Angola invaded
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Last Thursday the South African army launched a major invasion of Angola and "temporarily" occupied the town of Cassinga.
Vorster claimed that the invasion was directed against the guerrilla camps of SWAPO, the Namibian liberation movement.
But even South African army spokesmen admitted that Angolan and Cuban troops had also been attacked and killed.
The ruthless invasion has come as a deep embarassment to the main imperialist powers who two weeks ago negotiated an agreement with Vorster.
Under this deal, they hoped SWAPO would be forced to cease its liberation war and then after the ceasefire South African troops in Namibia would be replaced by imperialist (United Nations) troops.
No sooner was dry on this filthy deal than Vorster arrested numerous SWAPO leaders in Namibia and launched his shameless attack against the North.
The major imperialists (USA, Britain and France) were so embarassed that they were forced last Friday to vote against South Africa in the UN Security Council.
What they fear is that Vorster's unruly behaviour will show up the agreement for what it is-a plan to