Word: guerrillas
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RESIGNED. XANANA GUSMAO, 54, as President of East Timor's National Council, saying internal squabbling hampered the territory's transition to independence; in Dili. Gusm?o, who for many years led a guerrilla war against Indonesia and was widely tipped to become President, quit the defacto parliament after it refused to consult the people on the proposed new constitution. RESIGNED. RICHARD LEAKEY, 56, conservationist renowned for spearheading the fight against elephant poaching in Africa, as head of Kenya's civil service; in Nairobi. Leakey's appointment by President Daniel arap Moi in 1999 to tackle the country's endemic corruption...
TIME.com: Europeans are outraged by President Bush's rejection of the Kyoto accord. But with the 500-pound guerrilla of carbon-gas output saying no to cutting emissions, what options are left to the Europeans...
...success or failure of guerrilla warfare is measured less by the guerrillas' ability to capture and hold territory than by their ability to use armed actions to transform the political situation. By that measure, have the separatist guerrillas succeeded in Macedonia...
...Guerrilla campaigns aren't measured by territory conquered, or by the outcome of a single battle. In fact, we can't apply purely military criteria. The Macedonian government has scored an important victory over the weekend, but it won't mean very much unless the can capitalize on it politically. The guerrilla campaign has caused the government significant political damage in its relations with the ethnic-Albanian minority, and the country's future may be determined by whether the government is able to repair that damage by political means...
...deepest fear among Western diplomats here is of a switch to terrorism, if the rebels realize that trying to take control of territory in a guerrilla war isn't getting anywhere. But there are no signs of that so far. In the capital, there are tensions between the two communities, but neither is as radicalized as their brethren in Tetovo. Obviously, this could change, but so far you're seeing nothing like the willingness to take up arms that existed in Croatia and Bosnia at the start of the wars there. So there are a few more reasons for optimism...