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To: Confluence who wrote (1853)	7/29/1998 9:37:00 PM
From: Gordon Bolton	Respond to of 7235

It would seem that there is an attempt being made to negotiate a peace even as both sides prepare for war! Angolan Gov't Reports Rebel Attacks Wednesday, 29 July 1998 L U A N D A , A N G O L A (AP) ANGOLA'S FORMER rebel movement warned Wednesday that a four-year-old peace accord to end fighting between rebels and the government was on the verge of collapse. Meanwhile, the government on Wednesday reported new attacks on outlying towns by the former rebel movement, UNITA. A spokesman for the group denied the allegation and said the government is engaging in a massive troop build up. "The peace in Angola is hanging by a thread," said Rui Oliveira, a UNITA official based in Lisbon, Portugal. UNITA is a Portuguese acronym for the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola. The government claims UNITA has killed hundreds of civilians and police in attacks in recent months, including the massacre of some 200 people last week. Rebels claim police have tortured and murdered their supporters. The claims could not be independently verified. UNITA forces Tuesday captured the strategic town of Mussende, about 155 miles south of Luanda, after "fierce fighting" with local police, the local governor told state-run media Wednesday. Mussende lies on a main road leading to Luanda, the capital. No information was available about the number of casualties. Oliveira said the group's supporters had reported a massive government troop build up in Huambo province, 350 miles south of the capital, within striking distance of UNITA's remaining central highland strongholds, where its leadership is based. Oliveira complained that European Union sanctions against his movement, announced Tuesday, were "unfair" and further undermined the peace process. "The international community is biased against UNITA and is in fact giving the government a carte blanche to launch an attack against us," Oliveira said in a telephone interview. The EU sanctions included restrictions on UNITA's diamond sales, which provide the movement with hundreds of millions of dollars annually, and freezing of its bank accounts. The United Nations has banned UNITA's diamond exports as part of a package of sanctions that came into force when the former rebels failed to abide by terms of the 1994 peace agreement that ended a two-decade civil war. Meanwhile, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has gotten approval from Congo to try to help the thousands of Angolans who have recently crossed the border to escape fighting in their homeland. Fearing the escalating violence could undermine the peace accord, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan dispatched an envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, to meet with government and UNITA officials this weekend in Angola.

To: Confluence who wrote (1853)	7/30/1998 12:50:00 AM
From: INFOMAN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7235

Hello Confluence, Perhaps you should take some notice of the contents of one's posting, rather than the syntax and style and then you may begin understanding what the subject matter is all about.I don't recall ever having conducted a conversation with you, so your comments:' You seem less comfortable with written English, Hmmmmm.....' seems totally out of context. Hmmmmm.....Please stick to the issues at hand rather than trying to 'obfuscate' the issue.; ) For your information, the author of the letter (news release) is the corporate communication officer of De Beers, not some anonymous letter written to the editor..Perhaps you could enlighten me as to your definition of a fact, as the article originated from De Beers? Are you implying that any future articles penned by De Beers communications department will be without substance? I would suggest that you contact SUF directly, they will confirm these facts. Why the concern that De Beers is 'auditing' the grades of the M1? Regards, INFOMAN P.S. I quote from your fifth paragraph the following:' Perhaps some of us in this part of the world can help to point in a better direction to answer your questions. ' This is English?Hmmmmm.....