Wikispooks wikispooks https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.33.2 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikispooks Wikispooks talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Property Property talk Form Form talk Concept Concept talk Document Document talk Wikipedia Wikipedia talk Test Test talk Widget Widget talk Campaign Campaign talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk 1985 0 13405 135040 135039 2017-12-01T11:11:15Z MaintenanceBot 377 Added: wikiquote. wikitext text/x-wiki {{year |image=Brabant Massacres.jpg |image_width= |image_caption=1985 saw the last of the [[Brabant Massacres]], which had killed supermarket goers in a spate of attacks from [[1982]]. Never completely solved, they appear to have been [[NATO]]-sponsored murders as part of a [[strategy of tension]]. |description=In September 1985 the [[Al-Yamamah arms deal]] was signed by the UK [[Defence Secretary]] [[Michael Heseltine]], resulting in billions of dollars in commissions and other fees for those involved. |wikiquote=http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/1985 }} '''1985''' was to see the last of the [[Operation Gladio/A]] [[false flag]] attacks (although they were not admitted as false flags at the time). The exact reasons for winding down this particular [[strategy of tension]] remain unclear. ==Brabant Massacres== {{FA|Brabant Massacres}} The last attack of these massacres of Belgian supermarket goers occurred in 1985. They have never been completely solved, though [[Alan Francovich]] presented compelling circumstantial evidence in his [[Operation Gladio (film)|film]] about [[Operation Gladio]] that the killers were directed by Gladio operatives. ==Iran Contra== {{FA|Iran-Contra}} [[Iran-Contra]] was a large covert operation which may have started from negotiations about the [[1980 October Surprise]]. Beginning in 1985, some of [[The Enterprise]]'s deals began to be exposed, which would pick up dramatically the next year when [[Eugene Hasenfus]]' plane was shot down. [[Mark Gorton]] suggests that Iran-Contra may have been planned as a [[limited hangout]] operation to unseat [[Ronald Reagan]]. The event was quickly (and misleadingly) dubbed "[[Iran-contra]]", and the [[CIA drug trafficking]] aspect was sidelined in the {{on}}. ==Al-Yamamah arms deal== {{FA|Al-Yamamah arms deal}} [[image:Al_yamamah.jpg|left|444px]] The [[Al-Yamamah arms deal]] was a multi-billion dollar arms deal between [[BAE Systems]] and the government of [[Saudi Arabia]], possibly brokered at [[Le Cercle]]. After [[John Cuckney]] had laid the groundwork<ref>[[Document:Crown Agents]]</ref>, the UK [[Defence Secretary]] [[Michael Heseltine]] signed off on the deal in September 1985. Over the next 20 years, the [[Saudi Ambassador to the United States]] was to earn over $1 billion in commissions. Various other agents got sizable commissions, including [[Mark Thatcher]] who has been variously estimated as earning between £12-$18 million from the deal.<ref name=indy12m>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/mark-thatcher-accused-sources-say-he-got-12m-pounds-from-arms-deal-signed-by-his-mother-1441851.html</ref> The UK [[Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)|Public Accounts Committee]] were not allowed to see the paperwork. Over 20 years later, an investigation by the [[Serious Fraud Office]] is terminated after [[Tony Blair]] personally intervened - and by 2013 the SFO were claiming to have "lost the tapes".<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/business-23622364</ref> {{SMWDocs}} ==References== {{reflist}} 8dupixmqn06u0liq73fzj13nlkuovn5