Tag Archives: Iran Contra

Rethinking Iran-Contra

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: July 2, 2010
Robert Parry/consortiumnews.com The conventional view of the Iran-Contra scandal is that it covered the period 1985-86, when President Ronald Reagan became concerned about the fate of American hostages in Lebanon and agreed to secretly sell weapons to Iran’s Islamist government to gain its help in freeing the captives. Supposedly, the scheme went awry when White [...]
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Oliver North has no place to talk

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: April 16, 2010
Oliver North. Just the name alone sums it up for a good number of us. Oliver North sold what should be the better qualities of his country for money and that’s about as kindly as it can be put. He should not be pointing that ‘anti-American’ crap at anyone. He hasn’t the moral authority. He [...]
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Sources: Iran-Contra operative linked to questionable spy program

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: March 27, 2010
Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon correspondent Washington (CNN) — A former high-ranking CIA official who was involved in the Iran-Contra scandal has worked on an alleged ad hoc spy program that the Pentagon is investigating, CNN has learned. Duane “Dewey” Clarridge — who was pardoned for his alleged role in the Reagan-era scandal by President George [...]
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Jet Case Colored with Shades of Iran/Contra and “House of Death”

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: January 13, 2008
http://www.narconews.com/… Why Would CIA and ICE Have Gotten Involved in “Mayan Express” Drug Shipments? By Bill Conroy Special to The Narco News Bulletin January 12, 2008 The Gulfstream II jet that fell from the sky over Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula on Sept. 24 last year with close to four tons of cocaine onboard has been the [...]
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