Word: jannings
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...Iran. But Adonis was already on its way to Iran, reportedly laden with a 1,200-ton shipment of war materiel from Spain that was originally, and fraudulently, listed for a final destination in Portugal. Tipped off about the subterfuge, Lisbon did not permit Adonis to dock, and on Jan. 14 the ship canceled its request. Thus, when it came time to ship the country's own armaments to Iran, a vessel had to be chartered. Enter the ill-fated Gretl...
State of the Union address, Jan...
...what he had done about Israel's sale of 100 U.S.-made antitank missiles to Iran in August 1985. This shipment started America's involvement in Iran arms sales, since it was conditioned on agreement that the U.S. would resupply Israel. Testifying to the Tower board this past Jan. 26, Reagan said he had approved the shipment sometime in August 1985. He even underlined a portion of McFarlane's testimony making the same point to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. On Feb. 11, however, Reagan told the board that after discussing the matter with Regan, he realized he had been...
...time the U.S. decided to sell arms directly to Iran, a formal presidential finding was necessary. Reagan signed one on Jan. 6, according to the report, but Regan told the board that the President had done so "in error." He signed another one on Jan. 17. Although the President did not read the covering memo explaining why the finding was needed, he does remember making the decision. He wrote in his diary, "I agreed to sell TOWs to Iran...
Written in the context of Surgeon General C. Everett Koop's widely-publicized call for a smoke-free society by the year 2000, the report holds interest for researchers, pharamaceutical companies and policy makers, said Jan L. Hitchcock, a psychologist and associate director of the Institute...