Soldier Of Fortune Magazine 1988 May

MAY/1988 VOL 13 NO. 5

MAIMING FOR MARX
Peter G. Kokalis
Land mines pave leftist road to liberation in El Salvador 24

NIGHT FIGHT AT MORRO
Rob Schultheis
SOF correspondent plays deadly game of hide-and-seek with Spetsnaz commandos along AfghanistanPakistan border 26

AIRBORNE REC ON
John Coleman
SOF looks in on Fort Bragg’s Scout Recon and Surveillance Course 30

SIEGE AT CUITO CUANAVALE
Al J. Venter
Angola’s ComBloc-backed government is losing control of more of the country. When will the cost of propping up this puppet government betoo high? 36

PHILIPPINE PATROL
Gene Scroft
SOF staffer joins jungle patrol with government troops searching for elusive communist NPA 44

POPPIES TO THE PEOPLE
Frank van der Waal
Soviets tum Afghan crop into hard cash on Western European drug market 52

THE LEBANESE CONNECTION
Collin Knox
Bekaa Valley narcotics fuel endless conflict in Lebanon and abroad 54

DEADLY DECEPTION
Ken Gaudet
Q-Car draws ambush near Angolan border 62

HAMMERED, SICKLED & HUNG OVER
David C. Isby
SOF examines rampant alcoholism in Soviet military 64

SPECTRES OVER LAOS
Isaac Staats
Surrounded Spike T earn spends hot night in Prairie Fire AO 66