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...Eastern Caribbean states that had joined the U.S. forces refused to go along. In the course of an unusually acrimonious discussion, a vocal contingent from the African states of Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mauritius claimed that the U.S. action might encourage the South Africans to invade neighboring countries on the pretext of protecting its nationals abroad. In response, Dominica's Prime Minister Eugenia Charles, who had stood at President Reagan's side when he announced the Grenadian operation, replied, "They ask, 'Who's next?' Well, that's just what we asked ourselves." By week...
...P.L.O. It has been a year of 'to be or not to be.' We have to face two very strong Middle Eastern countries, Israel and Syria, not to mention Iran and Libya. They are strong, and so is their cupidity. [Syria and Israel] are here under the pretext that Lebanon is vital to their security...
...finding alternative accomodations for Indians in the proposed site against the benefits of the improved power the dam would provide. A Marxist member of the Mexican faculty broke in and criticized the technique as being too capitalistic and rebuked the K-School delegation for importing capitalism under the pretext of professionalism...
...expressed by Honduran officials, who were concerned that by letting the main group of contras set up bases and train in their country with U.S. arms, they might be exposing themselves to Nicaraguan invasion. The Sandinistas, for their part, charge that the contra campaign is designed to provide a pretext for a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua...
...system along with 80 MiG fighter planes. In a press conference arranged by the State Department, Bolanos also contended that the Nicaraguan government had concocted the story of an American-sponsored plot to poison Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto, which was used earlier this month as a pretext to expel three U.S. diplomats...