Key Facts
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Person
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Status
Draft
Country
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Nationality
Armenian-American
Birth Date
Not specified
Death Date
10/5/2011
Sex
Male
Also Known As
SoghanalianMr. Soghanalian
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95%
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About
Sarkis Soghanalian was a Lebanese-American arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death." He supplied weapons to various governments, including Iraq under Saddam Hussein. He served as an FBI informant and was released from prison in the mid-1990s, after which he settled in Paris.
Key Relationships
Newt Gingrich
met_with
told Marianne he wanted to meet her husband to discuss high speed train opportunity
FBI
collaborated
FBI informant who cooperated in several investigations, secretly taping and providing recordings, and who was advised to arrange meetings and track details, including being instructed to push for meetings with Gingrich. FBI contacts approved his responses and gave instructions.
Marianne Ginther
met_with
met in Paris to secure funding, with discussions also covering Iraq debt and train-related matters, as confirmed by Toensing.
Since 2002
Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies
funds
alleged payment through think tank to Gingrich associates, offered conditional on meeting the Gingriches
Recent Events
Paris Meeting with Soghanalian
Marianne Gingrich met Sarkis Soghanalian to secure funding for IEDC
1/1/2002
Private Miami Beach Fundraiser
arranged for Soghanalian to meet Gingriches, called off by FBI
6/8/1997
Bennett requests meeting with Mrs. Gingrich
Soghanalian demanded to talk to Mrs. Gingrich under FBI instructions
2/12/1996
Bennett Calls Soghanalian
Phone call from Bennett to Soghanalian at Miami horse farm about Iraq embargo lift
1/23/1996
Paris Meeting with Marianne Gingrich
Morty Bennett, Howard Ash, and Marianne Gingrich met Soghanalian; dinners, clubs; Soghanalian declined investment
7/1/1995