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2008-06-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-06-02 07:44|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 The Reagan administration secretly engaged Iran in the mid-1980s to help free those hostages.
Uh, no. "Those hostages" were freed the day Reagan took office.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-06-02 08:12|| 2008-06-02 08:12|| Front Page Top

#2 I think he's referring to the hostages in Lebanon, the whole Iran-Contra debacle.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-06-02 10:09|| 2008-06-02 10:09|| Front Page Top

#3 I think the writer conflated the two, hopefully an accident by his subconscious.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-06-02 13:16|| 2008-06-02 13:16|| Front Page Top

#4 I have a vague recollection that members of the soon-to-be Reagan administration were involved in some negotiations over the embassy hostages. Corrections are welcome.

Posted by SteveS 2008-06-02 16:03|| 2008-06-02 16:03|| Front Page Top

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