Word: aggressors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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President Yahya Khan had declared the conflict a jihad (holy war) and, even while surrender was being signed in the East, he was boasting that his nation would "engage the aggressor on all fronts." He became the first political victim of the conflict. At week's end, Yahya announced that he would step down in favor of Deputy Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, head of the Pakistan People's Party. A rabid anti-India, pro-China politician who served as Foreign Minister in the government of former President Ayub Khan, Bhutto was the chief architect of Pakistan...
...Later, when the Indian army made what appeared to be a well-planned attack on East Pakistan, Washington officials concluded that Mrs. Gandhi's trip had been a smokescreen for massive war preparations. Richard Nixon was furious, and was behind the initial Government statements branding India the aggressor...
...been planned several weeks ago, before the eruption of the fighting between India and Pakistan. Galbraith, who was American Ambassador to India under President John F. Kennedy '40, has criticized the Nixon administration's handling of the current crisis. "For the Administration to accuse India of being an aggressor is outrageous," he told McGrory. "Nobody here agrees with what we're doing, I happen to think it is wicked...
...From the noise made about our so-called defeat in the U.N. [Nov. 8], it seems like we are supposed to be suffering from a mass sense of men culpa. But whose fault was it that Red China vas branded an aggressor...
...Tigran went by the textbook through his first ten moves. Then on his eleventh, he offered a surprise pawn sacrifice that was undoubtedly the fruit of the Soviets' intensive analysis of Fischer's game. Though he had seized the initiative, Petrosian, seemingly unaccustomed to the role of aggressor, was unable to take advantage of his superior board position. Pressed for time (each player is allowed 2½ hours to make the first 40 moves), Petrosian faltered long enough in the late going to allow Fischer to score a comeback victory...