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10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Eugene Holley.md

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   - BCCI
 summary: "Eugene Holley was a former Georgia state senator who introduced Bert Lance to Agha Hasan Abedi."
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 Eugene Holley was a former [[Georgia]] state senator who introduced [[Bert Lance]] to [[Agha Hasan Abedi]].[^1] He was the first person prosecuted under the [[Foreign Corrupt Practices Act]] for paying bribes in [[Qatar]].[^2]
 
 ### Legal Issues and BCCI Connections

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/John Marsh.md

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ born: 1926-08-07
 died: 2019-02-04
 location: "Winchester, Virginia"
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 John Marsh was the Secretary of the [[U.S. Army]]. On August 24, 1984, he authorized negotiations for the transfer of the [[Psychoenergetics|psychoenergetics]] program (which included [[Remote Viewing]]) to the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]]. This decision came after a period of uncertainty and bureaucratic maneuvering following the early retirement of [[Albert Stubblebine]] and the temporary cancellation of the program[^1].
 
 Marsh's authorization was a crucial step in ensuring the continuation of the U.S. government's psychic research efforts, despite the ongoing debates and controversies surrounding them[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Kenneth Hellstrom.md

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 summary: "Kenneth Hellstrom was as a victim of child sexual abuse perpetrated by John David Norman in the early 1970s within Norman's network of operations in Chicago, Illinois."
 died: 1977
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 Kenneth Hellstrom was as a victim of child sexual abuse perpetrated by [[John David Norman]] in the early 1970s within Norman's network of operations in [[Chicago]]. Hellstrom encountered the exploitation activities tied to the apartment used for producing child pornography and sexual acts involving underage boys. This background positioned him as a key witness exposing the broader child trafficking and abuse ring led by Norman and his associates.[^1]
 
 ### Abuse and Testimony

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Khatoun.md

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 summary: "In July 1966, Khatoun took Ari and his sisters, Claris, Evon, and Stella, to Israel, where Stella and Ari were enrolled at the American International School in Kfar Smaryahu."
 location: "Baghdad, Iraq"
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-[[Khatoun]] is the mother of [[Ari Ben-Menashe]]. She was an affluent Iraqi Jew who married [[Gourdji]] in [[Baghdad]] in 1945 and settled in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. In late 1950 and early 1951, she visited [[Israel]] with her husband to explore the possibility of moving there.[^1]
+[[Khatoun]] is the mother of [[Ari Ben-Menashe]]. She was an affluent [[Iraq|Iraqi]] Jew who married [[Gourdji]] in [[Baghdad]] in 1945 and settled in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. In late 1950 and early 1951, she visited [[Israel]] with her husband to explore the possibility of moving there.[^1]
 
 In July 1966, [[Khatoun]] took [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ari]] and his sisters, Claris, Evon, and Stella, to [[Israel]], where Stella and [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ari]] were enrolled at the American International School in Kfar Smaryahu. Five years later, [[Khatoun]] and her husband moved from [[Tehran]] to [[Israel]].[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Richard J. Kerr.md

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 born: 1935-10-04
 location: "Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA"
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 Richard J. Kerr served as Acting [[Central Intelligence Agency]] Director. In 1991, he confirmed that the agency had used [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] to move money around the world.[^1]
 
 ### Role in BCCI Affair

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Samuel W. Lewis.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ born: 1930-10-01
 died: 2014-03-10
 location: "Houston, Texas, USA"
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 Samuel W. Lewis was the U.S. ambassador to [[Israel]], assigned in 1977. He was present at a meeting in the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] White House in September 1981 where [[Menachem Begin]] and [[Ariel Sharon]] presented a far-reaching agenda for U.S.–Israeli strategic cooperation. Lewis recounted that Begin suggested a formal alliance, and Reagan agreed, shocking others present. Sharon then outlined a plan that included joint use of airfields and Navy ports, and shared intelligence, including formal Israeli access to the [[KH-11]] satellite for its nuclear targeting of the [[Soviet Union]].[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/William Richard Higgins.md

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ born: 1945-01-15
 died: 1989-07-31
 location: "Danville, Kentucky, USA"
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 William Richard Higgins was a [[U.S. Marine Corps|Marine]] Lieutenant Colonel who served as chief of the [[United Nations Military Observer Group Lebanon]]. On February 17, 1988, he was abducted in [[Lebanon]] after meeting with the [[Amal Militia]] in the coastal city of Tyre[^1].
 
 Higgins's abduction became an international incident, generating a crisis at the [[Pentagon]]. Prior to joining the UN team, he had served as a military aide to Secretary of Defense [[Caspar W. Weinberger]], giving him in-depth knowledge of classified military matters and making him a high-value hostage[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Yaacov Meridor.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ born: 1913-09-29
 died: 1995-06-30
 location: "Lipno, Poland"
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 [[Yaacov Meridor]] was a long-time friend of [[Menachem Begin]], who served as a minister without portfolio in Begin's government. He was involved in various businesses with [[South Africa]] through [[Transkei]], raking in commissions from countries that sought to bypass the boycott on [[South Africa]] by dealing through Transkei. Everything had to go through Meridor or a company he owned, including [[Degem]], which was actually controlled by [[Israel|Israel]]'s military intelligence and provided computer services to the [[South Africa|South Africans]] and to [[Guatemala]].[^1]
 
 Meridor became embroiled in a scandal when he, along with [[Joe Peeples]] and a Romanian expatriate, attempted to sell a theoretically feasible but practically impossible solar energy system to the [[Hunt brothers]] of [[Texas]] for $2 million. He also sought a huge loan from the [[Israel|Israeli]] Treasury for this project, publicly announcing it on TV. However, a scientist from the [[Weizmann Institute]] exposed the scheme as a fraud, leading to Meridor losing his job as a cabinet minister and his credibility. His [[Transkei]] operations were also affected, which opened the door for [[Robert Maxwell]] to take over [[Degem]].[^1]