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...after 10 p.m., Eisenhower stood there watching, his hands sunk deep in his pockets. He went on watching until the last plane circled into the darkness overhead. A correspondent standing near him said the general's eyes were full of tears. That same afternoon, after he watched the first troop convoys preparing to depart, Eisenhower had scribbled a strange note for himself, a message that would be ready if everything ended in disaster: "Our landings ... have failed ... The troops, the Air and Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches...
Another prickly issue is the situation in southern Lebanon. Occupying Israeli forces last week flexed their muscles briefly as tanks and troop carriers surrounded the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el Hilweh, near Sidon, in a hunt for weapons and explosives. Two people were injured when Israeli troops opened fire, and a house was destroyed as the Israelis arrested about 30 residents. The camp was also the scene of escalating clashes between supporters of the P.L.O. and Ein el Hilweh's 30-member national guard, a local Palestinian militia organized and armed by the Israelis...
...contra presence and now provides a network of assistance. Our patrol carries rations of dried beef, rice, roasted cocoa beans and sugar, but peasants along the way offer us tortillas, bananas and water. More important, the local campesinos act as couriers and give our patrol intelligence about Sandinista troop movements. On the third and fourth nights of our trek, we are invited to sleep at peasant homes. During the days, we frequently take long rests at farmhouses. The contras chat easily with our hosts, some of whom are their friends and relatives...
...people to rise up in greater numbers." Nonetheless, the contras can cause trouble for the Sandinistas so long as the U.S. continues to supply covert aid. In Nicaragua's northern Nueva Segovia department, numerous peasants collaborate with the guerrillas, providing food, shelter and information on Sandinista troop movements in the heavily militarized region. While the F.D.N. is unable to occupy settlements for more than a few hours, the contras roamed with relative freedom, despite the presence of thousands of uniformed Sandinista defenders...
...critical analysis of a January 1982 CBS Reports show, reported by Correspondent Mike Wallace and Producer George Crile. The program accused General Westmoreland, the commander of U.S. forces in Viet Nam, of participating in a "conspiracy at the highest levels of American military intelligence" to underreport enemy troop strength in order to create the impression that the U.S. was winning the war. Kowet first wrote about the documentary in a 1982 article he co-authored for TV Guide with Reporter Sally Bedell Smith (now at the New York Times). The article charged that CBS violated several fundamental principles of fairness...