Gladio is an umbrella name used by commentators and historians to refer to a series of smallscale covert armies active across europe throughout the cold war 19451990. This public document was automatically mirrored from pdfy. Operation gladio 1951 gladio, which means sword in italian, was the name the italian government chose for the stay behind network it established in the early days of the cold war. This collection of around 150 pages of onceclassified material sheds light on the ideological and operational origins of the nowinfamous operation gladio. Operation gladio reveals that kissinger ordered moro murder. Begun in the 1950s, it was initially organized by cord meyer and allen w. Full text of ganser natos secret armies operation gladio and. In august 1990, giulio andreotti, italian prime minister, confirmed that during the cold war period had existed in italy and other western countries, some of them attached to nato, a clandestine army under the code name gladio.
Inside operation mockingbird the cias plan to infiltrate. The investigation could identify the people involved in gladio back to 1972. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe, released this week by frank cass in london. The operation was codenamed gladio, for the short swords used by roman gladiators in the arena. Operation gladio and natos staybehind armies edited by daniele ganser and christian nuenlist. I discovered everyone who was responsible for the peteano massacre in 1972. May 12, 2018 operation gladio was a nato false flag terrorism operation that ran for more almost forty years. English report by the italian military secret service sifar on operation gladio origin.
His scholarly work fills a major lacuna in the study of the us foreign policy. Operation gladio hard evidence of government false flag. Jul 07, 2012 gladio killing sprees in belgium and italy were carried out for the purpose of frightening the national political classes into adopting u. Since the history of gladio explains a lot about where the neonazi movement in europe comes from. Williams to learn more about operation gladio and the cias. So, this italian judge gets access to the archives, and there only there he finds the documents which state very clearly that operation gladio. Top 10 declassified documents that rocked the world enkivillage. Because operation gladio c is fundamentally a covert military operation, the u. Cia in western europe and the abuse of human rights. Operation gladio is the codename for clandestine staybehind operations of armed resistance.
Operations against irregular forces, a 1960s us special warfare training manual that had been translated into turkish 5. He declined, because of the opposition of his new editor, but nuccio fava took his place. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe 2005. The article concludes that the documents released to the parliamentary committees do not permit the assumption that operation gladio was. Whilst researching the cias secret bay of pigs operation, the. Investigating the terror operation gladio document collection. Armed forces will be compelled to form the military tribunals necessary to administer the uniform code of military justice. Watching the hawks sean stone sits down with awardwinning journalist and former fbi counterterrorism consultant paul l. Though declassified documents show that this type of operation occurred, its never been officially confirmed as the title of operation mockingbird. Within the archives, the judge found topsecret documents that spoke of a covert operation named gladio that had been created by us intelligence to engage in unorthodox warfare throughout italy. Daniele ganser is a senior researcher at the center for security studies, eth zurich, switzerland. There was only one mention of operation mockingbird in these files, in which it was revealed that two american journalists were wiretapped for several months. According to general gerardo serravalle, commander of gladio during the 1970s, it was concerned with.
This document proved that a cia and natolinked secret army codenamed. The office of public affairs opa is the single point of contact for all inquiries about the central intelligence agency cia. You will need to download and install the free adobe acrobat reader to view. Gladio operations subverted greece as early as 1944 while gladio had not been formally set up. Operation gladio the untold story of the unholy alliance. Operation gladio is a highly wellresearched book with some 1,100 endnotes and footnotes. Documents written by aldo moro during his captivity in the hands of. The book describes natos clandestine operations during the cold war. When on the morning of 17 june 1982, the body of roberto calvi was found hanging beneath londons blackfriars bridge, it was to speed a process that prised open a series of events spanning four decades. It was discussed at the highest level and wealth of documented evidence proves that governments were committing terrorist attacks against their own populations. However, it would be difficult to reject the evidence author paul l.
Please note that one or more documents may be incomplete, because pages are missing or portions are. Its purpose was to continue anticommunist actions in the event of a soviet invasion and conquest. These secret armies were originally set up at the end of world war 2 in most nato countries as a means of resisting soviet military invasion. By fbis cointelpro, operation gladio, covert community recruits and stay behind armies. Sep 17, 2006 secret gladio documents made public in 1990 tell a different story, however the danger of internal subversion.
The proposals called for the central intelligence agency cia or other u. Operation gladio was a nato false flag terrorism operation that ran for more almost forty years. Operation gladio is used as an informal name for all staybehind. Militaryintelligences ongoing, global gang stalking operations as documented in new world war. What has come to be called operation gladio was never intended to be publicly acknowledged. Operations against irregular forces, a 1960s us special warfare training manual that had been translated into turkish. Ganser natos secret armies operation gladio and terrorism in western europe. In fact, it became a statesponsored rightwing terrorist network, involved in false flag operations and the subversion of. The history of how relationships were established among western nations after world war ii is interesting and valuable, as is the survey of pubic reaction to operation gladio. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
Operation gladiob understanding why false flags exist. Note that the terms, definitions, military documents, laws, and patents provided by rich prove the existence of the operations described in kildes manual. This was a top secret network of fascist staybehind cells trained to carry out acts of terrorism in the event of a soviet invasion. Secret gladio documents made public in 1990 tell a different story, however the danger of. Williams the vatican exposed crescent moon rising the day of islam the al qaeda connection osamas revenge. The nazis faced stiff resistance from the greeks, the resistance being led by the communists. The remarkable revelation provided here is that modern organized gang stalking operations are identical with, or nearly identical with, those used in the fbis secret cointelpro counterintelligence program of the 1950s1970s, the topsecret gladio and other stay behind army. Contentsintroduction by tom secker 4notes on meeting at yalta between the big three, 6 february 1945 10us state department, text of the agreement reached at the crimea yalta conference, march 24 1945 16presidential memorandum, soviet foreign policy toward western europe, march 21, 1946 25state department security briefings on italy, may. Gladio was a covert operation and had not been initiated by an act of congress or a mandate from the pentagon. Operations executive soe, created by winston churchill in 1940 to assist resistance. Operation gladio 1 operation gladio emblem of gladio, italian branch of the nato staybehind paramilitary organizations.
Then, as commanderinchief, the prez can lock up the perps at guantanamo bay detention camp. Rauni kilde was a targeted individual ti for decades. The intelligence officers bookshelf central intelligence. Operation gladio full 1992 documentary bbc youtube. Ganser is the eminent authority on operation gladio and has done tremendous work in synthesizing the various evidence from nearly a dozen different languages into. Lets not forget, when talking about gladio, the hate which kissinger felt against moro, fava stressed. Gladio italian for gladius, the sword is a type of roman short sword is a code name denoting the clandestine nato staybehind operation in italy.
The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia williams, paul l. Without this knowledge and understanding of recent history of imperial mobilization and quest for full spectrum dominance when it is uncongenial to democratic instincts and must be carried out diabolically under the facade of a truly massive and widely perceived direct external threat, the motivation for the perpetual war agenda of today simply cannot be unlayered. May 10, 2019 indeed, cath figures in events well beyond the time line of gladio proper, enough to suggest that gladio never really shut down at all. Nov 30, 2011 operation gladio document collection 1. It was a multinational military plan to arm and train clandestine groups in many perhaps all of its member countries and elsewhere in europe. Although gladio specifically refers to the italian branch of the nato staybehind organizations. Operation mockingbird was a secret campaign by the united states central intelligence agency cia to influence media. The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia. The circumstances of calvis death led knowledgeable observers to darkly whisper of a masonic ritual slaying.
Operazione gladio is the codename for a clandestine nato staybehind operation in europe during the cold war. Nov 16, 1990 the focus of the inquiry is a clandestine operation codenamed gladio, created decades ago to arm and train resistance fighters in case the soviet union and its warsaw pact allies invaded. A document dated 1 june 1959 from the italian military secret service, sifar, revealed that sifar had been running the secret army with the. Dulles, it was later led by frank wisner after dulles became the head of the cia. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading operation gladio. Secret coldwar network group hid arms, belgian member says. Operation gladio is the codename for clandestine staybehind operations of armed resistance that was planned by the western union wu, and subsequently by nato, for a potential warsaw pact invasion and conquest in europe.
Documents posted to the media by the leaders of the cult stated. Department of defense dod and the joint chiefs of staff jcs of the united states government in 1962. The research was prompted by a story that made world headlines in. The unholy alliance between the vatican, the cia, and the mafia kindle edition by williams, paul l download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Operation gladio, which still continues to this day, is the codename for a clandestine nato staybehind operation in italy during the cold war. Any antifascist should have read that from the start. The document defines covert operations as, all activities except as noted herein which are conducted or sponsored by this government against hostile foreign. But that, as they say, is a whole other story and one i leave to the author to take up. The field manual 3031b is a pentagon document, the digital archives of the guardian, the new york times, so the pentagon should commentnot the cia.
Apr 07, 2020 operation mockingbird was a secret campaign by the united states central intelligence agency cia to influence media. The files all surrounded the investigations and scandals pertaining to agency misconduct during the 1970s. Casson realized at once that by unearthing this information he had placed himself in grave danger, since every investigator who had stumbled upon. European parliament resolution on operation gladio. Operation northwoods was a proposed false flag operation against the cuban government that originated within the u. Investigating the terror operation gladio document. Mar 12, 2018 there was only one mention of operation mockingbird in these files, in which it was revealed that two american journalists were wiretapped for several months. Or instruction manual for community gang stalkers bright light on black shadows international edition, 2015 by dr. The best ever investigative history of of whats really going on behind the scenes in our world with over 500 links to reliable sources to back up the stunning picture that is painted. Pdf the italian staybehind network the origins of operation. Operation gladio and natos staybehind armies introduction after the cold war had ended, then italian prime minister giulio andreotti confirmed to the italian senate in august 1990 that italy had had a secret staybehind army, codenamed gladio the sword. But ganser fails to document his thesis that the cia, mi6, and nato and its friends turned gladio into a terrorist organization.
Nov 14, 2016 operation gladio b is a classified ongoing expansion of operation gladio. In 1999 the former head of italian intelligence service, general maletti, said the attack was devised by the gladio and alleged terrorists of the extreme right, supported by members of the italian security forces that would have provided coverage. Full text of ganser natos secret armies operation gladio and terrorism in western europe 2005. I started with a focus on italy, where operation xiv gladio was exposed in 1990. In 2000, ten years later, i handed in my request, asking the cia for data on gladio. The cia spearheaded gladio under the pretext of preventing the spread of soviet communism in europe. Although gladio specifically refers to the italian branch of the nato staybehind organizations, operation gladio is used asread more. Operation gladio and terrorism in western europe pdf. His revelations led to a major political scandal, not only admit, but because he had denied in 1974, when he was defense minister. The gladio operation was initially codified under the umbrella of the clandestine coordinating committee of the supreme headquarters allied powers europe shape, the military arm of nato, and operated by the secret services and initially funded by the cia. The exposing of gladio a began in turkey in the 1970s, gaining considerable attention when several gladio documents were published.
It was the brainchild of allen dulles when he was negotiating the surrender in northern this book is about a secret operation set up by the oss, the predecessor to the cia, consisting of setting up sleeper counterinsurgency groups throughout western. Gladio was part of a postworld war ii program set up by the cia and nato supposedly to thwart future sovietcommunist invasions or influence in italy and western europe. Chapter 18 overview of harassment methods used by fbis. It is an estimable scholarly and intellectual accomplishment which is unrivaled. The original gladio was established just after the end of world war ii by a small number of senior officials within osscia, mi6 and nato. Operation gladio global subversion, part one veterans. Although gladio specifically refers to the italian branch of the nato staybehind organizations, operation gladio is used as an informal name for all of them. Cia documents released in june 2006 under the 1998 nazi war crimes disclosure act, show that the cia organized staybehind networks. Ganser natos secret armies operation gladio and terrorism in western europe 2005. Operation gladio operation gladio, which still continues to this day, is the codename for a clandestine nato staybehind operation in italy during the cold war.
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