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...never had much success in either supervising a truce or checking on troop movements. The U.S., in turn, agreed to stop its bombing campaign, which has been blasting unspecified targets at a rate of nearly 400 sorties per day. The U.S. presumably will also have to stop arming dissident tribesmen...
...events that preceded civil war in East Pakistan two years ago, President Zulfikar AH Bhutto (see box page 27) has 1) dismissed the governors of Baluchistan and the North-West Frontier province, both popular leaders of the opposition National Awami Party, 2) sent troops into Baluchistan to put down tribesmen sympathetic to the ousted governor, and 3) touched off a storm of disapproval with a draft constitution that would in effect continue his own rule for another 15 years. To make matters worse, the army operations in Baluchistan were reportedly supervised by Chief of Staff General Tikka Khan, the former...
Bhutto's actions threatened to destroy a fragile peace worked out last year with the opposition National Awami Party, which is the dominant political force in Baluchistan and the North-West Frontier province. Baluchi and Pathan tribesmen in the two provinces have long been agitating for greater autonomy and a larger share of the economic pie. Although the National Awami Party has never advocated independence from Pakistan, various other political groups in the provinces do. Recently a group called "Azad [Free] Baluchistan" has sought to unite Pakistani Baluchis with fellow tribesmen in Iran to form a new nation. Though...
...Uganda's economic situation deteriorates, Big Daddy is relying more and more on the backing of the army, which is riddled with religious and tribal jealousies. In an effort to strengthen his hand, Amin has been purging the officer corps of its Langi and Acholi tribesmen, who are mostly Christian. In their place, he has promoted hundreds of Moslem troops, including illiterates from his own tiny Kakwa tribe, and reportedly placed them in charge of newly recruited mercenaries from nearby Sudan and Zaïre. In consequence, two-thirds of the army's officers are now Moslem, even...
...Uganda began to flee in terror, Amin accused them, naturally, of being guerrillas and hinted that he might shut off the electricity that Uganda supplies to Kenya-25% of its total power. His freewheeling troops, meanwhile, crossed the Kenya border and rustled 4,000 cattle from terrified Turkana tribesmen...