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Old 03-14-2018, 02:06 PM   #72
undercoverbrother
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Originally Posted by Pointman View Post
Like US had been trying to kill Castro for decades:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assa...n_Fidel_Castro

But again, I am not debating the lists of sins. It us more about overall optics of global powers playing dirty power games. Portraying this as "good vs evil" is naive.
Ok two things:


1: they US must be pretty #### at it if they can't get it done 638 attempts

2:
Quote:
Fabián Escalante, a retired chief of Cuba's counterintelligence, who had been tasked with protecting Castro, estimated the number of assassination schemes or actual attempts by the Central Intelligence Agency to be 638
seems like an unbiased source.
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