195 Angolan Soldiers Killed, Rebels Report
From Reuters
LISBON —
Angolan rebels said Thursday they have killed 195 troops, five Portuguese technicians and a number of other foreigners working for the Angolan government in attacks between Dec. 21 and 31 in several provinces.
The rebel group, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), which has fought Angola’s Marxist government since independence from Portugal in 1975, put its own losses in the fighting at 13 dead and 29 wounded.
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