to war after the unprecedented attacks on the World Trade Center, the symbol of imperialist financial might and on the Pentagon, the center for military brutality the world over. We emphasize the fact that it is ridiculous and unbecoming of American butchers to shed tears for the dead ones. It is U.S. imperialism which always trampled underfoot aspirations of democracy, equality and freedom for so many decades, and is now masquerading as saviour against terrorism. It has the ghastly record of dropping atom bombs on Japan, butchering thousands and thousands of freedom-loving Vietnamese, resorting to large-scale napalm bombing in Vietnam, unleashing frequent missile attacks on Iraq, killing lakhs [hundreds of thousands] of people in various parts of the world and so on....

We strongly condemn the warmonger U.S. trying to drag the World towards a massive war. We appeal to all peace-loving democratic people to oppose U.S. war efforts in every possible way. We condemn the servile role of the reactionary governments of this region, including India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, who dance to the tune of U.S. imperialism in the name of countering terrorism.

Let us redouble our initiatives and effort to resist imperialism by rallying the people worldwide and specially those of South Asia. Let us build up a strong and mighty anti-imperialist movement in these regions and spread it throughout the world.

Co-ordination Committee of Maoist Parties and Organizations of South Asia (CCOMPOSA)

Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)(People's War)

Maoist Communist Centre (MCC)

Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (MLM)

Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Maoist)

Communist Party of India (ML)(Nakshalbari)

Purba Bangla Sarbahara Party (CC)

Purba Bangla Sarbahara Party (Maoist Punarghathan Kendra)

Bangladesh Samyabadi Party (ML)

Communist Party of Ceylon (Maoist)

24 September 2001