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Word: osario (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1985-1985
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...Nicaraguan military will have created a free-fire zone in which it can use some of the dozen or so Mi-24 "Hind" helicopters it has received from the Soviet Union. The gunships, equipped with rockets and fast-firing guns, wield devastating firepower. Said Orlando Osario, a refugee evacuated with his family to the town of Jinotega, some 100 miles north of Managua: "I figured it was better to get out alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua No-Man's-Land | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

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