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Word: morta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that means "Hear the drums sounding"), attacking the southerners by surprise while many were bathing in a river. The rebel Anyanya (who took their name from the poison of a cobra or scorpion) lost a dozen men and considerable equipment. A bombing raid against a rebel base at Morta near the Uganda border caused nearly 1,000 civilian casualties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUDAN: The Soviet Viet Nam | 3/1/1971 | See Source »

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