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...victims. It began when a metallic green Volkswagen with forged U.S. armed forces license plates slipped past security guards into the parking lot between the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing headquarters building and a dormitory for supply and transport squadrons. At 7:25 a.m., as hundreds of G.I.s and German civilian employees were reporting for the morning shift, a quantity of explosives concealed in the car detonated, with such force that a 5-ft.-deep crater was left in the ground. Ceiling tiles on nearby buildings were peeled off, windows 450 ft. away were shattered, and 34 cars were damaged...
...captain and later superintendent of the academy.) The Viet Nam War is an awkward subject at West Point. In class, cadets are taught that the military leadership was not blameless, but most subscribe to a "stabbed in the back" theory. Says Cadet Borgerding: "The Army fought well, but their civilian leaders screwed...
...town of Escalante, 310 miles south of Manila. The violence was not only on the government's side. Last week gunmen believed to be members of a Communist death squad assassinated Gregorio Murillo, the governor of Surigao del Sur province on Mindanao. Murillo, 58, was the highest civilian official killed by rebels this year...
...tactical brilliance in Philippine politics." Rather than applaud Marcos' decision, the U.S. outlined the conditions necessary for the elections to be considered free and fair. Among them were 1) "professional" behavior by the Philippine military, meaning political neutrality; 2) an impartial supervising election commission; and 3) independent civilian observers. Said State Department Spokesman Charles Redman: "If elections are to re-establish confidence, then it is essential that they be credible to the Philippine people...
...Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo, 42, strode into the headquarters of his Christian Democratic Party in downtown Guatemala City last week, he was one step closer to being his country's first elected civilian President in nearly two decades. By garnering almost 39% of the national vote, the charismatic center-left lawyer had outperformed his closest competitor, Newspaper Owner Jorge Carpio Nicolle, 53, of the moderately conservative National Center Union, who finished with 20%. But because he failed to capture an absolute majority, Cerezo must face Carpio in a runoff election on Dec. 8. Buoyed by his impressive showing, Cerezo declared...