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Indeed, McFarlane's account indicated that he molded contra policy to comply with the President's orders. The former National Security Adviser said that in 1983 Reagan approved a secret CIA plan for mining Nicaraguan harbors to prevent arms and supplies from reaching the Sandinista regime. When Congress learned of the operation in 1984, it passed the Boland amendment, cutting off U.S. assistance to the anti-Sandinista rebels. Yet the President, McFarlane testified, directed his aides to continue helping the contras "hold body and soul together." Said McFarlane: "We were to demonstrate, by our simple conviction and persuasion, that...
...Linder's father also fingered Washington, declaring,"Who killed Ben? He was killed by someone, they were hired by someone, and they were paid by someone, and so on down the line to < the President of the U.S." The contras tried to pin blame on Managua by charging the Sandinista regime with having allowed Linder to enter a war zone...
...Linder's death. Eyewitness accounts reaching both Managua and the U.S. suggested that Linder and some government workers were measuring the water flow of a stream in a northern village when a band of contras struck. The contras claim that a fire fight ensued, a distinct possibility since the Sandinista leadership encourages Nicaraguans to carry weapons in war zones in self-defense. The rebels regard anyone armed or in uniform as a combatant, though the Sandinistas view many of the same people as civilians. It remained unclear whether Linder, who sometimes carried a pistol for protection, was armed...
...American, one of the few international volunteers helping the Managua regime, lived in Nicaragua for several years and knew perfectly the risks he ran by being in a war zone accompanied by Sandinista soldiers," the statement said...
Nicaraguan officials said guerrillas killed Linder and two Sandinista militiamen Tuesday at La Camaleona, a village about 20 miles away in Jinotega province. The U.S.-financed rebels have been increasingly active recently in Jinotega...