Word: guerrillas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...still see some of my crew members," saysBenton, who will attend a bomb group reunion inEngland this July.Photo Courtesy Harvard ArchivesPart of the training for some futuresoldiers was this "guerrilla drill," pictured inOctober...
WASHINGTON -- Haitian Lieut. General RAOUL CEDRAS has sent word to U.S. military officials that if the U.S. tries to use force to restore ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide there would be "massive" civilian casualties. U.S. planners fear that Cedras might retreat to the hills and wage a guerrilla war that would erode the American willingness to stay...
...leaders forced into hiding by promilitary gunmen who operate under the name of the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti (FRAPH). The front's forces are unlikely to surrender, and can be expected to threaten Aristide supporters and U.S. troops alike. "They'll make it into a guerrilla war," warns a defense official...
...country became whole again. The 10 black homelands, including four that had pretended to independence, designed by apartheid architects as places of exile for surplus people with black skin, were abolished. The armed services became the South African National Defense Force, and will begin to absorb former enemies from guerrilla armies like the A.N.C.'s Spear of the Nation. Things were changing so fast, a South African Broadcasting Corp. interviewer lost track of who was President, Nelson Mandela, who will be sworn in next week, or F.W. de Klerk, the incumbent. He turned from talking with De Klerk to sign...
...development plan is more likely to cost $19.7 billion rather than $11 billion in its first year alone. He also says the popular idea of skimming billions off the defense % budget is not likely to work if the A.N.C. persists in its plan to add 12,000 of its guerrilla troops to the armed forces and intends to provide tight security...