Soldier Of Fortune Magazine 1990 Apr

AGAINST ALL ODDS
David James
Angola's Marxist regime continues its ill-fated efforts to knock out Jonas Savimbi's pro-Western UNITA forces, this time with a major three-pronged armor offensive. SOF's veteran Africa correspondent David James was the only journalist invited by UNITA to view first hand FAPLA's abortive 1-2-3 punch 28

NIGHT NARCS
Morgan Tanner
Our city streets and neighborhoods have become the front lines in the war on drugs. SOF frequent contributors Morgan Tanner and David Bjorkman continue their series on drugs in America, patrolling with police who are fighting to hold their own in this ever-widening battle 34

PRISONERS OF NASIR
Peter Douglas
After his guide turns against him, experienced war correspondent Peter Douglas finds himself in one of the most frightening situations of his career. In imminent danger of execution, Douglas has to find a way to escape from Afghanistan's wild Hazarajat 40

Panama Invasion - p.48

"MERCING" AROUND IN PASO CANOA
G.B. Crouse
When U.S. troops rearranged the political situation in Panama, SOF wasn't about to miss the action. Editor/Publisher Robert K. Brown and our intrepid staffers soon found themselves in the town of Paso Canoa on the Costa Rican/Panamanian border with a bunch of "mercs" who had taken over the town from Noriega's henchmen. It was the good, the bad, and the ugly - you decide who was who 48

U.S. WARRIORS TOPPLE PANAMANIAN THUGS
Robert K. Brown
Operation Just Cause may have been a victory for George Bush, but it was the grunts who did the job 55

THREE GUNS OVER VEGAS
William Burris
Las Vegas rolled out the red carpet to celebrate the SOF Convention and Three Gun Match's 10th birthday. As always, it was a wild and woolly shoot-out in the Nevada desert 62

GHOST GUN
Peter G. Kokalis
SOF's Technical Editor examines Italy's 9mm Spectre submachine gun 68

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