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category: "Belgium Scandals"
tags:
  - Person
  - Belgium
summary: "Former Reagan White House aide and author of October Surprise, who alleged Monzer Al-Kassar's heroin smuggling network was used to launder NATO arms stocks for diversion to Iran."
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[[Barbara Honegger]] was a former [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] [[White House]] aide and author of the book *October Surprise*. In her book, she alleged that [[Monzer Al-Kassar]]'s heroin smuggling network in [[Italy]] was used to launder [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] arms stocks for diversion to [[Iran]]. This was purportedly done with the help of corrupt Italian intelligence officials linked to the secretive fascist Masonic lodge, [[P2]].[^1]

### Footnotes

[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.