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In late 1985, Ari Ben-Menashe approached Sanders to purchase cluster bombs for Israel. | 2026-10-12 |
Alan Sanders was a businessman with links to the Central Intelligence Agency. His cover was ITICO (Integrated Technologies International Co.). He was involved in supplying technology for cluster bombs to Carlos Cardoen, specifically in the form of blueprints. Ari Ben-Menashe wrote that this was done with a covert United States license despite a United Nations arms embargo against Chile.1 Security Council resolution 232 of December 16, 1966 imposed mandatory measures against Southern Rhodesia, including a prohibition on the sale or shipment of arms, and resolution 418 of November 4, 1977 imposed a mandatory arms embargo against South Africa.23
In late 1985, Ari Ben-Menashe approached Sanders to purchase cluster bombs for Israel. Sanders made it clear that the sale of cluster bombs to Israel was prohibited by the U.S.. However, he introduced Ben-Menashe to Richard Babayan, a CIA contract agent with close contacts with Cardoen, indicating that Cardoen would sell the bombs to Israel.1
Footnotes
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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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United Nations Security Council, resolution 232 (1966), December 16, 1966. https://documents.un.org/api/symbol/access?s=S%2FRES%2F232%20%281966%29&l=en&t=pdf ↩︎
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United Nations Security Council, resolution 418 (1977), November 4, 1977. https://documents.un.org/api/symbol/access?s=S%2FRES%2F418%20%281977%29&l=en&t=pdf ↩︎