Word: guerrillas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eliminate confusion over the names of the numerous terrorist organizations, I suggest that you henceforth refer to them as UGLYS (urban guerrilla leaders and young skyjackers...
...lying about South Vietnamese support for the American war effort. U.S. officers falsely billed the war as an invasion of a peaceful country by an aggressive North Vietnam because only a war against aggressors would satisfy the American public. Gradually correspondents realized that their army was lying, that the guerrilla war could only be fought with a supportive population. But it took a while for them to reveal the lies. Even if they had spoken the language and could have asked the Vietnamese how they felt about the war, it would have taken a while for the correspondents to begin...
...from New York City to Lusaka, Zambia, last week as the special representative of United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim. His mission: to arrange a U.N. peace-keeping force that would help maintain security in Rhodesia, if and when there is a cease-fire in the five-year-old guerrilla...
...what they call a "spontaneous reaction for the freedom of other jailed terrorists." Even though the Baader-Meinhof gang has been largely destroyed, an estimated 120 hard-core terrorists remain at large in Germany; many of them claim affiliation with the Red Army Faction, the country's most dangerous guerrilla group. An additional 1,200 to 5,000 committed radicals provide them with food, money and safe houses, and occasionally join in acts of violence. The terrorists and their sympathizers "are standing, rifle by foot, waiting to go into action," says Dr. Hans-Joseph Horchem, chief of the Hamburg division...
...opting for so blunt an approach to security, the government burned the few remaining bridges between itself and the resentful black community. After last week's brutal reminder that white force is never far from the surface, however, most blacks will think twice before considering the option of guerrilla warfare. As for white moderates, the parties that speak for them may increase their protest vote in next month's parliamentary elections, but there is no chance that they can defeat the Nationals...