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Ferris began his speech with a description of Rosemary Nelson, a Catholic human rights lawyer who was killed in Northern Ireland two days ago. A Protestant guerilla group known as the Red Hand Defenders claimed responsibility for an explosion that killed Nelson...
...class I was told that Mandela was some sort of political agitator (the word was used disdainfully by one history teacher) jailed for protests and violence. He was a member of the African National Congress, an underground guerilla organization which actively and viciously opposed the white moderate government...
Throughout Guatemala's 35-year civil war that came to an end in 1996, the United States accused both the government and the opposing, leftist guerilla factions of flagrant human rights violations...
...Thai military team examined the body of the late despot Friday in a remote north Cambodian village, and declared him free of gunshot wounds, bruises or other evidence of foul play. Next step: Sending the doctors in, to determine if he really died of a heart attack as the guerilla leaders...
...remember how we got to this point in 'Michael Collins', Neil Jordan's earnest (though not always historically accurate) tale of the brilliant military mind with a 'talent for mayhem' (Liam Neeson) who virtually invented modern urban guerilla warfare and liberated at least the southern portion of the Emerald Isle from British rule. Don't worry about the history part--the fudges are minor, and it's great fun to watch as Neeson fights the British for Ireland and Aidan Quinn for the love of Julia Roberts...