Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe contemporary security studies 1 by daniele, ganser isbn. But the recent chance reading of the riveting book, the devils chessboard. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe, accused gladio of trying to influence policies through the means of false flag operations and a strategy of tension. As part of the planning that led to nato after world war ii, the western european nations decided that they should prepare and equip staybehind networks for use in the event of a.
These statesponsored secret armies used false flag terrorism against their populations in order to frame left wing groups, influence elections, and justify increased security. Allen dulles, the cia, and the rise of americas secret government, quickly followed by the brothers. Williamss book is not just a book but a blatant indictment against these exposed, treacherous, and ruthless tyrants. The book provides a complete documentation of the general patterns of this army across europe that if taken in isolation would seem improbable. In this book, ganser states that gladio units were in close cooperation with nato and the cia and that gladio in italy was responsible for terrorist attacks against the italian civilian population. 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. Following the end of world war ii, the italian workers movement was rapidly gaining strength. Reportedly, the idea was to kill innocent people and then blame this on others. Operation gladio from the book the cias greatest hits by.
Swiss historian daniele ganser in his 2005 book, natos secret armies. Dec 17, 2004 just finished reading natos secret armies. Operation gladio 1951 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. The central intelligence agency cia responded to the series of accusations made by ganser in his book regarding the cias involvement in operation gladio. The gladio network of operatives is alleged to have been involved in various acts of terrorism, trying to influence policies through the means of. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Iq al rassooli, member of the advisory council for the intelligence summit and author of lifting the veil. The intelligence officers bookshelf central intelligence. It was to employ classic gladiostyle falseflag operations. 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. This fascinating new study shows how the cia and the british secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance.
The focus of the inquiry is a clandestine operation codenamed gladio, created decades ago to arm and train resistance fighters in case the. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe contemporary security studies, by daniele ganser, 2005, isbn 0714685003 puppetmasters. Nov 14, 2016 operation gladio b is a classified ongoing expansion of operation gladio. Most welsh people are baptists and williams is a welsh name. Smallscale operations may cover discrete areas, but larger staybehind operations envisage reacting to the. Ganser fails to document his thesis that the cia, mi6, and nato and its friends turned gladio into a terrorist organization. European parliament resolution on gladio joint resolution replacing b32021, 2058, 2068, 2078 and 208790. The purpose of gladio was, it was apparently disbanded in 1990, despite not. 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. The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia paul l. 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. Operation gladio from the book the cias greatest hits by mark. This disturbing expose describes a secret alliance forged at the c.
Operation gladio project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. This collection of around 150 pages of onceclassified material sheds light on the ideological and operational origins of the nowinfamous operation gladio. This was a top secret network of fascist staybehind cells trained to carry out acts of terrorism in the event of a soviet invasion. The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia. At the close of wwii, us allies created secret, staybehind armies, designed to protect the population in the event of a communist invasion. Hansen also criticized ganser for basing his claim of the big conspiracy off the us army field manual 3031b, a cold war era hoax document. The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia by paul l. Although gladio specifically refers to the italian branch of the nato staybehind organizations, operation gladio is. Gladio was about keeping the rightwing elite in power. 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. Even though gladio is old news, everyone should watch it. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe, who joins us for a fascinating though.
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. By david guyatt when on the morning of 17 june 1982, the body of roberto calvi was found hanging beneath londons blackfriars bridge, it was to speed a process that prised open a series of events spanning four decades. Daniele ganser, a senior researcher at the center for security studies at the federal institute of technology in zurich, switzerland, it was published in 2005. Jun 21, 2005 codenamed gladio the sword, the italian secret army was exposed in 1990 by italian prime minister giulio andreotti to the italian senate, whereupon the press spoke of the best kept, and most damaging, politicalmilitary secret since world war ii observer, 18.
The ink was barely dry on it before an army of spooks began marching through the laws major loophole. He shows how a secret staybehind network gladio that should only become effective after a warschaw pact invasion of western europe, became an all important factor in western politics, after the wealthy and powerful understood that their real enemies were the strong communist parties in western democracies and the political parties of the left. The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia by williams, paul l. 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. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading operation gladio. Operation gladio gladio is the italian form of gladius, a type of roman shortsword. Then, as commanderinchief, the prez can lock up the perps at guantanamo bay detention camp. Lyman lemnitzer is probably best remembered today for the 1962 operation northwoods plot to spark a war on cuba, nixed by kennedy. Nov 16, 1990 the focus of the inquiry is a clandestine operation codenamed gladio, created decades ago to arm and train resistance fighters in case the soviet union and its warsaw pact allies invaded.
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. What has come to be called operation gladio was never intended to be publicly acknowledged. Operation gladio is the codename for a clandestine operation promoted by cia and nato during the cold war to build a staybehind paramilitar structure to oppose the possible attack by the warsaw pact countries against the west europe countries, as well as to fight. It was an organization with multiple aims such as conspiracy against the. Staybehind operations were prepared in many nato member countries, and some neutral countries. Operation gladio b is a classified ongoing expansion of operation gladio. Daniele ganser, author of the seminal book natos secret armies. If this occurs, the operatives would then form the basis of a resistance movement or act as spies from behind enemy lines. 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. Books book series online platforms open access books.
The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia hardcover feb 3 2015. Shipp, former cia operative and author of from the company of shadows show more. Hes seen above interviewing author paul l williams, who was, for seven years, a consultant to the fbi. Cia organized secret army in western europe the washington post. Operation gladio is riveting, incredibly well researched, and horrifying in its implications. The history of the secret neofascist army in italy set up ostensibly to resist soviet invasion, but in reality to be used in the event of the working class growing too strong once again. Two italian secret service agents and licio gelli, the head of the infamous. The focus of the inquiry is a clandestine operation codenamed gladio, created decades ago to arm and train resistance fighters in case the soviet union and its warsaw pact allies invaded. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe contemporary security studies ganser daniele published by routledge 20041222 2004. After world war ii, operation gladio was a stay behind operation by nato, cia, and mi6 to counter communistleftist influence in europe.
Operation gladio,false flag operations,911 precedent. 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. Sean stone, oliver stones son, converted to islam in 2012, and now hosts a television show watching the hawks on rt america. 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. It was a multinational military plan to arm and train clandestine groups in many perhaps all of its member countries and elsewhere in europe. This month he tackles questions on gary webbs suicide, mandatory voting in australia, tax truth, the new world order, gladio b, greenspan the goldbug, and much more. The italian version which you could take the cue from says, approximately. Natos secret armies operation gladio and terrorism in western europe.
Operation gladio, the cia, creating isis, and the caspian. Williams argues that operation gladio soon gave rise to the toppling of governments, wholesale genocide, the formation of death squads, financial scandals on a grand scale, the creation of the mujahideen, an international narcotics network, and, most recently, the ascendancy of jorge mario bergoglio, a jesuit cleric with strong ties to. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe contemporary security studies daniele, ganser on. 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. John foster dulles, allen dulles, and their secret world war, led me to operation gladio, and it is a powerful eyeopener. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe contemporary security studies ganser, daniele on.
The notion of the project in the intelligence services undoubtedly began as an effort to create forces that would remain quiescent until war brought them into play. Sean stone, oliver stones son, converted to islam in 2012, and now hosts a television show. The campaign known as gladio is called by former cia head bill colby a major operation. Williams demonstrates a level of courage i have seen in few authors today. The new is video we will burn america threatens the united states with another 911 and despite the graphic depictions of murder is hosted on the neoconservative site pj media. 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. Armed forces will be compelled to form the military tribunals necessary to administer the uniform code of military justice. Operation gladio from the book the cias greatest hits by mark zepezauer the cia was created by the national security act of 1947. You have to attack civilians, the people, women, children far removed from any political game, so authorities can bring in a state of emergency. The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia is a multimegaton explosion of truth. Italian prime minister giulio andreotti revealed the existence of gladio in 1991. The political use of terrorism in italy, by philip willan, 2002, isbn 0595246974 further reading. For the first time in this book, daniele ganser has brought together the full story of the networks the italians came to call gladio.
In sworn testimony one of the conspirators confessed. 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. Feb 03, 2015 our guest this week is swiss historian dr. The august 2, 1980 bombing of the bologna train station which killed 85 people, is widely recognized as a gladio operation. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe contemporary security studies. In a staybehind operation, a country places secret operatives or organizations in its own territory, for use in the event that an enemy occupies that territory. Paul williams exposes one such operation gladio and courageously reveals the shadowy connections between us intelligence, the secret vatican bank, and the global mafia. 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. These statesponsored secret armies used false flag terrorism against their populations in order to frame left wing groups, influence elections, and. Strange threats in ohio, operation gladio and pj medias michael ledeen. Every history book defines operation gladio as a covert military operation established by the cia in europe in 1958 with a primary presence in italy and spain. Paul williams exposes one such operationgladioand courageously reveals the shadowy connections between us intelligence, the secret vatican bank, and the global mafia. The existence of a clandestine paramilitary network codenamed operation gladio was disclosed last thursday by italian prime minister giulio andreotti in a speech to his nations senate. This 3part series exposes the clandestine staybehind operation sponsored by the cia and nato to counter communist influence after world war ii in italy, as well as in other european countries.
This fascinating new study shows how the cia and the british s. The birth of operation gladio 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. Italian secret service, later replaced because it was suspected of involvement in a 1964 coup plot and the cia. Overflowing with fantastic schemes, it showed how well prepared lemnitzer was to transform natos staybehind paramilitary units into terrorist special. The following article explains how obama illicitly completed the legal framework which permits this statesponsored terrorism on u. The operation was codenamed gladio, for the short swords used by roman gladiators in the arena. This was revealed by sibel edmonds whose revelations daniel ellsberg rates as far more explosive than the pentagon papers. Its 15,000 members were recruited from fascist wwii veterans groups and had access to 151 secret arms dumps. While it was initially blamed on the communist red brigades, eventually, rightwing and fascists elements were discoverd to be the culprits. Because operation gladio c is fundamentally a covert military operation, the u. These secret soldiers were trained on remote islands in the mediterranean and in unorthodox warfare centres in england and in. 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. Operation gladio was organised by the security services of the west. The original gladio was established just after the end of world war ii by a small number of senior officials within osscia, mi6 and nato.
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