User:Ikip/Terrorism Deletions
The following is every deletion and every contribution of User:NuclearUmpf on the page Allegations of state terrorism by United States of America
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The United States has refused to put on trial or to extradite Luis Posada Carriles, Guillermo Novo Sampol, Pedro Remon, and Gaspar Jimenezand to Cuba or Venezuela, although they are accused of having perpetrated terrorist acts. [1].
| “ | One young Iraqi man told us that he was trained by the Americans as a policeman in Baghdad and he spent 70 per cent of his time learning to drive and 30 per cent in weapons training. They said to him: 'Come back in a week.' When he went back, they gave him a mobile phone and told him to drive into a crowded area near a mosque and phone them. He waited in the car but couldn't get the right mobile signal. So he got out of the car to where he received a better signal. Then his car blew up.[2] | ” |
Iran has long been a target of CIA operations. In 1953 agent Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. oversaw Operation Ajax, which involved organised riots and the training of rightwing terrorist groups in successful effort to overthrow Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, and reverse the nationalisation of AngloIranian Oil Company (later renamed BP). Following the coup, Iran became a US client state until the Iranian Revolution of 1979, when it again became a target. In 1988 Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down by the USS Vincennes while enroute from Bandar Abbas to Dubai killing all 290 civilian passangers. The US claimed the act it to be an error. However, following the incident, the men of the Vincennes were all awarded combataction ribbons and the airwarfare coordinator won the navy's Commendation Medal for "heroic achievement" noting his "ability to maintain his poise and confidence under fire" that enabled him to "quickly and precisely complete the firing procedure."
===Within the United States===
In 1962, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman Lemnitzer, endorsed Operation Northwoods[3], a plot to gather public support for military intervention in Cuba. The plot called for acts of terrorism against the United States, including the development of a "terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington", "sink[ing] a boatload of Cuban refugees (real or simulated)", faking a Cuban airforce attack on a civilian jetliner, and blowing up a U.S. ship in Cuban waters similar to a "Remember the Maine" incident. The plan does not make clear whether or not U.S. citizens or military were to be intentionally harmed or killed[citation needed]
====Honduras====
In the 1980s the United States financed and trained the Honduran military. According to an article in the Baltimore Sun, the United States downplayed the Honduran military's role in torture in secret jails and extrajudicial killings in reports to Congress while privately pressuring the government of Honduras to curb the abuses.[4] The authors states the terror campaign targeted hundreds of Honduran labor leaders, union organizers and human rights attorneys.
(i.e., kill)
| “ | ...demonstrators into clashes with the authorities, to provoke riots or shootings, which lead to the killing of one or more persons, who will be seen as the martyrs; this situation should be taken advantage of immediately against the Government to create even bigger conflicts. | ” |
West described decades of official tolerance of lynching and crimes of violence against blacks as "American terrorism."[5]
In 1962, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman Lemnitzer, endorsed Operation Northwoods, a plot to gather public support for military intervention in Cuba.[citation needed] The plot called for acts of terrorism against the United States, including the development of a "terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington", "sink[ing] a boatload of Cuban refugees (real or simulated)", faking a Cuban airforce attack on a civilian jetliner, and blowing up a U.S. ship in Cuban waters similar to a "Remember the Maine" incident.[citation needed]
In 1962, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman Lemnitzer, endorsed Operation Northwoods, a plot to gather public support for military intervention in Cuba. The proposal was presented in a document entitled "Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba."[6] According to author James Bramford:
| “ | Operation Northwoods, which had the written approval of the Chairman and every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called for innocent people to be shot on American streets; for boats carrying refugees fleeing Cuba to be sunk on the high seas; for a wave of violent terrorism to be launched in Washington, D.C., Miami, and elsewhere. People would be framed for bombings they did not commit; planes would be hijacked. Using phony evidence, all of it would be blamed on Castro, thus giving Lemnitzer and his cabal the excuse, as well as the public and international backing, they needed to launch their war.[7] | ” |
A different Department of Defense policy paper created in 1963 discussed a plan to make it appear that Cuba had attacked a member of the Organization of American States (OAS) so that the United States could retaliate. The Pentagon document says of one of the scenarios, "A contrived 'Cuban' attack on an OAS member could be set up, and the attacked state could be urged to take measures of selfdefense and request assistance from the U.S. and OAS." The plan expresses confidence that by this action "the U.S. could almost certainly obtain the necessary twothirds support among OAS members for collective action against Cuba."[8][7][9]
====Yugoslavia v. United States====
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia brought an "unlawful use of force" action in 1999 against the US and other NATO members, in response to NATO bombing in the Kosovo War.[10] The International Court dismissed the case because the US did not recognize the FRY government and did not accept the court's jurisdiction.[11] Similar cases were taken by Yugoslavia against each NATO member state[12]
In 1962, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman Lemnitzer, endorsed Operation Northwoods, a plot to gather public support for military intervention in Cuba. The proposal was presented in a document entitled "Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba."[6] According to author James Bramford:
| “ | Operation Northwoods, which had the written approval of the Chairman and every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called for innocent people to be shot on American streets; for boats carrying refugees fleeing Cuba to be sunk on the high seas; for a wave of violent terrorism to be launched in Washington, D.C., Miami, and elsewhere. People would be framed for bombings they did not commit; planes would be hijacked. Using phony evidence, all of it would be blamed on Castro, thus giving Lemnitzer and his cabal the excuse, as well as the public and international backing, they needed to launch their war.[7] | ” |
A different Department of Defense policy paper created in 1963 discussed a plan to make it appear that Cuba had attacked a member of the Organization of American States (OAS) so that the United States could retaliate. The Pentagon document says of one of the scenarios, "A contrived 'Cuban' attack on an OAS member could be set up, and the attacked state could be urged to take measures of selfdefense and request assistance from the U.S. and OAS." The plan expresses confidence that by this action "the U.S. could almost certainly obtain the necessary twothirds support among OAS members for collective action against Cuba."[8][7][9]
====Yugoslavia v. United States====
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia brought an "unlawful use of force" action in 1999 against the US and other NATO members, in response to NATO bombing in the Kosovo War.[10] The International Court dismissed the case because the US did not recognize the FRY government and did not accept the court's jurisdiction.[11] Similar cases were taken by Yugoslavia against each NATO member state[13]
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[edit]were factually reported or documented >> could be confirmed.
- ^ Moral Misstep: Some Terrorists Get a Hero's Welcome, Washington Post, Sept. 3, 2004
- ^ Is The US Provoking Civil War in Iraq?", by Robert Fisk, [http://www.counterpunch.org/fisk05062006.html (Link) The Independent, May 8 2006
- ^ Operation Northwoods, (Declassified Document), 13, March 1962
- ^ Cohn, Gary (1995). "Unearthed: Fatal Secrets A carefully crafted deception". Baltimore Sun.
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racewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Operation Northwoods" (PDF). The National Security Archives (Declassified Document). Retrieved 20060730.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) PDF March 13, 1962 - ^ a b c d Bamford, James. Body of Secrets. ISBN 0385499086. p. 82
- ^ a b Feinsilber, Mike. "Records Show Plan To Provoke Castro". The Associated Press.
- ^ a b Bamford, p. [citation needed]
- ^ a b "Application instituting proceedings Legality of the Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. United States of America)". International Court of Justice. Retrieved 20060730.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b "The Court rejects the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Yugoslavia and dismisses the case". International Court of Justice press release 99/33 June 2, 1999. Retrieved 20060730.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "List of Contentious Cases by Country (Serbia)". International Court of Justice (Website). Retrieved 20060813.
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