Every Leader The US Has Assassinated

hi there today we're diving into the Shady world of the assassinations carried out by the CIA for decades the US has been pulling strings behind the scenes changing the fate of countries and their leaders often in brutal ways we'll check out some key figures who met their end thanks to these covert operations let's get started on January 17th 1961 Patrice lumba the first elected prime minister of the former Belgian Congo was brutally murdered following the Watergate scandal of the Nixon regime a US Senate committee uncovered CIA plans to assassinate lumba as part of a broader strategy to support Joseph Mutu who would go on to rule the Congo for three decades and not be assassinated the CIA founded in the late 1940s quickly gained a reputation for its covert operations aimed at neutralizing leaders and overthrowing governments the US perceived as threats to their interests during the Cold War the agency engaged in various subversive activities to prevent the spread of Communism often resulting in the overthrow or elimination of foreign leaders this included targeting lumba who was seen as dangerously close to Soviet influence with a grow momentum for nationalization collectivization and general legal overhaul mostly targeted at the massive mineral wealth of the country which would greatly benefit the congales people to the detriment of Congo's exploiters the US swiftly aligned with the Congo's former colonizer Belgium to oppose lumba and what he stood for on September 5th 1960 president kazav vubu dismissed lumba a move backed by the CIA which had provided funding aimed at bolstering anti- lumba efforts despite lumumba's attempts to secure un protection the CIA initiated the direct assassination attempts as soon as he was dismissed with the conspirators cooperating very closely with the CIA and their Belgian advisor friends to sell their country out to the US lumo's capture and imprisonment was a coordinated effort between the CIA supported Mutu and Belgian back secessionists he was taken to thisle prison where he was brutally treated as you'd expect from the sadist at the CIA Belgian advisor and congle authorities transferred lumba from thille prison to katanga prison because they feared that his influence could spark unrest transfer sealed his fate evidenced by the fact that when CIA Congo station Chief Larry develin learned of the transfer he said of lumba that his Goose was cooked and another stupid americanism besides his influence which moving him might contain the only way to keep him from returning to power their real fear was to kill him in 1975 the US Senate's United States Senate select committee to study governmental operations with respect to intelligence activities a dog [ __ ] [ __ ] name Better Know by its niame the church committee named after the senator the head of the committee opened an investigation which publicly concluded that while the CIA took steps towards assassinating lumumba it was ultimately his congales Rivals to executed him I said publicly Because the investigation's actual conclusion and evidence showed the cia's Deep entanglement in lumo's Murder contradicting the original public statement of passive involvement they tripped and fell into a coup is what they're trying to apply statements from Key figures involved and Declassified documents highlight the US government's direct responsibility in lumumba's Murder lumumba's assassination is an excellent example of the US's insecure need to intervene in the politics of other nations to the point of murder all for the interests of their foreign policy which is Guided by Capital this doesn't only extend to so-called enemies however on November 2nd 1963 Neo DM the president of South Vietnam was assassinated in a coup backed and basically directed by the US government via the CIA the Pentagon papers revealed that President Kennedy knew and approved plans for the military coup that overthrew DM DM was seen as a crucial Ally against the spread of Communism in Vietnam the US policy of supporting South Vietnam struggle against the Hanoi back Viet Insurgency Hing onm who was regarded as the only leader capable of unifying his people despite this vital importance to US policy in Vietnam DM's increasingly autocratic rule directly subsidized by the US and failure to address widespread grievances are the S reasons given for his downfall his handling of the Buddhist protests in UA on May 8th 1963 was a catalyst for his removal the brutal suppression of this demonstration ignited widespread opposition within the country and abroad revealing deep-seated political frustrations that existed in the background the US made repeated attempts to persuade DM to address the Buddhist Grievances and restore public support but he remained obstinate by August 1963 the US began covertly supporting a group of South Vietnamese generals planning to overthrow DM the Pentagon papers detail how the US maintained contact with the plotters provided intelligence and tasked approval Ambassador Henry cubet Lodge played a pivotal role ensuring the coup's success by providing important information about Pro DM forces and approving CIA participation in the coup's Tactical planning loding in sou Washington's approval to fund bribes for officers loyal to the m to ensure their cooperation with the coup the decision not to thwart the coup was based on the belief that a new government could manage the war effort better than DM's Administration as the coup unfolded the US actively facilitated its execution emphasizing the importance of continued American involvement in the coup as acknowledged by the Pentagon papers and despite the US's effort to distance itself from the violence documents made it clear that American involvement was crucial to Dame's overthrow what replaced him was even worse for the Vietnamese people which is unsurprising because the US didn't have their interests in mind when carrying the coup out thankfully the vietman won in the end on September 11th 1973 28 years before the attack in the US a violent us back dictator took over Chile bringing upon the country Decades of Terror besides being the most significant event in modern Chilean history the overthrow of President Salvador aende was not a spontaneous Uprising but rather a carefully planned operation plan by the CIA under the Nixon regime henda's democratic election victory in 1970 made him the first Marxist president in Latin America was a direct challenge to us interests in the region according to the US itself his policies of nationalization and wealth redistribution threatened American Business profits in Chile particularly in Copper mining this economic shift was perceived by the us as a move to the dreaded Soviet communism which caused Americans to intervene in response Nixon as National Security adviser Henry gissinger devis operation fub belt aimed at destabilizing Chile and aend his government Kissinger famously said I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people these issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves democracy only when it suits them meaning suits the interest of the ruling class this operation involved both economic and political strategies to create the pretext for a military coup the directive from Nixon was clear to make the economy scream and generate social unrest that would just ify military intervention the typical American Playbook with sanctions it should be clear that you live in a r game at this point obviously the cia's involvement would be and was Central to this plan their strategy divided into track one and track two focused initially on attempting to prevent enda's inauguration through political means including bribing Chilean congressmen when this approach failed miserably the focus shifted to track two which involved supporting military dissidents and engaging in economic sabotage the CIA funded anti-a propaganda supported strikes and orchestrated protests to simulate domestic discontent a critical element of this operation was the elimination of General Rene Schneider the Chilean Army's commander-in-chief in short his adherence to constitutional legality posed a significant barrier to the coup the cia's plans to kidnap him resulted in his assassination an event that cleared the way for the coup by removing a key obstacle to military intervention the US had successfully orchestrated an invisible blockade by freezing Chilean bank accounts in the United States halting new loans and credits and pressuring European countries to do the same severely restricting the Chilean government's ability to import essential goods and access foreign currency basically a mini version of the Embargo Cuba has been under since the 60s additionally on October 11th 1972 truck owners supported and funded by the CIA initiated a nationwide strike that paralyzed transportation across Chile causing significant disruptions in the supply chain food shortages and escalating inflation which was brilliantly managed to some extent by the success of project cyberon a computer planning effort which greatly reduced the potency of the strike via data organization and coordination this CIA also provided at least $1.5 million to the newspaper El Mercurio so that they would publish anti-a propaganda and worst of all the CIA funded the paramel group Patria libertad which on October 1st 1973 carried out a bombing of a train carrying copper to sew chaos and undermine the government the coup resulted in the brutal dictatorship of General P which lasted for 17 years and which Chile still suffers the consequences of to this day back to the video in just a minute let's hear from today's sponsor incognate did you know that a according to the identity theft Resource Center the number of identity theft victims has gone up nearly 42% since 2021 the chances of your data being 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operation to prevent him from formally taking office as I mentioned earlier ordered by Nixon overseen by Kissinger Schneider's death was beneficial to the overall plot against aende kisser successfully persuaded Nixon to approve this C destabilization policy by arguing at a National Security Council meeting that the developments in Chile had major historic importance and far-reaching consequences particularly for the interest of the United States stes despite the cia's plotting and general [ __ ] saado and took office however because of General Schneider's stch opposition to a military coup right-wing officers and CIA agents planed to assassinate him their plan was to kidnap him from his home fly him to Argentina with another General afterwards announcing that he had disappeared the military would blame the kidnapping on leftist and would Institute a search for Schneider in all of Chile using the search as a pretext to raid communist or working-class neighborhoods the military command would be shuffled to put cou plots in positions of power and a new military hun would be installed headed by Admiral hugu torado the hun would dissolve Congress and eventually finish the coup well what happened Snider's personal vehicle was deliberately struck and stalked by a Jeep as he drove to his military headquarters in Santiago five individual surrounded his car one using a sledgehammer to break the rear window his Snider was shot three times at close range despite emergency open heart surgery he died on the morning of October 25th following his death the CIA gave $35,000 to members of the hit team to buy their Silence about contacts with US Government Personnel so basically hush money an internal CI inquiry in 2000 confirmed they provided weapons and advice to groups plotting Schneider's murder the classified documents show the CIA understood its operation had the full backing from the White House even as it drafted self-serving postmortem about the Schneider killing to distance itself from the culpability these documents show that while the murder might have been unplanned it was certainly not unforeseen since on two occasions CIA conspirators raised the possibility of Schneider's death the cia's initial reaction to the shootings reflected in the coldblooded cable traffic between the station and headquarters which indicated uncertainty about who was responsible but offered hope that the conditions were now ripe for a coup rafhael Trio seized power in the Dominican Republic in a 1930 cah enjoying enthusiastic support from the US for nearly 30 years during his rule he used torture and mass murder to suppress descent and the US of course didn't object or intervene on behalf of human rights in return to Yo became a stge supporter of US policies in the United Nations however as C's Revolution Army appeared poised to take over Cuba yes became concerned that his violent Behavior might spark a similar revolution in the Dominican Republic so the obious solution was for the CIA to begin plotting his assassination by mid April 1960 President Eisenhower had approved a state department memo explaining what was to be done in the event that he fled the country was assassinated or overthrown the United States prepped to send warships or ground troops to the Dominican Republic to prevent a Castro type government from taking power the plan included efforts persuade Trio to step down and established contacts with civilian and Military dissidents who would provide moderate Pro us leadership despite multiple attempts to convince him to step down he refused all offers of a comfortable Exile famously stating he would not leave unless taken out on a stretcher and well since he was so determined to stay put the Eisenhower Administration being considering the more violent options on May 30th 1961 seven Dominicans ambushed and assassinated him near s Christal the Assassins including disgruntled Military Officers caught him on a lonely stretch of road and riddled his body with 27 rounds to make sure he was extra dead I guess despite efforts to cover it up this assassination is actually one of the best documented CIA plots is not ironic well yes it is after his assassination the US attempted to maintain the puppet government without him however democracy intervened in the 1962 election which brought Juan Bosch a socialist physician to power Bosch's Administration faced significant challenges as the main Mass organizations in the Dominican Republic had been either CI fronts were hauled out by CIA operations his closest adviser Sasha vman was a known CIA asset who undermined the main peasant organization while the AFL CIO created and shaped the main Trade union for those unaware the AFL CIO is a thoroughly toothless Union organization essentially run and created by the US government for anti-labor purposes when Bosch attempted to implement modest agrarian reforms the CIA stepped in to overthrow him too the message is clear either tow the line or hang from it the assassination of Ernesto chivada on October 9th 1967 was a coordinated effort between Bolivian forces and the CIA reports of his capture and execution show The cia's Advisory role with several classified documents pointing to their involvement they essentially provideed intelligence and tactical support Felix Rodriguez a keyci figure had orders to keep gavada alive due to his intelligence value but political pressures forced him to comply with execution orders within Bolivia Rodriguez instructed Bolivia Sergeant Mario tan to shoot gavar below the head to make it appear as he had been killed in battle Rodriguez's account claims he received the coded message ordering ch's death and instructed Teran to avoid shooting gar in the face to prevent evidence of an execution at 1:10 p.m. Rodriguez noted the time as he heard the Fatal shots the death certificate indicated that gav's body arrived at the hospital night of Malta in valaga Bolivia with multiple bullet wounds and subsequent bleeding in the thorax and extremities as the cause of death the autopsy report detailed goar's physical characteristics noting his brown curly hair heavy curly beard and mustache and the multiple bullet wounds if you're interested in a deep dive about the entire assassination plot as well as a review and breakdown of the very interesting medical autopsy by your try check out our the program series titled autopsy report where I cover the Health death and subsequent conspiracies of many historical figures including lenon and gavada the documentary evidence reveals that the US did everything in its power to eliminate gavada and the gorillas the CIA and US Special Forces trained the beling ranger battalion that captured paid for the operation and directed the hunter killer groups General aando may have ordered gada's murder but the US pulled the trigger Guatemalan president yakoba arens was taken out in 1954 in 1951 he had initiated reforms aimed at redistributing land from wealthy land owners including the American-owned United Fruit Company to the impoverished native laborers these reforms of course annoyed us officials calling it dangerously socialist which set the stage for the eventual intervention the CIA under orders from State Department officials plan to forcibly remove our Bend from Power this operation known as PB success called for the usual economic and diplomatic pressure political agitation sabotage and psychological operations to create the illusion of a spooky and unbeatable Rebel Force the campaign success depended on persuading more likely intimidating Guatemala Military Officers to overthrow our B agents skillfully manipulated these officers by creating a myth of a formidable opposition Army led by Castillo armas the destruction of the arbent government triggered Decades of Terror repression and resulted in the deaths of approximately 200,000 Guatemalans incredibly even after the coup the CIA continued to undermine arbans through a disinformation campaign confiscating and tampering with his personal papers in order to generate negative publicity arbend was not killed by the CIA but he would have been had he stayed thankfully he managed Exile before that the next intro is in a similar boat in 195 1 Muhammad mzad nationalized the Anglo Iranian Oil Company leading to a conflict with Britain the UK sought American help to overthrow him and the CIA led by Kermit Roosevelt orchestrated a coup using local assets and paid protesters eventually removing him us British oil companies controlled Iranian oil production and pricing undermining nationalization and supporting the subsequent dictatorship of the Sha I made a relevant video of this here if you're interested the US really liked assassinating Chilean political figures apparently the murder of the military commanderin-chief and killing aende and the military coup wasn't enough Orlando leier the former Chilean Ambassador was assassinated on September 21st 1976 leier a former Chilean foreign minister who was also a leading critic of P's dictatorship fled to the US after being tortured and imprisoned inil his outspoken opposition to P's regime made him an obvious Target of Operation Condor a CIA campaign aimed at eliminating us political enemies across Latin America the decision to assassinate him was reportedly made during the bonam conference in the Dominican Republic in mid 1976 orchestrated by Sasha vman the ECI member mentioned earlier on July 30th 1976 after a meeting between the CIA and the state department they decided to expand Operation Condor from me intelligence gathering to active assassination plots too this assassination carried out with a car bomb in Washington DC claimed the lives of leier and his American Aid Ronnie mfit the investigation into his murder revealed that the order for the assassination came directly from pin or general em Manuel contos was arrested for his involvement subsequently Mariana kalas a civilian agent became a key witness revealing that those intimately connected to the plot had confessed to her of the mission's deadly objective Leer's assassination was not just a byproduct of Cold War politics but a calculated move to silence a vocal critic of a fascist dictatorship that the us directly supported despite the efforts to bring the perpetrators to Justice by the us the real culprits remained at large and unblemished don't just love American freedom of speech [Music] Thomas Sankar president of Burkina FASA was shot and killed on October 15th 1987 Sankar a carismatic revolutionary leader in Burkina Faso transformed the nation through radical policies that challenged international business interests according to testimony it was ordered by former Liberian president Charles Taylor with the support of French and American governments and was executed by sar's longtime friend Kare sar's Administration marked a significant departure from the Norman African politics at the time he implemented sweeping reforms aimed at curbing corruption and promoting self-sufficiency lavish lifestyles of politicians funded by taxpayers was eradicated salary Cuts were issued across the board including for himself under sar's leadership Burkina Faso saw remarkable progress in health education and environmental sustainability the nation witnessed unprecedent his Mass vaccination campaigns a significant reduction in infant mortality rates doubled School attendance and the planting of millions of trees to combat deforestation moreover women's rights became a core component of his political ideology enhancing educational opportunities for girls and inter grading women into leadership roles despite or more likely because of these achievements sankata ended up on the French and American hit lists during a visit by French president Fran Mand in 1986 sanar confronted him with forceful Anti-Imperialist discourse critiquing French colonial policies and US interventions and Global conflicts Matan acknowledged Sara's qualities but also laid him as two forthright and Troublesome what a piece of [ __ ] this confrontation likely hastened their desire to kill SAR with figures like jacqu fukar a key French intelligence operative alleged ly playing a role in the assassination plot make no mistake the interests of us and French business were the central reason for all this Herman J Cohen a former US assistant secretary of the state for African Affairs admitted to accusing Saro of regional destabilization and harming the image of the French community in West Africa as if their neocolonialism didn't do enough of that already so on October 15th 1987 while Saro was attending a meeting with his advisers gunman suddenly stormed into the building realizing he was the target SAR faced the As salance and was shot multiple times dying on the spot all but aads was also killed the aftermath saw cpra a rise to power turning Burkina Faso back into a colony for international but specifically European Capital it took 35 years for Kara to be tried convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment In Absentia for his role in the assassination this brief dive into the cia's assassination Rolodex just scratches the surface and it covers only a few assassinations there are even more overthrows of democratically elected governments and yet even more General medaling covering practically every single nation over the past Century the lengths the US government will go to protect the interests of the ruling class are staggering but not surprising if allowed to continue they will destroy their own Nations and others as they currently are doing all those they exploit and the whole world at the altar of capital this most beastial existence imperialism and its unlimited crimes against humanity Must Be Stopped a better world is possible that's all for this time if you enjoy what I do then please consider supporting me on patreon I'd like to thank my patrons so thank you too Nitro dubs Kenny Thomas Roberts 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