Word: raiding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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LUSAKA, Zambia--Rhodesian commandos disguised as Zambian troops attacked the home of black guerrilla leader Joshua Nkomo in a predawn raid yesterday. Nkomo, who escaped unharmed, called the attack a kidnap attempt...
Murozewa said yesterday he was not told of the raid in advance. He added. "The security forces work on whatever information they have, and they have been given the task of defending the nation...
...police moved in shortly after 5 a.m. The raid began minutes after Fred L. Glimp '50--then dean of the College and now vice president for alumni affairs and development--warned the demonstrators inside that they had five minutes to evacuate the hall. Many demonstrators said later that Glimp's bullhorn-amplified voice was inaudible inside the building...
That detail, like many others, remains vague. The Crimson, for instance, reported that more than 400 state and suburban policemen were involved in the raid; other reports ran as low as 200. Rumors circulated wildly about the number arrested, and injured. Almost all that is clear about the occupation is why the students were there in the first place...
Five hours after the police raid, 2000 students gathered in Memorial Church and voted overwhelmingly to authorize a three-day strike of classes. The SDS backed the strike, but support for the move went far beyond a "radical" faction that wanted to make abolition of ROTC the key issue, and "moderates" who wanted largely to protest the administration's handling of the occupation, and the subsequent police violence. The meeting also called for the dropping of all criminal charges against arrested demonstrators...