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been accused by the police Judiciae (the French version of the CIB These attacks include the Mafia's involvement in the Red or the FBI) of misdirecting the security forces for "political Brigade's kidnap and murder of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro motives”.'* in 1978.% The strategy was to utilise the citizens’ fear to justify Likewise, the French police have been accused of cooperating _ the greater power of the security forces. within the Spanish state and of creating GAL (anti-terrorist libera- Gladio was also revealed to have strong ties to the former Nazi tion group) death squads in their war against the leftist and Basque _ intelligence operators who, under the General Gehlen and Allen separatists. Witnesses called upon to give evidence have stated Dulles contract, were being recruited to help create America’s that French police, right-wing extremists, police informers and _ post-war CIA.” This would include the infamous Licio Gelli, former OAS (the French terrorist organisation opposed to Algerian a.k.a. "The Puppet Master” and head of the Vatican-Mafia independence) members assisted with Masonic Lodge, P2.* It was Licio GAL operations within France."? The Gelli who helped to organise the revelation of the OAS involvement "rat line" which was responsible puts another perspective upon the - for smuggling the Nazis out of Algeria-related terrorist attacks within | South America's legacy as home to ff Europe. Gelli’s partner was Father France and Algeria itself. 4 Krujoslav Dragonovic, a Croatian The OAS connection to the funda- some of the worst cases of state- Catholic priest and friend to mentalists of Algeria is not new. In induced terrorism owes much gg he —_ Dr 1961, Senior OAS Commander Jean- . avlic. ile Gelli liaised with Jacques Sysini discussed with the thanks to the CIA's involvement the respective intelligence agen- Gis eee seta Lragrseh - possi- with the Vatican-Mafia Masonic - Cving-t arog —_ wt ility of a Franco-Muslim alliance. merica, Britain, Italy and the The outcome, according to available Lodge, P2. escaping Gestapo), Dragonovic material, is that the CLA-OAS-Muslim negotiated with the Vatican for its republic was cut short, for President assistance in the plan.” For this Kennedy, on the advice of his politi- service, Gelli and Dragonovic, as a cal advisers, cancelled the covert assis- norm, charged the fleeing Nazis tance — ey it Heed a oan sire a 40 _ ay their satin Media ("The Deiter wf . nation of Kennedy in , it is known that the ‘s use 0} lowever, Gestapo chicf Klaus Barbie ("The Butcher of Lyon" covert operation programs increased on a dramatic scale.” There was not charged, as the US Counter-Intelligence Corps picked up is no reason to conclude a the — did not take advantage of the ™ ~ oo _ er of 7 an 7 situation to utilise their OAS and non-governmental Muslim in , Gelli himself used the rat line and escaped to Argentina assets. This would ensure that neither a French republic nor a _ where he resided as a friend of Argentinian dictator General Juan ——— oe ae Passit of bp Algerian - — Lo doubt Gelli = not ae: ho — — Pavlic Ids. h cused American oil companies of served as Peron's security adviser, while Klaus Barbie held a simi- Phar echo the USA's support of the OAS and Muslim lar position in nearby Bolivia® In fact, all throughout South and rebels. Central America, the people have encountered the effects of these The OAS, though, was not the only inbred resistance organisa- | CIA imports. South America's legacy as home to some of the tion of the era, for during the Algerian crisis another organisation worst cases of state-induced terrorism owes much thanks to the came to be known. Like the OAS, it was comprised of individuals CIA's involvement with P2. ; ; : with anti-Soviet, pro-Catholic beliefs and the same desire to rid In Europe, P2 was/is suspected of being behind Fascist attacks _ France of Charles de Gaulle. The organisation's name is not cited carried out against the left, with the design to weaken people's in the book, Target De Gaulle. However, E 3 from its listed connections to the Vatican and pro-Nazi activists, and its possession of detailed, accurate intelligence on the very inner workings of the de Gaulle Government, it is possible to surmise that the secret society cited was in fact Il Gladio.™ In 1990, Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti briefed the Italian Parliament on a secret paramilitary organisation called // Gladio (from the Latin, meaning “sword"). He explained that Gladio had been set up in 1956 and was run by the CIA to take precau- tions against Communist aggression. In par- ticular, Gladio was tasked to reduce the influence of Communism in France and Italy (later, this would include Spain) via a "strat- egy of tension”. Since this revelation, journalists have unearthed the meaning behind this term. It was Gladio's tactic to make use of right-wing mercenaries and Mafia hit-men to carry out attacks that were then blamed upon the left. Licio Gelli (left), head of the P2 Masonic Lodge, with the then Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. (Photo by Bruno Ferrario, from David Yallop's In God's Name) NEXUS © 17 FEBRUARY-MARCH 1996