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...There is no other alternative but the use of the powers that the constitution gives me, to separate Gen. Noriega from his high command," Delvalle said yesterday...
Pentagon spokeswoman Capt. Nancy LaLuntas said in Washington that the U.S. Southern Command in Panama received reports of scattered demonstrations in and around Panama City. U.S. forces were put on "Bravo" alert, which orders American military personnel and dependents to "decrease their visibility," she said...
...command, initially created to protect the Panama Canal, has become the center for U.S. military operations in Latin America which range from fighting rebels to fighting drug smugglers. There are 10,000 soldiers and 2000 U.S. dependents under the command...
...Panama, a defiant Noriega, who celebrated his 50th birthday last week, responded to the mushrooming charges against him with some old-fashioned Yanqui bashing. To the cheers of peasant supporters, he said his struggle with the U.S. was a battle for "national liberation." He suggested that the U.S. Southern Command, which maintains 10,000 troops in Panama, be sent packing. As for Blandon, Noriega dismissed him as a "Benedict Arnold" and a "paranoid...
Higgins had been on U.N. duty in the Middle East since June 1987 and assumed command of the Lebanon observer group in mid-January, said U.N. officials in New York...