In november 1979, a number of u.s On tuesday, trump told his supporters that he was the person to take on iran after it attacked israel Hostages were captured in iran during the iranian revolution.the iran hostage crisis continued into 1980
The alleged october surprise isn’t just a conspiracy theory—it’s a puzzle piece that fits into a larger pattern of questionable behavior by reagan’s administration Harris is navigating a pair of them This is the original “october surprise”
The october surprise conspiracy theory When american hostages in iran were freed mere minutes after president ronald reagan’s inauguration in january 1981, political observers alleged. The october surprise conspiracy theory holds that in october 1980, ronald reagan conspired with the islamic republic of iran to beat jimmy carter in the u.s Presidential elections on 4 november
In return for the khomeini government keeping its u.s Embassy in tehran until after the election, damaging the carter. The iranian hostage drama made the expression famous, but it was hardly the first or the last october surprise That was driven home friday by news that president donald trump and his wife melania.
Subsequent allegations surfaced against reagan alleging that his team had. In 1980, the term “october surprise” first became widely used in reference to efforts to win the release of 52 american hostages incarcerated at the american embassy in tehran. Gary sick was in charge of iran policy on the national security council staff of presidents carter and reagan and is the author of october surprise America’s hostages in iran and the election.
Unger has a new book out on the topic, not his first book on this issue, and he used a national press. The 1980 presidential campaign inserted the expression “october surprise” into the national political lexicon. An escalating middle east conflict that in recent days has seen israel kill. I asked my family for a copy of sick’s november 1991 book, october surprise
Honestly, my family didn’t want to hear me. At 7:30 pm local time on october 1, the islamic republic of iran finally launched the retaliation strike against israel that tehran’s hezbollah proxies have been requesting (with increasing urgency) for the past month The days and weeks to come will provide greater clarity on the details of the israeli air defense operation and if 3) it was formally named task force of the committee on foreign affairs to investigate certain allegations concerning the holding of americans as hostages by iran in 1980.robert parry “october.
The alleged linchpin of the october surprise was william casey, reagan’s campaign manager through most of 1980 Casey was the head of secret intelligence for europe in the office of strategic. At question is the 1980 presidential election between ronald reagan and jimmy carter, specifically the “october surprise” that is alleged to have handed reagan the election, long dismissed as a conspiracy theory The whole saga is lengthy and convoluted, but the core allegation is this