Word: ued
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...though, and it constitutes a terrifying precedent. Had the several hundred American citizens on Grenada been hostages of the new regime, the United States could have justified a rescue mission. But by all accounts-and admittedly, there are not many, because Washington made Grenada off-limits to the press-U.S. citizens on the island, though in the middle of turmoil any coup necessarily creates, were not being directly threatened by the regime, nor were they hostages. The invasion, a violation of several international treaties that this country allegedly adheres to, indicates that preemptive military operations are acceptable. As long...
...sister of a slain Grenadian cabinet member, two Harvard professors and other Latin American experts and activists last night condemned Tuesday's U S led invasion of the Caribbean island...
...serve in Beirut? What purpose could they conceivably serve? There can be no peace in Lebanon without political reconciliation. Perhaps U.S. diplomacy can speed such reconciliation, but the Marines in Beirut are merely a flashpoint for new hostilities. They are clay ducks vulnerable to any of the many anti-U.S. terrorists in Beirut. Did we not learn our lesson in Vietnam? Foreign armies cannot solve domestic political squabbles...
...attack ended a diplomatic initiative that had begun with high expectations and that was to have broadened South Korea's ties to other nations in the region. Burma's President U San Yu condemned the bombing as a "premeditated and dastardly act" by terrorists who he said were seeking to disrupt relations between his government and South Korea. India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi called the slayings "a great calamity, which deserves to be condemned." Said Australia's Prime Minister Bob Hawke: "No one can gain or draw satisfaction from this wanton act of terrorism." Both...
...South Korean officials charged that the bomb had been planted by North Korean agents, but provided no specific evidence to back their claim. Said Information Minister Lee Jin Hie: "We have come to realize once again the true nature of North Korea as a barbarous international group." Burmese President U San Yu called the attack a "premeditated and dastardly act of terrorists." Two Burmese ministers were injured...