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...oppression" of blacks or to point out that "in the real world, Americans don't always win." But the West wins small victories on Hizballah screens. "We use Western classical music with most of our productions," says Ahmad. "It's more sober than Arab singing." Which is why, between guerrilla recruitment ads, Vivaldi's Four Seasons wafts over the airwaves...
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...
...Despite the defeat in Afghanistan, we had gained considerable fighting experience during nine years of war. By the time the campaign ended in 1989, there was a sufficient number of officers--perhaps as many as 1 in 5--who had served in Afghanistan and learned how to fight a guerrilla war. Surely these veterans, the so-called Afghantsy, many now commanding the Grozny operation, had not forgotten everything they learned? After spending two weeks with the units sent to quell Chechnya, however, I no longer have any illusions...
...Chechnya is the latest burden for the besieged economy. By even the most conservative government estimates, the cost of the campaign thus far has topped $1.2 billion and will grow as a protracted guerrilla war looms. Compounding purely monetary woes is a breakdown in confidence that Russia can succeed in becoming a member of the family of democratic, market-oriented countries. Western governments are increasingly hesitant to aid an administration that makes war on its own citizens. ``If things continue in Chechnya, then investment--and of course economic support as well--will be automatically withheld,'' warned German Foreign Minister Klaus...