How To Kill Subversives and Get Away With It

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Frank Smyth
Could US complicity in war crimes in countries like Colombia offer a playbook for domestic repression? After the Cold War, U.S. advisors helped the Colombian military incorporate illegal paramilitaries to assassinate trade unionists, journalists and others.
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The Gospel of Gun Rights in the Age of Trump

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Frank Smyth
Not unlike the way authoritarians across the world have rewritten history to advance their agenda, pro-gun ideologues and leaders in the U.S. have invented their own gospel of gun rights.
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Hussein Opens His Prison Doors to Trouble

Newsday
October 25, 2002 / Frank Smyth
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein released thousands of political and other prisoners from jails across his country, including from the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. The broad amnesty was no doubt welcomed by many Iraqis.
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Rwanda’s Butchers: the Interahamwe and Former Rwandan Army

Jane's Intelligence Review
November 3, 1996 / Frank Smyth
Military history will record the Interahamwe and allied Rwandan soldiers uniquely. Back in April 1994, they achieved a dramatic tactical success, while failing...
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