Word: slaughtered
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...Biafra capituates, Gowon will have even less elbow-room. Ibo resistance has hardly pacified the Hausas. And far from convincing the Ibos they belong in Nigeria, the war seems likely to reinforce their determination to escape the Federation Despite federal precautions, there seems little hope of avoiding a massive slaughter of Ibos as Hausa troops march through Ibo villages. Last year's wounds, it appears are going to be reopened with a vengance. Nigeria cannot hope for a lasting peace until it reconstitutes its government on a non-tribal basis...
...happy to see that you had taken notice of the wanton slaughter of 2,000 purple martins [Sept. 1]. There was little said in any of the Missouri newspapers about the shootings other than the slightest notice of it. The Governor's name was never mentioned, and the impression was given that he was innocent as a babe of any responsibility for the act. I guess that Governor Hearnes figures if the people were stupid enough to elect him, they are stupid enough to believe that thousands of birds can be shotgunned on the mansion's lawn without...
...without a complaint were the voodoo priests, who have been doing a thriving business casting spells and consulting the spirits for nervous clients. Temple altars in Port-au-Prince were bright with new candles, Christmas lights and eerie black-magic charms; sacrificial goats and doves were led to the slaughter. Like a witch's caldron, Haiti was once again coming to a boil, and no one wanted to be on the wrong side of the gods-or Papa...
...subchasers would detect and destroy the U-boat. One of the helpless seamen survives machine-gunning, grenade tossing, ramming, and torturous exposure to the sea. Because of his testimony, Kielbasa and Kummerol are eventually brought before an international war-crimes tribunal. The captain's defense is that the slaughter was "an operational necessity," essential to preserve his own crew. Gunnery Officer Kummerol's defense is that of a subordinate obeying a superior officer...
...Nazi arrogance surfaces. Asked if he is Jewish, he replies by describing a day of mass slaughter. "Am I Jewish? We light cigarettes, and we start the shooting. We fill up the bottom. They lay in from the top. The blood runs down from their heads. They lay in from the sides. We pack 'em more, and underneath there's movement . . . I'm a great packer, should have made trunks. Am I Jewish? . . . Just a day in my life. Just a clear day to enjoy forever. I don't know about my mother, but my father...