Phoenix Program

Between the years 1967 and 1972 the CIA introduced a program they designed, coordinated by the Republic of Vietnam's (South Vietnam) and created as a security practise to identify and "neutralize" the civilian infrastructure supporting the Viet Cong or National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam.

Between 1968 and 1972 Phoenix neutralized 81,740 NLF members, of whom 26,369 were killed. In 1970, Communist officials near Da Nang in northern South Vietnam instructed their assassins to "kill 400 persons" deemed to be government "tyrant's" and to "annihilate" anyone involved with the pacification program.

The Phoenix Program is sometimes seen as an "assassination campaign," and has been criticized as an example of human-rights atrocities alleged to have been committed by the CIA or other allied organizations, including U.S. Military Intelligence.

Consequently, the military command in Vietnam issued a directive that reiterated that it had based the anti-VCI campaign on South Vietnamese law, that the program was in compliance with the laws of land warfare, and that U.S. personnel had the responsibility to report breaches of the law.

For More Info.:

Bob Kerrey, The CIA and War Crimes:
http://www.counterpunch.org/valentine.html

Peace!

The Wren

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[darvenwolf]

Amazing how the U.S. likes to have control over the world. If they were doing this kind of thing during the Vietnam war, Imagine what they are doing now. It scares me to think that someone can manipulate me and not know anything about it.

[fightglobalists]

This is relevant to today. The U.S. is the real terrorist.

[sc666666]

That John Kerry fuck admitted to participating on live tv and was allowed to run for pres. How does that work.

[cliffworks4321]

at 2:03, 'in '82 an ex Phoenix operative said he was given lists of personnel to kill containing names which included Americans, I believe this is my good friend as this happened to him. He refused to comply but was awarded for the many hundreds of VN he eliminated who appeared on those lists.

[AccordGTR]

Power corrupts! What good is progress if evil men become political leaders to develop ways to consolidate their power through illegal and inhuman ways? This is no different from Sharia Law which seeks to put fear into people's minds to get them to conform to a certain behavior, in the Taliban's case it is obedience to the Koran. In the US and other developed countries, conformity by the masses seeks to consolidate the power of corporations and capitalists. This is not liberty.

[k9thru12]

Michael G. Vickers

Social Media Ops

Scrubbed Wiki

Google on a Virtual Private Network

Active Measure against large sections of the Public

[sanchezjoej]

Phoenix did have several faults, it was on the right track of trying to understand a population to try to minimize unnecessary conflict and if you really think that the US is using "mind control" to stop citizens from rebelling then you are an idiot for posting comments because you would be the ideal target and all you have to do is read a paper to see that there is a massive amount of anti war and government speak. My questions is where is are the amazing cartoon dish making every obey

[believer1965]

very true i worked it in 1972

[scrappie13]

say what??? (:

[vntiger]

very informative video! thank you.

[XBOXHUEG]

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