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From: karlth@rhi.hi.is (Karl Thoroddsen)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: U.S army in Panama
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Date: 12 Oct 89 03:19:01 GMT
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From: karlth@rhi.hi.is (Karl Thoroddsen)

Now one week after the failed Coup in Panama several questions surface.
According to news bulletins the U.S army helped the rebels by blocking the
roads to the presidential palace.  Could the army have done more?
How strong is the U.S army in Panama? And would an U.S intervention have
been a mistake, from a military point of view?

Yours faithfully

Karl Thoroddsen   


[mod.note: For the purposes of sci.military, let's restrict replies
to what the Army could have done, and what forces are deployed in
Panama.  The last question Karl asks is better addressed in 
talk.politics.misc, I feel.  - Bill ]