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Moscow indicated last week that all is not going so well for its forces in Afghanistan. In an unusually candid article, the Soviet party daily, Pravda, reported that episodes of major sabotage, roadblocks and ambushes of supply convoys had been carried out by rebel forces against Soviet and Afghan troops. Most worrisome to the Soviets was a new kind of nonmetallic mine that is not detectable by ordinary means. The rebels have been successfully planting the mines along major highways to blow up Soviet tanks and trucks. "Such a mine said Pravda, "can be passed over by 40 trucks...
...first it looked like just another coup in Thailand-the 14th since constitutional government was established in 1932. Rebel army units took key buildings in Bangkok last week, sacked the government and installed their own man, General San Chitpatima, 59, the army's deputy commander. Coup tradition dictated that the incumbent, Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanond, 61, step aside for the new soldier-statesman...
...ever fought." Two weeks ago, Reagan officials were toying with the idea of inviting Prime Minister P.W. Botha to Washington after his expected victory in national elections later this month. The Administration has asked Congress to repeal the 1976 Clark amendment, which bars covert U.S. aid to rebel guerrillas in Angola. For its part, South Africa may have used the tough new U.S. stance against terrorism to accelerate a war against leftist guerrillas in Namibia, which South Africa has administered since...
South Africa also clashed with these same two countries last week, but rather more violently, sending bombers deep into Angola to attack Namibian rebel bases and engaging in its second border clash in a week with Mozambican troops. Despite sympathy between the new U.S. government and South Africa on a number of issues, the Reagan Administration indicated it is not ready to forge closer ties with Pretoria. It emphasized last week that four South African military officials, whose visits to the U.S. have long been severely restricted, had been given visas "inadvertently" for a trip they made to Washington this...
Many protest leaders, including Greene, describe the IRS as omnipotent. Says the California tax rebel: "These bastards have so much power they can take innocent citizens and screw them to the wall." The truth is, though, that the IRS's enforcement power has deteriorated. Like the Wizard of Oz, who hid his timidity behind a screen, the IRS tries to disguise its own limited enforcement capabilities by playing up a reputation for toughness...