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Indeed much of the diplomatic discussion last week focused on ways to bail out: how to withdraw the 24,000 U.N. peacekeepers should the need arise quickly, an undertaking that could pose appalling dangers. Extreme contingencies call for the troops to abandon equipment and dash for helicopters or the coast, shooting their way out if necessary. Already as of late last week, 360 soldiers of the U.N. "protective" force, which sometimes seems to need more protection than it delivers, were being held virtual hostages by Serb forces; their numbers could grow if a pullout were ordered...
Francisco Martin Duran, the Colorado man accused of opening fire on the White House with a semiautomatic rifle, was ordered held without bail and charged with four felonies that could result in 35 years behind bars. Prosecutors indicated they were studying notes seized from Duran, as well as the statements of acquaintances, to determine whether or not the charges should be upgraded to an attempted assassination of the President. Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen announced that the review of White House security begun after the September plane incident would be intensified...
...ouster derailed, at least temporarily, one of the most influential and < flamboyant careers in recent Wall Street memory. Garzarelli won instant fame in 1987 for warning investors to bail out of the stock market just before the October Crash. While she never flatly prophesied the collapse, she did tell a television interviewer one week before Black Monday that she was no longer buying stocks or bonds and had put all her money in CDs. That was enough to secure Garzarelli a reputation for having all but predicted the 508-point market drop. Her stature increased in 1990 when she urged...
...accused gunman Francisco Robert Duran , says her husband had problems with the U.S. government but never would have tried to kill President Clinton. "To take another life is against his principles," she told The Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph in an interview published today. Duran, who's being held without bail on charges of firing 27 bullets at the White House Saturday, may soon be charged with plotting assassination, based on statements from a former co-worker and papers found in his truck. His lawyer, public defender Leigh Kenny, said today that Duran "had ample opportunity to hurt somebody" during...
...Francisco Martin Duran, at a Colorado hotel. Today, Millis told reporters Duran said he was "going to take out the president." Duran also reportedly scrawled "Kill the Prez" on a map found in his truck. Meanwhile, a judge found Duran competent to stand trial and ordered him held without bail. (He.) So far, he's charged with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, destruction of U.S. property, assaulting a federal officer and the use of a firearm in a violent crime. BTW: President Clinton announced he didn't want Pennsylvania Avenue blocked off in reaction to the shooting...