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Walsh disclosed that both former White House chief of staff Donald Regan and former Secretary of State George Shultz would have testified at the trial that President Reagan knew about a possibly illegal arms-for-hostage shipment of Hawk missiles to Iran in November 1985. Walsh's report, peppered with newly released notes, insisted that Weinberger helped cover up the truth. Not so, said Weinberger's lawyer, who labeled the report "a work of fiction...
...sites and missile emplacements with HARM missiles and cluster bombs. Saddam's intentions had become more menacing by Saturday night, when Iraqi antiaircraft batteries fired on three U.S. fighters patrolling in the southern no-fly zone. The pilots returned fire and made it safely back to the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk...
...attack was first ordered on Monday. But bad weather delayed its execution until Wednesday night, when 80 U.S. Navy and Air Force planes took off from the carrier Kitty Hawk and four air bases in Saudi Arabia. With 30 French and British warplanes joining in, they struck four SAM missile and four radar emplacements in the no-fly zone. Iraq responded with only light antiaircraft fire, and all the allied planes returned safely...
...down one MiG; the other fled to Iran. Iraqi officials blasted the incident as "blatant aggression." President Bush said the shootdown was consistent with the need to enforce U.N. resolutions, and President-elect Bill Clinton gave him solid support. A day later, even as the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk was diverted from Somalia to the Persian Gulf, Iraqi warplanes violated the zone again, but retreated when U.S. fighters approached...
What draws the crowds is the movie inside -- but outside, on the sidewalks, far more is going on than mere ticket buying. Vendors hawk books, buttons and photographs. Ticket holders passionately debate the film's subject even before + they see it. At one New York City theater last week, the director showed up to thank moviegoers for their support and was engulfed by a throng of youths eager for his autograph or a handshake. Meanwhile, at another theater across town, a street-corner activist paced in front of the waiting line, shouting, "Don't see this movie...