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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Breaking News: Manuel Noriega is dead at 83

The brash Panamanian dictator and sometime American ally was ousted in a U.S. invasion in 1989.

Manuel Antonio Noriega, the brash former dictator of Panama and sometime ally of the United States whose ties to drug trafficking led to his ouster in 1989 in the largest American military action since the Vietnam War, has died. He was 83.

President Juan Carlos Varela of Panama announced Mr. Noriega’s death on Twitter early Tuesday morning.
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2 comments:

  1. Rebel Without a ClueMay 30, 2017 at 9:21 AM

    The US Army's PsyOps unit kept playing Van Halen's "Panama" over and over through loud speakers at the Vatican Embassy until the priests through Noriega out. A stroke of brilliance by the Private who came up with that one!

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  2. AnonymousMay 30, 2017 at 12:16 PM

    Noriega made a lot of money for the Bushes and the Clintons.
    Just saying . . .

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