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This 11 page paper gives detailed summary of the Iran Contra Affair in the 1990's. A key list of players involved as well as the known intentions of those who were involved in the subsequent coverup. Quotes from Woodward, Walsh, and Cannon included. Ramifications of these deals with Iran outlined. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: D0_MBirancon.rtf
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In due course, investigations would show that not only was this a fabrication of the truth, but it was evident that he was protecting a great deal many people. Some
feared that those people that Colonel North was protecting went higher up than the Presidents cabinet or advisors, all the way to the President himself. This is, of course, ancient
history to many, but the impact of the Iran-Contra affair has come back to haunt Middle-Eastern negotiations and policy making decisions today. The student may want to ask some very
important questions to start the paper, such as: What was Iran-Contra? Who were the main players? That is still not known to a large extent, though some of the major
players have been identified and if possible, prosecuted. What may never be known is to the length or depth that this conspiracy went, though Lawrence Walsh estimates that it reached
numbers close to the thousands. Impossible, many thought. How could so many people be involved in something so clandestine, yet no one leaked the information? It all started, according to
Bob Woodward in his book, Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Wtergate, with Presidents vehement declaration during his campaign that he would crack down on the Sandinistas and their
drug cartels in the Middle East. In doing so, he began to show support for the opponents in Nicaragua called the contras. However, the democrats, who controlled the house at
this time decided that this tough policy against the Sandinistas was too hard line and they proposed and passed a bill called the Boland Act, which basically tied the CIAs
hands in their covert operations against the Sandinistas(Woodward, 1999), and prohibited any action that might aid the contras in overthrowing the government of Nicaragua. This, of course, fanned the fire
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