Central America: war just weeks away | Socialist Action 1983

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Iran executions 59 PEOPLE between the age of 14 and 20 were executed on 2 May in the Kurdish LOWEL Mahabad by Khomeini's Originally the 59 were sentenced between three and ten years imprisonment, but later the authorities changed their minds and decided to excure mem.

The executions are WAR between weeks away. Honduran troops are now openly helping the counter-revolutionary 'Somocistas' in their cross-border raids.

Clashes have taken place between Honduran and Nicaraguan troops, as the Honduran army has carried out cross border raids.

The Nicaraguans, who beginning of the fighting relied on militias detend their northern border, have now moved regular area. Heavy weapons and lanks are beine dug in and network of trenches established.

On 25 June Honduran IrooDs calle border to destroy the Nicaraguan minefields defensive emplacements. Eye-witnesses have seen Honduran troops unloading ammunition for counter-revolutionary forces.

There can now be little doubt that the activity the 'contras' has been a softening-up operation for scale war. The military build up in Honduras has of course been masterminded by the United stales.

General Gustavo Alvarez, of the Honduras armed forces, spent three days in Nicaragua and Honduras is just earlier this month. there. he services to United States.

of US The country. than ning station US the of the military ayaguela.

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metalled the Nicaraguan border, for build up the Puerto where arrived for the US's airforce base in duras.

• efdeed going solution Central America. with MwaI preparations , the US rillas all' week.

made another warmongering speech denoun cing those who would allow Central America to become a string of Marxist dictatorships' In defence of the real dictatorships in the region the bloody right wing mili ary tatorships spending millions of dollars.

in ne nextew moth the people of will face their sternest test since the 1979 revolution.

solidarity will be a vital weapon in the struggle defeat Reagan's efforts. Rain dampens the spirits of counter-revolutionaries on the border