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WASHINGTON--President Bush's national security adviser and an attorney for Manuel Noriega said yesterday they did not know what if any sensitive U.S. documents could aid the fallen dictator's defense against drug charges, but the lawyer ruled out plea bargaining to prevent their exposure...
...Noriega's key assistants, Lt. Col. Luisdel Cid, surrendered to U.S. troops after the Dec.20 invasion of Panama and has pleaded innocent toall charges. Prosecutors have refused to say if hewill testify against his former boss...
...Maxwell Thurman, commanding general ofU.S. forces in Panama, said Noriega's surrender"completes the fourth of our four objectives" ininvading Panama in Operation Just Cause. Theothers, he said, were to protect American lives,safeguard the Panama Canal treaties and restoredemocracy to Panama...
Bush had called Pope John Paul II "to thank himfor the distinguished efforts of the Vatican andthe papal nuncio in Panama" in getting Noriega tosurrender
...Manuel Noriega. Once a noted strongman, Noriega left the Vatican Embassy after U.S. troops unveiled their cruelest weapon: Guns and Roses...