Word: bushing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Higgins, both the CIA and Israeli intelligence -- as well as Bush -- believe he was killed much earlier than last week. Intelligence specialists point to a number of anomalies that make them doubt his captors' account of when and how he died. For one thing, Higgins' captors announced last December that he had been sentenced to death after making a full confession of espionage activities...
What else should the U.S. be doing? Three years ago, a White House task force on terrorism chaired by then Vice President Bush recommended limited and well-defined military retaliation in a hostage crisis if all other means failed. "((The panel)) would not approve of wanton destruction of human life . . . in order to show some muscle," said Bush in introducing the report. Armed force would be used only "where it can be surgically done...
...commando raid might not be possible even if Bush ordered one. The U.S. still lacks special units trained for antiterrorist warfare. Though Congress has mandated the establishment of a Special Operations Forces Command, the separate services refuse to cooperate -- the Navy, for instance, will not assign SEAL units to the force -- and Congress has not funded equipment like new MC-130 Combat Talon attack aircraft needed to drop commandos in enemy territory...
...Dawa (the Call). The 15 are imprisoned in Kuwait for a series of 1983 bomb attacks on the U.S. and French embassies there. Kuwait has stoutly refused Al Dawa's demands for the release of the prisoners, some of whom are relatives of Hizballah leaders. Said a close Bush adviser: "There's a family tie there, so I would be surprised if anyone could cook a deal that could get all our hostages released...
...even agility, patience and firmness may not be enough to thread a way through the thicket of obstacles that block freedom for the hostages. For all George Bush's best efforts last week, the only things certain for now are that he has headed off another terrible execution and heard some encouraging words from Iran's new leaders. Yet after a decade of outrage and frustration, the President and the American public may be willing to settle for such small steps while they strain to see, through the latest signals from Tehran, at least a glimmer of hope...