All of these false flag terrorist operations are carried out under the rubric of operation gladio c, a supersecret enterprise and organizational derivative of natos notorious operation gladio. Misinformation about gladio stay behind networks resurfaces free download as pdf file. Pdf the italian staybehind network the origins of operation. The lone gladio is unlike any spy novel i have read. 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. I invited them the british because we had visited their bases in england the stay behind bases of the uk and in exchange for this visit i invited them. The operation was codenamed gladio, for the short swords used by roman gladiators in the arena. Gladio stay behind critical mass networks crabgrass.
Serco, headquartered in hook, hampshire, england, united kingdom, performs all the behindthescenes detail work necessary to successfully manage the cover ups. Nato is similarly utilized, especially the british military leadership, to oversee operation gladio c in order to assert plausible deniability should serious exposure occur. Operazione gladio is the codename for a clandestine nato stay behind operation in europe during the cold war. During the cold war, west european countries set up clandestine stay behind networks, which were designed to form the nucleus of. Gladio reveals the story of mayhem and murder, of corruption and subversion of democracy, behind natos secret alliance against decency and democracy. Any antifascist should have read that from the start. Masquerading as a rear guard against soviet invaders, natos covert forces warped into psychological and physical terrorism. Gladio was part of a postworld war ii program set up by the cia and nato supposedly to thwart future. The belgian staybehind network, colloquially called gladio meaning sword was a secret mixed civilian and military unit, trained to form a resistance movement in the event of a soviet invasion and part of a network of similar organizations in north atlantic treaty organisation states. Operation gladio1951 clandestine nato gladio, which means sword in italian, was the name the italian government chose for the stay behind network it established in the early days of the cold war.
Parallel history project on cooperative security php. The counterguerrilla was operative throughout the cold war and carried out some of the most sensitive missions of the turkish military. B segnaliamo al lettore di non prendere come verita assolute ogni rivelazione dellarconte. Gladio and its stay behind networks may be one of the most historically accepted or confirmed examples of falseflag terrorism. The parallel history project on cooperative security php, the former parallel history project on nato and the warsaw pact, provides new scholarly perspectives on contemporary international history by collecting, publishing, and interpreting formerly secret governmental documents. Operation gladio is used as an informal name for all staybehind. The august 2, 1980 bombing of the bologna train station which killed 85 people, is widely recognized as a gladio operation. Sibel deniz edmonds is a former contract translator for the federal bureau of investigation fbi and the founder and editorinchief of the independent news website newsbud the fbi hired her as a translator shortly after 911 but fired her after less than seven months. 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. After introducing key characters, the author takes us on a whirlwind of events from dc to cambodia with significant links to other key countries unfolded with impeccable detail. Officiellement les staybehind furent dissous partout en europe. Media outlets are reporting this murder may be politically driven, and is only limited to malta, but there is much more to this story as this journalist was getting too close to something much bigger, operation gladio b. A former italian gladio officer has said gladio agents were trained by us instructors at a military base in spanish canary islands from 1966 to the mid1970s. Although this is the way that operation gladio is commonly understood today, almost every part of that description is incorrect.
Gladio secret army from 1971 to 1974, was questioned by bbc journalist peter marshall on how exactly the secret cooperation was carried out. In the netherlands a secret staybehind organisation was formed just after wwii had ended. While it was initially blamed on the communist red brigades, eventually, rightwing and fascists elements were discoverd to be the culprits. Operation gladio is the codename for clandestine stay behind 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. A squad of us marines were parachuted into belgium, and met by a member of the belgian. Its 15,000 members were recruited from fascist wwii veterans groups and had access to 151 secret arms dumps. Nato on april 4, 1952, a secret staybehind army was set up in the country under the codename counterguerrilla. Gladio stay behind operation gladiostay behind is an ongoing nato covert. 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. What has come to be called operation gladio was never intended to be publicly acknowledged.
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 the early 1970s, italys communist support was growing, so the government turned to. New information on cold war cia staybehind operations. The most brutal terrorist group in modern history msnbc duration. For example he says of mrs thatchers defeat of edward heath for the leadership of the tory party in 1975. His revelations led to a major political scandal, not only admit, but because he had denied in 1974, when he was defense minister. Gladio fosse unapparato militare costosissimo al di fuori delle regole delle democrazie occidentali, in realta veniva finanziato democraticamente da tutti gli italiani. The lone gladio derives its name from operation gladio. Natos stay behind armies page 2 army rumour service.
An investigative journalist was just assassinated in malta with a car bomb. When evidence of the nato staybehind army gladio in italy. According to richard cottrell lyman louis lemnitzer, father of gladio, member of the fascist john birch society, had plans to overtake the us from within the pentagon. Cia network of stay behind secret armies the sacrifice of aldo moro global research, july 17, 2008 through nato, working with various western european intelligence agencies, the cia set up a network of stay behind secret armies which were responsible for dozens of terrorist atrocities across western europe over decades. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe isbn 9780714656076, 2005. As for gladio being behind the wilson plots, of that there is no evidence at all. Italy 1947 origins of gladio as early as 1947, the united states was constructing a clandestine network in northern italy to act in the event of a communist insurrection or electoral victory. Misinformation about gladio stay behind networks resurfaces. Two italian secret service agents and licio gelli, the head of the infamous. 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. Italian secret service, later replaced because it was suspected of involvement in a 1964 coup plot and the cia.
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. Wolfgang achtner, sunday independent, 111190 though the stay behind operation was officially started only in 1952, the whole exercise had been in existence for a long time, in fact ever since it. Operation gladio 1 operation gladio emblem of gladio, italian branch of the nato stay behind paramilitary organizations. 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. Although gladio specifically refers to the italian branch of the nato stay behind organizations, operation gladio is used asread more. The italian staybehind network the origins of operation gladio. Winterspring 2005 of terrorism of an anticommunist secret army in spain in the 1950s because here. Apr 18, 2017 operation gladio is undisputed historical fact. His body was found hanging under londons blackfriars bridge, an obvious reference to the p2 masonic lodge, of which he was a senior. En realite, ils continuerent a fonctionner sans rien changer, sous le.
The dutch staybehind organisation during the cold war in the netherlands, a secret staybehind organisation sbo was formed just after wwii had ended, in 1946 or 1947. Jul 23, 2015 operation gladio was a nato plan to use staybehind paramilitary armies to counter a potential soviet invasion of europe. Operation gladio natocia staybehind secret armies youtube. 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. Although gladio specifically refers to the italian branch of the nato stay behind organizations, operation gladio is. Far behind the front line, in belgium, in 1984 a bizarre operation occurred around vielsalm in the ardennes region. Nato on april 4, 1952, a secret stay behind army was set up in the country under the codename counterguerrilla. A hardhitting novel brought to you by the most classified woman in the united states sibel edmonds combining all elements of the new cold war from synthetic terrorism and wars to the cias congressional blackmail unit and domestic hit list.
Gladio b substituted muslims for fascists, and continues to carry out false flag attacks in europe and maybe elsewhere. Richard nortontaylor, guardian, 5 december 1990, page 12 as scandal unfolds, whitehalls response is silence, writes richard nortontaylor a chance discovery by an assiduous italian magistrate investigating a neofascist terrorist attack has unearthed a secret paramilitary network run by units of the armed forces. Other west european governments formed similar networks. In contradiction of cia denials about the true purpose of gladio and the scope of its operations and neoconservative lies that there was no gladio, the following excerpt, from joint resolution ep 22. Gladio italian for gladius, the sword is a type of roman short sword is a code name denoting the clandestine nato stay behind operation in italy. In case of a soviet invasion of western europe the secret gladio soldiers under.
Although its name was changed a number of times, it is often called gladio by the public. The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia hardcover feb 3 2015. It was a multinational military plan to arm and train clandestine groups in many perhaps all of its member countries and elsewhere in europe. New information on cold war cia staybehind operations in germany and on the adolf eichmann case. Wikipedia will tell you, operation gladio was a natoled staybehind operation to build up paramilitary forces that could resist soviet occupation in the event of a soviet invasion of europe. In this second episode of the new bfp roundtable series pearse redmond, sibel edmonds and tom secker discuss the recent revelation from putin regarding gladio b operations in chechnya. Since the history of gladio explains a lot about where the. An unfinished debate on natos cold war stay behind armies. In 1999 the former head of italian intelligence service, general maletti, said the attack was devised by the gladio and alleged terrorists of the extreme right, supported by members of the italian security forces that would have provided coverage. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works.
The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia by williams, paul l. Oct 16, 2017 an investigative journalist was just assassinated in malta with a car bomb. It functioned from at least 1951 until 1990, when the belgian branch was promptly and officially. Operation gladio was a nato plan to use staybehind paramilitary armies to counter a potential soviet invasion of europe. Its purpose was to continue anticommunist actions in the event of a soviet invasion and conquest. In march 2001, gladio agent vincenzo vinciguerra stated, in sworn testimony, you had to attack civilians, the people, women, children, innocent people, unknown people far removed from any political game. 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. Gladio death plan for democracy by peter chamberlin. She identified herself as a whistleblower and challenged her termination. The documentation, the resolutions, confessions, and convictions all confirm that gladio is much more than the media or government would have you believea mere conspiracy theory. 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 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.
Nato command would have formed a socalled staybehind network operating. The dutch stay behind organisation during the cold war in the netherlands, a secret stay behind organisation sbo was formed just after wwii had ended, in 1946 or 1947. 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. Operation gladio and natos stay behind 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 stay behind army, codenamed gladio the sword.
The original operation gladio was a europe wide network of fascist stay behind cells that nato cia mi6 trained to carry out bombings and assassinations in the event of a soviet invasion. The article concludes that the documents released to the. The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia is a multimegaton explosion of truth. The following article explains how obama illicitly completed the legal framework which permits this statesponsored terrorism on u. He said france proposed spain for membership of the network in 1973 but britain, germany and the netherlands blocked the move on the grounds that spain was not a democracy. I invited them the british because we had visited their bases in england the staybehind bases of the uk and in exchange for this visit i invited them. 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. Op november 1990 bevestigde premier ruud lubbers het bestaan van een nederlandse. They start with the basic facts that putin has laid out. Jul 09, 2016 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. Sibel edmonds has proven herself to be a very talented writer and publisher, several fold.
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