Word: rebels
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...counterinsurgency campaign against leftist guerrillas who control more than one third of that country. Because the guerrillas allow massive drug cultivation in their territory, the U.S. justifies the money as part of its war on drugs, and the Colombian government is only to happy to accept since the rebels earn hundreds of millions every year taxing the narco-traffickers. But critics warn the expanded military commitment is simply drawing the U.S. into a quagmire, and point out the poor human rights record of the Colombian military and the fact that many of its senior officers have colluded with right-wing...
...Rage fans will have to make do with what could be the band's final studio CD, the magnificent Renegades (Epic). The project started as a live album with a few bonus studio tracks that paid tribute to musical rebels. The extra tracks turned out so well that the band members decided to turn the CD into a collection of cover songs. Renegades includes songs by the hip-hop duo Eric B. and Rakim (Microphone Fiend), punk pioneers MC5 (Kick Out the Jams) and even folk rocker Bob Dylan (Maggie's Farm). Rage's versions radically transform the originals, altering...
LUTHER AND JOHNNY HTOO Leaders of Myanmar rebel group are the Olsen twins of organized mayhem...
...Louis Riel," by Chester Brown How does a history of a real 19th-century Quebecois rebel mystic become fun to read? When he is drawn with the clownish proportions of a tiny head and a giant's body. Chester Brown makes history his own by rewriting it just slightly, while annotating every altered detail, and presenting it all in his spare, almost goofy drawing style. When the series reaches its end in 2001, it will be collected. Now if only he would finish his version of the Gospels...
...should anybody be surprised? It has been going on for as long as Islam, Judaism and Christianity have been around. And it will continue while Israel exists as a Jewish state and controls holy sites of two other major faiths. Arabs, both Christian and Muslim, will rebel to get back these sites. What ever happened to the lesson of sharing? JAMIL BATCHA, Age 16 Hunt Valley...