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- From: kwp@wag.caltech.edu (Kevin W. Plaxco)
- Newsgroups: alt.war
- Subject: war list
- Date: 26 Dec 1992 20:58:48 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
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- It's that time again. I count 24 wars raging this xmas season.
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- I define war: A political conflict in which at least 1000 people
- have died in one year and at least 100 people per year every year
- since that year.
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- Western Hemisphere.
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- Guatamala. Central America's last war hangs on.
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- Columbia. Just when you thought it was all over...
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- Peru. How much longer can Sendero hold out?
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- Bolivia. Haven't heard much about this one lately, Eh?
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- Eastern Hemisphere:
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- Europe:
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- Former Yuogoslavia. Nuff said.
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- Question. Anyone know if the basqu, catalonian or IRA sepratists movments
- quailify?
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- Asia:
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- FSU. 1)Georgia, 2)Armenia, 3) Azerbijian. That about does it for the FSU.
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- Iraq. 1) The Kurds, 2) the Shites.
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- Lebanon. Who isn't fighting who?
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- India. 1) Kashmire, 2) Sikkim, 3) Punjab
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- Sri Lanka. The Tamils still want their homeland.
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- Burma. Karen Rebels are still duking it out with the central government.
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- Cambodia. Things are still a bit hot there.
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- Indonesia. 1) Timor, 2) Accra, 3) Irian Jiya
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- Philipines. Doesn't the PLA know communism is dead?
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- Africa.
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- Morocco. Still trying to knock off SWAPO.
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- Liberia. Another Lebanon in africa story.
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- Angola. May God damn Savimbi.
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- Mozambique. Does RENAMO even make rationalizations as to why they fight?
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- Ruwanda. Peace accords are moving ahead smartly.
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- The Sudan. Islamic fundamentalists again.
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- Somalia. 'Nuff said.
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- Questions.
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- Do Ethiopia, Zaire, Chad, and Namibia really belong off the list?
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- Merry Christmas.
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