Word: fedayee
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Dates: during 1979-1979
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That force proved no match for the invaders, who were later identified by State Department experts as members of the left-wing Cherikhaye Fedaye Khalq (People's Sacrifice Guerrillas). Shortly after 10 a.m., the attackers cut loose with machine guns, pistols and automatic rifles from roof tops across the...
The fedayeen, who are somewhat fewer in number but better trained, trace their origins to the political oppression of the early 1960s. They are sometimes linked to the "Saihkal" partisans, who attacked a village of that name near the Caspian Sea in 1965. U.S. intelligence analysts believe that last week...
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