Contras

Reagan himself called the Contras "Freedom Fighters," which they were not.

Hey! Isn't That Illegal? 2007

The U.S. government used paid terrorists they called Contras to brutalize the Nicaraguan population into voting their way.

Is History Repeating Itself? 2007

Ortega led the Sandinista movement that overthrew dictator Anastasio Somoza in 1979, and withstood a concerted effort by the US government, which viewed him as a Soviet-backed threat, to oust him through a rebel force called the Contras.

Nicaragua's president Daniel Ortega expected to win third term 2011

Would that be the same Reagan that increased unemployment, tripled entire national debt of the previous 200 years, had record bankruptcies, sold massive amounts of weaponry illegally to the terrorist state of Iran, got our troops killed in Lebanon, illegally funded the terrorists known as the Contras who raped, murdered, kidnapped, and brought tons of cocaine into the US?

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Calling Hezbollah “Iranian” is a bit like calling the Contras or the Mujahadeen “American.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » Should Israel Attack Iran? 2009

Human Rights Watch also criticized acts of terror by the Sandinista government, but called the Contras "a force that has shown itself incapable of operating without consistently committing gross abuses in violation of the laws of war."

John K. Wilson: John McCain's Terrorist Connections 2008

Human Rights Watch also criticized acts of terror by the Sandinista government, but called the Contras "a force that has shown itself incapable of operating without consistently committing gross abuses in violation of the laws of war."

John McCain's Terrorist Connections 2008

Hey, John, what dont you take your Central american buddies, the freedom fighters known as Contras as just start beheading and putting heads in stakes along the roadside, just like in the old times?

Think Progress » ThinkFast: January 12, 2007 2007

Organizations with ominous sounding names like Brothers to the Rescue and Commandos F4 based in Miami and funded by groups like the Cuban American National Foundation and individuals with financial ties to the US-funded Nicaraguan rebel group known as the Contras decided to step up their attacks on Cuba.

Detroit Says Free the Cuban Five 2006

It's like Ronald Reagan calling the Contras "freedom fighters" and the Sandanistas and the ANC!

how to leave: an idea 2006