Recommendations Please for books on Iran Contra, BCCI

cui bono

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Sat Oct-07-06 12:35 PM
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Recommendations Please for books on Iran Contra, BCCI

I need to get up to speed on all of that.

TIA

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ret5hd

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Sat Oct-07-06 01:00 PM
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1. you need to start earlier than that...

at least as far back as the Nugan-Hand Bank scandal (70's).

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stimbox

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Sat Oct-07-06 01:06 PM
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2. October Surprise

October Surprise by Gary Sick

I'd also recommend Friendly Fascism by Bertram Gross just for laughs.

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jwirr

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Sat Oct-07-06 01:07 PM
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3. Read John Kerry's book, "The New War", Warning: It made me

so upset that I couldn't read it all.

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bananas

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Sat Oct-07-06 01:49 PM
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5. Kerry Commission report on Terrorism and Narcotics

It's in the memory hole: www.thememoryhole.org/kerry

Also Cele Castillo former DEA agent has a book and website www.powderburns.org

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bananas

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Sat Oct-07-06 01:42 PM
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4. Robert Parry, Gary Webb, many others

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2004/122104.html
http://narconews.com/darkalliance/

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cui bono

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Sat Oct-07-06 02:16 PM
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6. Thanks everyone!

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chat_noir

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Sun Oct-08-06 03:17 PM
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7. here's a few

IRAN CONTRA

A Very Thin Line: The Iran-Contra Affairs

Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion

Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up

Iran-Contra Affair: Report of the Congressional Committees

Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb

Lives, Lies and the Iran-Contra Affair

Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth'

The Chronology: The Documented Day-By-Day Account of the Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Contras

The Conspirators: Secrets of an Iran-Contra Insider

The Iran-Contra Scandal: The Declassified History (The National Security Archive Document)

The Iran-Contra Scandal (Cornerstones of Freedom. Second Series)

DU Research Forum - The Power of Books

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cui bono

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Tue Oct-10-06 12:32 PM
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8. thanks

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RetroLounge

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Tue Oct-10-06 02:33 PM
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9. Try these 2

http://www.alibris.com/search/detail.cfm?chunk=25&mtype=&query=bcci&quserid=XENITHBS&S=R&bid=8898051348&pbest=&pqtynew=&page=1&matches=1&qsort=p

http://www.alibris.com/search/detail.cfm?chunk=25&mtype=&qtit=october%20surprise&quserid=XENITHBS&S=R&bid=8898703164&pbest=&pqtynew=&page=1&matches=1&qsort=p

RL

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EFerrari

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Tue Oct-24-06 10:40 PM
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10. And this one: Blood on the Border

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0896087417/ref=ord_cart_shr/104-6039367-4734342?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

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