81. From a remote corner of southern Mexico, the fugitive rebel leader called Subcommander Marcos warned that the Zapatistas would respond with a guerrilla war if attacked. 82. Gen. Anatoly Kvashnin, the chief of the Russian general staff, said the military was stepping up its efforts to capture or kill rebel leaders. 83. Foreign diplomats and Zairian politicians said that they expected Mobutu to propose the creation of a negotiating board or council to meet with the rebel leader, Laurent Kabila. 84. He also arranged several press conference for rebel leaders. 85. He asked Congress to meet with rebel leaders quickly to discuss the Indian rights legislation. 86. He confirmed that the captive who died was Supreme Court Justice Carlos Giusti Acuna, and that the rebel leader, Nestor Cerpa Cartolini, was killed. 87. He confirmed that the one captive who died was Supreme Court Justice Carlos Giusti, and that the chief rebel leader, Nestor Cerpa Cartolini, was also killed. 88. He is reported to have opposed peace calls by the imprisoned rebel leader, Abdullah Ocalan, and to favor a continuation of armed struggle. 89. He persuaded the rebel leaders to drop their demand for millions of dollars in exchange for tons of food along with jeeps and radios. 90. He then traveled to a remote area of Sudan to help win the release of three Red Cross workers held hostage by a rebel leader. |