Iran-Contra Scandal Trading Cards

From 1988? Really? Who originated these, I wonder. And here I thought the Bushies had really done something new with their terrorist trading cards...

You don't say! Fascinating.

wow. i remember buying these when they came out at the local alt comix store. great stuff!

I wonder if the pentagon stole the playing card idea from these people?

Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards
'In the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition, the U.S. military developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's government, mostly high-ranking Baath Party members or members of the Revolutionary Command Council. The cards were officially named the "personality identification playing cards".'


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards

I don't think the ideas are entirely the same. These are collector cards similar to baseball cards or some shit. The Iraqi cards were more similar to other variations of playing cards I've seen. I bet the idea was stolen from a novelty deck of cards.