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...coup rumors swirled on the eve of President Aquino's trip to Japan last month, Ramos curtailed restive officers by warning them that any rebellious action would be "bloody and destabilizing." Early last week he acted again, this time averting an apparent coup attempt by preventing Enrile and rebel officers from bypassing the chain of command. By birth and training, Ramos, 58, is a Manila insider. He is the son of Narciso Ramos, a former Foreign Minister, and a cousin of Marcos. The general's younger sister Leticia Ramos Shahani is a Deputy Foreign Minister. Ramos grew...
...field, not behind the desk, where North thrived. For some in the NSC, North was a modern musketeer living out foreign-policy fantasies. In the summer of 1984, as congressional aid to the contras was being cut off, North journeyed to a rebel camp in Honduras. "I told them I'd be personally responsible for seeing they got what they needed," he reported to a friend. He radiated impatience with bureaucratic desk jockeys and always seemed to be on the move. Once, after arranging to meet someone for a drink, he showed up 45 minutes late, barked, "Okay, bottoms...
...have no doubt that the next phase will be even more difficult," declared the government's chief negotiator with the rebels, Agriculture Minister Ramon Mitra, "but the obstacles will be overcome." The agreement with the Communist-dominated National Democratic Front, the political umbrella organization for the 20,000-member New People's Army, permits as many as 50 rebel negotiators to set up a headquarters in Manila. They will be immune from official search, arrest and prosecution. The armed forces will retain the right to respond to "hostile acts" by the N.P.A. during the truce...
From that fateful moment on, Charles' life is out of his control. Lulu takes him on a joy ride which ends with a kinky afternoon in a cheap motel. She is mysterious and exciting, his free-spirited fantasy. She somehow knows that he's "a closet rebel" and takes the liberty of tossing his office beeper out the window...
Although newly disciplined and well-equipped government troops have put the guerrillas on the defensive, the army has been unable to force them from their sanctuaries. Rebel strength is down to half the 1981 figure of 10,000. The F.M.L.N. is waging a war of attrition, relying on land mines to cripple the security forces. The mines currently account for more than half the army's average of 250 casualties a month. Rebel attacks on bridges and roads continue. Last week guerrillas dynamited nine electric pylons, causing a 24- hour blackout that affected nearly one-fifth of the country...