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Thousands of Sudanese soldiers and militiamen took to the streets of Khartoum, saying they were ready to defend their border from attack by Egypt. Earlier, Sudan threatened to withhold water from the Nile, Egypt's life line, if Cairo sends troops to the disputed Halaib region claimed by both countries. Tensions have been escalating since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused Sudan's leader Hassan Turabi of planning last week's assasination attempt in Ethiopia. In response to Sudan's threats, an angry Mubarak warned that Egypt would confront "those who play with fire in Khartoum...
...paneltoday. Testifying before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, leaders of militia groups from across the countrydenied that they are terrorists or racists. "We're just ordinary, law abiding citizens," said one, while another said militia groups are simply a "neighborhood watch." Law enforcement officials, who also testified, strongly disagreed,describing militiamen as "disturbing and dangerous aggressors." Senators were also skeptical. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said most militia groups share two fundamental beliefs: fear of government and "a deep strain of racism and anti-Semitism." Dressed in camouflage, former Michigan militia leader Nathan Olson had several testy exchanges with Sen. Arlen...
...battle does not mean a lost war," Krajina Serb "President" Milan Martic told a group of militiamen on Wednesday. "We have already responded to what Tudjman has done to you here; we bombed their cities yesterday and today. We did it for you." Nor is the tone conciliatory on the streets of Zagreb. "We should set up tents at every street corner for the Serbs who live here," suggested Ivan Palcic, 53. "That way they'll be killed when [the Serbs] attack and not us [Croats...
...outside fear could explode into full-scale genocide. Fresh and ominous spasms of bloodshed erupted in the capital as well as the Majuri refugee camp near the town of Ngozi, where armed men killed 12 Rwandan Hutu and wounded 22 last Monday. That attack, presumably carried out by Tutsi militiamen, followed a week of ethnic cleansing in the capital, Bujumbura: bands of Tutsi swept through mixed neighborhoods, driving out members of the other tribal group, fighting with Hutu militia, shooting stragglers, burning houses and shops. Families were shot in the street and left to die; mothers came home to murdered...
Israel probably has more important targets in its long-running conflict with Hizballah, whose Shi'ite militiamen have been attacking Israeli troops in Southern Lebanon almost daily. But a look at one of the station's propaganda films shows why Yitzhak Rabin would be happy to see Lighthouse knocked out of commission. While martial music blares in the background, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, Hizballah's leader, is seen embracing departing fighters. Documentary footage shows guerrillas planting their flag, Iwo Jima-style, as they storm an Israeli position. Israeli troops load casualties onto stretchers and into helicopters. "Thousands upon thousands are waiting...