Word: guerrillas
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...believes the same African-style ideology can work just as well in the troubled lands of Congo, Rwanda and Sudan. But it is far from certain that what Museveni did in Uganda can be repeated elsewhere. As Museveni's confreres take power in the region--Kabila now rules Congo, guerrilla companion Paul Kagame is the authority to be reckoned with in Rwanda, old schoolmate John Garang is gaining ground in his long struggle to topple the Islamist regime in Sudan--the question is whether they will prove to be faithful disciples of the Museveni model or just younger versions...
...called INC leaders "spokespersons for millions," affirmed Washington's "solid commitment" to "your struggle" and pledged that U.S. officials "will not turn our backs." Chalabi used Gore's letter to rally anti-Saddam forces, only to have the U.S. refuse backing for an INC guerrilla offensive in March...
Godard has always been a canny guerrilla. He knows that film is an expensive art, that someone must subsidize his midnight raids on the prevailing culture. So he subverts the typical narrative by using all the handsome old tools. Contempt has movie stars, guns, car crashes, wide screen, beautiful color, the cliffs of Capri, the most rapturous music (by Georges Delerue, his violins sawing and soaring like Philip Glass in ecstasy). And, always, pretty women. A Ziegfeld of the Left Bank, Godard reinvented Jean Seberg and discovered Anna Karina, Juliet Berto, Maruschka Detmers, Myriem Roussel, Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy--glories...
...locked into a conference room and held hostage with the promise that until Radek is released, one hostage will be executed each half hour. What the hijackers don't know is that the President, whom everyone believes has escaped in a special emergency "pod," is beginning a little guerrilla warfare from within the bowels of the plane...
...competing warlords. The situation became increasingly unstable when Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, the other pocket of Cambodian power for 19 years, started to fall apart last year in its hidden jungle exile. First Prime Minister Ranariddh, son of venerable King Sihanouk, started negotiations with the disintegrating guerrilla group, offering jobs in his army, which was far smaller than Second Prime Minister Hun Sen's. Those negotiations probably led to a revolt within the Khmer Rouge ranks. In June, Khmer Rouge radio announced that Pol Pot had been arrested, though the elusive despot was not produced in public...