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...facilitate U.S. operations in the region. Tajik and Uzbek leaders had originally offered their facilities to the U.S., but withdrew their offer under pressure from Moscow. Moscow had cooperated with Washington during Desert Storm in 1991, sharing intelligence with the U.S. and providing a Russian air force reconnaissance AWAC-type plane. This time, Moscow's cooperation appears to be going further - though it remains to be seen whether Putin will exact some price for it later...
...anomalies. The weekend following the alleged rape, the Kadena base opened its gates to visitors for a festival with carnival rides, hamburgers and barbecued ribs. Hundreds of locals drove their cars across one of the airfield's long runways to get a glimpse of America's military hardware: an AWAC surveillance plane, armored vehicles, grenade launchers. Still, thoughts of the alleged rape were never far away. "My girlfriends and I are always bothered by these American servicemen," said Kaori Teruya. "They live in this safe place, behind fences, but they come out, do bad things to us and then return...
Drug money has nothing to do with AWAC's. It's all in the computers. Diplomacy over South American crop-switching is a joke, as peasants can earn more than 10 times as much for planting coca as they can for any other crop. Morganthau, who has blasted government neglect of the narcotics money pyramid, would follow the dollars, and arrest any and everyone at the back counter who tries to take money...
...recent performance of the Crimson defensive corps would surely make Caspar W. Weinberger '38 proud. Sweeper Deb Field's clearing kick rivals the Titan II in distance and accuracy, while stopper Jeanne Piersiak makes the AWAC look obsolete when homing in on an opposing centering pass. On the wings All-Ivy honorable-mention selection Kelly Gately and Mayer, who played fullback as a freshman, looked impressive while stifling B.C. Speedsters Cathy Murphy and Ann Porell on Wednesday...
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Edmund Muskie met today with the NATO allies, attempting to formulate a unified Western position on the crisis. Harold Brown, the secretary of defense, said that several AWAC reconnaissance planes had been dispatched to West Germany, presumably to keep a closer watch on Soviet troop movements along the Polish border...