WORLD IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : Paper Ties Military to Death Squads
A military high command with ties to the office of South African Defense Minister Magnus Malan directed the activities of a secret military unit that has been linked to death squads, a leading South African daily reported. The Star named Defense Force chief Jannie Geldenhuys as No. 2 in the chain of command of the so-called Civil Cooperation Bureau. The CCB was linked last week to several murders, bombings and arson attacks. Malan has said he never gave orders to commit murder and described the CCB as an intelligence-gathering unit.
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