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“Latins, i.e. Cuban exiles, and CIA contract officers for underwater demolition and specialized tasks. Gosh, I wonder where they got those guys. Because, you know, underwater demo is such a large body of expertise. Contract employees piloted…”
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Latins, i.e. Cuban exiles, and CIA contract officers for underwater demolition and specialized tasks. Gosh, I wonder where they got those guys. Because, you know, underwater demo is such a large body of expertise. Contract employees piloted…
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on the Nicaraguan Pacific Coast port of Corinto. The assault reinforced a campaign begun earlier. There had already been two strikes at Porto Sardino, a receiving port for oil, and the raid on a town in the Gulf of Forensica, evidently a su…
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They all failed. When the CIA staged the attack on Corinto, the raid used the two speedboats, which crept in behind a Korean tanker and peeled off to fire at the shore. Eight storage tanks containing 3.4 million gallons of oil was blown up.…
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broke the sound barrier over Nicaragua, hitting towns with unnerving sonic booms. In the face of growing shortages, the Sandinistas increased gasoline rationing. At Corinto, 25,000 residents were temporarily forced from their homes because …
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Claridge account of the mine campaign is highly suspect. The Latin chief, Claridge, puts the timing towards the end of January of 84, telling a story of how for once he arrived home with time to reflect. Claridge achieved sudden clarity. Qu…
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no doubt to satisfy the Hague Convention. A Japanese flagship was the victim outside of Corinto on January 3rd and had to be towed back to port. This became the first of a dozen vessels of six different nations damaged due to the mining. On…
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The public claims about mining made only by the Contras and on the CIA orders reinforced that. To evade the budget cap, the mothership was apparently funded directly out of the CIA director's contingency fund or, covertly, its presence at t…
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mines had been exploding already and ships damaged. Even then, it released only a vague claim that the Contras had did it. Mining is clearly defined an act of war in the 1856 Treaty of Paris and the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907. This …
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With trade volume reduced, Nicaragua estimated that it lost $4.3 million in export income. Nicaraguan fishermen took the greatest risk as they swept the mines. The U.S. didn't even go back and take them out. They just left them to blow up N…