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The famous Noriega playlist is better than the actual sequence of events. Loud music around the Papal Nunciature helped mask negotiations, became pressure, annoyed the Vatican, embarrassed Washington, and was ordered stopped. Noriega surrendered later.

The songs survived because a playlist has edges. Causation does not.

DEDICATIONS: Tokyo Rose / Hanoi Hannah / Seoul City Sue / Baghdad Betty / everyone alone after midnight

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