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IIRC, the hostages involved in iran-contra were those held by hezbollah in lebanon. also, the "contra" part of iran-contra was also criminal.
McCain Camp Hits Obama Over Iranian President's Scheduled Visit To New York 2009
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The iran-contra was the biggining of the fascist taking over, taking advantage of Reagans dementia.
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That's what newsweeklies do with the bulk of their pages. and, of course, the attorney purge only took place quite recently and the full ramifications are still unknown: is he seriously classifying this as some sort of ancient history, as if the dems suddenly wanted to investigate iran-contra or something? frankly, i've never heard of stengel before this and maybe this isn't typical for him, but if it is, he's an idiot.
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October 21st, 2005 at 7: 26 pm to the right of you says: ryan - but i will be looking into this … it wouldnt suprise me — national security archives has a book on iran-contra, with a section entitled “arms for hostages” — this book is based on declassified docs … i will let you know what i find out.
Think Progress » Bush Attacks Reagan’s Approach To Terrorism, Then Praises It 2005
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NEW RULE any bush 41 black-shirt was involved in iran-contra.
Think Progress » Gates called for direct talks with Iran. 2006
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A lot people play stupid and they don’t remember about the iran-contra saga.
Think Progress » “NATO has insufficient troops in Afghanistan 2006
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It will take the US citizens to stop the continuation of the genocide in iraq. gates was involved in the death squads and the whole iran-contra mass murder and torture.
Think Progress » “Americans will speak of the battles like Fallujah 2006
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I for one am so TOTALLY surprised. you mean the one and only iran-contra ollie north ... amazing how bad things never go away they just get issued a new job title Doesn't this prove that the talking heads are using the teabaggers just to get rich off of?
Raw Story 2010
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Even reagan and bush I had no idea of iran-contra, right?
Red Ice Creations 2009
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