Gladio: the Story of a Conspiracy

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Gladio: the Story of a Conspiracy

by GAITHER STEWART

Rome

Albert Camus in his essay “L’Exil d’Hélène” discusses contemporary disregard for the Greek value of limits. Camus writes that only the artist by his nature recognizes his limits, limits which the historic spirit disregards. The very idea of a super-secret organization like Gladio to remake the world in its own image reflects that same disregard for the Greek values that Camus so cherished.

When in the early 1970s an Italian right-wing journalist told me about a secret army training in Italy’s mountains, I scoffed at first thinking he was repeating a rumor picked up from some scoop-obsessed reporter. But my tune began changing when he gave it a name—“Stay Behind Army”—and explained it was a secret army to fight the Soviet armies which someday soon would invade West Europe. He gave me the name of a member of that secret army who would talk with me.

A few days later on a street corner near Rome’s Sapienza University I met a sleazy-looking Roman in his early twenties accompanied by a friend. Both of them kept looking around us, as if checking for tails. Their behavior was that of men on the run, yet men of destiny. They talked readily. And I, without realizing it, was being shown a speck of a new planet. Speaking softly in a crisp language with their Rome accents, they told me they had just finished a military training course in the nearby Abruzzi Mountains after having done basic training in Sardinia. Several times they used the term “Secret Army”, lowering their voices and glancing around each time they pronounced the words. And no, they answered, the organizers would not allow journalist visits, and that yes, the secret army was well equipped and ready.

Years later, in the late 1980s or early 90s, it happened by chance that I met in a Rome hotel bar an American who knew details about that secret army. I was sitting on a stool at the bar of the luxurious Grand Hotel waiting for an appointment with a well-known writer when the man sat down on the stool next to me. I recognized William Colby from pictures of him in the press announcing the presence in Rome for a conference of the former Director of the CIA. I nodded, said hello, and we chatted bar talk until the chat turned into a short interview, which I subsequently published in the European press. I told him I knew who he was, and as we spoke I asked him point-blank about the mysterious Stay-Behind Army.

LOS EJÉRCITOS SECRETOS DE LA OTAN (VI) La guerra secreta en Italia por Daniele Ganser

LOS EJÉRCITOS SECRETOS DE LA OTAN (VI)

La guerra secreta en Italia

por Daniele Ganser

Estados Unidos, el país que se presenta como el gran defensor de la democracia, organizó fraudes electorales en Italia, así como dos golpes de Estado invisibles y no vaciló en hacer ejecutar al primer ministro italiano Aldo Moro. En esta sexta parte de su estudio sobre el Gladio, el historiador suizo Daniele Ganser explica cómo Washington controló la vida política en Italia, a espaldas de los italianos, a lo largo de 50 años.

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En 1978, Estados Unidos hizo asesinar al primer ministro italiano Aldo Moro. Las Brigadas Rojas se responsabilizaron con su ejecución, pero la operación estuvo manipulada por el Gladio.

Este artículo es la continuación de:
1. «Cuando el juez Felice Casson reveló la existencia del Gladio…»
2. «Cuando se descubrió el Gladio en los Estados europeos…»
3. «Gladio: Por qué la OTAN, la CIA y el MI6 siguen negando»
4. «Las cloacas de Su Majestad»
5. «La guerra secreta, principal actividad de la política exterior de Washington»

El anticomunismo estadounidense ha dado origen a muchas de las tragedias que marcan la historia de la I República Italiana (1945-1993). Las pruebas descubiertas durante la última década demuestran que el ejército Gladio, dirigido por los servicios secretos italianos, participó activamente en esa guerra no declarada, con la complicidad de los terroristas de extrema derecha. A falta de invasor soviético, las unidades paramilitares anticomunistas entrenadas por la CIA se dedicaron a la realización de operaciones internas destinadas a influir sobre la vida política nacional. Una investigación parlamentaria a la que el Senado italiano confió la misión de aclarar la cuestión del Gladio así como una serie de misteriosos atentados concluyó al final de la guerra fría que, en Italia, «la CIA gozó de la mayor libertad» debido al hecho que, durante la I República, Italia había vivido «en una situación de división difícil e incluso trágica».

Sibel Edmonds -- OPERATION GLADIO EXPOSED

by Sibel Edmonds
7 March 2013

from BoilingFrogsPost Website

Sibel Edmonds is the Publisher & Editor of Boiling Frogs Post and the author of the Memoir Classified Woman: The Sibel Edmonds Story. She is the recipient of the 2006 PEN Newman’s Own First Amendment Award for her “commitment to preserving the free flow of information in the United States in a time of growing international isolation and increasing government secrecy”. Ms. Edmonds has a MA in Public Policy and International Commerce from George Mason University, a BA in Criminal Justice and Psychology from George Washington University.

Connecting The Dots

Afghan Heroin, NATO, Azerbaijan Hub and Cargo Business

Azerbaijan in Operation Gladio-Plan B

Over the last few weeks James Corbett and I have been discussing US-NATO Gladio Operations in the Islamization and Terrorization of Central Asia- Caucasus, and the real lords of the booming Afghan heroin business.

During our interview series I have been emphasizing history and context as the two most important prerequisites in understanding the current developments in the region, and of course, in connecting the dots that lay in plain sight.

I have also talked about our weeknight news roundup that highlights these dots.

Today, as I was researching and preparing our nightly news roundup, I extracted several such ‘dots’ that directly relate to our Gladio reports. For those of you who have been following our recent coverage the following dots (not covered by the mainstream media; but of course!) will be highly interesting and ultra-revealing.

Are you ready? Okay, then, let’s lay out the recent dots from our coming news coverage this evening, put  that together with all that has been already revealed and discussed, and see how easy it is to understand the ‘real happenings’ and their significance in light of what we know.

During our Gladio interviews we discussed the Afghan heroin business as one of Turkey’s major roles in the Gladio Operations under the United States and NATO.

We also discussed how major aspects of heroin operations were moved from Turkey to Azerbaijan-both in terms of labs and transit, after 1997, and intensified after Azerbaijan’s addition to NATO.

Let’s use a report from a couple of years ago to highlight what we covered during our Gladio series:

Azerbaijan is a major transit link of trafficking in heroin and other drugs transported from Afghanistan to Europe, a UN body claims.

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says the so-called “northern Balkan route”, a relatively recent variant on the Balkan route which transits the Caucasus rather than Turkey, crosses Azerbaijan.

Heroin crosses from the Azerbaijan-e-Khavari province of Iran into Turkey and traverses Turkey’s Hakkari and/or Van districts.

An estimated 95 mt of heroin are shipped across Turkey’s borders every year, says the UN report, adding that Bulgaria is a link in one of those routes: Hakkari/Van - south-eastern cities - central Anatolian cities - Istanbul - Edirne to Bulgaria/Greece.

All right, we have several past mainstream official reports and our Gladio interview series on Azerbaijan’s major role in the booming Afghan heroin business.

Now, the following report-article came out today:

Azerbaijan is significant transit country for illicit drug trafficking, and through its territory 11 tons of heroin transfer Azerbaijan is a significant transit country for heroin and other narcotics, as it is situated along major drug trafficking routes from Afghanistan and Iran to Europe and Russia, the annual report of the US State Department on “2013 International Narcotics Control Strategy (INCSR)” says.

In the previous report of the State Department was mentioned that Azerbaijan is a transit country for transporting drugs from Afghanistan, Central Asia and Iran to Russia and Europe.

Please stay with me since this fact about Azerbaijan has been known for a while and is not too significant by itself.

Also, keep in mind, Turkey-Azerbaijan-Bulgaria happen to be major NATO fields of operations. In fact, when the importance of the Balkans as the major transit hub since the late 1990s is emphasized, I want you to think about our NATO wars and operations to break up and take over the region - ending in mid to late 1990s - the beginning of the formation of the Balkan hub as a ‘major’ transit hub. Okay?

Next, another significant related news item from today:

U.S. Praises Azerbaijan’s Role in Cargo Transportation to Afghanistan

The United States highly appreciate the role of Azerbaijan in the international efforts for provision of security in Afghanistan.

According to AzerTAj, the statement came from commander of the Transport Command of the United States, general William Freizer speaking at the hearings in the US Congress, 1news.az reports.

He said the successful direct transportation of cargo via the airspace of Azerbaijan represent special importance in this context.

Earlier Azerbaijani Deputy FM Araz Azimov announced that Azerbaijan is a transit on the way of cargo transportation to Afghanistan and our country provides different services within the framework of ISAF operation held by NATO…

According to him, these cargoes will return from Afghanistan to Europe and other countries via Azerbaijan.

Without being insulting, and for those with insufficient consumption levels of Omega-3 Fatty Acids needed by our brains, let’s add up the dots to this point:

1. After the US invasion of Afghanistan and under US-NATO control heroin production and sales boom
2. Azerbaijan has become one of the most strategically important heroin transit hubs since the beginning of Gladio Operation B, and since it has joined and come under NATO
3. Just like Turkey, nations with airfields under US command, such as Kyrgyzstan’s Manas Airbase and Azerbaijan’s NATO Air Fields, have become the most important transit-Transportation hubs for heroin

Now you see the significance of the two related news reports above? Afghan Heroin, NATO Operations Fields, Heroin Transit Hubs, and the CARGO business? Are you having a ‘Duh’ moment? Good!

Again, please recall my discussion of the Balkans, especially Albania, from our Gladio series.

Pair that thought with US-NATO Balkan operations, and then take a look at another related news item today:

“Balkans main route for drugs from Afghanistan”

In a meeting with members of the regional program for Southeast Europe, he noted that around 60 tons of heroin, worth USD 13 billion, have reached Western and Central Europe via the Balkan route, said a release on the UNODC website.

The program, established last year at the request of regional governments, is aimed at suppressing drug trafficking through the Balkans and combating transnational organized crime, corruption and money laundering. Fedotov warns that trafficking in narcotics could have a destabilizing effect on the region’s economy and social development.

According to the UNODC chief, the program has already been very effective. Albania and Montenegro have launched a program of control of shipping containers and Albania has set up a control unit in the port of Durres.

Montenegro has drafted a new anti-drug strategy and a new anti-terrorism action plan, and carried out training for the treatment of drug addicts.

Well, this is what I was referring to in the Gladio Video Series: Know the history, understand the bigger context, and then watch or read the news, and you’ll have tons of dots being connected before your own eyes. 

Sibel Edmonds Answers Your Questions on Gladio B 
by corbettreport
February 28, 2013

from YouTube Website

After four hours of intense conversation on Gladio B, this week James and Sibel take a step back to consolidate some of the information and answer listener questions.

In this interview we discuss specific characters and events as well as the broad scope of geopolitics and the great game of British imperialism and Zionist manipulations.

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