john stockwell on the cia training terrorists
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february 1981 http:wwwamazoncomgpredirecthtmlie=utf8ampamplocation=http3a2f2fwwwamazoncom2fjohn-stockwell2fe2fb001j3my7e3fqid3d127827617926sr3d1-2-entampamptag=doc06-20ampamplinkcode=ur2ampampcamp=1789ampampcreative=9325 watch the full interview: http:thefilmarchivedblogspotcom201008john-stockwell-on-cia-terrorism-drughtmltheodore g quottedquot shackley jr july 16 1927 - december 9 2002 was an american cia officer involved in many important and controversial cia operations during the 1960s and 1970she is widely regarded one of the most decorated cia officers he was commonly known as the quotblond ghostquot due to his dislike of being photographed some reports on the internet claim that he was called blond ghost because of the deaths he caused in his initial station postingsshackley039s work included being station chief in miami in the early 1960s during the period of the cuban missile crisis as well as the cuban project also known as operation mongoose which he directed he was also said to be the director of the controversial quotphoenix programquot during the vietnam war as well as the cia station chief in laos between 1966-1968 and saigon station chief from 1968 through february 1972 in 1976 he was appointed associate deputy director for operations and was in charge of the cia039s worldwide covert operationsshackley is perhaps best known for his involvement in numerous cia quotblack operationsquot such as quotphoenixquot and quotmongoosequot as well as his alleged involvement in other operationsshackley was station chief in miami florida during the period of 1962 - 1965 while heading the cia office known as quotjmwavequot shortly after the bay of pigs invasion shackley dealt with operations in cuba alongside edward lansdale jmwave employed more than 200 cia officers who handled approximately 2000 cuban agents these included the famous quotoperation mongoosequot aka quotthe cuban projectquot the aim of this was to quothelp cuba overthrow the communist regimequot of fidel castro ruz during this period as miami station chief shackley was in charge of around 400 agents and general operatives as well as a huge flotilla of boats and his tenure here encompassed the quotcuban missile crisisquot of october 1962in 1966 shackley moved on to the vietnam war becoming the cia station chief in laos between 1966-1968 where he directed the cia039s secret war of pitting the hmong villagers against vietcong who used the ho chi minh trail he also helped coordinate local army efforts against the pathet lao and north vietnamese army in the northern regions of laoshe then moved on to become station chief for vietnam in what was then saigon in 1968 despite popular opinion shackley did not in fact run the phoenix program phoenix was alleged to be an assassination campaign aimed at members of the viet cong infrastructure allegations that thousands of civilians were killed is not supported by historical evidence after the us bureau of narcotics039 quotoperation eaglequot busted a drug-running scheme in 1970 several of the cuban-americans involved in the bay of pigs invasion came to work for shackley and donald gregg in vietnam including felix rodriguez the phoenix program was eventually handed over to the us and south vietnamese armies shackley served in vietnam through february 1972 when he returned to langley virginiafrom 1972 shackley ran the cia039s quotwestern hemisphere divisionquot one of shackley039s jobs whilst in charge of the cia039s western hemisphere division was to discredit ex-cia officer believed to have become under control of the kgb philip agee who was writing an quotexposequot on the cia entitled inside the company after shackley039s best efforts to discredit agee the parts of the book that would have caused most damage to the reputation of the cia were not includedin may 1976 shackley was made deputy director of covert operations serving under director george hw bush before officially retiring from the organization in 1979 however it has been widely reported that in reality he was forced out of the organization by bush039s successor as director stansfield turner turner disapproved of shackleys close involvement with agent edwin p wilson and ex-cia employee frank terpil wilson was later convicted in 1982 for selling 22 tons of quotcomposition 4quot plastic explosive to muammar al-gaddafi039s libya and also the charge of exporting guns the conviction on the explosives charge was reversed on october 29 2003 however in the midst of this scandal shackley was relieved of his deputy directorship in december 1977 and when the jimmy carter administration announced wide cuts in the cia039s network of officers and informants shackley finally left the organizationdespite his retirement in 1979 controversy continued to surround shackley over alleged involvement in the alleged quotoctober surprisequot of 1980 and later the quotiran-contraquot affair of the mid eighties

dishonest journalists fuel war propaganda
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quotit039s impossible to be an independend journalist in a conflict zonequot keith harmon snow a veteran war correspondent said speaking on libya he explained many journalists in conflict zones are not honest about the war because to tell thruth they have to consider who they are working with it is hard to tell a story that looks bad for coalition forces when you are living with and protected by coalition forces he said

what you don039t know about gaddafi
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libya libyan protests february 17 2011
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mirror: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=mgwa5v9fti4credits go to http:wwwenoughgaddaficom http:wwwyoutubecomuserenoughlibya http:wwwfacebookcomibnthabitthis was a personal effort by a son of libya to take part in what is now becoming a change across the entire arab world but in order to protect myself from harm i have remained silent about my identity in order to prevent the regime from taking action against me one day you will know who i am but it won039t matter because maybe one day we don039t have to live like this in libyamuhammad son of libya----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------join us across libyafebruary172011 to call for changesandwiched between tunisia as it surmounts the impossible and egypt as it wakes the sleeping giant libya has been for the last 41 years seemingly acquiescent to gaddafi039s regime despite its remarkable historical struggle for independence against mussolini039s italysince the earliest days of the tunisian uprising many people have speculated as to whether the sidi bouzid contagion would infect the libyan masses when news of unrest over a 039housing situation039 leaked via youtube many scrambled to follow further developmentsjoin us across libyafebruary172011 to call for changecredits go to ibn thabit for his music http:wwwfacebookcomibnthabitand wwwenoughgaddaficom for organizing the rallylibya libia libyan benghazi tripoli protests street demonstrations gaddafi qadafi uprising revolution mobilize police brutality unemployment raise minimum wage housing food inflation corruption freedom of speech living conditions civil unrest government death self-immolation human rights tear gas activists february 17 2011

libya - 20 feb 2011 quotnon-stopquot gunfire in capital protesters raided after seif gaddafi speech
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shortly after seif gaddafi the son of libya039s longtime leader warned in a sunday-night speech that the country would descend into quotcivil warquot if protests continued a libyan american spoke with his brother in tripoli who described intense combat in the capital where anti-government protesters were attacked after taking the main squarelibya libia libyan benghazi tripoli protests street demonstrations gaddafi qadafi uprising revolution mobilize police brutality unemployment raise minimum wage housing food inflation corruption freedom of speech living conditions civil unrest government death self-immolation human rights tear gas activists february 17 2011

gaddafi flee039s libya after army military starts to defect
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gaddafi flee039s libya after army military starts to defect gaddafi039s son seen killing protesters039 - son of libya039s muammar gaddafi has been seen killing pro-democracy protesters with security forces as the explosion of anger continues to rock the north african country reports saythe news come as habib al-obaid a doctor at al-jalae hospital stated on sunday that a least 50 people have been killed in the libyan city of benghazi since 1300 gmt on sundayreports have put the number of people killed in the country039s second largest city benghazi at more than 200 over the past dayspro-democracy protests sparked by the popular revolutions that deposed long-serving rulers of neighboring egypt and tunisia have engulfed libya since last week with thousands of people flocking the streets of the eastern city of benghazi and calling for the ouster of the 68-year-old gaddafi who has been in office since september 1969 video from presstv- khaled sinusi http:wwwpresstvirureportgreat channels to view:http:wwwyoutubecomusermaxblithhttp:wwwyoutubecomuserspud4xhttp:wwwyoutubecomuserf328ownerhttp:wwwyoutubecomuserillyounotmehttp:wwwyoutubecomusermorpheuswasrighthttp:wwwyoutubecomuserpushymonkhttp:wwwyoutubecomuserpatrioticspacehttp:wwwyoutubecomuserdrfreemasonhttp:wwwyoutubecomuserdanbowski40http:wwwyoutubecomusermissskya1http:wwwyoutubecomuserbrooklynprepperhttp:wwwyoutubecomusermorningmayanhttp:wwwyoutubecomusertheawakeningangelgaddafi flees libya libyan army military defects joins protesters protesting protest massacre revolution resistance fighters zintan protest mesrata benghazi gaddafi revolution bayida tubruq al beida libya bahrain army massacre government torture police abdullah saudi uprising demonstrators uprising karzakan iran 25bahman tehran egypt tunisia khamenei 14feb mahmoud ahmadinejad fbi us government wikileaks tahrir square resistance cairo hospital solidarity freedo

chris martin: the too soon award current
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quotthe bad news: tsunami hits japan the good news: swirlies are on the housequot mc john reaves bestows the too-soon award to stand-up comedian chris martin march

there039s something about michele
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now that michele bachmann has dropped out of the presidential race tpm took a look back at a memorable candidacy and compiled our favorite moments:

intro - 32111 - the colbert report - 32111 - video clip comedy central
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colbertnationcom video - the escalating conflict in libya means good news for troops stephen

minister farrakhan: quotthat039s a murderer in the white housequot
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minister louis farrakhan speaking to over 500 religious leaders in new york on may 28 2011

occupy wall street protester speaks out
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the occupy wall street movement is starting to spread across the us and the message from nyc has reached denver chicago and los angeles many of the protesters are asking for wall street to be held accountable for the economic situation christina gonzalez occupy wall street protestors speaks outfollow lauren on twitter: http:twittercomlaurenlyster

breaking: video benghazi falls to the revolution
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it is being reported that a commando unit in benghazi libya joined the protesters earlier today and attacked the mercenaries units benghazi is now reported to be officially free and owned by the people and not gaddafi video of people celebrating in the streets of benghazi nowthis video was released less than half an hour ago

reality check: is al-qaeda an enemy or not
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ben swann reality check looks at a new report that the us government is funding the opposition in syria including al qaeda fighters

a year of rebellion a year of hope
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2011 was a year without precedent for the peoples of the middle east and north africa region it was a year in which millions of people of all ages and backgrounds especially the young and often with women to the fore flooded on to the streets to demand change often they continued to do so in the face of extreme violence meted out by the military and security forces of those who claimed to govern -- and who had continued to enjoy and to squander the fruits of power -- in their very nameit was a year like no other when the whole region shook as ordinary people summoned up the courage to provide a demonstration of quotpeople039s powerquot such as the region had never seen before and incredibly to sustain it even when the might of the repressive state and its security forces were deployed against them

george galloway on syria
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george galloway warns against western intervention in syria