Contras
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The Contras were the anti-communist rebels who waged a guerrilla war against the Marxist Sandinista National Liberation Front and the Junta of National Reconstruction, which came to power after the Ni
The Nicaraguan Contras in Nueva Guinea in 1987
Flag used by the Contras, RN stands for Resistencia nicaragüense.
Contra Commandos from FDN and ARDE in the Nueva Guinea region of Nicaragua in 1987
Members of ARDE
Iran–Contra affair
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The Iran–Contra affair, also referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal, the Contragate, Iran Initiative, or simply Iran–Contra, was a political scandal in the United States that centered on arms traffick
Contras
…passed to end U.S. aid to the Contras; yet the Reagan administration continued to illegally fund the Contras, which resulted in a scandal known as the Iran–Contra affair. By 1987, most of the Contra militias had united into the Nicaraguan Resistance, within which the Nicaraguan Democratic Force was the largest group…
Reagan (on the far right) meets with (left to right) Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of State George Shultz, Attorney General Ed Meese, and Chief of Staff Donald Regan in the Oval Office.
A BGM-71 TOW antitank guided missile
President Reagan (center) receives the Tower Commission Report in the White House Cabinet Room; John Tower is at left and Edmund Muskie is at right, 1987.
Reagan addresses the affair from the Oval Office; March 4, 1987.