Ethiopian Rebels Capture 2 Soviets
From Reuters
NAIROBI, Kenya — The secessionist Eritrean People’s Liberation Front said on Saturday that it had captured two Soviet officers in an offensive against government forces in northern Ethiopia.
The rebels’ clandestine radio station said the officers--a colonel and a lieutenant--were the first Soviets to be captured since Moscow became militarily involved with Ethiopia’s Marxist government in 1977.
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