Word: panama
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Starlifter carrying the first contingent of soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C. landed at 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. EDT) at Howard Air Base outside Panama City. Nearly 50 flights are expected by the time deployment is finished Friday...
...PANAMA CITY, Panama--The first of an extra 1300 U.S. troops arrived yesterday to increase security for American soldiers and citizens during Panama's political and economic crisis...
...buildup, ordered last week to counter what the Pentagon called Noriega's "heavy-handed tactics," will raise U.S. troop strength along the 50-mile-long Panama Canal to 11,800 officers and men. Noriega commands the 15,000 member Defense Forces...
...reinforcements were sent after reports that U.S. citizens were harassed by Panamanian soldiers and the brief arrests of several American reporters during a police raid on opposition headquarters in a Panama City hotel...
WORLD: A thwarted coup in Panama pushes Noriega toward the brink...