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RHODESI~S
ORDEAL
F
or over tour years Rhodesian
security torces have been
fighting an ever-widening anti–
guerrilla campaign in the country's
border regions. The past year saw a
sharp escalation in violence; nearly
1,200 guerrillas were killed in 1976
as opposed to 720 for the previous
three years. Rhodesia's military
services lost over 130 men in 1976
compared to 75 up untillast year.
Morale among the servicemen , both
blacks and whites (left) is still high,
but the price they are paying
(funeral, bottom right) is a costly
one as months go by without a
peaceful settlement. Others, too,
paya price. Bodi ly mutilation of
rural blacks by terrorists is not
uncommon. Man, right, probably
informed government officials of
local guerrilla activity. In a sense,
he was lucky; others have had their
lips chopped off as well. Blacks in
the ' 'operational areas' ' have had to
be relocated in fenced-off " PV's"
or protected villages, which are
guarded day and night (bottom
left). Striking from bases in
Mozambique or Zambia, terrorists
exact toll in property also, such as
this train (top right) on the vital raíl
link to South Africa. Raids on
guerrilla camps often net sizable
caches of Russian A-47 rifles and
other communist-supplied
armaments.
Photo credíts, c/ockwíse. begínníng lower left:
Míchael Evans. Míchael Evans. Rod Eja. Alon Relninger.
A/on Relnlnger. Mlchael Evans. Al/ from Contact.