Word: ghaziveran
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Nasty Brawl. Unfortunately, the Van Doos will not become fully operational until the U.N. "terms of reference" are hammered out and other national troop contingents arrive. So when trouble exploded last week at the Turkish Cypriot village of Ghaziveran on the north coast, it was the British who had again to march into the breach. Ghaziveran was a particularly nasty little brawl: the villagers, fearing a Greek Cypriot attack, had built roadblocks outside of town. Hundreds of Greek Cypriot "regulars" surrounded them and demanded removal of the roadblocks. When the villagers obeyed, the Greeks demanded the surrender of all arms...
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