Republican (fascist/socialist) President Reagan admits to trading arms to the Islamic Republic of Iran for American hostages held by the pro-Iranian Hiz`b-Allah (Hezbollah) (Arabic for “Party of God”) terrorist organization.
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References:
James Carroll, House of War: The Pentagon and the disastrous rise of American power, (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006), 403-04.