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| | TIME Magazine Archive Article -- South Yemen -- Feb. 03, 1986 |
 | | Late in the week, the radio reported that the insurgents had chosen Prime Minister Haidar Abu Bakr al Attas, who had been in Moscow since the conflict started, as acting leader. |
 | | What seemed certain was that the casualties had been heavy--12,000 killed, according to some diplomats on the scene. |
 | | Rebel radio broadcasts rarely referred to Abdul Fattah Ismail, the former President who was thought to be leading the rebellion, thereby fueling speculation that he had been killed when fighting began two weeks ago. |
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