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[[Fahd bin Abdul Aziz bin Saud]] (1921-2005) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005.<ref>David Hirst, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/aug/02/guardianobituaries.saudiarabia?INTCMP=SRCH King Fahd of Saudia Arabia], The Guardian, 2 August 2005.</ref> | [[Fahd bin Abdul Aziz bin Saud]] (1921-2005) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005.<ref>David Hirst, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/aug/02/guardianobituaries.saudiarabia?INTCMP=SRCH King Fahd of Saudia Arabia], The Guardian, 2 August 2005.</ref> | ||
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+ | At a breakfast meeting with [[Ronald Reagan]] in early 1985, Fahd agreed to double the Saudi contribution to aiding the Nicaraguan Contras, from $1 million a month arranged by [[Prince Bandar]] in mid-1984..<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran -Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.19.</ref> | ||
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Fahd bin Abdul Aziz bin Saud (1921-2005) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005.[1]
Iran-Contra
At a breakfast meeting with Ronald Reagan in early 1985, Fahd agreed to double the Saudi contribution to aiding the Nicaraguan Contras, from $1 million a month arranged by Prince Bandar in mid-1984..[2]
Notes
- ↑ David Hirst, King Fahd of Saudia Arabia, The Guardian, 2 August 2005.
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran -Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.19.