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...delivered a foreign policy address to the convention. Kirkpatrick called on the U.S. to "let the world know we stand with those who stand for freedom," a reference to anti-Soviet guerrillas who are fighting without U.S. military aid. One of the most prominent of these leaders, Angolan Rebel Jonas Savimbi, won a standing ovation when he appeared at the convention...
...quite a reception for a little-known African rebel leader who has been unable to achieve power in ten years of fighting. Nonetheless, Jonas Savimbi, head of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), has become a test case for hard-line conservatives on the Administration's commitment to the so-called Reagan Doctrine. The President affirmed that policy a year ago in his State of the Union address. "We must not break faith with those who are risking their lives on every continent, from Afghanistan to Nicaragua, to defy Soviet-supported aggression," Reagan stated. "Support...
...Haitians took to the streets to protest years of oppression under the Duvalier dynasty, the people of Uganda last week welcomed a new government that promised a sharp break with that country's brutal past. Thousands of Ugandans gathered outside the cream-colored Parliament building to watch as Rebel Leader Yoweri Museveni was sworn in as President just three days after his insurgents routed the forces of the military government that had seized power in a coup only six months earlier. A hush fell over the crowd as Museveni, dressed in the unadorned fatigues of an army private, took...
...Nasser Muhammad, 46, apparently made a quick trip to nearby Ethiopia, possibly to secure arms and ammunition, then returned to South Yemen, where he was reported to be assembling a force of 40,000 soldiers and volunteers in the Abyan region, his stronghold to the east of the capital. Rebel radio broadcasts rarely referred to Abdul Fattah Ismail, the former President who was thought to be leading the rebellion, thereby fueling speculation that he had been killed when fighting began two weeks ago. Late in the week, the radio reported that the insurgents had chosen Prime Minister Haidar Abu Bakr...
What seemed certain was that the casualties had been heavy--12,000 killed, according to some diplomats on the scene. By week's end it appeared that rebel forces were gradually gaining the upper hand. But with tribal reinforcements pouring into the capital from the hinterlands, the fighting was by no means over...