Word: guerrillas
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Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, who has been under intense pressure to end the year-old rebellion in the southern state of Chiapas, dispatched hundreds of troops and police to capture the leaders of the uprising. For the first time, Zedillo identified the elusive guerrilla commander, known as "Subcomandante Marcos," by his full name: Rafael Sebastian GuillEn Vicente...
...military offensive. As a Mexico expert in Washington put it, ``If Zedillo's military plan works quickly, fine. Markets will be happy, and everyone can get on with business.'' But if Zedillo is wrong about the narrow base of support for the Zapatistas, he might spark a guerrilla war lasting for years. And further gore a presidency that has more than five long years...
...soldiers, a much larger military action than the government has so far been willing to undertake. Thursday, Zedillo reversed Mexico's policy of trying to make peace with the Zapatista National Liberation Army by promising to help the poor. Instead, he ordered the arrest of top guerrilla leaders after accusing them of "preparing new and great acts of violence, not only in Chiapas but in other parts of the country...
...this latest atrocity. These victims were so young: all but one of the 21 dead Israelis were between the ages of 18 and 24. And all except one were soldiers, mainly members of the vanguard paratroopers unit. That may have made the attack seem like a legitimate act of guerrilla warfare to Palestinians. But the act of terror was especially shocking to Israelis: these fallen were the very men and women who were supposed to safeguard the rest of the nation from such assaults...
...efforts. Army units were rushed in not only to combat the rebels but also to help improve the life of peasants by building clinics, schools and roads. Government public works projects picked up speed. President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon even resumed negotiations. Reacting to those talks, guerrilla leader Comandante Tacho may be forgiven if he sounds a bit smug when he declares, ``Mr. Zedillo has said positive things...