Word: nicaraguan
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Those students said they want the CIA off campus because the agency was found in violation of international law for mining Nicaraguan harbors...
WASHINGTON--Senate investigators quizzed the CIA's No. 2 man for four hours and subpoenaed documents around the country yesterday in an expanding probe into the secret sale of arms to Iran and transfer of profits to Nicaraguan rebels...
...sell arms to Iran as part of a secret diplomatic initiative to re-establish ties with the strategically-placed Persian Gulf nation. But he says he was unaware that money in connection with the sales was being funneled through a Swiss bank account to Contra rebels battling the Nicaraguan government...
...money was made available at a time when direct and indirect government military assistance to the Contras was prohibited by law, and there was evidence that the Justice Department was looking into the operations of a privately financed support program for Contra rebels in Nicaraguan...
Meanwhile, Transportation Department documentsshow that a former CIA air transport company, saidto have played key roles in both arms sales toIrans and shipments to the Nicaraguan rebels, flewmore than 400 tons of cargo this year into an airbase used by an American-manned Contra resupplyoperation...