1641: "Operation Northwoods"
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This episode discusses the real plans signed by America's military leaders in 1962 to stage terrorist attacks to justify war against Cuba.
Interesting Things with JC #1641: "Operation Northwoods" – In 1962, America’s top military leaders signed off on plans to fake terrorist attacks, stage civilian deaths, and make it look like Cuba shot down a passenger plane to push the United States into war, and when the documents were finally released decades later, one of America’s “crazy conspiracy theories” turned out to be completely real.
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