Word: noriega
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...Ravensbruck, a Nazi concentration camp. She was stripped of her U.S. citizenship but the slow legal process - both Germany and Poland wanted to extradite her - kept her in the the country until 1973, when she was finally sent to West Germany. And even though former Panamanian general Manuel Noriega finished his U.S. prison sentence in 2007, he still remains in jail while the legal system decides whether he should be extradited to France (where he is wanted on money-laundering charges) or repatriated to Panama - where he faces charges of murder and extortion...
...pairs of tie-dyed coats and pants in the late 1970s. A decade and two mortgages later, his patented "Trebark" design had gone from being featured in a few small ads in Bowhunter magazine to appearing in nearly every major outdoors catalog in the country. When Manuel Noriega, wearing Trebark gear, finally surrended to U.S. troops, Crumley reportedly toyed with the idea of using the Panamanian general in an ad campaign with the slogan "No wonder it took so long to capture...
...need for guerrilla-warfare specialists. SEALs earned a reputation for valor and stealth in Vietnam, where they conducted clandestine raids in perilous territory. Since then, teams of SEALs have taken on shadowy missions in strife-torn regions around the world, stalking high-profile targets such as Panama's Manuel Noriega and Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar and playing integral roles in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
...region known for tolerating shady military men, Panamanian General Manuel Antonio Noriega has long had a reputation for being more corrupt than most. Last week evidence came to light that suggested Noriega's reputation is well deserved. Relying on U.S. intelligence reports, both the New York Times and NBC News detailed charges that the military strongman is involved in smuggling drugs and weapons, laundering money and selling U.S. intelligence secrets to Cuba. Most damning, Noriega, who as commander of Panama's armed forces essentially runs the country, was linked to the September 1985 murder of Dr. Hugo Spadafora, a leading...
...filed the motion for a stay, as well as a petition for habeas corpus, with U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler in Miami and the judge, who presided over Noriega's original trial, granted a stay by the late afternoon but ordered both the government and Noriega's legal team to present their arguments and evidence to him on Thursday morning. Hoeveler will review the arguments in his chambers. The habeas petition by Noriega's lawyers raised concerns that France may fail to accord Noriega prisoner of war status in accordance with the Geneva Convention. The motion also calls...