| | Workers World Nov. 11, 1999: Angolan troops push back UNITA mercenaries |
 | | Andulo was a key UNITA airfield and operational headquarters, while Bailundo has historical significance to the group and is considered its symbolic capital. |
 | | It was the U.S. government that helped UNITA develop essential ties to the Mobutu regime in Zaire, which until then had backed other pro-imperialist groups in Angola. |
 | | A UNITA victory would have been presented as a repudiation of the Angolan government's Marxist past, a rejection of its substantial help from Cuba, the ANC and the South African Communist Party, and acceptance of unfettered U.S. access to Angola's vast riches. |
| www.workers.org /ww/1999/angola1111.php (931 words) |