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American Scandal

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A Brief History of a Nuclear Weapons Deal

Bud mac farland is deeply concerned about the deal. He turns to his right hand man in the national security council, lieutenant colonel oliver north. North enlists the help of the c i a to help deliver the 500 weapons. But something there goes wrong too. When the aranians open the crates, there are only 18 missiles inside and each of them carries the star of david etched on the casing. In addition, they wanted anti aircraft missiles, but these missiles aren't what they requested. The iranians are convinced israel did it on purpose. To them, it's an act of sabotage and insult.

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