Skip to content
Category

Dirty wars

page 1
Second Chechen War
war in Chechnya
The Troubles
1960s–1990s conflict in Northern Ireland
1973 Chilean coup d'état
military overthrow of the Popular Unity coalition government in 1973 in Chile
Efraín Ríos Montt
former de facto President of Guatemala, army general, genocida and former president of Congress (1926-2018)
state terrorism
acts of terrorism against individuals conducted by organs of a state
death squad
armed group that conducts extrajudicial killings
Algerian Civil War
1992–2002 civil war in Algeria between the army and Islamic rebels
Contras
The Contras (from ) were the anti-communist right-wing rebels who waged a guerrilla war against the Marxist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and the Junta of National Reconstruction, which came to power after the Nicaraguan Revolution in 1979. The insurgency against the Sandinista government lasted from 1979 until 1990, and was one of the highest profile conflicts of the Cold War.
Chechen–Russian conflict
conflict between Russia and the Chechens which began in second half of 18 century
Years of Lead
period of social and political turmoil in Italy
2009 Iranian presidential election protests
protests against the 2009 re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Phoenix Program
classified program during the latter stages of the Vietnam War
René Schneider
Chilean general (1913–1970)
Manuel Contreras
Chilean general (1929-2015)
Caravan of Death
Chilean Army death squad that flew by helicopters and carried out the execution of prisoners
Gukurahundi
The Gukurahundi was a series of mass killings and genocide in Zimbabwe which were committed from 1983 until the Unity Accord in 1987. The campaign targeted mainly the Ndebele ethnic group and supporters of opposition leader Joshua Nkomo. The name derives from a Shona language term which loosely translates to "the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring rains".
Archives of Terror
documents referring to victims of torture and murder during Operation Condor
Dirty War
military repression of the Mexican government, backed by the US government, against leftist movements in the 1960s and 1980s
Operation Colombo
operation undertaken by the DINA (the Chilean secret police) in 1975 to make political dissidents disappear
Michael Townley
American murderer
Central American crisis
late 1970s–early 1990s military and political crisis in Central America
The National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture Report
record of abuses committed in Chile between 1973 and 1990 military regime
extrajudicial punishment
illegitimate punishment carried out outside the ordinary legal system
Years of Lead (Marocco)
period of Moroccan history between the 1960s and 1980s
U.S. Army and CIA interrogation manuals
overview of the manuals – without discussing content
Pistolerismo
'''''' refers both to a specific period of Spanish history, between the general strike of August 1917 and Primo de Rivera's coup in September 1923, and to the social phenomenon spread in many areas of Spain during which Spanish employers hired thugs to intimidate and often attack trade unionists and notable workers – and vice versa. It was characterized by the birth and proliferation of several armed groups composed of ("gunfighters"), men specialized in the use of violence.
Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare
CIA manual written for Contras
Raúl Iturriaga
Chilean Army general
1987–89 JVP Insurrection
armed revolt in Sri Lanka
Battalion 3-16
Ashura protests
protest
The National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation Report
1991 report by a Chilean truth commission documenting human rights abuses during the Pinochet military dictatorship