Word: rebel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...foreclosing the prospect of relief assistance from Washington, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra declared, "The best help they can give us is to stop the ((rebel)) aggression." He accused the U.S. of encouraging the contras to take advantage of the storm to infiltrate back into Nicaragua from Honduras. In lieu of direct aid, he suggested that Americans make donations to nongovernmental agencies...
Never staying in the same house for more than a few hours, Massoud lives in constant motion. Several assassination attempts by government agents and Soviet commandos have forced him to behave like a hunted man. Beyond that, overseeing an estimated 50,000 rebel fighters demands constant meetings with his commanders. Not only must the mujahedin adapt their military tactics if they are to oust the government, but they must also position themselves to determine which among the main insurgent groups will predominate once the government in Kabul falls. Though it is impossible to predict which group will be the most...
...Palestinian uprising turns the Nov. 1 vote into a referendum on policies toward the occupied territories. The Labor and Likud parties hope the ballot will grant them a divorce. -- Ferdinand Marcos is indicted on U. S. racketeering charges. -- In Afghanistan rebel leader Ahmad Shah Massoud girds for a showdown with government forces. -- Yugoslavia' s crisis deepens as politicians squabble...
...main rebel leaders, Masoud Barzani of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan and Jellal Talibani of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, accused Iraq of committing genocide against the Kurds, a non-Arab Muslim people who make up about 20% of Iraq's 17 million population. After U.S. intelligence agencies confirmed that Iraq was using chemical weapons once again, Secretary of State George Shultz last week delivered a searing protest in a 50-minute meeting at the State Department with Saadoun Hammadi, Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister. And the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would impose economic sanctions against Baghdad...
...enigmatic Sjoberg seems to have the best chance. A born rebel who took to smoking at six and shoplifting as a teenager, the reigning world champion is known for his flashy sports cars, below-shoulder-length blond hair and stormy relationship with his coach. "I have no education, no profession. Now it is time for me to look after my future and make provision for it," he says. Sjoberg calls the 8-ft. barrier his next goal "because it is such a big thing in the United States," where appearance fees run high on the indoor circuit...