Within 3 days their numbers had grown to 1.200 to 1.600. Moreover. these troops were heavily armed. carrying modern machine guns. rocketpropelled grenades. and Sovietmanufactured antiaircraft missiles. It is by no means clear that tile invaders sought battle. but whatever was on the mind of SWAPOs leader Sam Nujoma. it was not to allow tired refugees to visit home. The sudden influx of armed guerrillas caught the U.N. forces unprepared. with only a small portion of the agreed peacekeeping force in place. The U.N. originally had planned to station 7.500 troops in Namibia to monitor the trpnsition. but this had been cut to 4.650 for budgetary reasons.
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