Iran-Contra: How the CIA Birthed the Crack Epidemic
WARNING: This video contains violent scenes of the US' war on drugs.'
On this day in 1975, Sandinista guerilla fighters in Nicaragua uncovered a covert US operation to arm Contra (US-funded anti-communist) guerillas after they shot down former US Marine Eugene Hasenfus' plane while he was on a CIA-funded arms supply drop. Documents found on the men k*lled in the 5 October 1975 plane crash indicated the US government used proceeds from the illegal sale of weapons to Iran to support the rebel groups.
Join African Stream as we unravel the real-life drama of the Iran-Contra scandal and its devastating impact on African communities in the United States. We explore how the webs of covert US operations in Nicaragua and Iran, as well as cocaine smuggling, pummelled Black communities in the United States. Africans have yet to recover from the resulting drug addictions and incarcerations of the 1980s and 1990s.
Let us know what you think in the comments.
-
2:05
AfricanStream
3 days agoTHE GROWING SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST AFRICAN STREAM
1.38K4 -
2:22:32
vivafrei
8 hours agoEp. 231: FEMA Disaster Relief IS A DISASTER! Tina Peter Sentence is ABSURD! Trump UPDATES & MORE!
80.4K174 -
2:52:46
Nitrocross
9 days agoNitrocross Busch Light Race to the Mountains | Round 4 | October 6, 2024| 6pm ET / 4pm MT
28.8K3 -
LIVE
Josh Pate's College Football Show
1 hour agoAlabama Stunned By Vandy | Arkansas Beats Tennessee | Miami Survives Again | USC & Michigan Fall
550 watching -
LIVE
Vigilant News Network
5 hours agoDeadly Hurricane Flood Disaster Takes Nightmarish Turn - Media Blackout
1,702 watching -
54:06
hickok45
15 hours agoSunday Shoot-a-Round # 249
4.39K27 -
1:33:51
Abigail Joy
1 hour agoHow To Fight Back, What Will Jolt Bitcoin Next?, El Salvador Has Got It On Lock, DARK MAGA ELON
2.26K -
7:20:58
Akademiks
9 hours agoKendrick Lamar Submits Not Like Us & Euphoria for Grammys. Drake Calls out Fake Friends.PRE HITLIST?
101K33 -
LIVE
Right Side Broadcasting Network
3 days agoLIVE REPLAY: President Trump Holds a Rally in Juneau, WI - 10/6/24
5,440 watching -
1:59:02
The Quartering
8 hours agoDonald Trump LIVE In Wisconsin! Kamala Harris Losing Ground & Panics!
85.3K19