Word: separatist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...placate these minority groups-for instance, by granting a measure of autonomy to the Baluchs of southwestern Pakistan. During a 1973-77 rebellion, Harrison recalls, the Pakistan air force used Iranian-supplied U.S. helicopters to raze Baluch villages indiscriminately, thereby unleashing "a legacy of hatred that has merely intensified separatist feelings." Recently, however, some Baluch leaders have told U.S. diplomats that they are worried about the Soviet presence in Afghanistan, and would settle for regional autonomy rather than independence from Islamabad...
...first place? At the time, he attributed his action to a desire to pay more attention to his three sons. More likely, Quebec provincial Liberals convinced him his usefulness had expired. The Quebec Liberals triumphed in a handful of crucial by-elections, demonstrating a trend away from separatist sentiment. Trudeau's political raison d'etre, national unity, had faded; his Quebec advisers felt capable of repairing disunity themselves...
...tolerate any challenge to his power. He has strong narcissistic traits and reacts to threats by demagogy. But Khomeini is capable of backing away, albeit reluctantly, when his goals cannot be accomplished immediately. During the Tehran government's military campaign against the Kurds last spring, he denounced the separatist leaders as corrupt men deserving of punishment. Later he sanctioned negotiations to allow for some form of Kurdish autonomy. After mass protests he modified his rule that women must wear the chador to one requiring merely "modest dress"?even though he fumed to Italian Journalist Oriana Fallaci about "the coquettes...