Word: slaughtered
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Nowhere was the outrage louder than in London. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told the House of Commons that "this slaughter of innocent people is the product of evil and depraved minds an act of callous and brutal men." Northern Ireland Secretary of State James Prior, who visited the scene, called it "a massacre without mercy ... [one of] the most cold-blooded acts of savagery [ever] carried out in Northern Ireland." Though the I.N.L.A. apparently receives little aid from North America, a conservative M.P. seized the occasion to denounce the "collection of funds for the I.R.A...
...revelations that President Babrak Karmal was on the KGB payroll for years was common knowledge in Kabul. That Mohammed Daoud conducted widespread slaughter, that the Afghans were slaughtering one another and that the 1978 coup overthrowing Daoud was arranged hastily "in desperation" from jail cells are false and serve a propaganda line that Moscow has long promoted...
PRESIDENT REAGAN APPARENTLY enjoyed his trip to Latin America--and especially his chance to embrace the man responsible for the slaughter of thousands in Guatemala--so much that he decided to bring a bit of the road show back to Washington. This week, Reagan met with the visiting President of Pakistan, Gen. Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, once more making it clear that his Administration will tolerate even the most heinous affront to human rights from foreign governments as long as they line up on the Right side of the political spectrum...
...former general, testified that on Friday, Sept. 17, he had telephoned Shamir in Jerusalem and told him of receiving reports that the Lebanese militiamen were "massacring" people in the Palestinian camps. Last week, however, Shamir testified that Zipori had not spoken to him of a "massacre" or of "slaughter," but had used the Hebrew word histolelut, which means wild behavior. Shamir further testified that, a short time after receiving Zipori's call, he held a previously scheduled meeting with Sharon, top Israeli intelligence officials and U.S. Special Envoy Morris Draper without bothering to mention Zipori's call...
...Coach Frank Haggerty made Saturday's slaughter of the Bruins interesting by shuffling his runners and saving his best half milers for the two-mile relay, hoping that the squad's performance would earn them an invitation to the Millrose games...