WORLD : Cuba Suspends Angola Pullout
Cuba said today that it is temporarily suspending the withdrawal of its troops from Angola after the killing of four Cuban soldiers in an attack by U.S.-backed Angolan UNITA rebels Sunday.
A Foreign Ministry statement said the suspension will remain in effect until Cuba receives an explanation for the incident and is satisfied that UNITA will not continue to attack its forces during the withdrawal, part of peace accords agreed with South Africa and Angola in December, 1988.
Cuba has already brought home more than 31,000 of its 50,000 troops in Angola.
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