William J. Malecela
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- Apr 27, 2006
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- Hapa juu ni Bwana Savimbi, aliyekua akiendesha vita vya msituni against serikali halali ya wananchi wa Angola, Tanzania tulimsaidia sana katika kupigania uhuru kutoka kwa Wareno, lakini baadaye akawageukia wananchi akisaidiwa sana kwa siri na serikali ya Kaunda.
2002: Killed in combat
After surviving more than a dozen assassination attempts, Savimbi was killed on February 22, 2002, in a battle with Angolan government troops - and, reportedly, South African mercenaries and Israeli special forces[18] - along riverbanks in the province of Moxico, his birthplace. In the firefight, Savimbi sustained 15 machine gun bullets to his head, throat, upper body and legs. While Savimbi returned gun fire, the blows proved immediately fatal.[19]
Savimbi's somewhat mystical reputation for eluding the Angolan military and their Soviet and Cuban military advisors led many Angolans to question the validity of reports of his 2002 death. Not until pictures of his bloodied and bullet-ridden body appeared on Angolan state television, and the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State"]United States State Department[/ame] subsequently confirmed it, did the reports of Savimbi's death in combat gain credence in the country.
Savimbi was interred in Luena, Moxico Province, in east central Angola. In January 2008, his gravesite was vandalized by MPLA party activists, two of whom were arrested.[20]
Respect.
FMEs!
2002: Killed in combat
After surviving more than a dozen assassination attempts, Savimbi was killed on February 22, 2002, in a battle with Angolan government troops - and, reportedly, South African mercenaries and Israeli special forces[18] - along riverbanks in the province of Moxico, his birthplace. In the firefight, Savimbi sustained 15 machine gun bullets to his head, throat, upper body and legs. While Savimbi returned gun fire, the blows proved immediately fatal.[19]
Savimbi's somewhat mystical reputation for eluding the Angolan military and their Soviet and Cuban military advisors led many Angolans to question the validity of reports of his 2002 death. Not until pictures of his bloodied and bullet-ridden body appeared on Angolan state television, and the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State"]United States State Department[/ame] subsequently confirmed it, did the reports of Savimbi's death in combat gain credence in the country.
Savimbi was interred in Luena, Moxico Province, in east central Angola. In January 2008, his gravesite was vandalized by MPLA party activists, two of whom were arrested.[20]
Respect.
FMEs!

