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From: chidsey@smoke.brl.mil (Irving Chidsey)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Panama
Message-ID: <12760@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 4 Jan 90 04:24:48 GMT
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From: Irving Chidsey <chidsey@smoke.brl.mil>

In article <12698@cbnews.ATT.COM> ferguson@maitai.src.honeywell.com (Dennis Ferguson) writes:
<
<With Noriega in the Papal Nuncio, Noriega is effectively removed from
<the political/military arena in Panama.  Whatever one's opinion about
<whether the US should have gone into Panama, it appears the military
<operation was a tremendous success.  Look at the reports (facts?):
<
<
<    o  Noriega has effectively been neutralized by seeking sanctuary
<       in the Papal Nuncio.
<
	I believe that the Papal Nuncio is a man and not a building.  That is
the title they choose to give their ambassadors.  Noriega is hiding in the
Papal Nuncio's palace.  ( Which is probably also a matter of terminology. )

						Irv
-- 
I do not have signature authority.  I am not authorized to sign anything.
I am not authorized to commit the BRL, the DOA, the DOD, or the US Government
to anything, not even by implication.
			Irving L. Chidsey  <chidsey@brl.mil>