I see some people refer to the rebels as Maoists and some refer as Terrorists. Using both names does not sound right unless we consider Mao as terrorists too. Any comments? Would prefer to hear your reasoning on too.

When a bunch of people go on a rampant killings of the civilians, abductions of teachers and children, destructions of an already defunct infrastructure, looting those who are already looted, while having no clear political or social objectives of what they want to achieve, they definitely get my vote as nothing less than barbaric terrorists.