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Revelations of this covert funding fueled the [[Iran-Contra_Affair|Iran-Contra affair]]. [[Oliver North]], who was intimately involved with the funding, is currently a senior correspondent at the [[Fox News Channel]].

Revelations of this covert funding fueled the [[Iran-Contra_Affair|Iran-Contra affair]]. [[Oliver North]], who was intimately involved with the funding, is currently a senior correspondent at the [[Fox News Channel]].

The Contras were much more brutal than the [[Sandinistas]].  The Contras regularly destroyed health centers, schools, agricultural cooperatives, and community centers-symbols of the Sandinistas' social programs in rural areas. [http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html]

The Contras were much more brutal than the [[Sandinistas]].  The Contras regularly destroyed health centers, schools, agricultural cooperatives, and community centers-symbols of the Sandinistas' social programs in rural areas.  People caught in these assaults were often tortured and killed in the most gruesome ways. People had their testicles cut off, eyes poked out, throats slit, limbs chopped off, and heads chopped off.[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html]

Despite their brutality, the Contras were called the "Moral Equivalent of our Founding Fathers" by President Reagan.

Despite their brutality, the Contras were called the "Moral Equivalent of our Founding Fathers" by President Reagan.