Government consistently has said It has no independent information on allegations of repeated atrocities and although a Sandinista disinformation campaign is known to exist. the report appears to accept many urinvestigated accusations as fact. State Department analysis has found serious flaws in the evidence or objectivity of the Americas Watch and Brody reports. Since refugees are readily available. there is no need to parrot such allegations without first undertaking a serious study of their validity. Even the Americas Watch report acknowledges that there are many disputes regarding what constitutes a "law of war" and hence an "atrocity" or violation of such a law. In particular. there is much debate over how international legal guidelines apply to the relatively new phenomenon of unconventional war.
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