” ‘Our tilt to Iraq was timely when Iraq was against the ropes and the Islamic revolution was on a roll,’ [CIA National Intelligence Officer for the Middle East Graham] Fuller wrote to CIA Director William Casey on May 17, 1985. ‘The time may now have come to tilt back.’ Fuller argued that the United […]
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4/15/1985
“In April 1985, President [Ronald] Reagan signed NSD 166, a secret national security directive calling for the CIA to expel the Russians from Afghanistan ‘by all means available.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Peter Lance, Triple Cross, Page 18 […]
3/27/1985
On March 27, 1985, President Ronald Reagan signed “National Security Directive 166, which…authorized using ‘all available means’ to drive Soviet forces out of Afghanistan.” – Roy Gutman, How We Missed the Story, Page 22 […]
3/15/1985
“The Reagan administration and, to an even greater extent, the Bush Sr. administration, spent nearly a decade secretly arming Iraq through direct and indirect sales. The direct sales were of ‘dual-use’ materials, which are goods ostensibly made for civilian purposes but have military applications as well. …The Reagan and Bush Sr. administrations allowed the sales […]
2/8/1985
“The Reagan and Bush I administrations…authorized sales of deadly chemical and biological agents to Iraq [starting on February 8, 1985], including anthrax and bubonic plague.” – Amy Goodman with David Goodman, The Exception to the Rulers, Page 34 […]
1/20/1985
2nd Term -Ronald W. Reagan – Republican president inaugurated* -George H.W. Bush – Vice President *Because January 20, 1985 fell on a Sunday, the public Inauguration ceremony was scheduled for Monday, January 21, 1985. Reagan was sworn in privately on January 20. – […]
12/28/1984
The lead article in the December 28, 1984 first issue of Jihad magazine, a periodical published by Osama bin Laden and Abdullah Azzam’s Services Office, read: ” ‘To the supporters of Jihad. To all the supporters of the Jihad on Earth. We remind you that the Afghan Jihad is a necessity for the Muslims, even […]
12/10/1984
According to the UN Convention Against Torture, which the U.S. took the lead in ratifying on December 10, 1984, there are ” ‘no circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency,’ that could be ‘invoked as a justification of torture’ or ‘other acts […]
11/26/1984
“Soon after the restoration of full diplomatic relations [with Iraq, on November 26, 1984], the Americans sent a CIA liaison team to Baghdad to deliver satellite photos and other intelligence gleaned from U.S. AWACS surveillance aircraft based in neighboring Saudi Arabia. The intelligence liaison between Langley, Virginia, the CIA headquarters, and Baghdad was soon established […]
11/26/1984
“…on November 26, 1984, just days after his reelection, [President Ronald] Reagan restored full diplomatic relations with Iraq. This move came under extreme influence from U.S. business interests but against the advice of many within Reagan’s administration.” – Antonia Juhasz, The Bush Agenda, Pages 158-159 […]