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...report approved the choice of the four-story steel and reinforced concrete building as a headquarters for the Marines because it afforded good protection from sniper fire, provided a rooftop view of the nearby mountains and served as a platform for radio antennas to communicate with the offshore fleet. But the panel criticized Lieut. Colonel Howard Gerlach, the battalion commander, for permitting as many as 350 Marines to be concentrated in the building. Gerlach, who was critically injured in the explosion and is recuperating in Bethesda Naval Hospital, "failed to observe the basic security precaution of dispersion," the report found...
...Sultan, Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the U.S. Although mostly planned in advance, the week's activity had an air of urgency. Repeatedly frustrated in its efforts to solve the Lebanon crisis and the Palestinian dilemma, and with U.S. Marines still exposed to terrorism, shelling and sniper fire at the Beirut airport, the Administration felt it was time to shake up the ingredients in the Middle East mix. Its thin but persistent hope was that greater tragedies could be averted and a semblance of stability restored...
...Washington developments were played out against the background of continued violence in Lebanon. Heavy shelling from Druse positions in the mountains above Beirut airport pinned down U.S. Marines in their bunkers. A French soldier was killed by sniper fire in a Beirut suburb. Sheik Halim Takieddin, a high-ranking Druse holy man, was assassinated in his home in Beirut by a young man who embraced him, then shot him with a silencer-equipped handgun...
...ultimate U.S. objectives and policies for the country. One could argue that a combat environment justifies extraordinary measures, including the suspension of personal rights. But as Admiral Metcalf eloquently noted, serious military opposition evaporated soon after the initial American assault. Military action continues only in the form of occasional sniper fire in the wooded areas. That the temporary Grenadian government would resort to nonexistent hostilities as a convenient excuse to restrict democratic rights only strengthens the position of Reagan's critics and narrows the moral gap between American and Soviet behavior...
...moment, however, Grenadians were not worrying much about the difficult tasks ahead. With only an occasional sniper firing at U.S. soldiers from isolated sites, the Defense Department announced on Wednesday that "hostilities have ceased." Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger then ordered the withdrawal of U.S. forces to begin. By week's end the invasion force of 6,000 paratroopers, Army Rangers and Marines had dwindled to about 2,500 men of the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, N.C., and up to 500 support personnel. The 400 soldiers contributed by Grenada's neighboring island nations (Antigua, Barbados, Dominica...