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...leftist guerrillas have been thought to be under control. But in some parts of the country regrouped leftists have come back with a vengeance. Profiting from the painful lessons of last winter's setbacks, they are now conducting a classic war of attrition, inflicting heavy casualties on Salvadoran troops and avoiding serious losses themselves...
Seven months ago, the Salvadoran army believed it had pushed the guerrillas in this rugged eastern department north, up to the Honduran border, and rendered them incapable of causing trouble for a long time to come. Now, however, the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Army of the People (E.R.P.) are back in large numbers, and the armed forces have also returned for a new offensive with some 2,000 infantrymen, backed by U.S.-made helicopters, trucks and armored vehicles. It is an indication of how well the guerrillas are dug in and how well they are fighting that this time...
...week's end, the Salvadoran government confirmed reports that it had arrested six men, probably National Guardsmen, two weeks ago for the December murders of four women missionaries, including two Maryknoll nuns. The soldiers were not identified, but Salvadoran officials said the U.S. embassy knows the names. The arrests were said to have followed a telephone call from Secretary of State Alexander Haig to President Duarte demanding action. Six National Guard rifles were sent last week from El Salvador to FBI headquarters in Washington for ballistics tests. The bullets will be compared with a number taken from the scene...
...simply trying to teach Salvadorans how to be more effective as soldiers," says the senior officer among the trainers, "how to survive as individual fighters, how to avoid more injuries and incidents with the civilians." Adds another officer: "They're serious about our presence. They accept us for what we can help them do." The lessons do not always take, however. The distinction between a detainee and a prisoner, for example, is difficult to convey. (A prisoner is someone caught in a hostile act, and should be interrogated on the spot.) Until recently, in fact, the Salvadoran army never...
...their role. They feel hamstrung by the tight security that protects them against combat casualties or assassination ("a professional risk," says one officer). They would prefer to observe their students in the field, rather than depend on secondhand reports. They are unable, for instance, to assess how aggressive the Salvadoran soldiers are on combat patrols or in firefights with the guerrillas...