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...officials, mindful of the chaotic series of regimes that followed the 1963 coup in Saigon, insist that they are not interested in promoting any sudden changes of government in Phnom-Penh. Even so, the President's brother took certain precautions last week. He placed an extra cordon of troops around Sirik Matak's Phnom-Penh villa-ostensibly for his old rival's protection...
...office in Pine Ridge and the AIM fortress. A major sticking point was the Justice Department's threat to arrest any Indian militants leaving the trading post and confiscate their weapons as evidence. It was largely to carry out that threat that the Justice Department had kept its cordon around the area. At week's end the Justice Department backed down. In a sudden reversal of policy, it removed all roadblocks and withdrew all 300 U.S. marshals, FBI agents and local policemen. The Indians were free to leave-with their weapons...
...residents of Wounded Knee, which lies inside the Oglala Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation, a 1½ million-acre stretch of honey-colored hills. The Indians put up roadblocks around Wounded Knee in the early hours of the takeover before a contingent of U.S. marshals in turquoise jumpsuits formed a cordon about the area. Some of the people curious and foolhardy enough to wander near the stronghold were met by spurts of gunfire from the hefty Sioux arsenal. AIM Leader Russell Means, an Oglala Sioux who comes from Cleveland, announced to newsmen: "We've got the whole Wounded Knee valley...
Sudanese authorities reacted swiftly but cautiously. Police formed a cordon around the embassy but stayed two blocks back for fear of endangering the hostages' lives. President Jaafar Numeiry called his Cabinet into emergency session. Assured by the Cabinet that there would be no attempt to storm the embassy, the terrorists allowed a doctor inside to treat the wounds of Noel and Eid. Then came a long string of demands delivered by telephone...
Super-brain. For hours, police had no idea how many snipers they were up against, but there seemed to be at least two, since blazes were set almost simultaneously on different floors. A besieging army of 200 uniformed policemen, detectives, sharpshooters and volunteers soon surrounded the motel. As the cordon tightened, the assailants found refuge behind the concrete walls of the rooftop's boiler room and stairwell casements. An armor-plated Marine helicopter made repeated passes as the cops tried to blast through the walls, but the sniper shots kept coming. Finally, eleven hours after the violence had begun...