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RE: Africa's forgotten cold war - The Angolan War of Independence transitions to the Angolan Civil War
@gavvet interesting that the CIA funded mercenaries with tax dollars, even though the American people had no desire to get involved. If the MPLA hadn't been against aparthied, they probably would not have even noticed the war.
The MPLA had Soviet and Cuban backing, thats what made them fair game to the South Africans... SA was very worried about the "communist threat" since all of the surrounding countries were falling to communist backed liberation forces.