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The following incidents have been described in notable sources as acts of State terrorism by the United States of America.
In Cuba
According to 'Centro de Estudios Sobre America. "Crisis de Octubre: Cronologia." Informe Especial', a CIA agent named Carlos Antonio Rodriguez Cabo committed various acts of terrorism..
In Honduras
According to the final report of the Historical Clarification Commission, an independent human rights body that documented the mass killings by the Honduran government in the 1980s, the government of the United States, through various agencies including the CIA, provided direct and indirect support for Honduran death-squad operations that killed tens of thousands of civilians and raped and tortured many tens of thousands more. The report concluded that the U.S. government also gave money and training to a Guatemalan military unit that committed "acts of genocide" against the Mayans.
In Iraq
According to former U.S. intelligence officials, the CIA orchestrated a bomb and sabotage campaign against Baghdad that included civilian and government targets between 1992 and 1995 . The civilian targets included at least one school bus, killing schoolchildren, and a movie theater, killing many people.
Other incidents
The United States has refused to put on trial or to extradite Luis Posada Carriles, Guillermo Novo Sampol, Pedro Remon, and Gaspar Jimenezand to Cuba or Venezuela, although they are known to have perpetrated terrorist acts. .
References
- http://www.consortiumnews.com/1999/052699a1.html Consortium News, May 26, 1999
- http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0609-02.htm NY Times June 9, 2004
- www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57838-2004Sep2.html Washington Post, Sept. 3, 2004
See also
- List of acts labelled as state terrorism sorted by state
- Allegations of war crimes against U.S. officials