As a test of Vietnamization, the incursion was praised by American generals and politicians alike, but the Vietnamese had not really performed alone.
Evidence of the incursion was everywhere, however.
But he said information about the incursion was sketchy.
Witnesses said the incursion was staged by the Fourth Brigade, led by the president's younger brother, Maher, who serves as the Assad family enforcer.
In order to keep the campaign as low-key as possible, General Abrams had suggested that the commencement of the incursion be routinely announced from Saigon.
Nevertheless, disclosure of the incursion is likely to cause border advocates such as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz).
Separately, a US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the incursions lasted more than a few seconds and described Moscow's assertion that the incursions were an accident as "far-fetched".
The Indonesian report said the incursions were becoming more regular.
A week earlier, when it looked as if an incursion was imminent, she spent two hours with Saddam Hussein, at the Presidential Palace, where she urged restraint but never quite said that the United States would use military force to stop him.
Despite increased genetic differentiation suggesting multiple incursions, microsatellite allelic diversity in the younger New Zealand incursion was reduced in comparison to the older UK incursion.
