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Observations showing that guy leading no soldiers into Panama (9)

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I believe the answer is:

phenomena

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'observations' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'that guy leading no soldiers into panama' is the wordplay.
'that guy' becomes 'he'.
'leading' says to put letters next to each other.
'soldiers' becomes 'men' (men can mean a group of soldiers).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'panama' becomes 'pa'.
'he'+'no'+'men'='henomen'
'henomen' going inside 'pa' is 'PHENOMENA'.

'showing' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for phenomena that I've seen before include "Unusual developments" , "sensations" , "Remarkable events or things, wonders (9)" , "Curious events" , "Wonderful things" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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