A Two-Decade Detour into Empire http://www.consortiumnews.com/2011/033111.html

"For instance, it was becoming clear that the Reagan-Bush secret support for arms sales to Iran did not begin in 1985 as the Official Story claimed, but in early 1981, with shipments handled by the Likud government of Israel. A few sources from the Reagan-Bush inner circle also were leaking details about how the CIA had covertly arranged arms and intelligence for Iraq as well."Though I thought I knew a lot about the Iran-Contra scandal, Ben-Menashe explained it in a dramatically different way. He described his role working for Likud leaders, including Prime Ministers Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir."