Title
Strange bedfellows in the arms trade: Polish intelligence, Monzer al-Kassar and the Iran-Contra affair
Authors
[ 1 ] Instytut Teorii Bezpieczeństwa, Wydział Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego, Akademia Sztuki Wojennej | [ P ] employee
Scientific discipline (Law 2.0)
Year of publication
2022
Published in
Journal year: 2022 | Journal volume: Article in press
Article type
scientific article
Publication language
english
Keywords
EN
- Arms trade
- Iran
- Military intelligence
- Nicaragua
- Poland
- Transport
- United States of America
- Weapons
PL
- Administracja rządowa
- Broń
- Handel bronią
- Iran
- Nikaragua
- Stany Zjednoczone (USA)
- Polska
- Transport
- Wywiad wojskowy
Abstract
EN The exposure of the Iran-Contra Affair in November 1986 revealed an illegal scheme to sell arms to Iran involving senior officials in the Reagan administration. The profits from the sales were used to support the Contra guerrillas in Nicaragua, to whom the CIA was supplying arms manufactured in the Soviet Bloc. The aim of this article is to examine the behind-the-scenes role played by Polish intelligence services in the arms shipments to Iran and Nicaragua and to shed light on those services’ ties with Monzer al-Kassar, one of the 1980s’ most important arms merchants.
Date of online publication
08.03.2022
Pages (from - to)
1 - 24
Comments
Biblliografia, netografia na stronach 23-24. Publikacja będąca na zasadach tzw. Early Access, o statusie artykułu: Article in press.
License type
CC BY (attribution alone)
Open Access Mode
open journal
Release date
08.03.2022
Ministry points / journal
70
Impact Factor
1,2
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