American operatives planted mines in Nicaraguan harbors.

Congress first restricted aid to the contras in 1984, after the mining of the Nicaraguan harbors by Central Intelligence Agency operatives was disclosed.

Look at the contra war and our mining of Nicaraguan harbors.

Goldwater also disagreed with the Reagan administration on certain aspects of foreign policy (for example, he opposed the decision to mine Nicaraguan harbors).

Then in January 1984, the agency, with Presidential approval, mined Nicaraguan harbors and did not tell us.

They mined Nicaraguan harbors and did all they could to destroy the Nicaraguan economy.

The US also imposed trade sanctions and mined Nicaraguan harbours.

They cite a 1986 World Court ruling against the United States for its role in the mining of Nicaraguan harbors.

The watershed moment came when the court found the United States had violated international law by mining Nicaraguan harbors in 1984.

Who among them, for instance, was aware of the mining of Nicaraguan harbors, of the Iran-contra conspiracy?