This was a top secret network of fascist staybehind cells trained to carry out acts of terrorism in the event of a soviet invasion. Williams is knowledgeable about the recent history of the vatican, an aspect i most wanted to understand. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe, who joins us for a fascinating though at times unsettling conversation on the subject of operation gladio shortly after wwii a europewide network of secret armies was organised. At the close of wwii, us allies created secret, staybehind armies, designed to protect the population in the event of a communist invasion. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe 2005. The article concludes that the documents released to the parliamentary committees do not permit the assumption that operation gladio was. New information on cold war cia staybehind operations. Although gladio specifically refers to the italian branch of the nato staybehind organizations, operation gladio is used as an informal name for all of them. In fact, it became a statesponsored rightwing terrorist network, involved in false flag operations and the subversion of.
Daniele ganser, author of the seminal book natos secret armies. Gladio was a covert operation and had not been initiated by an act of congress or a mandate from the pentagon. Williams to learn more about operation gladio and the cias. Since the history of gladio explains a lot about where the. Armed forces will be compelled to form the military tribunals necessary to administer the uniform code of military justice. Pdf the italian staybehind network the origins of operation. Operation gladio was responsible for some horrible atrocities and false flag attacks in italy, such as the bombing of bologna train station in 1980.
The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia. Operation mockingbird was a secret campaign by the united states central intelligence agency cia to influence media. Even though gladio is old news, everyone should watch it. An internal pentagon document of 1957, formerly topsecret but declassified in. Declassified documents reference system, document no. Gladio is an umbrella name used by commentators and historians to refer to a series of smallscale covert armies active across europe throughout the cold war 19451990. Although gladio specifically refers to the italian branch of the nato staybehind organizations, operation gladio is used asread more. So, by 1998, i was very inter gladio, and they told me they had no relevant records. Full text of ganser natos secret armies operation gladio and. Nov 14, 2016 operation gladio b is a classified ongoing expansion of operation gladio. Inside operation mockingbird the cias plan to infiltrate. Operazione gladio is the codename for a clandestine nato staybehind operation in europe during the cold war. In paris, the newspaper liberation said the french arm of the secret network was dissolved only after disclosures of the. Operation gladio is riveting, incredibly well researched, and horrifying in its implications.
Top 10 declassified documents that rocked the world. This article was first posted on gr in january 2016 our guest this week is swiss historian dr. The intelligence officers bookshelf central intelligence. In 1959, operation gladio came under the umbrella of nato, he added. In italy, project stay behind was known as operation gladio. According to still fragmentary evidence, cia chief allen dulles, britains secret intelligence service mi6, and a number of european leaders, created a top secret organization from 19471952 called stay.
The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia by paul l. While the press claimed the nato secret armies were the bestkept, and most damaging, politicalmilitary secret since world war ii, the italian government, amidst sharp public criticism, promised to close down the. The best ever investigative history of of whats really going on behind the scenes in our world with over 500 links to reliable sources to back up the. Then, as commanderinchief, the prez can lock up the perps at guantanamo bay detention camp. In a second step, the project is working on gaining access to declassified primary documents, while encouraging discussion among nato. Cia organized secret army in western europe the washington post. In august 1990, giulio andreotti, italian prime minister, confirmed that during the cold war period had existed in italy and other western countries, some of them attached to nato, a clandestine army under the code name gladio.
Operation gladio is the codename for clandestine staybehind operations of armed resistance that was planned by the western union wu, and subsequently by nato, for a potential warsaw pact invasion and conquest in europe. Its purpose was to continue anticommunist actions in the event of a soviet invasion and conquest. Begun in the 1950s, it was initially organized by cord meyer and allen w. Today, even the westernbacked fighters in nazi ukraine and syria are basically gladio fighters. This collection of around 150 pages of onceclassified material sheds light on the ideological and operational origins of the nowinfamous operation gladio. Interwoven with these bizarre affairs is a third intrigue that remains one of the most fascinating cold war mysteries operation stay behind, or gladio sword as it is known in italy. His revelations led to a major political scandal, not only admit, but because he had denied in 1974, when he was defense minister. Gladio was part of a postworld war ii program set up by the cia and nato supposedly to thwart future sovietcommunist invasions or influence in italy and western europe. Since the history of gladio explains a lot about where the neonazi movement in europe comes from.
May 21, 2000 explosives from gladio caches and gladio members were implicated in a wave of terrorist attacks, including the 1980 bolognas train station bombing that killed 85 people. Returning to my nato pile in the library, i began with operation gladio. European parliament resolution on gladio joint resolution replacing b32021, 2058, 2068, 2078 and 208790. The true faces of muhammad and islamthe people and their misdeeds exposed in paul williamss operation gladio will cause. It was the brainchild of allen dulles when he was negotiating the surrender in northern this book is about a secret operation set up by the oss, the predecessor to the cia, consisting of setting up sleeper counterinsurgency groups throughout western. Italian secret service, later replaced because it was suspected of involvement in a 1964 coup plot and the cia.
Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe, who joins us for a fascinating though at times unsettling conversation on the subject of operation gladio. The organization recruited leading american journalists into a network. A strategy of tension in 1990, the italian prime minister had confirmed that italys stay behind army, termed gladio sword, existed since 1958, with the approval of the italian government. The history of how relationships were established among western nations after world war ii is interesting and valuable, as is the survey of pubic reaction to operation gladio. Operation gladio and natos staybehind armies introduction after the cold war had ended, then italian prime minister giulio andreotti confirmed to the italian senate in august 1990 that italy had had a secret staybehind army, codenamed gladio the sword. Jul 20, 2017 watching the hawks sean stone sits down with awardwinning journalist and former fbi counterterrorism consultant paul l. Im not a 911 truther, but operations like this and operation northwoods should at least make everyone think twice about believing the official story of a terrorist incident. Williams, prometheus books after the second world war ended, the vatican, the cia, the exnazis, and the sicilianamerican mafia forged an alliance to fight the cold war against the former soviet union and the rising prosoviet governments in europe. The operation was codenamed gladio, for the short swords used by roman gladiators in the arena. In the early 1950s, the united states began training networks of stay behind volunteers in western europe, so that in the event of a soviet invasion, they would gather intelligence, open escape routes and form resistance. Nuti, leopoldo 2007 the italian staybehind network the origins of operation gladio, journal of strategic studies, 30.
It was discussed at the highest level and wealth of documented evidence proves that governments were committing terrorist attacks against their own populations. The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia kindle edition by williams, paul l download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Department of defense dod and the joint chiefs of staff jcs of the united states government in 1962. The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia is a multimegaton explosion of truth. Peer henrik hansen, a scholar at roskilde university, wrote two scathing criticisms of the book for the international journal of intelligence and counterintelligence and the journal of intelligence history, describing gansers work as a journalistic book with a big spoonful of conspiracy theories that fails to present proof of and an indepth explanation of the claimed.
It was codenamed gladio, the latin word for a short doubleedged sword. Williams presents evidence suggesting the existence of staybehind units in many european countries consisting of five thousand to fifteen thousand military. Dulles, it was later led by frank wisner after dulles became the head of the cia. As detailed by charles richards and simon jones, the purpose of operation gladio was to engage in clandestine, nonconventional acts of terrorism. Mar 27, 2015 at the close of wwii, us allies created secret, staybehind armies, designed to protect the population in the event of a communist invasion. Operation gladio was a nato false flag terrorism operation that ran for more almost forty years. The proposals called for the central intelligence agency cia or other u. Iq al rassooli, member of the advisory council for the intelligence summit and author of lifting the veil. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe by daniele. The article was one in a slew of articles published at the time in relation to something called operation mockingbird. The italian branch of the network was known as operation gladio richard norton taylor, guardian, 151190 gladio was the name given to the italian branch of a network with the harmless official name, allied coordination committee, set up with british help in the 1950s, operated by the secret services and partly financed by the united. Operation gladio b is a classified ongoing expansion of operation gladio.
Operation gladio, which still continues to this day, is the codename for a clandestine nato staybehind operation in italy during the cold war. Although gladio specifically refers to the italian branch of the nato staybehind organizations, operation gladio is. Operation gladio,false flag operations,911 precedent. I started with a focus on italy, where operation xiv gladio was exposed in 1990. This article was first posted on gr in january 2016. Operation gladio is the codename for clandestine staybehind operations of armed resistance. Terrorism in western europe lon especially covert operations during the cold war. Because operation gladio c is fundamentally a covert military operation, the u. Ganser is the eminent authority on operation gladio and has done tremendous work in synthesizing the various evidence from nearly a dozen different languages into.
The purpose of gladio was, it was apparently disbanded in 1990, despite not. This fascinating new study shows how the cia and the british secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance nato and european military secret services, set up a network of clandestine anticommunist armies in western europe after world war ii. Operation gladio hard evidence of government false flag. Operation gladio was exposed in italy by the research of italian judge felice casson. Apr 07, 2020 operation mockingbird was a secret campaign by the united states central intelligence agency cia to influence media. William blum, who has written on i requested very speci.
Copiously documented, it details the rise of the cia drug mafia the biggest and baddest narcotics outfit on the planet and its vast moneylaundering operations, including its use of the vatican as. The kibitz operation involved at least two former members of the ssstaff. English report by the italian military secret service sifar on operation gladio origin. Over 600 people were recruited and trained by american and british intelligence at the capo marrargui base on the northern. The cia spearheaded gladio under the pretext of preventing the spread of soviet communism in europe.
May 12, 2018 operation gladio was a nato false flag terrorism operation that ran for more almost forty years. Mar 12, 2018 a student group concedes it took funds from c. Its 15,000 members were recruited from fascist wwii veterans groups and had access to 151 secret arms dumps. Top 10 declassified documents that rocked the world enkivillage. Watching the hawks sean stone sits down with awardwinning journalist and former fbi counterterrorism consultant paul l.
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