Every Leader The US Has Assassinated

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hi there today we're diving into the

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Shady world of the assassinations

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carried out by the CIA for decades the

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US has been pulling strings behind the

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scenes changing the fate of countries

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and their leaders often in brutal ways

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we'll check out some key figures who met

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their end thanks to these covert

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operations let's get

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started on January 17th 1961 Patrice

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lumba the first elected prime minister

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of the former Belgian Congo was brutally

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murdered following the Watergate scandal

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of the Nixon regime a US Senate

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committee uncovered CIA plans to

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assassinate lumba as part of a broader

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strategy to support Joseph Mutu who

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would go on to rule the Congo for three

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decades and not be assassinated the CIA

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founded in the late 1940s quickly gained

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a reputation for its covert operations

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aimed at neutralizing leaders and

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overthrowing governments the US

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perceived as threats to their interests

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during the Cold War the agency engaged

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in various subversive activities to

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prevent the spread of Communism often

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resulting in the overthrow or

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elimination of foreign leaders this

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included targeting lumba who was seen as

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dangerously close to Soviet influence

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with a grow momentum for nationalization

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collectivization and general legal

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overhaul mostly targeted at the massive

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mineral wealth of the country which

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would greatly benefit the congales

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people to the detriment of Congo's

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exploiters the US swiftly aligned with

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the Congo's former colonizer Belgium to

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oppose lumba and what he stood for on

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September 5th 1960 president kazav vubu

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dismissed lumba a move backed by the CIA

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which had provided funding aimed at

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bolstering anti- lumba efforts despite

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lumumba's attempts to secure un

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protection the CIA initiated the direct

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assassination attempts as soon as he was

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dismissed with the conspirators

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cooperating very closely with the CIA

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and their Belgian advisor friends to

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sell their country out to the

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US lumo's capture and imprisonment was a

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coordinated effort between the CIA

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supported Mutu and Belgian back

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secessionists he was taken to thisle

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prison where he was brutally treated as

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you'd expect from the sadist at the CIA

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Belgian advisor and congle authorities

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transferred lumba from thille prison to

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katanga prison because they feared that

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his influence could spark unrest

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transfer sealed his fate evidenced by

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the fact that when CIA Congo station

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Chief Larry develin learned of the

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transfer he said of lumba that his Goose

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was cooked and another stupid

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americanism besides his influence which

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moving him might contain the only way to

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keep him from returning to power their

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real fear was to kill

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him in 1975 the US Senate's United

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States Senate select committee to study

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governmental operations with respect to

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intelligence activities a dog [ __ ]

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[ __ ] name Better Know by its niame

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the church committee named after the

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senator the head of the committee opened

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an investigation which publicly

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concluded that while the CIA took steps

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towards assassinating lumumba it was

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ultimately his congales Rivals to

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executed him I said publicly Because the

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investigation's actual conclusion and

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evidence showed the cia's Deep

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entanglement in lumo's Murder

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contradicting the original public

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statement of passive involvement they

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tripped and fell into a coup is what

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they're trying to apply statements from

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Key figures involved and Declassified

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documents highlight the US government's

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direct responsibility in lumumba's

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Murder lumumba's assassination is an

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excellent example of the US's insecure

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need to intervene in the politics of

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other nations to the point of murder all

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for the interests of their foreign

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policy which is Guided by Capital this

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doesn't only extend to so-called enemies

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however on November 2nd 1963 Neo DM the

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president of South Vietnam was

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assassinated in a coup backed and

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basically directed by the US government

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via the CIA the Pentagon papers revealed

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that President Kennedy knew and approved

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plans for the military coup that

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overthrew DM DM was seen as a crucial

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Ally against the spread of Communism in

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Vietnam the US policy of supporting

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South Vietnam struggle against the Hanoi

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back Viet Insurgency Hing onm who was

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regarded as the only leader capable of

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unifying his people despite this vital

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importance to US policy in Vietnam DM's

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increasingly autocratic rule directly

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subsidized by the US and failure to

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address widespread grievances are the S

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reasons given for his downfall his

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handling of the Buddhist protests in UA

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on May 8th 1963 was a catalyst for his

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removal the brutal suppression of this

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demonstration ignited widespread

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opposition within the country and abroad

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revealing deep-seated political

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frustrations that existed in the

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background the US made repeated attempts

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to persuade DM to address the Buddhist

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Grievances and restore public support

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but he remained obstinate by August 1963

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the US began covertly supporting a group

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of South Vietnamese generals planning to

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overthrow DM the Pentagon papers detail

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how the US maintained contact with the

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plotters provided intelligence and

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tasked approval Ambassador Henry cubet

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Lodge played a pivotal role ensuring the

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coup's success by providing important

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information about Pro DM forces and

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approving CIA participation in the

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coup's Tactical planning loding in sou

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Washington's approval to fund bribes for

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officers loyal to the m to ensure their

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cooperation with the coup the decision

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not to thwart the coup was based on the

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belief that a new government could

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manage the war effort better than DM's

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Administration as the coup unfolded the

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US actively facilitated its execution

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emphasizing the importance of continued

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American involvement in the coup as

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acknowledged by the Pentagon papers and

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despite the US's effort to distance

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itself from the violence documents made

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it clear that American involvement was

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crucial to Dame's overthrow what

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replaced him was even worse for the

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Vietnamese people which is unsurprising

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because the US didn't have their

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interests in mind when carrying the coup

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out thankfully the vietman won in the

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end on September 11th 1973 28 years

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before the attack in the US a violent us

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back dictator took over Chile bringing

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upon the country Decades of Terror

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besides being the most significant event

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in modern Chilean history the overthrow

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of President Salvador aende was not a

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spontaneous Uprising but rather a

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carefully planned operation plan by the

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CIA under the Nixon regime henda's

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democratic election victory in 1970 made

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him the first Marxist president in Latin

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America was a direct challenge to us

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interests in the region according to the

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US

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itself his policies of nationalization

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and wealth redistribution threatened

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American Business profits in Chile

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particularly in Copper

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mining this economic shift was perceived

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by the us as a move to the dreaded

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Soviet communism which caused Americans

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to

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intervene in response Nixon as National

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Security adviser Henry gissinger devis

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operation fub belt aimed at

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destabilizing Chile and aend his

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government Kissinger famously said I

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don't see why we need to stand by and

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watch a country go communist due to the

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irresponsibility of its people these

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issues are much too important for the

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Chilean voters to be left to decide for

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themselves democracy only when it suits

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them meaning suits the interest of the

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ruling

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class this operation involved both

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economic and political strategies to

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create the pretext for a military

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coup the directive from Nixon was clear

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to make the economy scream and generate

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social unrest that would just ify

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military intervention the typical

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American Playbook with sanctions it

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should be clear that you live in a r

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game at this point obviously the cia's

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involvement would be and was Central to

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this plan their strategy divided into

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track one and track two focused

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initially on attempting to prevent

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enda's inauguration through political

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means including bribing Chilean

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congressmen when this approach failed

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miserably the focus shifted to track two

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which involved supporting military

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dissidents and engaging in economic

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sabotage the CIA funded anti-a

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propaganda supported strikes and

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orchestrated protests to simulate

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domestic

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discontent a critical element of this

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operation was the elimination of General

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Rene Schneider the Chilean Army's

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commander-in-chief in short his

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adherence to constitutional legality

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posed a significant barrier to the coup

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the cia's plans to kidnap him resulted

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in his assassination an event that

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cleared the way for the coup by removing

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a key obstacle to military intervention

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the US had successfully orchestrated an

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invisible blockade by freezing Chilean

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bank accounts in the United States

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halting new loans and credits and

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pressuring European countries to do the

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same severely restricting the Chilean

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government's ability to import essential

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goods and access foreign currency

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basically a mini version of the Embargo

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Cuba has been under since the

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60s additionally on October 11th 1972

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truck owners supported and funded by the

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CIA initiated a nationwide strike that

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paralyzed transportation across Chile

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causing significant disruptions in the

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supply chain food shortages and

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escalating inflation which was

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brilliantly managed to some extent by

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the success of project cyberon a

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computer planning effort which greatly

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reduced the potency of the strike via

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data organization and

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coordination this CIA also provided at

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least $1.5 million to the newspaper El

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Mercurio so that they would publish

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anti-a propaganda and worst of all the

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CIA funded the paramel group Patria

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libertad which on October 1st 1973

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carried out a bombing of a train

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carrying copper to sew chaos and

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undermine the government the coup

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resulted in the brutal dictatorship of

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General P which lasted for 17 years and

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which Chile still suffers the

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consequences of to this

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appreci appreciate it all right back to

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the

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video between salvadori and his election

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on September 4th 1970 and his

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inauguration 2 months later the CIA

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launched a major covert operation to

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prevent him from formally taking office

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as I mentioned earlier ordered by Nixon

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overseen by Kissinger Schneider's death

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was beneficial to the overall plot

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against aende kisser successfully

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persuaded Nixon to approve this C

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destabilization policy by arguing at a

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National Security Council meeting that

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the developments in Chile had major

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historic importance and far-reaching

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consequences particularly for the

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interest of the United States stes

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despite the cia's plotting and general

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[ __ ] saado and took office however

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because of General Schneider's stch

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opposition to a military coup right-wing

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officers and CIA agents planed to

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assassinate

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him their plan was to kidnap him from

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his home fly him to Argentina with

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another General afterwards announcing

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that he had disappeared the military

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would blame the kidnapping on leftist

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and would Institute a search for

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Schneider in all of Chile using the

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search as a pretext to raid communist or

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working-class neighborhoods the military

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command would be shuffled to put cou

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plots in positions of power and a new

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military hun would be installed headed

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by Admiral hugu torado the hun would

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dissolve Congress and eventually finish

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the coup well what happened Snider's

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personal vehicle was deliberately struck

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and stalked by a Jeep as he drove to his

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military headquarters in Santiago five

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individual surrounded his car one using

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a sledgehammer to break the rear window

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his Snider was shot three times at close

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range despite emergency open heart

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surgery he died on the morning of

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October

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25th following his death the CIA gave

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$35,000 to members of the hit team to

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buy their Silence about contacts with US

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Government Personnel so basically hush

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money an internal CI inquiry in 2000

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confirmed they provided weapons and

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advice to groups plotting Schneider's

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murder the classified documents show the

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CIA understood its operation had the

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full backing from the White House even

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as it drafted self-serving postmortem

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about the Schneider killing to distance

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itself from the culpability these

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documents show that while the murder

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might have been unplanned it was

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certainly not unforeseen since on two

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occasions CIA conspirators raised the

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possibility of Schneider's death the

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cia's initial reaction to the shootings

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reflected in the coldblooded cable

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traffic between the station and

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headquarters which indicated uncertainty

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about who was responsible but offered

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hope that the conditions were now ripe

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for a

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coup rafhael Trio seized power in the

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Dominican Republic in a 1930 cah

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enjoying enthusiastic support from the

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US for nearly 30 years during his rule

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he used torture and mass murder to

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suppress descent and the US of course

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didn't object or intervene on behalf of

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human rights in return to Yo became a

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stge supporter of US policies in the

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United Nations

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however as C's Revolution Army appeared

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poised to take over Cuba yes became

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concerned that his violent Behavior

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might spark a similar revolution in the

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Dominican Republic so the obious

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solution was for the CIA to begin

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plotting his assassination by mid April

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1960 President Eisenhower had approved a

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state department memo explaining what

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was to be done in the event that he fled

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the country was assassinated or

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overthrown the United States prepped to

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send warships or ground troops to the

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Dominican Republic to prevent a Castro

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type government from taking power the

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plan included efforts persuade Trio to

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step down and established contacts with

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civilian and Military dissidents who

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would provide moderate Pro us leadership

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despite multiple attempts to convince

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him to step down he refused all offers

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of a comfortable Exile famously stating

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he would not leave unless taken out on a

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stretcher and well since he was so

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determined to stay put the Eisenhower

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Administration being considering the

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more violent options on May 30th 1961

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seven Dominicans ambushed and

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assassinated him near s Christal the

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Assassins including disgruntled Military

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Officers caught him on a lonely stretch

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of road and riddled his body with 27

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rounds to make sure he was extra dead I

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guess despite efforts to cover it up

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this assassination is actually one of

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the best documented CIA plots is not

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ironic well yes it is after his

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assassination the US attempted to

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maintain the puppet government without

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him however democracy intervened in the

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1962 election which brought Juan Bosch a

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socialist physician to power Bosch's

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Administration faced significant

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challenges as the main Mass

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organizations in the Dominican Republic

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had been either CI fronts were hauled

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out by CIA operations his closest

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adviser Sasha vman was a known CIA asset

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who undermined the main peasant

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organization while the AFL CIO created

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and shaped the main Trade union for

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those unaware the AFL CIO is a

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thoroughly toothless Union organization

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essentially run and created by the US

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government for anti-labor purposes when

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Bosch attempted to implement modest

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agrarian reforms the CIA stepped in to

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overthrow him too the message is clear

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either tow the line or hang from it

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the assassination of Ernesto chivada on

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October 9th 1967 was a coordinated

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effort between Bolivian forces and the

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CIA reports of his capture and execution

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show The cia's Advisory role with

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several classified documents pointing to

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their involvement they essentially

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provideed intelligence and tactical

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support Felix Rodriguez a keyci figure

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had orders to keep gavada alive due to

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his intelligence value but political

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pressures forced him to comply with

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execution orders within

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Bolivia Rodriguez instructed Bolivia

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Sergeant Mario tan to shoot gavar below

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the head to make it appear as he had

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been killed in battle Rodriguez's

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account claims he received the coded

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message ordering ch's death and

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instructed Teran to avoid shooting gar

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in the face to prevent evidence of an

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execution at 1:10 p.m. Rodriguez noted

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the time as he heard the Fatal

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shots the death certificate indicated

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that gav's body arrived at the hospital

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night of Malta in valaga Bolivia with

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multiple bullet wounds and subsequent

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bleeding in the thorax and extremities

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as the cause of death the autopsy report

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detailed goar's physical characteristics

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noting his brown curly hair heavy curly

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beard and mustache and the multiple

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bullet wounds if you're interested in a

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deep dive about the entire assassination

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plot as well as a review and breakdown

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of the very interesting medical autopsy

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by your try check out our the program

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series titled autopsy report where I

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cover the Health death and subsequent

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conspiracies of many historical figures

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including lenon and

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gavada the documentary evidence reveals

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that the US did everything in its power

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to eliminate gavada and the gorillas the

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CIA and US Special Forces trained the

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beling ranger battalion that captured

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paid for the operation and directed the

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hunter killer groups General aando may

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have ordered gada's murder but the US

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pulled the

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trigger Guatemalan president yakoba

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arens was taken out in 1954 in 1951 he

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had initiated reforms aimed at

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redistributing land from wealthy land

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owners including the American-owned

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United Fruit Company to the impoverished

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native laborers these reforms of course

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annoyed us officials calling it

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dangerously socialist which set the

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stage for the eventual intervention

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the CIA under orders from State

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Department officials plan to forcibly

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remove our Bend from Power this

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operation known as PB success called for

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the usual economic and diplomatic

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pressure political agitation sabotage

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and psychological operations to create

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the illusion of a spooky and unbeatable

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Rebel Force the campaign success

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depended on persuading more likely

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intimidating Guatemala Military Officers

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to overthrow our B agents skillfully

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manipulated these officers by creating a

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myth of a formidable opposition Army led

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by Castillo armas the destruction of the

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arbent government triggered Decades of

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Terror repression and resulted in the

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deaths of approximately 200,000

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Guatemalans incredibly even after the

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coup the CIA continued to undermine

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arbans through a disinformation campaign

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confiscating and tampering with his

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personal papers in order to generate

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negative publicity arbend was not killed

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by the CIA but he would have been had he

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stayed thankfully he managed Exile

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before

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that the next intro is in a similar boat

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in 195 1 Muhammad mzad nationalized the

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Anglo Iranian Oil Company leading to a

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conflict with Britain the UK sought

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American help to overthrow him and the

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CIA led by Kermit Roosevelt orchestrated

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a coup using local assets and paid

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protesters eventually removing him us

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British oil companies controlled Iranian

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oil production and pricing undermining

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nationalization and supporting the

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subsequent dictatorship of the Sha I

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made a relevant video of this here if

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you're

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interested the US really liked

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assassinating Chilean political figures

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apparently the murder of the military

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commanderin-chief and killing aende and

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the military coup wasn't enough Orlando

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leier the former Chilean Ambassador was

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assassinated on September 21st

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1976 leier a former Chilean foreign

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minister who was also a leading critic

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of P's dictatorship fled to the US after

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being tortured and imprisoned inil his

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outspoken opposition to P's regime made

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him an obvious Target of Operation

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Condor a CIA campaign aimed at

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eliminating us political enemies across

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Latin America the decision to

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assassinate him was reportedly made

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during the bonam conference in the

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Dominican Republic in mid 1976

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orchestrated by Sasha vman the ECI

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member mentioned

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earlier on July 30th 1976 after a

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meeting between the CIA and the state

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department they decided to expand

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Operation Condor from me intelligence

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gathering to active assassination plots

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too this assassination carried out with

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a car bomb in Washington DC claimed the

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lives of leier and his American Aid

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Ronnie mfit the investigation into his

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murder revealed that the order for the

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assassination came directly from pin or

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general em Manuel contos was arrested

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for his involvement

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subsequently Mariana kalas a civilian

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agent became a key witness revealing

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that those intimately connected to the

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plot had confessed to her of the

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mission's deadly objective Leer's

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assassination was not just a byproduct

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of Cold War politics but a calculated

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move to silence a vocal critic of a

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fascist dictatorship that the us

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directly supported despite the efforts

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to bring the perpetrators to Justice by

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the us the real culprits remained at

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large and unblemished don't just love

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American freedom of speech

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Thomas Sankar president of Burkina FASA

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was shot and killed on October 15th 1987

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Sankar a carismatic revolutionary leader

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in Burkina Faso transformed the nation

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through radical policies that challenged

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international business interests

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according to testimony it was ordered by

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former Liberian president Charles Taylor

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with the support of French and American

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governments and was executed by sar's

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longtime friend

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Kare sar's Administration marked a

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significant departure from the Norman

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African politics at the time he

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implemented sweeping reforms aimed at

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curbing corruption and promoting

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self-sufficiency lavish lifestyles of

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politicians funded by taxpayers was

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eradicated salary Cuts were issued

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across the board including for himself

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under sar's leadership Burkina Faso saw

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remarkable progress in health education

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and environmental sustainability the

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nation witnessed unprecedent his Mass

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vaccination campaigns a significant

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reduction in infant mortality rates

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doubled School attendance and the

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planting of millions of trees to combat

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deforestation moreover women's rights

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became a core component of his political

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ideology enhancing educational

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opportunities for girls and inter

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grading women into leadership roles

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despite or more likely because of these

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achievements sankata ended up on the

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French and American hit lists during a

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visit by French president Fran Mand in

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1986 sanar confronted him with forceful

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Anti-Imperialist discourse critiquing

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French colonial policies and US

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interventions and Global conflicts Matan

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acknowledged Sara's qualities but also

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laid him as two forthright and

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Troublesome what a piece of [ __ ] this

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confrontation likely hastened their

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desire to kill SAR with figures like

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jacqu fukar a key French intelligence

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operative alleged ly playing a role in

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the assassination plot make no mistake

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the interests of us and French business

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were the central reason for all this

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Herman J Cohen a former US assistant

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secretary of the state for African

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Affairs admitted to accusing Saro of

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regional destabilization and harming the

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image of the French community in West

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Africa as if their neocolonialism didn't

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do enough of that already so on October

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15th 1987 while Saro was attending a

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meeting with his advisers gunman

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suddenly stormed into the building

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realizing he was the target SAR faced

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the As salance and was shot multiple

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times dying on the spot all but aads was

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also killed the aftermath saw cpra a

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rise to power turning Burkina Faso back

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into a colony for international but

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specifically European Capital it took 35

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years for Kara to be tried convicted and

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sentenced to life imprisonment In

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Absentia for his role in the

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assassination this brief dive into the

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cia's assassination Rolodex just

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scratches the surface and it covers only

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a few assassinations there are even more

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overthrows of democratically elected

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governments and yet even more General

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medaling covering practically every

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single nation over the past Century the

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lengths the US government will go to

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protect the interests of the ruling

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class are staggering but not surprising

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if allowed to continue they will destroy

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their own Nations and others as they

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currently are doing all those they

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exploit and the whole world at the altar

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of capital this most beastial existence

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imperialism and its unlimited crimes

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against humanity Must Be Stopped a

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