Word: units
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...meantime, a heavily armed phalanx of more than 200 police equipped with bulletproof vests and including a special antiterror unit from Paris had surrounded the courthouse and begun talks with the terrorists. Less than seven hours after the drama had begun, negotiators, led by Paris Police Prefect Robert Broussard, had secured the release of almost half the hostages, including a group of law students who were observing the trial and two defendants who chose not to take part in the uprising. Throughout the night, the terrorists continued releasing hostages. By late Friday morning only four remained: Presiding Judge Dominique Bailhache...
...plane's 256 occupants died instantly. While most were in civilian clothes, some still wore their black jumping boots and the unit's American eagle emblem, selected at the division's creation in 1942 as befitting its military mission: "To crush its enemies by falling upon them like a thunderbolt from the skies." This time there seemed to be no enemy but misfortune, and the Eagles had become victims of their own fatal plunge...
...Mark, if my facts are correct (and you may check them with any of your medical school colleagues: I suggest Dr. David Ho, of the Massachusetts General Hospital Infectious Disease Unit), what is your justification for "widespread testing for AIDS," which would be the point of departure for a level of irrational fear, discrimination, and Constitutional chaos the likes of which have never been seen in this country? Your Harvard Medical School appointment lends you credibility, far more than you deserve, but there is no medical justification for such measures. Period. The only one not giving the public a "straight...
That afternoon the Prime Minister released a brief, carefully worded statement. "Spying on the United States stands in total contradiction to our policy," it read. "Such activity, to the extent that it did take place, was wrong and the government of Israel apologizes." Peres vowed that if government officials were implicated in the espionage, "those responsible will be brought to account, the unit involved . . . will be completely and permanently dismantled, and necessary organizational steps will be taken to ensure that such activities are not repeated...
Israeli sources said last week that Eitan's secret spying unit had been disbanded on Peres' orders. But there may still be some reluctance in the Peres Cabinet to turn documents stolen by Pollard over to the U.S. Among them: information on Arab military operations, Soviet technology and weapons systems and, most troubling to Jerusalem, U.S. analyses of Israel's intelligence- gathering capabilities. Some Israeli officials do not want to see Pollard convicted and worry that information about covert activities, once returned, might be leaked...