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From: eric@aplvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: GRENADA: EYEWITNESS REPORT - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 1-Nov-83 08:53:28 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  1 08:53:28 1983
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	I continue to hold back a final judgment on whether we were
correct to invade, there is still far to much conflicting information.
But one thing I haven't seen mentioned. In the early days of the
invasion, there was a news report that the light plane carrying US
and other diplomats to confer with the new regime was fired upon, and
not allowed to land. Now, this mission was requested by the new
government in Grenada, supposedly to arrange for the evacuation of
any foreign nationals interested in leaving. Firing upon diplomatic
personnel has to be fairly close to an act of war, and certainly
indicates that not everything is under control in the country. On
the other hand, I have not heard any other references to this, so
perhaps the intial news report was incorrect. One thing I do miss, is
unbiased coverage, free from both government censorship and journalistic
ambition. There are so many "knee-jerk" reactions (on both sides) to
what happened, that the truth will be a long time in coming out.

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					eric
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