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...inventions may read like a parody of a best-selling thriller, but his characters give off sparks of intelligence and complexity. If some of the principals seem to belong to the Hollywood power structure rather than to the Washington elite, it is undoubtedly because the author knows the entertainment mob far better than the godfathers of government...
That proved unwise. First, a group of youths began to stone the strikebreakers; then the violence escalated. An angry mob of 20,000 -- mostly unemployed young people -- went on a rampage. They ransacked and set fire to the five-star Hotel Merenids, torched limousines, looted boutiques and banks. Soon disturbances spread to several other towns, including the capital, Rabat. Some witnesses reported that police fired submachine guns into crowds. Authorities say five people died; union leaders put the toll at more than...
...which Gotti won an acquittal in 1987. He is accused of heading the Gambino crime family and, as its leader, of violating the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Law. But the 11 counts in the new indictment are more serious. He is accused of taking part in four Mob killings and conspiring to arrange a fifth. His organization, according to the charges, took part in illegal gambling, extortion, loan sharking, obstruction of justice and robbery. Three of Gotti's top aides, including Thomas Gambino, son of the late Carlo, the Gambino family's original "boss of bosses," were also...
...four, Gotti alone is charged with masterminding the most sensational rubout in recent Mob history: the slaying of Paul Castellano, then head of the Gambino family, by three gunmen as Castellano left a Manhattan restaurant on Dec. 16, 1985. Gotti has long been suspected of having arranged the hit so he could take over the family. Police contend that Castellano did not trust Gotti and was grooming Thomas Bilotti, his bodyguard, as the next head of the family. (Bilotti too was killed in the ambush.) While Gotti is not accused of pulling a trigger, investigators say they have a witness...
Actually, Gotti lost frequent clashes with local prosecutors before he rose to Mob stardom. Between 1963 and 1975 he served time for car theft, petty larceny, hijacking and attempted manslaughter. His untouchable reputation ! began in 1986, when a man who had earlier accused Gotti of assaulting and robbing him decided at the trial -- quite prudently -- that he could no longer identify his assailant...