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[[Douglas Valentine]] describes the Phoenix Program was a murderous research program into social destabilization, tried out by elements within the [[CIA]] during the [[Vietnam War]]. He states that these methods were further refined by experience in [[Latin America]] in the 1970s are being applied in [[Mexico]] and increasingly in [[USA]] itself.<ref>http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/693</ref> | [[Douglas Valentine]] describes the Phoenix Program was a murderous research program into social destabilization, tried out by elements within the [[CIA]] during the [[Vietnam War]]. He states that these methods were further refined by experience in [[Latin America]] in the 1970s are being applied in [[Mexico]] and increasingly in [[USA]] itself.<ref>http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/693</ref> | ||
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==Official narrative== | ==Official narrative== | ||
In 2015, citing [[Alfred McCoy]], [[Wikipedia]] suggests that by 1972, Phoenix operatives had neutralized 81,740 suspected NLF operatives, informants and supporters, of whom between 26,000 and 41,000 were killed.<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Alfred W. McCoy|McCoy, Alfred W.]]|title=A question of torture: CIA interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror|publisher=Macmillan|year=2006|isbn=978-0-8050-8041-4|page=68|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FVwUYSBwtKcC&pg=PA68}}</ref><ref name=hersh03>{{cite journal |authorlink=Seymour Hersh |last=Hersh|first=Seymour|title=Moving Targets|journal=The New Yorker|date=December 15, 2003|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/12/15/031215fa_fact?currentPage=all|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> Typically, it has a section entitled "Allegations of torture". | In 2015, citing [[Alfred McCoy]], [[Wikipedia]] suggests that by 1972, Phoenix operatives had neutralized 81,740 suspected NLF operatives, informants and supporters, of whom between 26,000 and 41,000 were killed.<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Alfred W. McCoy|McCoy, Alfred W.]]|title=A question of torture: CIA interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror|publisher=Macmillan|year=2006|isbn=978-0-8050-8041-4|page=68|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FVwUYSBwtKcC&pg=PA68}}</ref><ref name=hersh03>{{cite journal |authorlink=Seymour Hersh |last=Hersh|first=Seymour|title=Moving Targets|journal=The New Yorker|date=December 15, 2003|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/12/15/031215fa_fact?currentPage=all|accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> Typically, it has a section entitled "Allegations of torture". | ||
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| Date | 1965 - 1972 |
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| Location | Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia |
| Interest of | Jim Steele, Douglas Valentine |
Douglas Valentine describes the Phoenix Program was a murderous research program into social destabilization, tried out by elements within the CIA during the Vietnam War. He states that these methods were further refined by experience in Latin America in the 1970s are being applied in Mexico and increasingly in USA itself.[1]
Official narrative
In 2015, citing Alfred McCoy, Wikipedia suggests that by 1972, Phoenix operatives had neutralized 81,740 suspected NLF operatives, informants and supporters, of whom between 26,000 and 41,000 were killed.[2][3] Typically, it has a section entitled "Allegations of torture".
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| Document:Masters of Persuasion | article | 2005 | David Guyatt |
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- ↑ http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/693
- ↑ McCoy, Alfred W. (2006). A question of torture: CIA interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror. Macmillan. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-8050-8041-4.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Hersh, Seymour (December 15, 2003). "Moving Targets". The New Yorker. Retrieved 20 November 2013.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
