Lobotomy
21st May 2012, 18:50
I am sure that many posters here are already aware of Operation Northwoods, and I am also sure that no one among those who are unaware will find it particularly shocking, but I wanted to share it anyway because I thought it was interesting.
It was a CIA plot to commit acts of terrorism, including bombings, against US civilians during the Cuban Missile Crisis to justify a war against Cuba. it was rejected by JFK. this is not a conspiracy as information on it is accessible to anyone.
The plan called for U.S. personnel to disguise themselves as agents of the Cuban government and to engage in terrorist attacks on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay. It also called for terrorist attacks within the United States that would be conducted by pro-U.S. forces disguising themselves as Cuban agents.
One of the most fascinating aspects of Operation Northwoods involved the proposed hijacking of an American passenger plane. The JCS proposed that a real plane containing American passengers would be hijacked by friendly forces disguised as Cuban agents. The plane would drop down off the radar screen and be replaced by a pilotless aircraft, which would crash, purportedly killing all the passengers. Under the plan, the real passenger plane would be secretly flown back to the United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
question to anyone who may know more about this than I do. Why did the US government eventually release this information?
It was a CIA plot to commit acts of terrorism, including bombings, against US civilians during the Cuban Missile Crisis to justify a war against Cuba. it was rejected by JFK. this is not a conspiracy as information on it is accessible to anyone.
The plan called for U.S. personnel to disguise themselves as agents of the Cuban government and to engage in terrorist attacks on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay. It also called for terrorist attacks within the United States that would be conducted by pro-U.S. forces disguising themselves as Cuban agents.
One of the most fascinating aspects of Operation Northwoods involved the proposed hijacking of an American passenger plane. The JCS proposed that a real plane containing American passengers would be hijacked by friendly forces disguised as Cuban agents. The plane would drop down off the radar screen and be replaced by a pilotless aircraft, which would crash, purportedly killing all the passengers. Under the plan, the real passenger plane would be secretly flown back to the United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
question to anyone who may know more about this than I do. Why did the US government eventually release this information?