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...government says that the purpose of the raids is to "find common delinquents and subversives" and claims that the sweeps have turned up weapons and explosives. Meanwhile, the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front, a guerrilla group thought to be linked with the Communist Party, last week blew up three power pylons south of Santiago, plunging the capital and other towns housing more than half of Chile's 12 million people into darkness for 90 minutes...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa--President P.W. Botha said yesterday that raids on alleged guerrilla targets in three nearby countries were justified pre-emptive strikes similar to the U.S. bombing of Libya...
Unlike Karmal, who is a member of the small, Dari-speaking elite, Najibullah has the advantage of belonging to the country's dominant Pushtu tribe. The new leader is therefore well placed to get fellow Pushtuns in Pakistan to cut guerrilla supply lines and unify the ranks of a regime so sharply divided that it is sometimes referred to as an example of "two-party Communism." If Najibullah can consolidate a solid and loyal Soviet-style government, Moscow may feel secure enough to withdraw its 120,000 troops from Afghanistan...
...American penchant for going it alone is also apparent in two more general commitments of the Administration: the so-called Reagan Doctrine of support for anti-Communist guerrilla movements and the Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars...
Indeed, only weeks after the first residents returned home in late January, the fragile peace was shattered. Army troops tangled with a guerrilla unit on the outskirts of town, leaving three rebels dead. The troops then advanced into Tenancingo firing M-16 rifles and grenade launchers. The soldiers searched homes, detained and interrogated inhabitants, and killed at least one unarmed civilian. A postmortem by directors of the Tenancingo project and human rights officials blamed both sides for the breakdown: the guerrillas for breaching the agreement by maintaining a near constant presence in the town, the army for treating the civilians...