1. Panama And Iraq
In 1983, a US Senate committee concluded that Panama was a major center for the laundering of drug funds and drug trafficking. ... In May 1986, the Director of the Drug Enforcement Agency praised Noriega for his "vigorous anti-drug trafficking policy."" ... Among other things, he seems to have been dragging his feet about helping the U.S. in the contra war. ... Then in December 1989, the United States celebrated the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the Cold War by invading Panama outright. ... Dan Rather placed him "at the top of the list of the world's drug thieves and scum'...
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- Approx Pages: 13
- Grade Level: High School