Hi, Saikss, if this is true it is the best thing that could happen to
Angola.

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>Subject: Re: Angola Government Says UNITA's Savimbi Killed
>Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 12:33:34 +0100
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>Good News bro.
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>For Freedom
>Saiks
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> >Angola Government Says UNITA's Savimbi Killed
> >Fri Feb 22, 5:14 PM ET By Justin Pearce LUANDA (Reuters) - Angolan UNITA
> >rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, who battled the Luanda government for decades
>in
> >one of Africa's longest-running wars, was killed in a clash with
>government
> >troops on Friday, Angolan state media reported.
> >
> ><A HREF="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=702">Photos</A>
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >"In Moxico province, Jonas Malheiro Savimbi died in combat," Angolan
>national
> >radio said. An Angolan presidential spokesman told a Portuguese radio
>station
> >that government forces had Savimbi's body and planned to display it. A
>source
> >close to UNITA, contacted in Lisbon, had no immediate comment on the
>report.
> >Savimbi was the founding father of UNITA, which he says was born as an
>army
> >of "12 people with knives," leading the rebel movement since 1966.
>Fighting
> >in the former Portuguese colony in southwestern Africa has dragged on
>since
> >1975 and claimed an estimated one million lives. Presidential spokesman
> >Aldemiro de Conceicao, quoting a statement by the Angolan government and
> >armed forces, said Savimbi was killed at about 3 p.m. (8 a.m. EST) in
> >east-central Angola Asked in an interview with private TSF radio if
>Savimbi
> >was dead, he said: "I confirm it. In fact, the government just released a
> >statement confirming the death of Jonas Savimbi, which occurred today at
>3
> >p.m. in the province of Moxico. "We had a problem that just now has been
> >removed," he added. The Angolan armed forces said Savimbi, 67, was killed
>"as
> >a result of a clash that occurred with a column that he was a part of,"
>de
> >Conceicao said. Joao Laurenco, secretary-general of the ruling MPLA party
> >told state television that Savimbi had "chosen his own destiny." An
> >unofficial UNITA contact in Lisbon, Rui Oliveira, said: "We are waiting
>for
> >our forces in the interior to get in contact with us, only after that can
>we
> >talk." UNITA is an acronym for the National Union for the Total
>Independence
> >of Angola. BODY TO BE DISPLAYED De Conceicao said the armed forces had
> >Savimbi's body and planned to display it in the next few hours.
>"Certainly,
> >we are going to display Savimbi's body for photographs," he said. The
>report
> >of Savimbi's death comes as the United Nations (<A
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> >revive peace talks between Luanda's government and Savimbi's forces. The
> >Luanda government, which had been Marxist but has embraced market
>principles,
> >has reported several defections or the capture of top UNITA officers in
> >recent months. The stocky, ebullient son of a railway stationmaster,
>Savimbi
> >studied medicine in Lisbon and political science in Switzerland. He left
> >Europe in 1961 to fight Portuguese rule and formed UNITA. His forces and
> >allies came close to controlling Angola in fighting after the end of
> >Portuguese rule. However, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of
>Angola,
> >backed by Cuban troops, swept through the country and won widespread
> >recognition as the government of Angola. TSF reported that the streets of
> >Luanda, the Angolan capital, were quiet. The Luanda police chief,
>Francisco
> >Pestana, told Portugal's Lusa news agency that gunfire had been heard in
>the
> >city, "but it is gunfire of joy." Portuguese state television RTP
>reported
> >from Luanda that the government had appealed for calm. The government
>also
> >said it could declare a nationwide cease-fire, RTP said.
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