Volume 37, Number 5 · March 29, 1990

Did Noriega Declare War?

By Theodore H. Draper

In the Afterword to my recent article, 'The Constitution in Danger,' I wrote that 'one of the reasons for the invasion [of Panama] was Noriega's declaration of war' against the United States.' I based this alleged fact on President George Bush's press conference on December 21, 1989, in which he said one of the things that had made him decide on the US armed intervention was 'the declaration of war of Noriega.'



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