| Richard Zoglin; Jay Peterzell and Bruce van Voorst 12 October 1987 | Faced with a rebellion in mineral-rich Katanga now Shaba province in April 1977 and a plea for help from French and Belgian mining interests conveyed through their close ally Mobutu, the club combined French air transport with logistical support from diverse sources to bring Moroccan and Egyptian troops to fight the rebellion |
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| Center for Strategic and International Studies | Sly, Liz; DeYoung, Karen 23 February 2013 |
Washington Post, August 28, 1984• Trento, Prelude to Terror 2005 , p.
2| "Washington had done little to control, and seemingly ahd encouraged, Egypt, Iran, and Saudi Arabia to take advantage of the more liberal policies of other Western states and make third-party arms transfers to Somalia | dobbs, saudis funded weapons for bosnia, official says; |
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| This group was dedicated to blocking the spread of Soviet influence in the third world | "American military goods were provided by Egypt and Iran, which transferred excess arms from their inventories |
Miglietta, American Alliance Policy 2002 , p.
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