McCain linked to group in Iran-Contra affair (AP) - Buzz it Up! Is #1 Top Story!

[FrenchieCat]

AP - Barack Obama has his William Ayers connection. Now John McCain may have an Iran-Contra connection. In the 1980s, McCain served on the advisory board to the U.S. chapter of an international group linked to ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America.
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McCain's office responded quickly. McCain said he had resigned from the council in 1984. Further, McCain said that in May 1986 he asked the group to remove his name from the letterhead. McCain's office produced two letters from 1984 and 1986 to back his account.

The dates on the resignation letters in 1984 and May 1986 coincided with McCain election campaigns and increasingly critical public scrutiny of the World Anti-Communist League, the umbrella group Singlaub chaired.

In 1983 and 1984 for example, columnist Jack Anderson linked the league's Latin American affiliate to death squad political assassinations.

The Latin American affiliate was kicked out of the league. At the time, Singlaub told the columnist the Latin American affiliate had "knowingly promoted pro-Nazi groups" and was "virulently anti-Semitic."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_iran_contra

[Hope And Change]

1. Done!K & R!

[cui bono]

2. Multiple buzzes from my various email addies.

[Overseas]

3. K&R ! Done.

So glad this news is circulating to balance out the trash from the RNC.

[FrenchieCat]

4. It's a more complicated matter for the press, cause you know how they are....

Since there is a real "Link" on this one, it's not as fun as when they can make shit up. :(

[central scrutinizer]

5. It's not terrorism if the victims have brown skin

Those are not terrorists, they are freedom fighters, like the Contras in Nicaragua and the death squads in El Salvador and Honduras or the actions of Pinochet in Chile.
edited to add :sarcasm:

[Vinca]

6. That was nice of the McCain campaign to respond with the letters.

That means they are admitting he was a member.

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

7. Done 587 Buzzes so far n/t

[FrenchieCat]

8. Yep....We are doing good work!

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

9. We always do! ;) Here's another one to Buzz

http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/1:saloncom914:60bdc118aabcfb1b1333039a817d72ba

The Palins' un-American activities
Imagine if the Obamas had hooked up with a violently anti-American group in league with the government of Iran.

By David Talbot