Word: rebels
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...Rebel Leader Warns...
Unless Congress drastically cuts U.S. military aid to El Salvador, guerrillas may soon launch a new offensive against the Central American government, a rebel leader told a Boylston Auditorium audience yesterday...
Francisco Altschul, a member of the rebel group FMLN's diplomatic commission said that a reduction in U.S. aid might induce the El Salvadoran government to make concessions to guerrilla leaders...
...once, Aquino acted swiftly. Instead of attempting to stall Noble with negotiations -- standard procedure in almost all previous uprisings -- armed forces Chief of Staff General Renato de Villa ordered air force overflights and bombings to level the main rebel encampment. Aquino brusquely dismissed the threat. "This is not a coup," she told reporters. "It is not spreading." Late last week De Villa declared the uprising a failure as the leader of the uprising surrendered. Asked about the loyalty of the rest of the military, De Villa said, "They will not readily join such a foolish adventure." But will they behave...
...want to talk about my issues." His issues -- he owns them around here -- are opposition to affirmative action, minority set-asides and welfare without drug testing. "I'm for equal rights, even for white people" is the briefest statement of his program -- and one that usually elicits rebel yells...