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Dark alliance was a series written by californiabased reporter webb and published in the san jose mercury news in 1996. An awardwinning investigative reporter, gary webb 19552004 is best known for his dark alliance series that linked a northern california drug ring with the cia and the united states burgeoning crack epidemic. Somozas cousin, bermudez got a call from major general charles e. His book demonstrates that the original expose was on the right track. He discussed his book, headline news and responded to audience telephone calls, faxes, and. This collection of texts, images, and audio files is a copy of the online library that accompanied the publication of gary webbs dark alliance series and his followup reporting for the san jose mercury news from 199697 about the cias role in the crack cocaine epidemic in the 1980s. Jeri showed his american colleagues a few slides, and in broken. Baldurs gate dark alliance playstation 2 downloads. Unlike other books that purport to tell the inside story of americas most futile war kings of cocaine by guy gugliotta and jeff leen.
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