Word: grenadian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Clearly, it would not be easy to find a group of Grenadian leaders who could form a government that would restore stability to the island. One possibility, being contemplated by Britain, Canada and other former British colonies, was the creation of a Commonwealth force to replace the U.S. troops once the fighting had ended...
...Today is the first day we have heard of any Grenadian casualties--the government only seems to care about the dead Cubans and Americans," Hubbard said. According to Hubbard, the cause of the invasion was Grenadian government's refusal to "dance to the U.S. tune...
...Union. Grenada lies at the heart of vital sea-lanes, and Administration officials have long claimed that the Soviets plan to turn the is land into a strategic base that would threat en the shipment of U.S. oil supplies. In recent months, however, the Cubans have been urging the Grenadian government to seek accommodation with the U.S. to help ease tensions in the region. Last week they seemed concerned that the latest events in Grenada might give Communism a bad name in the Caribbean. Cuban President Fidel Castro condemned the "savage" killings and said that no revolutionary doctrine or principle...
Cohen: It's not clear exactly who is in charge. I would suspect that there's a clique of officers in the Grenadian army. There are a number of things like that which will become clear...
OSTENSIBLY, the United States invaded Grenada to protect American students at the St. George's Medical Academy after the death of the Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop on October 19, and answer the call from the Eastern Caribbean States for American military aid. In fact, however, negotiations for such an invasion had begun before any such request. They were initiated by the United States on October 15, the day Bishop was placed under house arrest. Those negotiations continued until the 19th, when Bishop was executed on the evening of the 20th, contingency plans began in the Pentagon for the possible...