Microkhan by Brendan I. Koerner

Entries Tagged as 'Angola'

Dedication to Minutiae

October 5th, 2012 · Comments Off on Dedication to Minutiae

Back to endnoting the book today. The whole agonizing process has made me regret my lack of organization while writing—at some point, I just got tired of affixing Post-It notes to each and every primary-source document. I’m paying the price now, and I guess so are y’all—I’m too slammed to post anything richer than the […]

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Honor Among Kidnappers

September 26th, 2012 · Comments Off on Honor Among Kidnappers

Because it happened during the frenetic final throes of the Cold War, the 1983 abduction of 66 Czechoslovaks by Angolan rebels didn’t get much coverage on these shores. Were a similar event to occur today, though, it would receive immense attention, primarily because of the kidnappers’ rough tactics: In addition to taking children as well […]

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Armed Lounging in Angola

December 2nd, 2009 · 4 Comments

A secret major project beckons, so we’re off to deal for a spell. To fill the void, please enjoy this sequel of sorts to that excellent “SAS in Malaya” video that we posted a few days back. The scene this time is strife-torn Angola, but the same jaunty atmosphere remains. And if this is your […]

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The Lipstick of Dictatorship

February 25th, 2009 · Comments Off on The Lipstick of Dictatorship

The happy gentleman to the right is José Eduardo dos Santos, Angola’s president for the past 30 years. During that time, he has allegedly managed to skim $4 billion from the nation’s oil revenues—quite a despicable feat, given that Angola remains one of the world’s poorest countries, with 70 percent of the population living on […]

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