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In response to the crisis, by this time known as the Iran-Contra Affair, Reagan fired both North and Poindexter and appointed a special commission, headed by former senator John Tower of Texas (the Tower Commission), to investigate the matter. An independent counsel, Judge Lawrence Walsh, was also appointed, and the House and Senate began joint hearings to examine both the arms sales and the ...
2 de feb. de 2021 · The convoluted path of the Iran-Contra scandal began as a covert operation to free seven American hostages who had been held in Lebanon since the state-sponsored Iranian terrorist group Hezbollah had kidnapped them in 1982. The initial plan was to have America’s ally Israel ship weapons to Iran, thus bypassing an existing U.S. arms embargo against Iran.
It was therefore uncertain whether the Tower Commission Report would downplay the "arms for hostages" linkage. If in deed the print media fulfilled their watchdog function, however, it would be ex pected that influential representative U.S. newspapers would focus more on the arms-for-hostages controversy than would the Tower Commission Report.
12 de ene. de 2013 · X- 'Arms for Hostages' from 1993 album 'Hey Zeus!'Words and music by Exene Cervenka
He told the public that early reports of arms sales for hostages had "no foundation." He told the public that the United States had not traded arms for hostages. He told the public that the United States had not condoned the arms sales by Israel to Iran, when in fact he had approved them and signed a finding, later destroyed by Poindexter, recording his approval.
10 de ago. de 2023 · Despite releasing several hostages, Lebanese militants took others instead. At the end of the operation, Lebanon still held many American hostages. Meanwhile, North was secretly sponsoring the Contras in Nicaragua with the money from the arms sales to Iran, to the consternation of his superior MacFarlane who had no idea what North had been doing.
On March 4, 1987, President Reagan delivered a speech from the Oval Office on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid ... A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages.
