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Ilsa

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13. The success of SW Ep 4 and this genre provided a cover story

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:39 PM

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for Tony Mendez (CIA) to go to Iran to rescue American diplomats hiding in the Canadian ambassador's home in 1979 or 80. Ben Affleck starred as Mendez in the film about this, Argo.

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