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Witness History: Archive 2010

US invasion of Panama

Witness History: Archive 2010
Witness History: Archive 2010

On 20 December 1989 more than 20,000 US soldiers descended on Panama.

General Manuel Noriega - the country's leader - sought refuge with the Papal Ambassador.

Witness hears from a young man drafted in to help communicate with the US troops.

Witness History: Archive 2010
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