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Golan also quoted the hijackers as saying they chose Israel for asylum because they knew Israel and the Soviet Union lacked diplomatic ties and they counted on the fact that Israel would not hand them over...
...unusual dress, Imelda said later, was meant to show that she is a "Philippine patriot." It was also an implicit suggestion that she and her husband, longtime friends of the U.S., are now being persecuted by the government that agreed to give them asylum. The message was underscored by tobacco heiress Doris Duke, who stepped forward to post Mrs. Marcos' $5 million bail after Imelda's lawyers contended that the Marcoses had been living on "borrowed funds" since the Reagan Administration persuaded them to leave the Philippines. Why, Duke asked, "should America spend millions and millions of dollars prosecuting...
...actions he took in his official capacity but on steps he took to enhance his personal wealth. More important, the Justice Department argued, the Marcoses were being indicted because they plotted with Khashoggi and others to fraudulently conceal their illicit activities after they became U.S. residents. "There was no asylum agreement that Marcos could be just as big a crook in this country as he was in ((the Philippines))," says Loye Miller, spokeswoman for Attorney General Richard Thornburgh. "If he had been a good boy after he got to the U.S., he would not have the problems he has today...
Political observers note that Kennedy helped clinch his victory by responding that Libya had offered asylum to Sirhan Sirhan after he had assassinated his father, and that any accusations that Kennedy had dealt with Libya were off base. While Bachrach was approaching a tie with Kennedy before the debate, polls shortly afterwards gave Kennedy a lead of more than 10 points...
...around two Macoutes assassins killed by mobs during the coup. Namphy apparently also had a nasty temper; a Haitian businessman claims he vowed to murder two U.S. legislators if they showed up to observe last November's elections. (They never came.) No wonder no country has offered Namphy political asylum...