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===August=== | ===August=== | ||
| − | *'''30''' - Israel ships 96 TOW missiles to Iran through intermediaries including [[Manucher Ghorbanifar]], in a transaction approved by US President [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran -Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref> | + | *'''30''' - Israel ships 96 TOW missiles to Iran through intermediaries including [[Manucher Ghorbanifar]], in a transaction approved by US President [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref> |
===September=== | ===September=== | ||
| − | *'''14''' - Second shipment of TOW missiles to Iran.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran -Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref> | + | *'''14''' - Second shipment of TOW missiles to Iran.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref> |
===November=== | ===November=== | ||
| − | *'''24''' - 18 Hawk anti-aircraft missiles delivered to Iran by a [[CIA]] owned proprietary in a shipment arranged by [[Oliver North]]. The Iranians are outraged to discover the missiles are Israeli castoffs.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran -Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, pp.5-6.</ref> | + | *'''24''' - 18 Hawk anti-aircraft missiles delivered to Iran by a [[CIA]] owned proprietary in a shipment arranged by [[Oliver North]]. The Iranians are outraged to discover the missiles are Israeli castoffs.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, pp.5-6.</ref> |
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| + | ===December=== | ||
| + | *'''5''' - Reagan signs a presidential finding, retroactively authorising the Hawk shipment.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.12.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 00:24, 1 November 2011
Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
Contents
August
- 30 - Israel ships 96 TOW missiles to Iran through intermediaries including Manucher Ghorbanifar, in a transaction approved by US President Ronald Reagan.[1]
September
- 14 - Second shipment of TOW missiles to Iran.[2]
November
- 24 - 18 Hawk anti-aircraft missiles delivered to Iran by a CIA owned proprietary in a shipment arranged by Oliver North. The Iranians are outraged to discover the missiles are Israeli castoffs.[3]
December
- 5 - Reagan signs a presidential finding, retroactively authorising the Hawk shipment.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, pp.5-6.
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.12.
