[GPSCC-chat] US Trying to deliver undeclared weapons and drugs to the Argentine Police

[spencerg]

Hello:


The government of Argentina approved US training of the Argentine 
federal police Grupo de Operaciones Especiales Federal (GEOF – Federal 
Special Operations Group). However, when training materials arrived in a 
huge US Air Force C-17 last Thursday, Feb. 12, an unanticipated 
inspection by Argentine government personnel found "1,000 cubic feet of 
material, the equivalent of one third of the cargo" was not on the 
official manifest given to the Argentine government. This extra material 
included machine gun and rifle barrels, and apparently drugs.(a)


Is the US trying to destroy democracy in Argentina again, as we 
apparently did in Honduras last year? Is the US trying to resurrect 
Operation Condor(b) and the Argentine Dirty War?(c)


Spencer


(a) Horacio Verbitsky, "Argentina: Undeclared weapons and drugs found on 
US military plane" 
(http://lo-de-alla.org/2011/02/argentina-undeclared-weapons-and-drugs-found-on-us-military-plane); 
Costa Rica Wire Services, "Argentina says U.S. plane held drugs, 
weapons" 
(http://amcostaricaarchives.com/2011/02/argentina-says-u-s-plane-held-drugs-weapons)


(b) Wikipedia, "Operation Condor" 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor)


(c) Wikipedia, "Dirty War" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War)

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