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NATO’s Secret Armies: Operation Gladio

By: Andreas Pichler

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In 1990, alarming evidence of NATO-sponsored terrorist attacks came to light. NATO’s secret "stay behind" armies that were set up across Western Europe after the Second World War were supposedly intended to help put together a resistance if the Soviet Union invaded. However, they went on to commit terrorist attacks against their own populations, so as to influence domestic politics and still exist post-Cold War. This film is the shocking story of Operation Gladio--a tale of espionage, conspiracy and political violence carried out by the United States.

The Panama Deception

By: Barbara Trent

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The Panama Deception documents the invasion of Panama in December 1989--codenamed Operation 'Just Cause'. The film gives context to the events which led to the invasion, and explores the real impact on the ground and devastating aftermath -- all contrary to the views portrayed by mainstream media and rhetoric espoused at the time by government officials in the Bush administration. News footage and media critics reveal the extent of media control and self censorship of the invasion, relevant to any news coverage today, particularly during times of war.

Cover Up — Behind The Iran-Contra Affair

By: Barbara Trent

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Cover Up -- Behind The Iran-Contra Affair is a thorough investigation into information suppressed during the Iran-Contra hearings in 1987 where it was found that senior officials in the United States government secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran. The film reveals a shadow government of former CIA operatives, drug smugglers, top US military personnel and others, revealing evidence of the history of CIA involvement in drug running from the Vietnam heroin era to the Central American cocaine epidemic -- raising serious questions about the so-called "war on drugs" and other government movements since the 1980s...