Word: lynden
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cuban helicopter carrying soldiers touched down briefly near the town. All the Cuban aircraft then flew off, having made the intended point: Bahama had better release the fishermen. The Castro government later claimed that the Flamingo had been mistaken for "a pirate ship." Bahama's Prime Minister Lynden Pindling scoffed at that excuse, noting that the Flamingo had been flying two Bahamian flags and was easily identifiable as a naval vessel. Said Pindling: "Our boats don't fly the Jolly Roger...