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- Ollie North
- Oliver Laurence North
created: 2026-05-17
updated: 2026-05-17
updated: 2026-09-22
category: "Key Figures"
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- Person
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### Iran-Contra and the Octopus
North was alleged to have received drug profits from [[Monzer Al-Kassar]], a Syrian kingpin and arms dealer, to purchase arms for the Nicaraguan Contras. The [[United States]] Tower Commission probe into Iran-gate revealed that Al-Kassar had been paid $1.2 million by North's co-conspirator General [[Richard Secord]] to move weapons from [[Israel]] to the Contras.[^1]
The writer Cheri Seymour wrote that North received drug profits from [[Monzer Al-Kassar]], a Syrian kingpin and arms dealer, to purchase arms for the Nicaraguan Contras. The [[United States]] Tower Commission probe into Iran-gate revealed that Al-Kassar had been paid $1.2 million by North's co-conspirator General [[Richard Secord]] to move weapons from [[Israel]] to the Contras.[^1]
[[Bill Turner]], a friend and confidante of [[Danny Casolaro]], claimed to have seen papers from Casolaro that connected North and the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]]. North's personal notebooks documenting the Iran-Contra Affair also contained [[Ian Stuart Spiro]]'s name.[^1]