Word: statements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before dawn yesterday, soldiers on a routine patrol spotted the three guerrillas just north of the Kfar Yuval collective farm, chased them and opened fire, the army said in a statement...
...Lebanon, a pro-Iranian group threatened to kill kidnapped American and French hostages if any attempt was made to storm the plane. A statement from the Islamic Jihad terrorist group was delivered to the Reuters news agency in West Beirut, along with photographs of journalists Terry A. Anderson, an American, and Jean-Paul Kauffmann of France...
...families of the hostages, we declare that we shall execute the Western captives in Lebanon if the plane and holy warriors [hijackers] aboard are subjected to any military foolhardiness," the statement said...
Buoyed by McKay's statement that he is not facing indictment, the Attorney General announced that he intends to fly off Wednesday on a scheduled week- long trip to Latin America to seek greater cooperation with U.S. antidrug programs. Yet Meese is not in the best position to pressure foreign leaders. When other U.S. officials have asked Mexico, for example, to get tougher on its officials accused of drug corruption, the response has been disconcerting. After citing Meese's problems, some Mexican diplomats have added with a sardonic smile, "It's like Wedtech. These cases are very difficult to make...
...with convention seats. So he called Jackson and asked for the right to name Missouri's at- large delegates in return for helping Jackson with delegate slates in South Dakota and Texas. Jackson magnanimously agreed, and Gephardt announced his withdrawal the next day. After fighting back tears throughout his statement, he adjourned to a small room with family and friends, where he broke down and cried...