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...troops stationed in the Panama Canal area were restricted to base and only authorized movement was permitted...
...PANAMA CITY, Panama--Soldiers in battle gear ringed U.S. military bases near the tense capital yesterday following the fatal shooting of an American officer in the worst confrontation between Panama and the United States in 25 years...
According to a U.S. Southern Command statement, the officer was "off duty, unarmed and in civilian clothes when he and three others were stopped by Panamanian soldiers near the Defense Headquarters in the old section of Panama City...
...soldiers mobilized along the perimeters of U.S. installations a few miles northwest of Panama City. Lines of armored personnel carriers and trucks stood at the ready inside the boundary of Fort Clayton...
Combat units were not seen at U.S. bases closer to Panama City, including U.S. Southern Command headquarters at Quarry Heights, which borders the capital to the west...