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category: "Arms Dealers & Brokers"
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- IranContra
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- Person
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summary: "In 1984, Israeli intelligence, with the backing of the Americans, agreed to continue selling weapons to the Guatemalan government through the Eagle company."
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[[Pesach Ben-Or]] was a representative for Eagle, an [[Israel|Israeli]] arms-dealing company. He was involved in helping the military regime in [[Guatemala]] set up a computer tracking system to fight the leftist insurgency. His operations in [[Guatemala]] were overseen by [[Ariel Sharon]] and his associate [[Mike Harari]] in [[Panama]].[^1]
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In 1984, [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence, with the backing of the [[United States|Americans]], agreed to continue selling weapons to the [[Guatemala|Guatemalan]] government through the [[Eagle]] company. This was part of a deal that allowed [[Guatemala]] to be used for storing weapons en route to [[Iran]] and for planes carrying arms from [[Poland]] to the [[Sandinistas|Sandinista]] government in [[Nicaragua]] to fly over [[Guatemala]].[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. Sheridan Square Press, 1992 (TrineDay reprint, 2015).
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