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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Iraqi Tactics: Avoid Early Combat

The Christian Science Monitor
February 25, 1991 / Frank Smyth
IRAQ is likely to employ tactics designed to minimize the effectiveness of coalition air support, according to military experts in Jordan. Jordanian military commanders knowledgable about the Iraqi Army's training, tactics, and weaponry say Iraqi troops will likely try to avoid major combat in the ground campaign's early stages.
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Between Tyranny and Bombs: A Review of “Baghdad Diaries”

The Washington Post
May 14, 2003 / Frank Smyth
Try to imagine yourself or your family living in Baghdad over the past decade, enduring tyranny, privation and wars. What if your family came from the old ruling guard but the quality of your life had only eroded?
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