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...remark was a challenge to Duarte, who has insisted that the returning exiles, who are allies of the Marxist F.M.L.N. guerrillas, must "define themselves" if they want to take part in Salvadoran politics again. If they refuse to accept the government's amnesty offers and to thereby renounce the F.M.L.N. and violence, they can be charged with complicity in future guerrilla activities. Said another returning exile, Guillermo Manuel Ungo of the National Revolutionary Movement: "I don't think most people realize the change that the F.M.L.N. has undergone. It has learned that this war is going to be won through...
...only shadow on this idyllic scene is the restive presence of the Palestinians, and keeping tabs on them and their leaders becomes Tom's job. Before long he establishes a tenuous contact with Jamal Ramlawi, a handsome, brooding young man reputed to be a rising star in the largest guerrilla organization. Jamal refuses to spy directly for Rogers and the CIA, but he does offer liaison, a system of sharing information between his organization and the U.S. Rogers' superiors back in Washington dislike this arrangement but eventually accept it in the absence of anything better...
None of the five guerrilla groups in the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front coalition, nor any of the rightist death squads active in the country, have claimed responsibility for the assassination...
Ordering bans on travel has been a favorite tactic in the 8-year-old guerrilla war, and the rebels often fire on any vehicle they encounter on the roads...
...Managua, Ortega opened discussions with unarmed opposition groups across the political spectrum. These moves are called for in the pact signed by five Central American Presidents, including Ortega, in early August. Under that agreement, cease-fires are to take effect in all countries by Nov. 5, foreign aid to guerrilla movements must cease, and the rebels are to be offered a peaceful role in the political life of newly democratized regimes. Though everlasting peace is not likely to descend on Central America come Nov. 6, the various initiatives will probably show enough progress to strengthen congressional resolve not to resume...