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PANAMA CITY, Panama--As the first elements of the U.S. invasionary force withdrew, Panama's new president said the Vatican should hand Manuel Antonio Noriega over to the United States because his country is not yet capable of trying the ousted general...
That episode illustrated Noriega's crucial role in the continuing resistance. American commanders have made capturing him a high priority, since as long as he remains at large, some Panamanian units might rally around him. Yet the wily dictator managed to evade the net. American troops surrounded the Cuban and Nicaraguan embassies in Panama City to prevent Noriega from seeking refuge. Six hours after the invasion began, U.S. soldiers burst into the "Witch House," a Noriega residence on the Pacific coastline. Inside, they found cigarettes still smoldering in ashtrays, suggesting that the strongman might have slipped away only moments before...
...moved into the chaotic streets of Panama City, they faced not only widespread looting but also pervasive sniper fire from the Dignity Battalions and a few black-uniformed members of an elite special-forces unit. On Friday, as Pentagon briefers asserted that organized resistance in Panama City had faded, Noriega loyalists opened fire on the car of newly installed First Vice President Ricardo Arias Calderon as it sped away from the National Assembly building. Arias was unhurt. Mortar shells landed near the U.S. Southern Command Headquarters at Quarry Heights, and fighting erupted at a nearby police station. Thurman said that...
...resistance persists for long, Operation Just Cause may lose some of its sheen. As the Pentagon boasted, immense force was speedily dispatched to Panama, the canal was quickly protected, key P.D.F. installations were overrun or neutralized, and Noriega was removed from any effective power. The cost, however, may have been a distressingly high loss of life among Panamanian civilians. An unofficial check of hospitals showed that more than 200 noncombatants had died. A drawn-out struggle with rising American casualties also loomed. At week's end, as 2,000 more troops were sent into Panama, the Pentagon conceded that...
...President shows an increasing willingness to use force, but the biggest U.S. military venture since Viet Nam does not look to be an easy triumph. Operation Just Cause was well planned but flawed. Can Panama's new U.S.-installed leaders run the country? Manuel Noriega may have lost control of himself as well as his country. Parcel bombs kill a Southern judge and a civil rights activist...