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...reports that the Air Force will courtmartial five officers in connection with the shooting down of two U.S. helicopters following the Persian Gulf War. Friendly fire was responsible for the tragedy in northern Iraq in which 11 people died...
...unfinished drama of women in the military, Admiral Stanley Arthur and Lieut. (j.g.) Rebecca Hansen were antagonists in the making. Arthur was the former commander of U.S. naval forces during the Persian Gulf War, holder of 11 Distinguished Flying Crosses; he was looking forward to being confirmed by the Senate as commander in chief of the Pacific forces in July. Hansen, an honors student in Aviation Officer Candidate School, wanted to fly. The problem: she had been dismissed from flight school with only eight weeks left in an 18-month training course. As Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Arthur...
Many other Arab states in North Africa and the Persian Gulf are showing interest in better relations with Israel, especially economic ties. The ; alluring outline of something like a common market is beginning to glimmer over the sands of the Middle East. Peace between Israel and most of its Arab neighbors now seems inevitable. But to be truly stable, the process must include Syria, the hostile power to Israel's north and the de facto ruler of Lebanon. The crucial next decision is up to Syrian President Hafez Assad, who sits brooding in Damascus as the self-proclaimed embodiment...
Germany's highest court ruled that the country's armed forces may take part in international missions such as the Persian Gulf war if a parliamentary majority agrees to the deployment. The move should strengthen Germany's campaign for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council...
...will begin circulating a resolution among U.N. Security Council members shortly, asking them to allow a U.S.-led force to use "all necessary means" to stabilize Haiti. That's the same phrase used when President Bush approached the Security Council in 1990 to lay the groundwork for the Persian Gulf...