Fahd bin Abdul Aziz bin Saud

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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

  1. ↑ David Hirst, King Fahd of Saudia Arabia, The Guardian, 2 August 2005.
  2. ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran -Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.19.
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