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...good day to die," declared James Gordon ("Bo") Gritz. The date was Nov. 27, 1982, and Gritz, 44, a swashbuckling former Green Beret, was about to lead three American daredevils and 15 Laotians on an improvised commando raid across the Mekong River. Their scheme: a 14-day trek to rescue American prisoners of war in the jungles of eastern Laos. After only three days, however, the bravado of "Operation Lazarus" was abruptly buried when a band of local guerrillas ambushed the raiders, killing two Laotians, capturing an American, and forcing the others to turn tail...
Despite the mood of melancholy resignation, the kelpers remain grateful for the British presence. "They are far more concerned about the Argies," says Councilor John Cheek. "People here worry about a sneak air raid or a commando landing. To prevent that, they'll put up with almost anything...
...looks the part of a writer. He has written several articles for Rolling Stone, and has been befriended by Norman Mailer. But to federal law-enforcement officials, Stratton looks more like a drug pusher than a pencil pusher. Arrested a year ago in Maine with 14 others after a raid netted $1.5 million worth of hashish and marijuana, Stratton is on trial as an active member of a drug conspiracy. A gigantic mistake, he says; he was actually no more than a spectator absorbing material for a novel. A ten-member jury will decide, perhaps this week, which portrait matches...
...never be known just how valuable the Mafia's help was in finding Dozier. Rabb's explanation, which minimizes the Mafia's role, may be accurate. The Italian police did indeed make a series of key arrests just before the raid, and law-enforcement officials in Rome insist that these suspects helped lead them to Dozier...
...other hand, Italian magistrates acknowledged that on Jan. 26 Restelli was secretly released from prison at the request of SISMI and the CIA to meet with officials in Milan. U.S. embassy personnel in Rome confirm that Dozier's whereabouts was not known until the night before the raid, which is when the Mafia leader reportedly gave the address to the Italians...