Word: airlift
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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However, President Reagan reiterated that he was unaware of any covert airlift of arms to Nicaraguan rebels...
...other way. On Dec. 6, however, Honduran President Jose Azcona Hoyo shattered that arrangement by ordering his air force to strafe the Nicaraguan positions inside the country. Later that day, Azcona summoned U.S. Ambassador Everett Briggs and urgently appealed for U.S. logistical support. President Reagan responded promptly, authorizing an airlift. Last week U.S. troops flying twin- rotor Chinooks and Huey helicopters ferried hundreds of Honduran soldiers to within 20 miles of the Nicaraguan border. At the same time, Honduran pilots strafed targets inside Nicaragua...
...Austrian state of Carinthia asked that pregnant women and children under six remain indoors. Outdoor fruit and vegetable stands were instructed to wash and cover their produce. Officials warned Swedes and Norwegians to be careful about the water they drank. The British embassy in Moscow organized an airlift of more than 100 British students from the Soviet Union, and cautioned 30 who had been in Minsk when the nuclear cloud passed overhead to shower and wash their hair every two hours...
...south, in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, the U.S. Embassy was preparing for an airlift evacuation of more than 200 embassy staff members and dependents...
After the blockade began, Jonathan appealed to the U.S. and Britain for an organized airlift to help his country withstand the South African pressure. He threatened to turn to East bloc countries if the West did not respond. Nevertheless, two weeks ago, Jonathan sent a delegation to Pretoria to discuss a settlement. Diplomatic sources in Maseru suggest that General Lekhanya, a member of the group, decided to stage his coup when the South Africans told him that they would continue the blockade and might openly raid A.N.C. bases in Lesotho if the country did not change its policies toward Communist...