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...Iranians brazenly charged that the U.S. had murdered innocent sailors aboard the Iran Ajr. Yet on that very day a mine presumed to be theirs took ) the lives of four apparent innocents on a Panamanian-register ed research vessel that sank so fast there was no time to radio a distress call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caught In The Act | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

...without consulting Intelsat's board. In one instance, Colino helped create a contract for sham construction work, broke it into three smaller contracts of less than $500,000 each, and pocketed some of the money himself. In another deal, the Government charged, Colino created a Panamanian consulting company that billed Intelsat for fees; these were in turn siphoned into Colino's Swiss bank account...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mysterious Fall of a Star | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

...debate over what to do about Noriega has at times pitted U.S. officials against one another. Last October the State Department asked Von Raab to meet with some visiting Panamanian officials and present them with gift-wrapped parcels. The Customs commissioner, who has long believed Panama to be a haven for drug dealers, was unaware that the packages contained plaques expressing Washington's appreciation for Panamanian assistance in cracking down on narcotics traffic. Fumed Von Raab: "I was snookered." Von Raab is skeptical about talk of Panamanian cooperation with U.S. law enforcement. "Just because they throw a few crumbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Backing Away from a Latin Dictator | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

Chances for an arms deal get a boost from offers by the U. S. and West Germany. -- He may be worth $7 million, but g. o. p. Candidate Pierre Samuel du Pont IV says he is a self- made man. -- Three federal agencies are investigating Panamanian Despot Manuel Noriega. -- In Louisiana, an accountant is executed for a brutal murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page September 7, 1987 | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

...days later the Texaco Caribbean was slowly steaming south through the Gulf of Oman. Flying the Panamanian flag, the tanker had just loaded up with Iranian oil at Larak Island terminal in the Persian Gulf. Suddenly, eight miles from the United Arab Emirates' port of Fujairah, an explosion rocked the ship, ripping a gash ten feet wide in its hull. As oil oozed into the sea and sailors hosed down the deck, the Texaco Caribbean limped farther offshore to avoid contaminating nearby beaches with oil. Western diplomats speculated that the device was intended for the U.S.-escorted tanker convoy, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Here a Mine, There a Mine | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

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