Word: assaultive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...special donations before running out of money last week. Some of the gun traders could not be paid, but they did not seem to mind. Yet not all of them had the purest motives. One man vowed to use his cash bounty as a down payment on an assault rifle. Another threatened to kill the priest. Still others bought cheap $30 guns and sold them to Gourley for a $70 profit...
Stung by their diplomatic setback, the guerrillas are prepared to unleash what even Bush Administration officials believe will be their boldest military assault since the failed 1981 "final offensive." U.S. intelligence officials say the F.M.L.N., in preparation for the push, has recruited several hundred new fighters from among refugees in Honduran camps. The officials expect the offensive within weeks...
...only sporadic attacks, and they are frequently beaten back by peasant militias fighting alongside regular combatants. "We have established political control over the area," says "Raul," the rebel commander, "and now we are moving toward military control as well." He and other guerrilla leaders have lately obtained AK-47 assault rifles. They say the guns were bought from the Nicaraguan contras; U.S. and Salvadoran authorities insist that the Sandinistas supplied them. "The fact that we have these weapons is an indication of our development," says Raul...
Having drawn first blood, the Crimson continued to assault the Pioneers. Five minutes later, Brad Raymond broke free, received a Steve Lux pass in the slot and deposited it in the net for a two-goal Crimson lead...
...Duarte's offer for talks "positive" but criticized the cease-fire as unworkable. To underscore their point, rebel forces on Thursday attacked San Ramon, a town on the outskirts of San Salvador, killing three soldiers and two civilians before making their escape. The incident was the first serious guerrilla assault on the capital...