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Shultz opposed the sale of arms to the Iranians and the department took no part in the operation, according to President Reagan. On the other hand, the State Department has been active in formulating and carrying out U.S. policies in Central America, notably efforts to help the contras in their fight against Nicaragua's leftist government...
...both the Aquino Cabinet and the military, is that he may want to succeed Aquino when her presidential term expires in 1992. Married, Ramos has five children, all girls, whose ages range from 13 to 31. He is scheduled to retire from the military in two years. The central question is how long he will side with Aquino now that he is no longer the point of balance between the President and Enrile. Says a longtime Ramos friend: "Circumstances demanded that he be loyal to the President. Eddie is not loyal to only one person at all times. Everything...
Special envoys traveling to a hostile nation under false credentials. Ferocious power struggles among Islamic zealots in a country torn asunder by revolution and war. Private arms dealers earning millions in commissions. Mysterious air drops to Central American guerrillas. Secret bank accounts. Hostages...
...some of the strands that have been woven together in a bizarre tapestry of intrigue that stretches across two continents and several years. As each day brings fresh revelations about the scheme to skim profits from secret U.S. arms sales to Iran and channel them to the contras in Central America, the tale assumes the drama and sweep of an epic thriller. Some chapters are still murky, and the ending remains to be played out over the next few months, even years, but the story already rivals the most intricate of spy novels...
...million -- were deposited into numbered Swiss bank accounts that were "under the control of representatives" of the contras. The Attorney General claimed that Israeli middlemen had put the slush funds directly into the contra account. "No American," he said, "handled any of the funds that went to forces in Central America...