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Security & Strategic Review - August 2003
PERU: Military dealt sharp shock by Sendero
Elite forces sent to seek out the guerrillas responsible for the June kidnapping of 71 pipeline workers fell into a deadly ambush. The balance of the chase, though, does not entirely favour Sendero.
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