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...dissent, according to officials of several governments, Libyan "death squads" have murdered Gaddafi foes in Rome, Athens and London. Gaddafi's agents have been accused of masterminding the attempted assassination last October of Faisal Zagallai, 35, a Libyan student living in Colorado. Eugene Tafoya, a former U.S. Green Beret, has been charged with the shooting, which he denies. At home Gaddafi has little trouble stifling potential opposition, mostly by retaining iron control over his 45,000-man army. Concludes one State Department analyst: "He looks as though he will be around for a long time...
...large government force moved in and surrounded it early this month. Then the guerrillas slipped away in the dark, avoiding a fight. Early last week guerrilla ground fire for the first time forced down a U.S.-made Huey helicopter carrying troops over the battle area. A Salvadoran Green Beret commander, who is in charge of all army operations in Morazan, admits that the guerrillas set up operations on major roadways until his troops are sent to chase them away...
...good Harvard students, considered how complex the whole problem must be. But complexity is an excuse that means nothing to the 20,000 people, maybe more, who watched them bury Bobby Sands, watched his coffin go by draped with the proud tricolor of Ireland and the black gloves and beret of the army that fights to free it. Hundreds took to the streets later, to throw rocks. They don't understand why they must live their lives with British troops standing on the corner. They don't understand why Bobby Sands had to die. They don't understand why nobody...
...only Americans even close to the field are the three five-man Green Beret "small unit training teams," which conduct two-and three-week training programs for Salvadoran infantry companies. They are members of the 7th Special Forces Battalion based in Panama. All are fluent in Spanish, and most have previously served on similar training teams in other Central or South American countries. TIME Correspondent William McWhirter, who conducted the only interviews given by these officers, found them determined to approach their assignment with cool professionalism. "The only change for us is that there is a shooting war going...
...tales of Iranians fleeing before their artillery barrages, while the television pumped out scenes of Iraqi attacks to martial music and announced the claim that Ahwaz, 45 miles into Iran, had just been captured. "Maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day," boasted Captain Abu Rashid, beaming proudly in his black beret and crisp green fatigues. "But victory will be ours...