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Following the break between the Derg and the Waz League, the Waz League was purged. During the purge, the Waz League was denounced as 'Maoist' by the Derg. On July 10, 1978, Berhane Meskel (captured in
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began to allege that individuals of the Waz League were working against the revolution. In the second half of 1978 suspicions were raised that the Waz League had infiltrated Seded and come to occupy leading posts in Seded. It was, however, unlikely that the Waz League would have been able to
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