Word: rebel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hoping to mollify the politically volatile inhabitants of urban slums, authorities in Zambia and Zaire have held prices for farm produce artificially low and thus exacerbated rural poverty. Zimbabwe's Prime Minister, Robert Mugabe, withheld assistance from those parts of the drought-stricken southwestern province of Matabeleland where rebel factions were most active. Ethiopia continues to spend more than 30% of its budget on arms and less than 5% on importing food...
...rebel offensive began with a series of attacks on P.L.O. positions in Lebanon, particularly those near the Beirut-Damascus highway. From Tripoli, on the northern Lebanese coast, Arafat issued a statement explicitly accusing the Syrians of helping the rebels. Syria promptly dismissed Arafat's charges as "lies" and instead blamed the P.L.O.'s troubles on "those who have failed to resolve their internal problems because of their big mistakes and shortsightedness." According to Arafat's chief military deputy, Abu Jihad, an emergency meeting in Damascus of Fatah's 73-member Revolutionary Council failed to resolve...
...President of Fidel Castro's Cuba from 1959 to 1976, when Castro took over the job; by his own hand (he shot himself reportedly as a result of depression and a painful back ailment); in Havana. A dignified, rather bourgeois Communist, in contrast to the bearded, fatigue-clad rebel leaders, Dorticós chaired the country's main economic planning body and was the regime's No. 3 man, after the Castros, Fidel and his younger brother...
...number anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000. Bolstered by their religious zeal-and, more practically, by a flow of arms and supplies from abroad-they are grimly determined to rid their homeland of the hated invader. "The Islamic faith is the force behind our jihad [holy war]," says Rebel Unit Commander Mohammed Anwar. "If we thought this was an ordinary battle, we could not fight the Soviets...
After volunteering for service in El Salvador, Schaufelberger was assigned to the military group, where he continued helping the Salvadoran navy build up its ability to interdict rebel arms smuggled by sea from Nicaragua. At the same time, Schaufelberger kept himself well in formed about the changing strength and tactics of the guerrillas. In an interview last week, he predicted that he and his fellow U.S. advisers could soon become choice targets. "Things are going to get nasty," he said. "Shooting a soldier in the line of duty is a lot less risky than shooting a female consular official...