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...rebels assert that the real motive behind the program is to persecute Eritreans and Tigreans and drain the rebel fronts of potential recruits. Dr. Frederick Machmer, head of the U.S. relief team in Addis Ababa, believes the rebels are disrupting the aid effort so the international community will accept "that they are a force to be reckoned with and that they control areas of the north." Geldof, whose organization owned some of the trucks blown up in October, finds the tactics of both sides despicable. Said he last week: "To attack food trucks and seal off roads in these conditions...
...tons of food are currently in Ethiopia, with shipments arriving daily. By the end of this month, an additional 90,000 tons are expected, thus ensuring Ethiopia enough food through Christmas if some of the hungry are put on three-quarter rations. Relief workers are racing to distribute food. Rebel attacks and logistical problems have cost valuable time, however, and in the past few days the pace has quickened. Last week three transport planes left Europe for Ethiopia and are now airlifting food from Asmara, near the Red Sea port of Assab, to Mekele. The European Community, which organized...
...what? "The aid Ethiopians need is diplomatic pressure, not food," says Rony Brauman of Doctors Without Borders, a French charitable organization that was expelled from Ethiopia two years ago for criticizing Mengistu's brutally handled program to resettle residents of rebel-threatened areas. "If we have a duty, it is to pressure the government to change its policies. Otherwise, in two or three years, we're going to see the same bodies, the same TV footage, the same appeals from humanitarian agencies to come to the rescue." But as a French government official asks, "Who is going to take...
Miranda's tale comes at a delicate moment. Arias' accord, signed by Nicaragua, includes a pledge to halt aid to regional rebel forces and a vague commitment to reduce armed forces. "While Daniel Ortega was talking about ((peace))," Miranda charges, "he was taking part in discussions to have by far the largest armed forces in the region." The bill for the buildup would allegedly be footed by Moscow. Last week, as Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and President Reagan basked in goodwill, Miranda was kept from sight. After five weeks of debriefing by CIA, Pentagon and State Department officials, four reporters...
...band of followers embarked on a dangerous game of hide-and-seek. From sanctuaries around the capital, the colonel issued tirades against the government, castigating it for ineffectiveness in fighting the insurgent, Communist-led New People's Army. The military's inability -- or unwillingness -- to capture the rebel reinforced a widespread perception that the government was not in control of events...