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...With Juan Miguel's arrival having forced its hand, the Clinton administration finally moved decisively at Easter, risking a public backlash for the armed raid in which Elian was seized from his Miami relatives. But Elian's obvious joy at the reunion with his father neutralized any political flak, and the congressional hearings Republicans promised within hours of the raid appear to have vanished into the ether. By returning Elian to his father and then letting the courts decide the rest, the White House knocked the wind out of any further protests in Miami or on Capitol Hill...
...been first out of the gate in April, initiating a two-part movie to air sometime in November, and Fox moved to scoop them by planning a project to air by September. But Golan, better known for such cinematic gems as "Death Wish" and "Raid on Entebbe," is notoriously quick at rushing stories to screen - his most recent effort was a low-budget screamer about the Miami shooting of Gianni Versace. So although Golan promises to be first and claims to have presold "Elian: The Gonzalez-Boy Story" (yes, that's the title) in five countries, including Germany, its real...
...wrongful-death suit against the government that kicked off in court Tuesday, doesn't have any conspiracy theories. He isn't going to put the system on trial. He just wants to prove that the U.S. government - specifically, the two FBI field generals that led the 1993 raid on the Waco compound - made "bad decisions," and that people died from them. Here's a rundown on the showdown...
...brother T. Edward A. Cole was killed April 21, 1944, returning to England after a bombing raid over Germany. Three weeks ago, I read the letters my brother sent home, but even more heartbreaking were the seven unopened letters written by my parents and returned to them, stamped in red ink DECEASED. ELIZABETH COLE CLEMANS Monument, Colo...
...seems to have picked up at least a few of his father's hardball tactics. When his uncle Rifaat--who was exiled to Europe after a failed coup attempt--started questioning Bashar's ability to lead last fall, the younger man's allies led Syrian forces in a raid against an "illegal" coastal stronghold owned by Rifaat...