Word: commanders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...never know precisely what Waldheim knew and did in Yugoslavia when he served in the command center of a notoriously brutal Nazi general, but we do know that Waldheim has, for more than 40 years, lied about his role and we do know that the unit he helped command killed thousands of partisans and unarmed hostages in Yugoslavia and helped deport thousands more Greek Jews to the death camps...
...with one leader out of commision, the other took command...
...April 13, following his return to the White House from Camp David. In doing so, the President asked Admiral Crowe how late he could still order a cancellation of the mission if conditions should warrant a change of plans. The Joint Chiefs Chairman assured his boss that he could command a turnaround as late as ten minutes before strike time...
...night sky over Tripoli was stitched with orange streaks as tracers and missiles arced up toward the attackers. "They fired everything they had," said a senior Pentagon official, including Soviet-built SAM-2, -3, -6 and -8 missiles and ZSU-23-4 antiaircraft guns. Said Vice Admiral Frank Kelso, commander of the Sixth Fleet, who was in overall command of El Dorado Canyon: "I don't think anybody has ever flown a mission in any more dense SAM environment than they were in today...
...Salvador's military command has long been suspected of shielding officers from charges of involvement in the death squads that carried out tens of thousands of kidnapings and killings. But the code of silence has broken down since police cracked a ring that kidnaped wealthy people and held them for ransom. Among those under arrest is Rodolfo Lopez Sibrian, a former national guard lieutenant who was accused, but never convicted, of ordering the execution of two American landreform specialists and a Salvadoran colleague...