Word: guerrillas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From Managua, a heavily armed column of Somoza's National Guardsmen, equipped with tanks and supported by rocket-firing airplanes, laid siege to the rebel positions. In the savage fighting that followed, hundreds died and more than 15,000 sought refuge in the surrounding villages. Predicted one guerrilla: "Only the dead will remain here. We will die, but we will take a lot of Guardsmen with...
...appears the guerrilla squad intended to perpetrate an attack on civilians," an army spokesman said yesterday...
...Beirut, Lebanon, the Palestinian guerrilla group Fatah yesterday claimed responsibiltiy for a "large-scale" attack on Israeli-held positions south of Beit Shean, apparently referring to the same attack described by the Israelis...
...spokesman for the guerrilla organization said, "All of our men, except four, returned safely to the base." He said the attack inflicted heavy losses on Israel...
...raiders reportedly entered Lusaka, the Zambian capital, in trucks bearing Zambian army colors. Sources report ten guerrilla guards and three riders killed during the attack. Witnesses said most of the attackers were black...