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IRAQ-CONTRA AFFAIR: US GOVERNMENT USING ILLEGAL WEAPON SALES TO FUND LATIN AMERICAN PROXY WARS

President Reagan meets with aides shortly after the discovery of the crisis

WASHINGTON - Alarming news come from the US capital as a new scheme engineered from within the White House surfaces to the world state: The Iraq-Contra affair, that has so far rocked the United States into a storm of controversy. News Agencies in the main cities around the Arab Gulf would report that the Iraqi Government led by President Saddam Hussein, internationally condemned and discredited for its authoritarian ways and especially for its illegal use of chemical weapons against soldiers and civilians alike, was being officially aided by the United States Government, who would be selling armaments and new technological apparatus for its army currently engaged in a two-front war against the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic. The news would spread and would be confirmed by the Iraqi government itself, as well as sources from within Washington D.C itself.

The plot, however, would thicken, as the true intentions of the United States government would soon come clear. Sources would confirm that the sale was carried out by the United States as a way to covertly aid the Contra guerrilla groups in their fight against the FSLN Government in Nicaragua. Previously, the United States Congress had blocked any possibility of official funding to the Contras, rendering the scheme by the executive an illegal one. The leadership of this initiative has been tracked down to Oliver North, a high-ranking member of the National Security Council of the United States, who is said to have destroyed a multitude of evidence regarding the affair shortly before its surfacing to the public, very possibly eliminating vestiges related to President Reagan's own involvement in the situation that so far remains unclear.

The Brazilian government has already announced its clear condemnation of United States involvement in Nicaragua, with Foreign Minister Setubal announcing that Brazil will take more action in the international stage to condemn foreign interventions of this kind, working more closely with other nations and international groups in the process.