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[edit] Military successes ...
The first part of the first sentence:
While faced with the largest standing army in the history of Central America,[1] thousands of Cuban and East Bloc military advisers, and "Flying Tank" Mi-24 Soviet gunships Mil Mi-24,...
is not substantiated by the citation given (I read it), so I deleted it. If someone would like to reinstate it, please provide accurate citations. --Mallexikon (talk) 05:00, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
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- I had to really change this section, unfortunately, to reflect widely-accepted reality: 1) The Contras were not on the verge of conquering Nicaragua in 1988; 2) Most polls indicated strong support for the Sandinista government through 1988 and 1989 right up until the election. MarkB2 Chat 04:04, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
I once again added some more sources regarding the state of Contra military activity in the late eighties. Although I am loathe to delete material in wikipedia, I felt compelled to delete much of Tiomono's additions that were simply false and totally unsupported by the sources he cited. For example, the sentence insisted that the FSLN conscription rates were at 30,000 people per year and rising and that this was causing rioting throughout Nicaragua. Checking the source revealed no mention of the number of conscriptees and a mention of protests in a SINGLE town in Nicaragua that was famous for its anti-government sentiment because of its Native heritage. MarkB2 Chat 01:16, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Sandinista drug trafficking
"On the other hand, the 1989 book, Kings of Cocaine, alleges Sandinista involvement in cocaine smuggling. Barry Seal, a Medellin cartel pilot took photos which allegedly showed a high ranking Sandinista official unloading cocaine shipments at a Sandinista military airport." - this doesn't belong here but to the Sandinista article. I'd delete it. Comments? --Mallexikon (talk) 03:54, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Human rights violations - Americas Watch citation
I removed the 7 "citation needed" that Sopher99 put up, since the bullet points actually are all adequately cited. The sentence in question basically says: Americas Watch "...accused the contras of: a) b) c) d)..." then adds a citation after the full stop. By definition, the citation thus extends to all the bullet points listed. --Mallexikon (talk) 02:37, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Orphaned sentence
"The CIA distributed to the civilians The Freedom Fighter's Manual, meant to teach them simple sabotage methods (not going to work, damaging light bulbs, putting nails on roads, and so on.) and more dangerous ones (how to make a molotov cocktail)."
This wound up orphaned in the US assistance section. It's unsourced and I don't see its significance, so I cut it out. If someone would like to re-insert it in a way that makes sense, please go ahead. --Mallexikon (talk) 09:12, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
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