Word: rebellion
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...been in charge of the little mercenary air force, and who in six short months has insinuated himself into increasing overall control of the mercenaries. In any case, as mercenary boss, Puren will have to combat not only antipathy among his own men but an increasingly wellarmed, well-trained rebellion. Fully 18 planeloads of arms and ammunition from Algeria, Egypt and Ghana have already passed through the Sudan to the Simbas...
...verbiage, he remained hard to classify. He hates labels, and none will stick on him for long before he rids himself of it. "At the very heart of my own beliefs," he once wrote, "is a rebellion against this very process of classifying, labeling and filing Americans under headings: regional, economic, occupational, religious, racial, or otherwise." Back in 1958, he defined himself as "a free man, an American, a United States Senator and a Democrat, in that order," and added, "and there, for me, the classifying stops...
...elections is a delusion. There may be some moderates among the rebels, but Lumum-bism and the whole rebel movement have never been stronger or more militant. Necessary though the Stanleyville intervention was, it did have the unfortunate effect of coalescing Arab and African radical support behind the rebellion. With the northern and eastern borders of the Congo wide open to infiltration, Tshombe, or any other non-Lumumbist leader who might follow him, faces a long, drawn-out guerrilla...
...Twofold Path. When the modern world broke into Asia during the 19th century, Buddhism resisted. In the Boxer Rebellion, Buddhist deities were relied on for help against the Christian bullets. In Indo-China, Burma and elsewhere, Buddhism became identified with the nationalist struggle against colonial rule...
...fact that Rebel Boss Gbenye and his henchmen have been driven from their capital, the fight will go on for some time. In their rapid push to save white lives, the Congolese army left big rebel pockets behind. Many pessimists talk of a "Hundred Years War." How can the rebellion be crushed? The remedy, as Tshombe sees it, is a patient formula-denounced as neo-colonial by his enemies-in which white men will hold as many key jobs as possible for as long as it takes to mold an effective army and an efficient administration. His refusal to "Africanize...