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Line 1: − The Boland Amendment was an amendment to the Defense Appropriation Act of 1983, proposed by Edward Boland, a Democrat from Massachussetts. This amendment prohibited the US government from providing funds to the [[Contras]] to overthrow the Sandinista government of [[Nicaragua]].+ − − The discovery that the Contras were armed by the proceeds of weapons sales to Iran by Isreal triggered the [[Iran-Contra Affair]].
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