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At their base they would turn up the _— Deadline for insertions: Wednesday of week , artes C - oe —— ° soldiers captured, considering thé atrocities ~ volume on their radios so the FLMN figh- _ prior to publication. aa lements’ whole life took a radi- they had committed. Clements notes the _ ters would know they were there, and hence ; _ FLMN have never executed their prisoners any unscheduled skirmishes would be Us Ato a strictly Republican family in _ or tortured them. Instead, they were shown _ avoided. Clements also relates examples of ad Chad entered an airforce academy ordinary life in the villages, and were made _U.S. intervention. While playing with a y 13) eae With distinction. Trainedasa to understand they had nothingtofearfrom __ radio he heard the voices of American advi- Peo le S Nhat a he had flown more than 50 _ the revolutionary forces. sors giving orders and questioning com- . 5 lssions and participated in the This has prompted many government manders, revealing that U.S. personnel are Faeal e n tie est Cambodia. : soldiers to join the FLMN, Clements notes. involved in command functions. ¢ O ee as unt am he became disillusioned with The crimes that Clements documents by Clements served at Gauzapa, an FLMN Op Ng as involvement and could no the army, whichistrained and armed bythe _ stronghold roughly 356 km from the coun- Was th y his reasons for being there. U.S., are horrendous. Because the guerillas try’s capital, San Salvador. The location ee | Would © beginning of a series of events _ are the people themselves, he writes, every-_ suffered constant army and airforce attacks, B O ok store Bon: ital g,, ° him sent to an army mental body is a suspected “subversive,” with no _ and intense fighting. Additionally, he wit- cae Q doctor r Rane fe Het ee as__ distinction made between an armed Pepe Pat cet as epidemics ond daily a ae Ona) 7 - the Fanbundo Marti erilla and a pregnant women or a five- lath among the campesinos. Back in the . : do; biberation Front (FMLN) in El sear gtdlenil — U.S., he helped found the Salvadoran 1391 Commercial Drive Be dbs * The events in Vietnam strength- On their Sweeps, Clements reports, the Medical Relief Fund in Salinas, California. Vancouver, B.C. VSL 3X5 et ae them “solve to save lives instead of tak- Salvadoran troops avoid guerilla strong- Witness to War is a powerful testimony of Telephone: 253-6442 bs aad t ee bs af is plight of the El opted people. 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