arms-to-Iraq affair

Target entity: arms-to-Iraq affair
Context triple: [David Leigh, notableInvestigation, arms-to-Iraq affair]

• A. Lavon Affair
  The Lavon Affair was a 1954 Israeli covert operation in Egypt that went disastrously wrong, leading to a major political scandal and crisis within Israel’s leadership.
• B. Iran–Contra affair
  The Iran–Contra affair was a major 1980s U.S. political scandal in which senior officials secretly facilitated arms sales to Iran and diverted the proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, circumventing congressional restrictions.
• C. Iran hostage crisis
  The Iran hostage crisis was a 444-day diplomatic standoff from 1979 to 1981 in which 52 American diplomats and citizens were held captive at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, profoundly damaging U.S.–Iran relations.
• D. U-2 incident of 1960
  The U-2 incident of 1960 was a Cold War crisis in which an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, severely damaging U.S.–Soviet relations and derailing a planned summit between their leaders.
• E. Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s
  The Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s was a prolonged standoff between Iraq and the United Nations over weapons inspections and compliance with disarmament obligations imposed after the Gulf War.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: arms-to-Iraq affair
Target entity description: The arms-to-Iraq affair was a major British political scandal involving the covert and often illegal supply of weapons and military equipment to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in the 1980s and early 1990s, leading to inquiries about government complicity and export control abuses.

• A. Lavon Affair
  The Lavon Affair was a 1954 Israeli covert operation in Egypt that went disastrously wrong, leading to a major political scandal and crisis within Israel’s leadership.
• B. Iran–Contra affair
  The Iran–Contra affair was a major 1980s U.S. political scandal in which senior officials secretly facilitated arms sales to Iran and diverted the proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, circumventing congressional restrictions.
• C. Iran hostage crisis
  The Iran hostage crisis was a 444-day diplomatic standoff from 1979 to 1981 in which 52 American diplomats and citizens were held captive at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, profoundly damaging U.S.–Iran relations.
• D. U-2 incident of 1960
  The U-2 incident of 1960 was a Cold War crisis in which an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, severely damaging U.S.–Soviet relations and derailing a planned summit between their leaders.
• E. Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s
  The Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s was a prolonged standoff between Iraq and the United Nations over weapons inspections and compliance with disarmament obligations imposed after the Gulf War.
• F. None of above. chosen