Word: laterization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter approved the issuing of the statement, with one change: he personally rewrote the key sentence to remove any possibility that the U.S. would need authorization from the United Nations to use force. The six-sentence statement, as handed to reporters 45 minutes later, warned that the "other remedies" available to the U.S. are "explicitly recognized in the charter of the United Nations...
Angered by false radio reports that Americans were responsible for the seizure of the Sacred Mosque at Mecca, some 10,000 Pakistanis attacked the U.S. headquarters, throwing bricks arid setting cars afire. It was 1 p.m., and not until about an hour later did police appear; they found themselves outnumbered, and left. The rioters, many of them students, crashed into the embassy, trapped some 90 employees in a vault room and set the building afire. There were cries of "Kill the American dogs...
...over the red brick wall, got back in the buses and drove away. End of demo. I was headed for the cafeteria, and Embassy Political Officer Herb Hagerty called out, "Save me a seat, I'll be right there." He never made it. It was a few minutes later, about 1p.m., that the buses returned, this time six of them. They were crammed with people, both inside and clinging to the roof. And now all hell broke loose...
...parking lot afire. Others bashed at the brick wall, using a heavy pole. There was constant yelling outside. Embassy staffers began locking their files. Dave Fields, the administrative counselor, watched the rioters smashing at the walls. "If the wall goes, we're in for it," he said. Moments later it did. "Everybody upstairs," Fields shouted...
...lights went out, then on again. A phone rang and we were told that police were on their way. Six minutes later, another phone call said General Zia was sending reinforcements...