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GladioCode name for the Italian branch of a secret paramilitary network backed by the Central Intelligence Agency and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Allied Coordination Committee, made public and disbanded in 1990. The name Gladio has also been used for the entire network. Gladio was established in Italy 1958 or earlier, and came under NATO supervision in 1959. It had secret caches of arms and explosives, and is alleged to have engaged in covert action against left-wing groups. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 1) The most informative books in English about these issues are Puppet Masters: The Political Use of Terrorism in Italy by Philip Willan (Authors Choice Press, 2002) and NA TO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe by Daniele Ganser (Frank Cass, 2005). material), one easily gets the impression that Turkey has finally reached "the moment of truth," a stage at which it will have to confront its own type of Gladio, with tentacles spread all over the institutions that influence society. 113v: "At nihil est, Pallas, quod minus metuam quam me vobiscum viris optimis et clarissimis exulem fore, et id non modo quod sapiens ubiubi est, vel in patria est vel liber, quam ut orationis gladios in nefarrios quosdam patriae parricidas liberius distringam, quod quamdiu sic sum Florentiae, facere non licet, ita omnia pressa video teterrimo iugo servitutis, qua quidem ipsa de re quia te cras dicturum accipio, cum primum illuxerit, ad vos ibo. |
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