Word: colonel
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American soldiers were back on the streets of Panama last week, called in by President Guillermo Endara to quell a rebellion led by the former chief of Panama's national police. The U.S. troops quickly ended the revolt and turned its leader, Colonel Eduardo Herrera Hassan, over to local authorities. Yet this time there was none of the euphoria that followed the U.S. Army's ouster of General Manuel Noriega almost exactly one year ago. And the incident raised doubts about U.S. efforts to nurture a democratic government capable of coping without American help...
Last week's drama began after several Herrera loyalists posing as journalists rented a helicopter, then forced the pilot at gunpoint to fly to the island of Naos off the Panamanian coast, where the colonel was being held in prison. Two guards led Herrera to the helicopter, and once on the mainland he went straight to police headquarters in Panama City. Joined by a force of about 100 men, Herrera issued 11 demands to improve the conditions of the National Police. During the night, a contingent of about 500 U.S. troops surrounded the building. Next morning, as Herrera stepped...
...battle weary? Would the troops on the front line, many of whom are thought to be ill-trained draftees who know they are cannon fodder, fight hard or give up quickly? For that matter, how battle ready are American soldiers, hardly any of whom below the rank of colonel have ever been in combat...
...American-made, but their crews are Egyptian. Five miles away, a cluster of British-built Chieftain tanks are poised with their guns pointed toward the border. This detachment is part of a Kuwaiti army brigade that managed to escape the Iraqi invaders. "Our mission," says Colonel Ibrahim Al-Wasmi, the unit's deputy commander, "is to return to Kuwait...
Late in 1986, a member of the National Security Council was showing his guest around the White House. They paused before the painting of a group of dogs. That, said Lieut. Colonel Oliver North, was the President's Cabinet; "the one who's sleeping is Bill Casey...