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...finished as a fighting force. Unconfirmed reports monitored in Washington said the guerrillas destroyed a fuel storage facility and two electrical stations in the town of Bonanza. In nearby Rosita they overran a brigade headquarters and an airfield and cut two bridges before Sandinista reinforcements arrived aboard three Soviet Mi-17 helicopters to stop them from taking the town. Overall, the contras claimed to have seized more than 50 tons of food and weapons and killed more than 100 Sandinista troops. Managua contended that a similar number of insurgents died in the fighting. The battles also reportedly % took 19 civilian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua Battles of Bullets and Dollars | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

...head of the Soviet military mission in Nicaragua (identified as a "General Zaitsev") and his Cuban counterpart discussed a five-year military plan extending through 1995. Among Miranda's documents is an agreement outlining the plan, which specifies that Nicaragua will receive twelve MiGs, an additional squadron of Mi-24 combat choppers, and medium-range surface-to-air missiles. Miranda notes that the Sandinistas could use the MiGs to intercept supply flights to the U.S.-backed contras. The Reagan Administration has repeatedly warned that the delivery of MiGs to Nicaragua would be unacceptable and has hinted that it might provoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua Tales of a Sandinista Defector | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

...battlefield at Kunar, the once dreaded Mi-24 Hind helicopter gunships were taken almost entirely out of the fighting by the Stingers. They flew only a few sorties under cover of night, when Stingers are difficult to aim. Said mujahedin Leader Massood Khalili of the helicopters' decline: "For nine years the dragon ruled the skies over Afghanistan. Now the dragon is dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan Show 'Em the Way To Go Home | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

...with Obando, attended by Wright, and announced an eleven-point cease-fire proposal for Nicaragua. His plan calls for a monthlong cease-fire to take effect on Dec. 5. During the cease-fire, armed contras would be confined to one of three zones spread over a 4,200-sq.-mi. area. All military shipments to the rebels would halt during that period, but supplies of clothes, food and other nonlethal aid could be delivered by neutral international agencies. Under the proposal, any contras who lay down their arms will be granted amnesty and "may join in the political life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America The Wright Stuff | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

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Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Trying to Recoup the Spirit of '84 is an Olympian Task | 11/7/1987 | See Source »

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