Word: strafes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that he had once been a complacent Trujillo stooge and had better be again. By now, twelve U.S. warships boldly stood to in clear sight of the capital. Balaguer was not alone. General Rodriguez rounded up the support of several armed forces commanders by telephone, sent his planes to strafe four reluctant garrisons in the interior...
...obviously had traveled through dozens of miles of the "neutral zone," which Tshombe had agreed to leave under the sole protection of the U.N. forces themselves. The U.N. urged Tshombe not to retaliate, but planes of Tshombe's little air force, manned by Belgian pilots, flew off to strafe the enemy with machine guns and hand-hurled bombs. In this first use of air power in the Congo crisis, ground fire from the pro-Lumumba force killed one of the Belgian copilots and riddled a second plane...
...with the present poor communications, Chinese settlers are already being moved in to take over Tibetan lands, and Tibetans are shipped away to points unknown to change the racial complexion of the people. But other thousands have fled into the mountains, where Chinese planes last week were powerless to strafe them out. Said one Tibetan traveler: "The Chinese will have to demolish our mountains to be free...
Just a Minute. With that, Castro Leon's little show was over. The loyal service chiefs gave orders to strafe the rebel HQ and to fly in loyal troops, but heavy rains halted the operation. It was never needed. In San Cristobal, the Táchira National Guard remained loyal, and the high school students roamed the streets in defiance of Rebel Castro Leon; the best he could do was shoot the high school full of holes. He sent 130 men to capture nearby San Antonio Airfield, but instead the troops rejoined the government. He sent 180 more...