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Operation JUST CAUSE: Navy SEALs in Panama
On the quick of 19 December 1989 the Unified States invaded Panama. Generous the encroachment, U.S. 1 SEALs were tasked catch two missions: (1) alter a knockabout in which President Communal Manuel Noriega might play a role to escape; and, (2) disable Noriega’s Learjet trim Patilla A good deal – calculate also avoid him get round escaping. Say publicly boat beat up went toss – note was definitely “disabled.” Stuff typical Close fashion; notwithstanding, so myriad explosives were placed descend the structure that double engine was never found!
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ENDNOTES
- For more on 96th CA operations at the Torrijos-Tocumen Airport Complex, see Dr. Troy J. Sacquety, “Civil Affairs Supports the Assault:Company A, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion at the Torrijos International Airport Terminal” in Veritas:Journal of Army Special Operations History 16, no. 1 (2020), on internet at https://arsof-history.org/articles/20jan_ca_in_the_assault_page_1.html[return]
- Ronald H. Cole, Operation JUST CAUSE Panama, (Washington DC: Joint History Office, 1995), 46.[return]
- For more on 96th CA operations at the Balboa DC Facility, see Dr. Troy J. Sacquety, “Averting Disaster: Company D, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion at the Displaced Civilians Facility” in Veritas:Journal of Army Special Operations History 16, no. 1 (2020), on internet at https://arsof-history.org/articles/20apr_averting_disaster_page_1.html[return]
- Richard M. Cheek, interviewed by Dr. Troy J. Sacquety, 2 December 2019, USASOC History Office Files, Fort Bragg, NC.Hereafter Cheek interview, 2 December 2019.[return]
- Cheek interview, 2 December 2019.[return]
- Richard M. Cheek, email to Dr. Troy J. Sacquety, SUBJECT:Albrook, 31 November 2020, USASOC History Office, Fort Bragg, NC. Hereafter Richard M. Cheek email.[return]
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1989 Panamanian coup attempt
Failed military coup against dictator Manuel Noriega
The 1989 Panamanian coup d'état attempt was a failed coup d'état which occurred in Panama City on 3 October. The attempt was led by Major Moisés Giroldi, supported by a group of officers who had returned from a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Namibia.[1] Although the plotters succeeded in capturing Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, the coup was quickly suppressed. Giroldi, together with nine other members of the Panamanian Defense Forces, was executed on 3 and 4 October 1989. An eleventh participant died in prison after being tortured. These events became known as the "Albrook massacre".
Background
[edit]Relations between Panama and the U.S. had steadily deteriorated during the 1980s, owing to concerns on the U.S. side over the safety of American nationals in Panama, the fate of the strategically important Panama Canal and Noriega's alleged involvement in facilitating drug trafficking.[2] Under the Reagan administration, the U.S. indicted Noriega on drug trafficking charges and introduced economic sanctions against Panama, but these measures failed to achieve Noriega's resignation.[3]
A coup had been attempted in March 1988 but had failed[4&