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...Sunday, Sept. 18, the order to launch the invasion went out from the Pentagon. An hour later, planes loaded with American paratroopers were in the air, heading south. Warships closed in on Haiti, and Navy SEALs stole toward shore. Then, almost two hours later, the invasion was abruptly canceled. U.S. troops were told they would go ashore Monday to "cooperate" with the Haitian soldiers they had been ready to kill the day before...
...Clinton indicated he would back off an October 15 deadline for Serbs to accept a peace plan. Clinton had so far used the stick of arming the Muslims to convince the Serbs to reverse their rejection of the internationally backed proposal. But the Bosnian Muslims, afraid the Serbs would launch a deadly offensive in anticipation of the lifting of the arms embargo, told Clinton "they may be interested in deferring any action on that for four to six months," the President said today. Russian President Boris Yeltsin, a Serb ally, added his two cents during his current visit to Washington...
...battle among competing online newsstands is about to get even fiercer. This summer Apple opened a slick service, eWorld, and publisher Ziff-Davis is expected to launch its powerful new Interchange Online Network before the end of the year. But the most fearsome competitors may be ones that are still in the wings. Next year Microsoft is expected to introduce its own online service, code-named Marvel, which it could bundle into every copy of Windows it sells. Even more formidable would be an online service from AT&T, which can market directly to its 80 million customers...
...would Jim Baker or Dick Cheney handle Haiti? Of the potential Republican presidential nominees in 1996, the former secretaries of State and Defense are the best qualified to speak about foreign affairs, and both would avoid the invasion Bill Clinton seems ready to launch. For Baker and Cheney, the bottom line is simple: restoring Haiti's deposed President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, isn't worth a single American life. From there, however, their positions diverge. Both would stay out of Haiti, but Cheney would also stay away...
...charging that an invasion is just a political stunt timed to boost the Democrats' sagging electoral fortunes. In fact what most Congressmen really want, says a Capitol Hill staff member, "is to be consulted, but let Clinton take the heat." Beginning Monday, the Administration's national-security officials will launch a sortie on Capitol Hill to brief key lawmakers...