#ArmsDealer
13 entries tagged ArmsDealer.
People (10)
- Abu Nidal Palestinian terrorist and target of Israeli intelligence operations, connected to the Achille Lauro attack and arms trafficking networks.
- Adnan Khashoggi Adnan Khashoggi (1935-2017) was a Saudi billionaire arms dealer and key Iran-Contra middleman who bridged financing for the Reagan administration's arms sales to Iran through BCCI, and was named alongside Manucher Ghorbanifar and Richard Armitage in the May 1985 Reynolds letter as a broker for the covert distribution of PROMIS software.
- Herbert Alwyn Smith Convicted British arms dealer acting for the CIA who offered Ari Ben-Menashe $2 million and U.S. citizenship for his silence.
- Hushang Lavi Iranian Jewish arms dealer recruited by Mossad who coordinated the October 1980 Washington meeting on hostage release negotiations.
- John Knight London-based arms dealer who ran Dynavest Limited, supplying weapons from Yugoslavia to Palestinian groups via Mohammed Radi Abdullah.
- Manucher Ghorbanifar Manucher Ghorbanifar was a former SAVAK officer and Iranian exile arms dealer whom the CIA formally burned as a 'fabricator' in 1984, yet who became the primary Iranian intermediary in the 1985-1986 Iran-Contra arms deals brokered through the NSC, and who was named in the May 1985 Reynolds-Weld letter as a broker for the covert distribution of PROMIS software.
- Mark Thatcher In 1983, Thatcher introduced Gerald Bull to Gen.
- Monzer Al-Kassar Allegations suggest that the CIA was protecting Al-Kassar's operation because he was cooperating with efforts to free U.S.
- Oliver North Marine lieutenant colonel and National Security Council staff member who ran the illegal Contra resupply operation from the White House, central figure in the Iran-Contra Affair implicated in drug trafficking, arms dealing, and obstruction of justice.
- Sarcis Sargalian American arms dealer of Lebanese-Armenian extraction involved in supplying military equipment to Iraq alongside Ihsan Barbouti.
Organizations (3)
- Dynavest Limited Dynavest Limited was an arms dealing company run by John Knight in London. It was involved in acquiring arms from Yugoslavia and selling them to Mohammed Radi Abdullah, who in turn sold them to Palestinian groups like Abu Nidal.[^1]
- Eagle Eagle was an Israel arms-dealing company. Its representative, Pesach Ben-Or, was involved in helping the military regime in Guatemala set up a computer tracking system to fight the leftist insurgency.
- Sidem International Limited Sidem International Limited was an arms dealing company that operated out of London. It was involved in acquiring arms from Yugoslavia and selling them to Mohammed Radi Abdullah, who in turn sold them to Palestinian groups like Abu Nidal.[^1]