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...appearances its business was satisfactory. Brown kept a list of clients that allegedly included the names of some 3,000 prominent south Texas politicians, judges, businessmen and sports figures. After her establishment was raided by police last October, Brown gave the list to Armandina Saldivar, a writer for El Pueblo, a local newspaper that appears about once a month. When Brown was convicted of "aggravated promotion of prostitution," the paper began laying plans to publish the names...
...coincidence that the Rossing mine of Namibia--South Africa's major source of production--is now the largest uranium strip mine in the world. Nor is it a coincidence that Rossing's predecessor in this dubiously prestigious position was the Jackpile Mine at Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico--operated by Anaconda for the Atomic Energy Commission, and now by ARCO (the parent) for anyone who wants uranium. As Morton points out, "There is a relation between racism and uranium...
What makes Iran's particular act of terrorism so difficult to second guess, of course, is that it was one of a kind. The Pueblo affair is often cited as an analogous example. In January 1968 a U.S. intelligence ship and 82 members of its crew were captured by the North Koreans in the Sea of Japan. The Johnson Administration made the proper noises initially, but then settled down to very quiet, private negotiations. About eleven months later the crew of the Pueblo was released. There are coincidental similarities to the Iranian situation as well: the Pueblo affair also...
...fear of driving the North Koreans into the arms of the Soviet Union. With Iran that fear was, and is, a fundamental consideration, as was the even larger danger of igniting the entire Persian Gulf and throttling the West's essential oil supply. Also, the Pueblo crew was in fact spying, and they were doing so against a country with which the U.S. had no diplomatic relations. Beyond that, Kim II Sung's regime, while hardly a dream government, was a lot easier to deal with than Khomeini's. The North Koreans know how to practice discretion...
These developments occurred just as the Iranians finally began to consider letting outsiders see the hostages. Two NBC reporters were allowed to interview a captive Marine corporal, William Gallegos, 21, of Pueblo, Colo., touching off complaints from Administration officials and others about "TV diplomacy" (see PRESS). Despite Gallegos' assurances that "nobody's been mistreated," the interview heightened concern for the hostages...