Word: transport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reads: THIS IS A SANCTUARY FOR THE OPPRESSED FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. Fife is now facing the consequences of that proclamation. This week he and an ecumenical group of ten others, including two Roman Catholic priests and a nun, will go on trial in Tucson on charges of conspiring to transport and shelter Central American aliens. If they are found guilty, the sentences on the conspiracy charges could be as severe as five years in prison and $10,000 fines...
...emerged of the planning of the U.S. interception, some courtesy of a ham radio operator in Chicago who eavesdropped on one of the six conversations between President Reagan and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. At the time, the two were aloft in separate aircraft, but Weinberger's Gulfstream C-20 transport had not yet been fitted with a scrambler fully compatible with that on Air Force One. "Weinberger made the comment that it may take shots across the bow," the brother of the ham operator told reporters. "The President said, in essence, I don't care what it takes, I want...
...been involved in the planning. Well before the EgyptAir interception took place, some diplomats and intelligence analysts had reached the conclusion that the Achille Lauro hijacking was in fact a bungled terrorist attempt to launch an attack on the Israeli harbor of Ashdod, using the cruise liner merely as transport. They also believed that while Arafat was aware of the plan to attack Ashdod, neither he nor P.L.F. Leader Abul Abbas knew about the liner hijacking in advance. Apparently, the hijacking occurred only after the terrorists' weapons had been discovered aboard the ship (see following story...
...Force, for instance, is chronically unwilling to provide air cover for ground troops in the field, and the Navy is reluctant to buy ships to transport the Army. Turf battles surface most glaringly in actual combat. The invasion of Grenada in 1983 was a walk-over, said Senator Nunn, but only because the defenders were few and poorly armed. Coordination among the services was abysmal. Nunn cited the case of one Army officer who, unable to reach the Navy because of incompatible communication systems, had to use his AT&T credit card to phone his office in North Carolina...
...anniversary of the ratification of the U.N. Charter. President Reagan is expected to speak to the General Assembly that week, along with dozens of Prime Ministers and several potentates, including a few Kings. The Secret Service will airlift the President's bulletproof, armored Lincoln Continental on an Air Force transport from Washington, but foreign dignitaries will have to make do with rented limos. Fugazy, New York's largest limousine purveyor, offers cars equipped with flag holders, but the company reports that only six such autos have been requested. Few heads of state, it seems, are eager to alert terrorists...