Changelog
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May 2026
- May 13 MiscSIMWA
- May 13 SourceDOJ-OIP-INSLAW_1993
- May 13 SourceThe Secret Life of Plants
- May 13 SourceWilson-Davis Memo
- May 13 SourceDOJ_1994_Report
- May 13 SourceProfits of War - Ari Ben-Menashe
- May 13 Place Military InstallationMena, Arkansas
Small Arkansas town where Barry Seal based drug-smuggling and weapons operations at Intermountain Regional Airport during the Contra war.
- May 13 Place Military InstallationFort Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth was a U.S. Army base in Kansas where Nicaraguan National Guard officers received advanced military training, producing the leadership cadre of the Contra army.
- May 13 Place Military InstallationHomestead Air Force Base
Homestead Air Force Base in Florida was where the Somoza family fled into exile in 1979, and was later identified as a landing site for Contra-connected drug flights.
- May 13 Place Military InstallationFort Benning
Fort Benning was a U.S. Army base in Georgia where hundreds of Nicaraguan National Guard officers received military training that prepared them for roles in both the Somoza regime and the Contra army.
- May 13 Place Military InstallationFort Gulick
Fort Gulick was a U.S. military base in the Panama Canal Zone where hundreds of Nicaraguan National Guard officers were trained in counterinsurgency and intelligence techniques.
- May 13 Place Military InstallationSoto Cano Air Base
The Soto Cano Air Base, also commonly known as Palmerola Air Base, is a joint Honduras and United States military base located near Comayagua in Honduras, approximately 60 miles (97 km) from the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa.
- May 13 Place Military InstallationMarana
Marana is a Central Intelligence Agency airbase located near Tucson, Arizona. It served as a collection point for weapons purchased by the USA government for transfer to Israel and subsequently to Iran.[^1]
- May 13 Place Military InstallationWright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force base located in Ohio. It is a key center for aerospace research and development, and has been involved in various classified projects, including those related to psychic phenomena.[^1]
- May 13 Place Military InstallationIlopango Airbase
Salvadoran military air base that served as the hub for Oliver North's illegal Contra resupply operation and a center for Contra-connected cocaine trafficking during the 1980s.
- May 13 Place Military InstallationOpa Locka
Opa Locka was a location in the Miami area connected to Contra operations and aircraft used in the drug trafficking and weapons supply network.
- May 13 Place Military InstallationFort Meade
Fort Meade (officially Fort George G. Meade) is a United States Army installation located in Maryland, approximately twenty-five miles northeast of Washington, D.C. It is a sprawling, town-like base that houses, among other things, the NSA, the U.S.
- May 13 Place LandmarkStoke Lodge
Stoke Lodge was the Australian High Commissioner's residence in Kensington, London. Sir Gordon Freeth served as Australian High Commissioner while residing there. Martin Allen, aged 15, disappeared in November 1979.
- May 13 Place LandmarkSkinwalker Ranch
Skinwalker Ranch is a 480-acre property in Utah known for a long history of paranormal and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena-related events.
- May 13 Place LandmarkWalton Hop Disco
The Walton Hop Disco was an underage nightclub that served as a procurement center for a suspected pedophile ring involving BBC celebrities during the 1970s and 1980s.
- May 13 Place LandmarkSyrian Embassy in London
The Syrian Embassy in London was implicated in a 1986 plot to bomb an El Al plane, orchestrated by Rafi Eitan to discredit Syria.
- May 13 Place LandmarkU.S. Embassy in Moscow
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow was the diplomatic mission of the United States to the Soviet Union (and later Russia). It became a focal point of Cold War espionage and a significant location in the history of U.S.
- May 13 Place LandmarkKibbutz Mishmar Hasharon
Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon is a kibbutz in Israel. In 1969, Ari Ben-Menashe joined this kibbutz after he could not be drafted into the Israel army due to his Iran passport. While there, he studied Hebrew and performed volunteer work.[^1]
- May 13 Place LandmarkSabra and Shatila refugee camps
The Sabra and Shatila refugee camps are located in Beirut, Lebanon. They were the site of the Sabra and Shatila massacres in September 1982, where Lebanese Christian militias carried out killings while the camps were surrounded by Israel troops.[^1]
- May 13 Place LandmarkRoyal Zoute Golf Club
The Royal Zoute Golf Club was an exclusive golf club in Knokke-Heist, Belgium, patronised by nobles and business elites with ties to the bank Societe Generale.