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forest444

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2. One of Poppy Bush's most heinous - and, of course, unpunished - crimes.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Jan 31, 2016, 05:22 PM

Jan 2016

I remember reading years ago that, shortly before the aerial bombing campaign (which was also used to test the useless, billion-dollar F-117 stealth bombers) the local Panamanian gentry recommended to Bush that they use the El Chorrillo slum for their "test" (which they did).

Their idea of urban renewal.

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The truth behind US' Operation Just Cause in Panama [View all] Judi Lynn Jan 2016 OP

From Panama to Ferguson: Countering the devaluation of black lives Judi Lynn Jan 2016 #1

One of Poppy Bush's most heinous - and, of course, unpunished - crimes. forest444 Jan 2016 #2

Hideous. Didn't know it was actually approved from within, too. Figures, doesn't it? Pure evil. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2016 #5

Reporting on Panamanian Truth Commission, Al Jazeera Cites FAIR�s 1990 Work Judi Lynn Jan 2016 #3

Panama Supports Truth Commission on 1989 US Invasion Judi Lynn Jan 2016 #4

Panama launches investigation into 1989 US invasion MinM Jul 2016 #16

Thank you for your link from BBC. There's a reference to this documentary: Judi Lynn Jul 2016 #17

I worked with a man that said he was there SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #6

Thank you for mentioning it. Sad most US citizens didn't even know it happened. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2016 #7

This is the incident which politicized me for the rest of my life MrScorpio Feb 2016 #8

It has everything you could think of to make a person absolutely sick with disgust, and sorrow. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2016 #9

I have always believed the operation was first and foremost... Nitram Feb 2016 #10

TY Judi Lynn. nt. polly7 Feb 2016 #11

The Panama Deception (1992) MinM Feb 2016 #12

Panama: Background And Buildup To Invasion Of 1989 MinM Apr 2016 #13

Panama and the USA: A Finance Story MinM Apr 2016 #14

God help me...it was terrible. libdem4life Apr 2016 #15