Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin AmericaRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 10. júl. 2012 - 336 síđur This powerful study makes a compelling case about the key U.S. role in state terrorism in Latin America during the Cold War. Long hidden from public view, Operation Condor was a military network created in the 1970s to eliminate political opponents of Latin American regimes. Its key members were the anticommunist dictatorships of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil, later joined by Peru and Ecuador, with covert support from the U.S. government. Drawing on a wealth of testimonies, declassified files, and Latin American primary sources, J. Patrice McSherry examines Operation Condor from numerous vantage points: its secret structures, intelligence networks, covert operations against dissidents, political assassinations worldwide, commanders and operatives, links to the Pentagon and the CIA, and extension to Central America in the 1980s. The author convincingly shows how, using extralegal and terrorist methods, Operation Condor hunted down, seized, and executed political opponents across borders. McSherry argues that Condor functioned within, or parallel to, the structures of the larger inter-American military system led by the United States, and that declassified U.S. documents make clear that U.S. security officers saw Condor as a legitimate and useful 'counterterror' organization. Revealing new details of Condor operations and fresh evidence of links to the U.S. security establishment, this controversial work offers an original analysis of the use of secret, parallel armies in Western counterinsurgency strategies. It will be a clarion call to all readers to consider the long-term consequences of clandestine operations in the name of 'democracy.' |
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... force of the military regimes , and it signified an unprecedented level of coordinated repression in Latin America . The Condor System op- The Condor system linked together secret units within the military intelli- gence forces of ...
... force of the military regimes , and it signified an unprecedented level of coordinated repression in Latin America . The Condor System op- The Condor system linked together secret units within the military intelli- gence forces of ...
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... forces that carried out the assassinations to preserve the covert nature and deniability of its involvement in ... forces — es- sentially death squads acting on military orders in these cases . In the Leighton and Letelier ...
... forces that carried out the assassinations to preserve the covert nature and deniability of its involvement in ... forces — es- sentially death squads acting on military orders in these cases . In the Leighton and Letelier ...
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... military intelligence , Milicia , worked with DINA and Argentine security forces . Michael Townley , a U.S. expatriate and DINA assassin often linked to the CIA , admitted his operational role in these three terrorist acts ( both DINA ...
... military intelligence , Milicia , worked with DINA and Argentine security forces . Michael Townley , a U.S. expatriate and DINA assassin often linked to the CIA , admitted his operational role in these three terrorist acts ( both DINA ...
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... forces based on the model of Special Forces teams , with expertise in unconventional warfare and " counterterror " opera- tions ( the use of " terror to fight terror " ) . One 1976 Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA ) report stated , for ...
... forces based on the model of Special Forces teams , with expertise in unconventional warfare and " counterterror " opera- tions ( the use of " terror to fight terror " ) . One 1976 Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA ) report stated , for ...
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... force is one supplemental to regular military forces or serving as a proxy for them , parallel to the official military institution . The U.S. Defense Department defines paramilitaries as " distinct from the armed forces of any country ...
... force is one supplemental to regular military forces or serving as a proxy for them , parallel to the official military institution . The U.S. Defense Department defines paramilitaries as " distinct from the armed forces of any country ...
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Operation Condors Structures and Functioning The Parallel State in Operation | 69 |
Condors Killing Machine Phase II Transnational Operations | 107 |
Phase III Condors Assassination Capability | 139 |
Commanders and Operatives of Condor | 177 |
The Central American Connection | 207 |
Conclusions | 241 |
Bibliography | 257 |
Index | 271 |
About the Author | 285 |
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