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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 11:52 AM
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A dark legacy
It's the same crew, just a different generation:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3720724.stm

Condor legacy haunts South America
By Robert Plummer
BBC News

Of all the unresolved issues from the dark days of military rule in Latin America, Operation Condor is among the most sinister.

As many as six South American regimes took part in the joint campaign to hunt down and kill their left-wing opponents.

Although the conspiracy now dates back nearly 30 years, the consequences continue to cast a shadow over the present-day governments of the region.

A Chilean court has now ruled that former Chilean President Augusto Pinochet is not mentally fit to be prosecuted over the operation.

But two other ex-leaders in the region are still being pursued by judges on related charges, as efforts continue to find out exactly who was responsible.
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 11:54 AM
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1. Was Henry Kissinger involved in this thing?
It sounds like his kind of project.
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Totallybushed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 11:57 AM
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2. It does,
dowsn't it?
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 12:10 PM
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3. Kissinger was right in the middle of it.
He's wanted for questioning too.
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