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1. Gary Webb/Dark Alliance/ the CIA and crack

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2025, 11:55 AM

Aug 14

epidemic/funding the Contras

https://allthatsinteresting.com/gary-webb

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President Ronald Reagan allocated $19 million to set up a U.S.-trained paramilitary force of 500 Nicaraguans that eventually became known as the Contras. But in order to topple the Sandinistas, the Contras needed a lot more weapons — and a lot more money. And to get that money, they needed to look beyond foreign aid.

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