Is Arab Spring History Repeating itself???

I was watching the news coverage about the “Arab Spring” and it reminded me of all the coups in Latin America in the 80s. I was younger and more naive when I learned about those overthrows and The United States involvement. I dug a little deeper and was shocked and surprised:



1980 El Salvador


Archbishop Oscar Romero was assasinnated by the US installed government for being a popular figure and critic of the military dictatorship. Civil war erupts.The rebels are known as FMLN - a left-wing group. The US offers a massive amount of monetary support to the El Salvador dictatorship to fight the rebels.Among the tactics that the US is suspected of using is the creation of Slavadoran death sqauds. A unit of specially trained police to eliminate both rebel and civlian opposition.

The Below link is to the BBC and tells the story of the US of A and El Salvador and there is a Ton of other evidence out there about the trained death squads and assassinations and other covert black ops but the mainstream media overview is bad enough.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1891145.stm





1981 Iran-Contra



The Iran-Contra Affair: The below link is from Chris Lewis a PH.D at The University of Colorado all this is well documented else where but I like the simple time line Dr. Lewis Provides. A very brief overview of the affair for those who may need a refresher we sold weapons to militant Muslim extremist in exchange for various things including releasing hostages and then used the proceeds from those sales to fund wars in Central America.



http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/2010/irancon.htm







1983 Honduras Battalion 3-16


In this the CIA provides training and support. They even give Honduran military officers the Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual – 1983, which teaches how to torture people. Honduras’ notorious "Battalion 316" then uses these techniques, with the CIA’s full knowledge, on thousands of leftist dissidents. At least 184 are murdered



http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-negroponte2,0,961357.story











1986 Haiti NIS


The CIA poured millions into the NIS from its founding in 1986 to the 1991 coup. A 1992 DEA document describes the NIS as a covert counter-narcotics intelligence unit which often works in unison with the CIA. Although most of the CIA’s activities in Haiti remain secret, U.S. officials accuse some NIS members of becoming enmeshed in the drug trade. A U.S. embassy official in Haiti told the New York Times that the NIS was a military organization that distributed drugs in Haiti







http://killinghope.org/bblum6/haiti2.htm











1989 Invasion of Panama, codenamed Operation Just Cause


This is also well documented. Noriega the dictator in Panama was on The Cia’s payroll since 1966 and when relationships soured in the 80’s he needed to be fired but instead of a pink-slip we invaded with 27000 troops.



http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1933053_1933052_1933051,00.html

Makes me wonder What is really happening in the Middle East and if all the billions we spend in foreign aid is really part of the CIA's Operations budget