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An important covert operation that could need an expansion. |
| Date | 1979 - Present |
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| Location | Afghanistan |
| Interest of | Fred C. Iklé, Marin Strmecki |
Operation Cyclone
Operation Cyclone dramatically increased the amount of opium grown in Afghanistan from around 100 tonnes/year to 2000 tonnes.[1]
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Cogan | “In Afghanistan, the CIA had “funded the worst fellows right from the start, long before the Iranian revolution and long before the Soviet invasion.”” | Charles Cogan |
Known Participants
All 2 of the participants already have pages here:
| Participant | Description |
|---|---|
| CIA | The most high profile of the US intelligence agencies, a covert agent of foreign policy. Funded by a 'black budget' derived from the global drug trade, the CIA is experienced at assassination, blackmail, instigating coups and other such covert deep state actions. Its scrutiny in the early 1970s however led to the development of more secure bases for the most sensitive deep state operations. |
| US | The United States is the single biggest military spender in the world, with a higher 2020 expenditure than the next ten countries combined. Its infrastructure has been described to be in disrepair since the late 1980s. |
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