Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!pb1p+ From: pb1p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Peter Glen Berger) Newsgroups: alt.activism Subject: Panama Info Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 90 15:54:30 GMT Organization: Class of '90, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 29 I was in Spain at the time of the Panama invasion, and here's a little item that most if not all US "news" sources "forgot" to include in their coverage: US troops burst into a hotel lobby where there were no Panamanian soldiers (or weaponry of any kind, for that matter), where a number of reporters from other countries were staying. They apparently opened fire indiscriminately and somewhat randomly, killing a Spanish photographer and seriously wounding several other reporters. I will try to find an "official" attribution for this, I saw it reported on Spanish TV. BTW, the Panamanian "protesters" outside the Papal nuncio were paid by the US military. Media, media, media.... The International Herald Tribune published a great article wherein the writer said that he thought it was very noble that Bush admitted that we invaded Panama "just because". He was quite upset when he realized that he had misheard the quote. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pete Berger || ARPA: Pete.Berger@andrew.cmu.edu Professional Student || BITNET: R746PB1P@CMCCVB Carnegie-Mellon University || NEXUS@DRYCAS Do not attend this college. || UUCP: ...!harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!pb1p ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "If only I could/make a deal with god/and get him to swap our places..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------