In 1916, nationalist rebels participating in the Easter Rising issued the Proclamation of the Republic.

That changed when the nationalist rebels found itself the Government of Namibia.

Angola, a country of 10 million people rich in oil and diamonds, has scarcely known peace since 1961, when the first nationalist rebels began an uprising against Portuguese colonizers.

This has prevented it from exploring links to the assassination of Anton Lubowski, a Windhoek lawyer who reresented black nationalist rebels, in Namibia last September.

He gathered his wife and children and joined an exodus of more than 200,000 people expelled by the Eritrean nationalist rebels, who were allied with the Ethiopians who won the war.

In 1961, nationalist rebels launched an uprising against the Portuguese colonizers.

Mr. Sadr used the protest to try to reassert his image as a nationalist rebel who appeals to both anti-American Shiites and Sunni Arabs.

Colonel Franco, back on active duty since 1932, became the focus of the nationalist rebels inside and outside the army.

South Africa has threatened to stop Namibia's independence process after clashes with nationalist rebels.

Escaping his captivity, Charlemagne Péralte gathered a group of nationalist rebels and started guerrilla warfare against the US troops.