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...born-again Christian and 20 months before his election to the Senate. Then, too, he and his wife Dee "have made no secret that our lives and our marriage have gone through some rocky times." According to the Senator, the fact that his application, confiscated in a police raid two months after his visit, was publicized by an Iowa radio station at this time points to "character assassination ... by forces which seek my defeat for re-election." Democratic Congressman Tom Harkin is already running well ahead of Jepsen in the polls. Since a shift of six seats would give control...
...meantime, both Iran and Iraq bombed civilian targets on the ground. Iraq mounted a raid on the northern Iranian border town of Baneh, killing several hundred people who had gathered to celebrate the anniversary of the 1963 riots against the Shah. In response, Iran sent shells crashing into Iraq's beleaguered port of Basra; Iraq retaliated by hitting the Iranian oil city of with a single missile, killing twelve people. Some observers thought the activity was a prelude to another, long-awaited &quoet;human wave" offensive by Iran, a view reinforced by a decloration of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini that...
...authorities have expropriated about 150,000 acres of land belonging to the cocaine mafia. A March 10 raid uncovered one of the largest cocaine-processing operations in the world: a modern complex 430 miles southeast of Bogotá that boasted 19 laboratories, where a thousand workers produced an estimated 25 tons of cocaine a month. The plant's 13.8 tons of cocaine represented roughly one-fifth of U.S. yearly consumption (estimated street price: $1.2 billion). When the police dumped it into the nearby Yari River, the waters ran white with foam...
...Shultz and Reagan, the answer is yes, but with great caution. For example, the U.S. declined to join France, which also suffered casualties in the Beirut massacre, in a retaliatory raid against the truck bombers' suspected headquarters because Washington did not feel sufficiently confident in its intelligence. Furthermore, the celebrated failure of an antiterrorist mission could cost the U.S. dearly in prestige. Yet, with random violence increasing, the U.S., as a senior State Department official put it is determined to send an unmistakable message: "We don't allow terrorism to go unpunished...
...Gumaa was in relatively good shape when he was captured, which would imply he was killed later by the Israelis. The official statements have done little to dispel the mystery. The first announcement, coming about an hour after the commando raid, did not mention the terrorists at all, while the second statement eight hours later simply said all four had been killed. It was not until the next day that an Israeli army spokesman stated that "two terrorists were killed when our forces broke into the bus. The other two died later, on the way to the hospital...