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Liquid Bomb Plot
Liquid Bomb Plot
This report will look at the 2006 London liquid bomb plot, which was “foiled” by the UK government, and will focus on the roles played by intelligence agencies and analyzing the plausibility of the plot.
 
MI5 & the IRA
MI5 & the IRA
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This report examines the role played by British intelligence and the British Army in collusion with the IRA and other paramilitary terrorist organizations; supplying weapons and explosives, allowing bombings to go forward and even committing murder in the name of “fighting terror.”
 
Origins of Afghan War
Origins of Afghan War
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The purpose of this report is to examine the truth behind the October 2001 NATO invasion of Afghanistan, specifically relating to the politics of oil pipelines, the US' relationship with the Taliban, and war preparations taken against Afghanistan prior to 9/11.
 
The Georgian War
The Georgian War
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This report examines the motives for the recent outbreak of war in Georgia with Russia and the roles played by western powers, specifically the United States.
 
The Madrid Bombings
The Madrid Bombings
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This report examines the March 11, 2004, Madrid Bombings and the possible involvement of criminal elements of the Spanish government.
 
Breaking Yugoslavia
Breaking Yugoslavia
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This report examines the roles played by Western International Financial Institutions (IFIs), intelligence agencies, militaries and strategic interests in the break up of the Yugoslav Republic.

 
Operation Gladio
Operation Gladio
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Through NATO, working with various Western European intelligence agencies, the CIA set up a network of stay behind “secret armies” which were responsible for dozens of terrorist atrocities across Western Europe over decades. This report will focus on the stay behind army in Italy, as it is the most documented. Its codename was Operation Gladio, the ‘Sword’.
 
The London Bombings
The London Bombings
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On July 7, 2005, the date commonly known as 7/7, three tube trains in the London underground and one double-decker bus experienced near-simultaneous explosions. The official line was that the four suicide bombers boarded each of the trains and bus with a mission to bring an “Islamic jihad” to Britain. However, there is much to this story that falters under careful analysis, and the motive, means and reaction point to British intelligence involvement.
 
Afghan heroin & the CIA
Afghan heroin & the CIA
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This report is about American and British involvement in the Afghan drug trade in opium, focusing on the history of such involvement, and the nature of the drug trade since the 2001 occupation of Afghanistan. Today, Afghanistan supplies more than 90 per cent of the world's illicit opium, from which heroin is made. So who’s profiting from the trade?
 
Congo resource wars
Congo resource wars
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This report examines the current war and genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which started in the mid-1990s, placing emphasis on the roles of Western covert operations, corporations and the plundering of resources that has resulted. 
 
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