1. A pastel mural showing masked Indian rebels overlooking a panorama of fertile farm hills was the first thing government troops destroyed when they raided this town in April. 2. But conservatives said they would not listen to a masked rebel who had once declared war on the government. 3. But even with his gifts as an orator and writer, the masked rebel leader is no Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 4. Camera crews showed images of masked Chechen rebels slouching in buildings under their control, and Russian soldiers firing machine guns on the outskirts of town. 5. In Chiapas, masked rebels from the group put up roadblocks on a key highway into the highlands where Zapatista villages are located and distributed Popular Revolutionary Army literature. 6. Masked rebels had taken up arms in the southernmost state of Chiapas, and foreign capital was fleeing the country. 7. News that the masked rebels might have broken out of army encirclement last week sent the Mexican stock market plunging. 8. One of the comeliest features on a Zapatista site is a tiny masked rebel carrying a flag and riding an electronically galloping horse. 9. Supporters have erected a small stage decorated with paintings of masked rebels. 10. Thousands of excited Indians, tourists and residents lined the streets of this sleepy mountain town Monday night, welcoming caravans of masked Zapatista rebels bound for Mexico City. |