Word: rebel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...delivered a foreign policy address to the convention. Kirkpatrick called on the U.S. to "let the world know we stand with those who stand for freedom," a reference to anti-Soviet guerrillas who are fighting without U.S. military aid. One of the most prominent of these leaders, Angolan Rebel Jonas Savimbi, won a standing ovation when he appeared at the convention...
...rebels and their political allies stress "simple living and hard struggle." Before a person can join the party, says Ka Victus, "we must change him entirely, re-educate him and indoctrinate him." Once inside the party, he continues, "if you want to court a girl, you must submit her name, and she will be investigated." On matters of internal discipline, the guerrillas can be ruthless. If a rebel discredits the insurgency, says Victus, "the N.P.A. will kill its own member...
...Nasser Muhammad, 46, apparently made a quick trip to nearby Ethiopia, possibly to secure arms and ammunition, then returned to South Yemen, where he was reported to be assembling a force of 40,000 soldiers and volunteers in the Abyan region, his stronghold to the east of the capital. Rebel radio broadcasts rarely referred to Abdul Fattah Ismail, the former President who was thought to be leading the rebellion, thereby fueling speculation that he had been killed when fighting began two weeks ago. Late in the week, the radio reported that the insurgents had chosen Prime Minister Haidar Abu Bakr...
What seemed certain was that the casualties had been heavy--12,000 killed, according to some diplomats on the scene. By week's end it appeared that rebel forces were gradually gaining the upper hand. But with tribal reinforcements pouring into the capital from the hinterlands, the fighting was by no means over...
...other aspect of Davies' novel falls flat. In The Rebel Angels Davies populates the novel with the unseen but mysterious forces of medieval angels. But in What's Bred in the Bone Davies brings them to life. The Daimon Maimas and the Recording Angel narrate the novel. This little conceit provides the structural premise of the book, and it wilts fast...