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...rebel leader, invited to Northwestern by the Conservative Council and International Policy Forum, was prevented from speaking, as protesters drenched him with animal blood before a crowd of over...
...Numzana, acting chief of the African National Congress rebel group's non-voting delegation to the United Nations, called on U.S. businesses to pull out of the racist nation...
...Army has only about 9,000 armed troops, and he proudly pointed last week to a ceremony in which 45 alleged former Communist guerrillas surrendered to the government and 3,000 purported sympathizers swore allegiance to him. The Administration's Armitage, on the other hand, last week put the rebel ranks closer to 16,500. In addition, military unity has begun to fray. While acting Chief of Staff General Fidel Ramos has attempted to discipline soldiers and retrain many of the country's 300,000 armed troops, morale remains low among younger officers whose promotions are blocked by Marcos' aging...
...program was embarrassing to the government of Honduras, which claims it does not harbor contras, even though several bases are located there. The Hondurans have been placated by the decision not to allow the U.S. embassy in Tegucigalpa to distribute the aid. Says Adolfo Calero, head of the largest rebel group, the Nicaraguan Democratic Force: "We have very little. It is a good time for the aid to come...
...military training center in La Union is basically a boot camp. Every 15 weeks about 250 recruits are transformed into troops, which President Jose ( Napoleon Duarte's government needs in its struggle against leftist guerrillas. Last week the trainees received a lesson in warfare when some 350 rebels, armed with mortars and rockets, staged an early-morning attack on the base. The young soldiers fought off the insurgents, but the two-hour battle exacted a bloody price: 42 of the trainees were killed and 62 were wounded. There were ten known rebel casualties...