IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Nervous

Socialist Challenge No. 173, 27 November 1980 · p. 14 of the scan · 269 words

The scan: sc-n173-nov-20-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 14 of the scan

'Thank god, no one is really Mutt tells with a the hospital chiel concerned lone.

'We have very few facilities for treating seriously and there is almost no way we can evacuale wnere tney could ger beller care.

Down the road a little way is the school, , which is now being us. ed as a training camp. On the socmere nICW men are listening to a veteran explain how The veteran recruits street clothes running shoes. 1-sill Es.

share the field with three grazing horses and playing children From the soccer field we can see the valley spread out like It looks so peacetul that vou almost forget that there war going Salvador. But the mood is broken the sound of an atrplane. 100k , up, but am unable to see it.

'Don't worry' savs Juan. one of the guerrillas, reassuringly.

Socialist Challenge 'They frequently fly over us at a very high altitude dare to come too close unless the are launching a sion of the zone.' Seeing the nervous looks OUT Taces although the government troops "know we are l here, they don't at lack they Have monsane seers acker trooos emere me zone was or st August. Helicopters landed the soccer field and troops marched in from the valley.

explains that Hust aurenov mode Delore the first troops arrived, bua few had not vomen were raped and two were murdered.

The who had LOUDS with them. set fire to about thirt houses, mined the area, poisoned some of the water supp20 November 1980 • Page 14

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