Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Castro: All these attacks against Cuba are done with civilian planes. To tell the truth, these attacks have happened repeatedly over the years, and it has created a condition of distrust...
Fernandez still talks to Elizabeth, a pediatric nurse, and their 1 1/2-year-old daughter, also named Elizabeth, on a nightly basis. But he is worried that the furor over the downing of the American civilian planes on Feb. 24 will lead to a communications blackout. "Still, I will never lose faith that we will be reunited," he says, "even if this incident means it will take a little longer." As for adjusting to American life, he says, "I feel funny and strange all the time. But everybody has been nice, and when I step on the mound, I feel at home...
...Harvard/Radcliffe Society of Arab students would like to express its deep regret for the loss of innocent civilian lives during the latest attacks in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv. We sincerely hope that the Palestinians and Israelis will continue their quest for for a just and lasting peace. --Ramy M. Tadros '97, President Harvard/Radcliffe Society of Arab Students
Brothers to the Rescue, the exile group whose planes were recently shot down, does not appear to be linked to prior violence. Yet, since they recently dropped leaflets over Havana urging revolution, their missions cannot really be considered merely civilian. To dramatize the seriousness of this action, would the U.S. allow Russian planes to drop handbills encouraging revolt over Washington, D.C.? Furthermore, the Cubans claim to have gained intelligence from a double agent who infiltrated Brothers to the Rescue that the group was planning acts of sabotage. In the full context of this situation, it is easy...
...Skymasters as they were flying in international airspace, which begins 12 miles offshore. U.S. search craft spotted oil slicks some 20 miles off Cuba. A grim-faced President Clinton condemned "in the strongest possible terms'' what he described as "the shooting down in broad daylight of two American civilian airplanes by Cuban military aircraft." He directed U.S. Coast Guard units to conduct a continuing search-and-rescue operation and ordered U.S. military forces "to ensure that it is fully protected." Clinton also demanded that Cuba give an immediate explanation. Even if it turns out that the planes did violate Cuba...