Word: rebel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...F.M.L.N.'s military aggressiveness contrasts sharply with the peaceful image the rebels have projected in recent weeks. F.M.L.N. leaders surprised American and Salvadoran officials in January with a dramatic offer to lay down their weapons and participate in national elections. In exchange, the rebels wanted the March presidential vote postponed for six months. That offer set off a flurry of counterproposals and talks between the F.M.L.N. and political- party representatives. State Department officials, who quietly met with a rebel spokesman to discuss the initiative, were so intrigued that they encouraged the Salvadoran government to negotiate with the guerrillas...
...bargain, the F.M.L.N. proposal fell victim to intransigence and political shortsightedness, as Salvador's civilian and military leaders squabbled over whether, how and when to include the guerrillas in the electoral process. There is little doubt now that the election will be held as scheduled -- March 19 -- without rebel participation...
...peasants. Three years ago, the insurgents there were under frequent military attack. Civilian support was minimal. Today government troops dare only sporadic attacks, and they are frequently beaten back by peasant militias fighting alongside regular combatants. "We have established political control over the area," says "Raul," the rebel commander, "and now we are moving toward military control as well." He and other guerrilla leaders have lately obtained AK-47 assault rifles. They say the guns were bought from the Nicaraguan contras; U.S. and Salvadoran authorities insist that the Sandinistas supplied them. "The fact that we have these weapons...
Young Bernstein's reaction was to become a patriotic rebel -- class air-raid warden, supersalesman of Defense Bond stamps, proud wearer of an I LIKE IKE button -- and a marginal student who eventually skipped college to become a newspaper copy clerk. He also, quite understandably, became interested in whether his parents had actually been Communists. When he was eight, he first blurted out the question to his father. "I remember the silence that followed and my not daring to look at him," Bernstein writes. "My question offered no escape; there is no Fifth Amendment for eight-year-olds." His father...
...F.M.L.N., which wants the elections delayed until Sept. 15, called Duarte's offer for talks "positive" but criticized the cease-fire as unworkable. To underscore their point, rebel forces on Thursday attacked San Ramon, a town on the outskirts of San Salvador, killing three soldiers and two civilians before making their escape. The incident was the first serious guerrilla assault on the capital...