Word: rebel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rebel newspaper El Moudjahid briefly noted last week that one Ramdane Abbane had "died of wounds while inspecting F.L.N. troops on Algerian territory." Behind that brief notice lay a significant story...
...North Africa; led by a "Joan of Arc" called Lalla Fatma, they fought the conquering French longer than any other tribe in Algeria. Kabyles in the tens of thousands served in the French army in both world wars, and their fighters are considered the most spirited of the rebel troops...
...clearly not the only U.S. flier involved in Indonesia's civil war. From Zamboanga, in the southern Philippines, last week came word that during March and April some 20 transport planes had touched down at the dirt airport to refuel and continue on their way to or from rebel-held Menado. The planes reportedly had Nationalist Chinese markings covered over with hasty coats of paint, their pilots were Chinese and Americans from Chennault's swashbuckling CAT, the cargoes were rumored to be guns and munitions. But the continued string of rebel defeats and the new posture of cordial...
...gruffly conciliatory broadcast, Lebanon's Premier Sami Solh informed his countrymen last week that President Camille Charroun would not seek to change the constitution so that he might be re-elected in September. Since this was what opposition rebel leaders had been agitating about ever since the insurrection broke out weeks ago, a few rebel cheers might have been expected...
...black B-26 turned out to sea after bombing the Indonesian port of Amboina, guns opened up from ground installations and government patrol boats in the harbor. The B-26 shuddered, and two men bailed out before it died in a splash of sea spray. One, an Indonesian rebel, was fished out of the water. The other got his parachute fouled in a palm tree on a coral reef, and, in freeing himself, fell to the ground and broke his right thigh. For the Indonesians, he was an impressive catch. His name: Allen Lawrence Pope. Nationality: U.S.A. Florida-born Allen...