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...South stands for Robert E. Lee, a legend, a Southern hero and ultimate hero of the War Between the States, and a man who is admired, esteemed and revered. He is the embodiment of the South which stands for independence, states' rights, the right to rebel against wrong, an accomodating nature and tenacity, to name...
...steady downward slope of Duarte's tenure could be charted from one October to the next. His first October, in 1984, was a time of triumph as he strode into the small town of La Palma for the first of three meetings with leftist rebel leaders. A year later, as hostilities continued, tragedy hit home when Duarte's eldest daughter, Ines Guadalupe Duarte Duran, was kidnaped and held by rebels for 30 days. That October, Duarte personally supervised the complex negotiations that secured Ines' freedom, briefly abandoning his tough line with the guerrillas and freeing 25 political prisoners in exchange...
...edge in the imminent bargaining. At the Pentagon, a Navy captain insisted that Philippine officials "have cried wolf one time too often" over Subic and that the U.S. might pull out. Aquino, who was saved from a military coup last December when U.S. jet fighters from Clark kept rebel air power grounded, caught a lot of domestic heat over her dependence on the U.S. She may have used Cheney's visit to show some distance. While the U.S. bases are often picketed by leftists, polls show that a majority of Filipinos want them to stay. They provide 68,000 Filipino...
...pullback comes at a hazardous time for President Mengistu Haile Mariam, who continues to battle Eritrean secessionists in the north and two rebel armies in Tigre province. As Soviet aid withers, Arab countries are increasing their military and economic assistance to the Eritreans, who claim to be running up military gains. In search of a new patron, Mengistu re-established diplomatic relations with Israel last November after a 16-year hiatus. Now dozens of Ethiopian officers are being trained in Israel, which is also providing Mengistu with small arms...
...years young contra leaders tried to topple their autocratic military commander, Enrique Bermudez. The former Somoza colonel, though, was the CIA's man in the jungle and invulnerable to rebel coups. So when Bermudez was removed two weeks ago, it was clear that he had lost the CIA's backing...