United States Volunteers in Nicaragua and the Death of Benjamin Linder: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, May 13, 1987, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 - 175 pages |
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... German Pomares Ordonez Hospital of Apanás , that BENJAMIN ERNEST LINDER , died as the result of injuries from firearms . Upon examination he presented multiple punctiform lesions in the right frontal region , supraorbital region and ...
... German Pomares Ordonez Hospital of Apanás , that BENJAMIN ERNEST LINDER , died as the result of injuries from firearms . Upon examination he presented multiple punctiform lesions in the right frontal region , supraorbital region and ...
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... German Berndt Koberstein , himself , is an interesting but not a typical case of Westerners working in Nicaragua . As his job description implies , administering the Wiwili forced relocation camp , he was not simply a humanitarian ...
... German Berndt Koberstein , himself , is an interesting but not a typical case of Westerners working in Nicaragua . As his job description implies , administering the Wiwili forced relocation camp , he was not simply a humanitarian ...
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... German Communist Party Newspaper as " a great fighter for Com- munism . " I am introducing as an appendix to my testimony a Council for Inter - American Security report giving the background of those Eu- ropeans and copies of their ...
... German Communist Party Newspaper as " a great fighter for Com- munism . " I am introducing as an appendix to my testimony a Council for Inter - American Security report giving the background of those Eu- ropeans and copies of their ...
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... German -- who were killed in a July 28 attack against an army installation at Zompopera in northern Nicaragua . The documents showed that the Europeans were issued automatic weapons by the Sandinista government . These papers included ...
... German -- who were killed in a July 28 attack against an army installation at Zompopera in northern Nicaragua . The documents showed that the Europeans were issued automatic weapons by the Sandinista government . These papers included ...
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... German and KGB security personnel . An asset of these brigades in the eyes of the KGB , as in the case of the Venceremos Brigades , is that they provide access to Americans who think nothing of being involved with Nicaraguans , while ...
... German and KGB security personnel . An asset of these brigades in the eyes of the KGB , as in the case of the Venceremos Brigades , is that they provide access to Americans who think nothing of being involved with Nicaraguans , while ...
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ABRAMS ambushed April 28 armed Article asked attack AUCOIN autopsy autopsy report Ben Linder Ben's Benjamin Linder Bishop BONKER brigades brigadistas Central America Chairman close range Committee Communist CONGRESS THE LIBRARY contras cooperative CROCKETT Cuá dangerous death of Benjamin defend DORNAN El Cedro El Salvador Elliott Abrams Failure to observe FMLN GEJDENSON going Government of Nicaragua grenade human rights humanitarian internationalists investigation Jose de Bocay kidnaped LAGOMARSINO LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Linder's death living in Nicaragua MACK Managua Matagalpa Miguel D'Escoto military murder Nicara Nicaraguan government observe this provision offense committed organizations penalty corresponding person punished with restriction question regime resistance restriction of liberty Reverend GUMBLETON revolutionary RISACHER Sandinista government statement subcommittee Takaro targets terrorist Thank U.S. citizens U.S. Embassy U.S. policies UNO/FDN members volunteers Washington weapons West German Witness for Peace workers wounded
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