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The Italian partisans who led the resistance against murderous fascism, and eventually killed monster Mussolini, were avowed communists.
This made the Communist Party extremely popular after the war. So the CIA spent tons of money rigging the 1948 Italian election against them. https://twitter.com/redfishstream/status/1254012870330855424
This made the Communist Party extremely popular after the war. So the CIA spent tons of money rigging the 1948 Italian election against them. https://twitter.com/redfishstream/status/1254012870330855424
After rigging Italy's 1948 election against the communists, the CIA poured $5 million (over $50 million today, with inflation) per year into right-wing parties & groups
The US was prepared to militarily invade Italy if the communists launched a revolution https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/intelligence/2017-02-07/cia-covert-aid-italy-averaged-5-million-annually-late-1940s
The US was prepared to militarily invade Italy if the communists launched a revolution https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/intelligence/2017-02-07/cia-covert-aid-italy-averaged-5-million-annually-late-1940s
After WWII ended, the CIA recruited ex fascists for Operation Gladio, a "stay behind" program later taken over by NATO, which armed and trained anti-communist paramilitaries across W. Europe
In Italy, the CIA worked with the mafia and fascist terrorists https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/11/14/cia-organized-secret-army-in-western-europe/e0305101-97b9-4494-bc18-d89f42497d85/
In Italy, the CIA worked with the mafia and fascist terrorists https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/11/14/cia-organized-secret-army-in-western-europe/e0305101-97b9-4494-bc18-d89f42497d85/
During Italy's violent "Years of Lead," in the 1970s and '80s, neo-fascist terrorists used explosives from the CIA/NATO's secret Operation Gladio weapons depots to carry out bomb attacks and assassinations targeting leftists https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/11/14/cia-organized-secret-army-in-western-europe/e0305101-97b9-4494-bc18-d89f42497d85/
The former commander of the Italian military's counter-intelligence service admitted that the CIA supported fascist terrorists in Italy, helping them carry out acts of violence that destabilized society, all in order to prevent the left from gaining power https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/26/terrorism
The ex head of military intelligence said "the Americans would do anything to stop Italy from sliding to the left," including supporting fascist terrorists
He added that Italy was treated like a "protectorate," hinting the US empire was really in charge https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/26/terrorism
He added that Italy was treated like a "protectorate," hinting the US empire was really in charge https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/26/terrorism
