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Pentagon met with discredited figure from Iran-Contra scandal
Associated Press ^ | 08-08-03

Posted on 08/08/2003 8:11:48 PM PDT by Brian S

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:43:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Pentagon officials met over a three-day period in late 2001 with a long-discredited Iranian who was a middleman in the Iran-Contra scandal, Defense Department officials said Friday.

Manucher Ghorbanifar sat in on a series of meetings in Europe between two defense officials and two other Iranians who the Bush administration had been told had information useful to the United States in its then-fledgling global war on terrorism, a senior defense official said on condition of anonymity. The meetings occurred not long after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he said.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: axisofevil; cia; dod; ghorbanifar; intelligence; iran; irancontra
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To: Burkeman1
Go away- even those who oppose me on this site don't want you here newbie.

woofie

Since Sep 4, 1998

21 posted on 08/08/2003 9:13:14 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Burkeman1
Go away- even those who oppose me on this site don't want you here newbie.

woofie

Since Sep 4, 1998

22 posted on 08/08/2003 9:14:41 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Burkeman1
woolfie has been here far longer than you, I want this poster here, and you do NOT speack for the rest of us.

Now, pet, stop throwing temper tantrums, remove the tinfoil body suit, and shut up for a wee bit.

23 posted on 08/08/2003 9:14:51 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: squidly
Sorry- I and this site claimed that Clinton Lied on far less evidendence on numerous issues than we have on Bush. I suffered through 8 years of Clintonian hair splitting amd word parsing in the media to justify his crimes. I will be darned if I will act the same way as many democrat loyalists acted even when this nation killed people on Clinton's many diversionary foreign bombings.
24 posted on 08/08/2003 9:17:40 PM PDT by Burkeman1 ((If you see ten troubles comin down the road, Nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.))
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To: Burkeman1
Bush lied about WMD's and the Al Queda connection.

We all know you're praying he did.

Most Freepers have even admitted that.

Name one.

25 posted on 08/08/2003 9:19:20 PM PDT by Howlin (If we don't post, will he exist?)
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To: woofie
Oops! Sorry.
26 posted on 08/08/2003 9:20:21 PM PDT by Burkeman1 ((If you see ten troubles comin down the road, Nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.))
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To: Howlin
Keep the Kay torch alive!
27 posted on 08/08/2003 9:21:18 PM PDT by Burkeman1 ((If you see ten troubles comin down the road, Nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.))
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To: Burkeman1
Apologies should be accepted.

Unless the affront requires a more definitive response.

OK by you?

28 posted on 08/08/2003 9:21:28 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: woofie
LOL.......I've been here two months than you have......you troll!
29 posted on 08/08/2003 9:22:40 PM PDT by Howlin (If we don't post, will he exist?)
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To: Burkeman1
You know, Burkie, I'm glad I'm not you; it must be horrible to believe every person on the face of earth -- excluding yourself, of course -- is a liar.
30 posted on 08/08/2003 9:23:41 PM PDT by Howlin (If we don't post, will he exist?)
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To: smoothsailing
What do you propose?
31 posted on 08/08/2003 9:23:43 PM PDT by Burkeman1 ((If you see ten troubles comin down the road, Nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.))
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To: Burkeman1
I understand that you get your information from left wing & anti-war websites, and I'm sure you got this quote "Immediate Danger" from one of them. So I thought I should post a SNIP of what was actually said during the SOTU speech instead of the left wing drivel you post on thos forum, day in and day out...SEE BELOW

"Before September the 11th, many in the world believed that Saddam Hussein could be contained. But chemical agents, lethal viruses and shadowy terrorist networks are not easily contained. Imagine those 19 hijackers with other weapons and other plans -- this time armed by Saddam Hussein. It would take one vial, one canister, one crate slipped into this country to bring a day of horror like none we have ever known. We will do everything in our power to make sure that that day never comes." (Applause.)

"Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, and all recriminations would come too late. Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy, and it is not an option." (Applause.)

32 posted on 08/08/2003 9:24:19 PM PDT by MJY1288 (The Enemies of America can Count on the Democrats for Aid and Comfort)
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To: Burkeman1

Name one.


33 posted on 08/08/2003 9:26:02 PM PDT by Howlin (If we don't post, will he exist?)
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To: MJY1288
Wow, that was imminent
34 posted on 08/08/2003 9:26:30 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Howlin
Well sure, thanks for the undestanding, It is hard to be right about everything.
35 posted on 08/08/2003 9:26:38 PM PDT by Burkeman1 ((If you see ten troubles comin down the road, Nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.))
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To: Howlin
One what?
36 posted on 08/08/2003 9:27:16 PM PDT by Burkeman1 ((If you see ten troubles comin down the road, Nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.))
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To: Howlin
You have to keep this in mind when conversing with Burkeman1,

From his FR homepage: "Live in Boston (the "Hub" of the world) and a most conservative city when compared to the so called "Bible belt" cities that allow all sort of sin in full view and to all hours of the night."

37 posted on 08/08/2003 9:29:22 PM PDT by MJY1288 (The Enemies of America can Count on the Democrats for Aid and Comfort)
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To: Burkeman1
You said

Most Freepers have even admitted that.

And I asked you to name a Freeper who has "admitted" Bush lied about WMD.

And you know damn well I do NOT mean a Bush hater.

38 posted on 08/08/2003 9:30:37 PM PDT by Howlin (If we don't post, will he exist?)
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To: MJY1288
Is that the same Boston that still hasn't finished integrating its schools? :-)
39 posted on 08/08/2003 9:31:22 PM PDT by Howlin (If we don't post, will he exist?)
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To: woofie
LOL, It really is amazing that people here on FR just parrot everything they here from Chris Mathews or some other Liberal democrat hack. NEVER did GWB claim Saddam was an imminent threat
40 posted on 08/08/2003 9:31:34 PM PDT by MJY1288 (The Enemies of America can Count on the Democrats for Aid and Comfort)
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