In fact these arms caches were used by fascists officer cardres and specially selected NATO Special Forces soldiers to ferment terror in Europe that was then blamed on the far left.
At least three murderous terror groups associated with left-wing political causes in Europe have since been exposed as no more than NATO Intelligence 'front organisations'.
The Red Brigades in Italy; Baader Meinhof in Germany and Action Direct in Belgium.
Targets of these groups didn't appear to make sense politically.
The Strategy of Tension.
Not satisfied with waiting until the Soviets invaded, not even until the communists were elected in Italy, NATO decided to act against the left to ensure it did not get into power in the first place.
What was originally a legitimate defence initiative gradually turned into a systematic undermining of democracy in Italy during the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
The BBC Timewatch series covered Operation Gladio back in 1993 but copies of the three programmes can be very hard to find.
Swiss historian Danielle Ganser's book 'NATO's Secret Armies' is one of the best resources available on Operation Gladio, the operationbs end of a clandestine Neo-Nazi intelligence group operating within the safety and secrecy of NATO in Brussels.
History of the P1 and P2 Masonic Lodges in Italy and political interfernce in Eurpoean Democracy post World War II.
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Not a fan of Tarpley but...
10.01.2008 21:12
BBC2 - Timewatch: Operation Gladio - Part 1
BBC2 - Timewatch: Operation Gladio - Part 2
BBC2 - Timewatch: Operation Gladio - Part 3
NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe
By Daniele Ganser
See also:
NATO’s Hidden Terrorism
Silvia Cattori
The Strategy of Tension
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
Chris
Delete right wing scum
10.01.2008 21:16
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Webster Tarpley and the jailing of Tony Negri
10.01.2008 21:26
Specifically:
Basically Webster Tarpley boasts in his book that he played a role in getting him framed for a Gladio conducted murder he had nothing to do with.
chrisc
Background info from Ralph Schoenman
10.01.2008 21:40
In it Ralph Schoenman says that during the time that Webster Tarpley was at the top of Lyndon_LaRouche's organisation it was, in effect, run by the CIA... He also makes some other points about Webster Tarpley:
"Discussions include the "Kennebunkport Warning" (
Direct download:
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Reminds me
10.01.2008 23:01
There were also rumours that GSG-9 were running a book on who would get the kill.
Sorry, no English link I could find:
But alas, R.A.F. members have had a tendency of effecting difficult suicides.
Then we also have the totally strange case of Alfred Herrhausen. Chairman of the Deutsche Bank:
The R.A.F got fitted up by witnesses likely coached by German equivalent to MI5 (BVS). I believe till this day there have been no prosecutions brought.
Inspektor Derrick
Forza Mafia !
10.01.2008 23:26
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