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1. I think Italian columnists accusing #Snowden of covering up the deaths of innocent people like #Nemtsov and other #Russian dissidents exemplifies how reactionary Italian journalism.
2. Back in '70s, Italy granted #asylum to political dissidents escaping from #Pinochet's Chile. In those days Italy had governments involved in political homicides(Pecorelli, etc) and the so-called #StrategyOfTension's TerrorAttacks(#PiazzaFontana,#Italicus,#Brescia,#Bologna)
3. Have we ever asked political dissidents escaping from #Pinochet's Chile who had got asylum from #Italy to condemn the criminality of the Italian institutions involved in the political homicides or in the #StrategyOfTension's #TerrorAttacks? NEVER ever
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1. as Italian politicians consider unprecedented #surveillance measures to stop #COVID spreading, a former head of the Italian #Carabinieri's special unit, #GIS, issues a comment hinting at his despise for open societies and leftists
2. Italy's #Carabinieri had a well-known role in fighting #Communism during the #ColdWar, when Italy had the biggest #CommunistParty in Europe. So this comment by the former head of the Italian #Carabinieri's special unit,#GIS, comes as no surprise
3. Personally,I believe this comment by the former head of the Italian #Carabinieri's special unit,who despise open societies and leftist,is a precious WARNING in these days when Italians are ready to accept unprecedented #surveillaince measures officially intended to stop #COVID
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đź“ŚThe 1953 Iranian coup d'Ă©tat, orchestrated by the United States (under the name TPAJAX Project or "Operation Ajax")

đź“ŚIt was the first covert action conducted by the US to overthrow a foreign government during peacetime.
#Dulles #CIA #OpAJAX

iran.sa.utoronto.ca/coup/web_files…
📌”The CIA's covert intervention—codenamed TPAJAX—preserved the Shah's power and protected Western control of a hugely lucrative oil infrastructure.”

📌It’s always about the oil.

cia.gov/library/center…
“In Iran's case, with diplomacy having failed and a military incursion infeasible (the Korean War was underway), they decided to take care of "that madman Mossadeq" through a covert action under the supervision of the SOS's brother, (DCI) Allen Dulles.”

cia.gov/library/center…
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