Kissinger Approved Argentinian "Dirty War"

[kskiska]

Declassified US files expose 1970s backing for junta

Henry Kissinger gave his approval to the "dirty war" in Argentina in the 1970s in which up to 30,000 people were killed, according to newly declassified US state department documents.

Mr Kissinger, who was America's secretary of state, is shown to have urged the Argentinian military regime to act before the US Congress resumed session, and told it that Washington would not cause it "unnecessary difficulties".

The revelations are likely to further damage Mr Kissinger's reputation. He has already been implicated in war crimes committed during his term in office, notably in connection with the 1973 Chilean coup.

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The revelations, which were also announced at a conference in Argentina yesterday, confirm suspicions at the time that the regime would not have continued to carry out atrocities unless it had the tacit approval of the US, on which it was dependent for financial and military aid.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1101121,00.html

[madrchsod]

1. one more country

he won`t be able to go to. they don`t hate us for our freedom ,hate hate us for our repression...

[DeathvadeR]

2. Your information has proven irrevalent to prokove an investigation.

He must be an untouchable. Freeman Walkin!!!! They guy is like an uberManson.

[lebkuchen]

3. "We all hope Argentina can get terrorism under control quickly"

- but to do so in such a way as to do minimum damage to its image and to its relations with other governments.

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Then and now, the terrorism card is played to justify human rights abuses.

Citizens of Dachau, when paraded through the compound, said, "We didn't know." I'm not so sure, at this stage of the propaganda war, that even if Americans DID know, they would even care.