26 Feb 1987 Jahr - Nicaragua and the Iran-Contra Scandal
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Iran had some Americans hostage and it was a secret plan of getting them back but also funded armed conflict in Central America. they started to sell or trade them weapons for the American people back.
then in Nicaragua, the Democrats passed the Boland Amendment, which restricted the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Defense in other conflicts. The amendment was specifically aimed at Nicaragua, where anti-communist Contras were battling the Sandinista communist government.But much of their funding, to that point, had come via Nicaragua’s cocaine trade, hence Congress’ decision to pass the Boland Amendment. and they the US wanted war with them
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