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(160,545 posts) Sat Dec 17, 2016, 01:47 AM Dec 2016

New Files Reveal US Sold Argentina Military Aircraft to Dump Bodies in Ocean [View all]

Source: Telesur

New Files Reveal US Sold Argentina Military Aircraft to Dump Bodies in Ocean

The U.S. provided Argentina with army helicopters despite knowing they were used for
death flights. | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Published 16 December 2016

Under the military dictatorship in Argentina, thousands of political opponents were drugged, tossed into aircraft and dumped in the ocean.

Declassified documents on Operation Condor reveal that the U.S. knew and assisted the Argentine dictatorship as it threw unconscious prisoners to their death in notorious “vuelos de la muerte,” or death flights.

Under the military dictatorship in Argentina, thousands of political opponents were drugged, tossed into aircraft and dumped in the Atlantic Ocean to drown.

According to Adolfo Scilingo, an Argentine naval officer during the dictatorship, the navy conducted death flights every Wednesday between 1977 and 1978, killing up to 2,000 people.

Read more: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Sold-Argentina-Military-Aircraft-to-Dump-Bodies-in-Ocean-20161216-0016.html

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New Files Reveal US Sold Argentina Military Aircraft to Dump Bodies in Ocean [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2016 OP

Why isn't Kissinger in an orange jumpsuit? burrowowl Dec 2016 #1

The powers-that-be like him too much. tenorly Dec 2016 #16

1977-1978? Didn't kissinger leave office the first week of 1977? n/t hughee99 Dec 2016 #17

Yes, but the planes were delivered as part of a military aid package signed by Ford in '76. tenorly Dec 2016 #19

Yes, but it's hard to know beforehand what they would be used for since they weren't single purpose hughee99 Dec 2016 #21

Exactly. They were only used to kill at the depths of the 1976-78 Dirty War, not before or since. tenorly Dec 2016 #23

What was wrong with using boats? jberryhill Dec 2016 #2

Maybe the dissidents would sink lower if dropped from great heights. Judi Lynn Dec 2016 #5

Bodies will eventually float if you don't weigh them down jberryhill Dec 2016 #6

That is in fact what happened - and how the practice was ultimately stopped. tenorly Dec 2016 #24

Americas Role in Argentinas Dirty War Judi Lynn Dec 2016 #3

K&R Solly Mack Dec 2016 #4

Time to trot out Henry again shadowmayor Dec 2016 #7

The shocker is ... nikto Dec 2016 #8

well, we may be one tiny iota better.... but point taken Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #40

Love your Smedley Butler inspired logo/moniker nikto Dec 2016 #48

We're #1! We're #1! I DON'T RECOGNIZE MY COUNTRY ANYMORE.. :-( secondwind Dec 2016 #9

Our county has been doing things like this for a very long time. enough Dec 2016 #10

True atreides1 Dec 2016 #11

Built on two centuries of genocide and stealing territory. What do you expect? Coyotl Dec 2016 #12

Further outrages are surely occurring as you read this nikto Dec 2016 #49

Operation Condor Devil Child Dec 2016 #13

wow, no idea it was that high... my question is, like so many of these operations Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #41

If you haven't yet, watch 'Call me Francis' on Netflix. tenorly Dec 2016 #14

Thanks for the netflix info, tenor. Mc Mike Dec 2016 #15

Sure, Mc Mike. tenorly Dec 2016 #18

I've read some info about the constant neo-colonial moves rightie US corporate interests have made Mc Mike Dec 2016 #20

Indeed. The Wall Street and London business press really promoted Macri when he ran last year. tenorly Dec 2016 #22

Probably it can be taken for granted Macri and his immediate friends are making out like bandits, Judi Lynn Dec 2016 #25

And now, Macri even blamed people's air conditioning use for the current economic crisis (!). tenorly Dec 2016 #26

So, with foreign debt ballooning, the big banks benefit by sucking interest payments out of the Mc Mike Dec 2016 #27

Exactly. Speculation is up, real investment is down. tenorly Dec 2016 #28

Plutocrats and their lackies like Macri. Mc Mike Dec 2016 #29

They really need Naomi Klein down there - and your insights as well. tenorly Dec 2016 #30

It's nice to have a substantive conversation on these issues with you, tenorly. Mc Mike Dec 2016 #31

Likewise, Mike. tenorly Dec 2016 #33

Right about Pope F. JP I was only 33 days on the job. Mc Mike Dec 2016 #35

Thanks again for the many insights. tenorly Dec 2016 #36

Thanks for the info you give me, and the discussion. Mc Mike Dec 2016 #37

Likewise, Mike. This was both fun and very informative. tenorly Dec 2016 #38

Good talking with you, tenor. Hope you and yours have great holidays, and I'll see you Mc Mike Dec 2016 #39

And I had been wondering where Pope Francis fit into the Lib Theology vs Opus Dei picture. Mc Mike Dec 2016 #32

I'll check it out-- thanks! Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #42

Sure thing. Enjoy! tenorly Dec 2016 #43

just another wart RussBLib Dec 2016 #34

True - but the reactionary Argentine right bears even more of the guilt. tenorly Dec 2016 #44

Rec, nt. Mc Mike Dec 2016 #45

It's a fact which probably isn't well known outside Argentina that 10% of the tortured, murdered Judi Lynn Dec 2016 #46

Well said, Judi. There was indeed a clearly anti-Semitic angle to the Dirty War. tenorly Dec 2016 #47