Word: guerrillas
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...cruel guerrilla leader who helped hold three U.S. military contractors hostage for more than five years was suddenly prostrate on the floor of the helicopter. Colombian Army commandos, disguised as humanitarian aid workers in a sting operation to rescue the prisoners, were pummeling the rebel commandante into submission. One of the hostages on board, Keith Stansell, joined in on the action. The chiseled former U.S. Marine and self-described southern redneck reared back and socked his long-time nemesis in the eye. Then, embracing his now liberated American colleagues, Marc Gonsalves and Tom Howes, Stansell said: "Just one blow...
...year-old Marxist rebel group that funds its war with the profits from drug trafficking and kidnapping. When the Americans were captured, the FARC was at its peak with about 18,000 members. Rations included beef and vegetables, rebel commandantes showed off their chrome-plated pistols and zipped around guerrilla territory in SUVs while guards led their prisoners along jungle trails singing songs with little fear of being detected. Many of the foot soldiers were illiterate teenagers who, in between battles, munched on candy and played with yo-yos and pea-shooters...
...Even Abbas' more popular predecessor as Fatah leader, Yassir Arafat, struggled to sell the Oslo peace process to his supporters in Lebanon, where members of Fatah remained committed to armed struggle to "liberate Palestine" and still run guerrilla-training academies. These days, however, even that hard-line Fatah stance is no longer enough for most Palestinians here. High-ranking officials of Abbas' own party fear that he will trade away their right of return to what is now Israel. "Yassir Arafat went into negotiations with the olive branch in one hand and a weapon in the other hand," says...
...also unclear why some suspects earn a one-way ticket north while others stay put. In 2004 guerrilla commander Simón Trinidad was extradited and convicted of conspiracy to kidnap three U.S. military contractors, even though he was only loosely linked to the crime. But Colombia's Supreme Court this month blocked President Uribe's order to extradite Alexander Farfán, the cruel rebel prison warden who is accused by those same American hostages of putting chains around their necks and threatening to execute them. Farfán faces federal charges in the U.S. and Colombia for hostage...
...whole city was plunged into darkness (the power was cut) and fear, as tracer bullets and anti-aircraft fire punctured the sky. With two planes down, this might be the last sortie from the Tamil Eelam Air Force; but it may be the beginning of a new phase of guerrilla warfare in Colombo...