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===Ollie North's flight to Teheran===
===Ollie North's flight to Teheran===
The first direct transfer of arms did not occur until May 1986 when National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane and Lt.Col. Oliver North secretly delivered arms and equipment to [[Teheran]] with a diplomatic note to the [[Ayatollah Khomeini]] from President Reagan along with other gifts. Prior to this direct contact, some weapons had been delivered through [[Israel]]i surrogates, in an effort to foster goodwill and relations between Iran and Israel. President Reagan was accused of trading ''arms for hostages'', not ''arms for cash to support the Contras''.<ref>http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/08/03/revisiting-president-reagans-iran-arms-for-hostages-initiative/</ref> Only after the Hasenfus shoot-down occurred did the official story become Iranian arms sales supported the Contra War for 7 years, thus covering up the Clinton's involvement.
The first direct transfer of arms did not occur until May 1986 when National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane and Lt.Col. Oliver North secretly delivered arms and equipment to [[Teheran]] with a diplomatic note to the [[Ayatollah Khomeini]] from President Reagan along with other gifts. Prior to this direct contact, some weapons had been delivered through [[Israel]]i surrogates, in an effort to foster goodwill and relations between Iran and Israel. President Reagan was accused of trading ''arms for hostages'', not ''arms for cash to support the Contras''.<ref>https://archive.is/XuNS5</ref> Only after the Hasenfus shoot-down occurred did the official story become Iranian arms sales supported the Contra War for 7 years, thus covering up the Clinton's involvement.
===US changes sides===
===US changes sides===
[[File:Handshake300.jpg|right|750px|thumb|[[Rumsfeld]] arranges weapons sales to [[Saddam]] during the [[Iran-Iraq war]]; the [[Contras|Contra war]] was exclusively funded by dope smuggling through Bill Clinton's Arkansas political machine at this time.]]
[[File:Handshake300.jpg|right|750px|thumb|[[Rumsfeld]] arranges weapons sales to [[Saddam]] during the [[Iran-Iraq war]]; the [[Contras|Contra war]] was exclusively funded by dope smuggling through Bill Clinton's Arkansas political machine at this time.]]