Operation Cyclone

4 weeks ago - Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program to arm and finance the Afghan mujahideen in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992, prior to and during the military intervention by the USSR in support of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

February 5, 2019 - Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go, there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double Joe Strummer and Mick

March 31, 2020 - The most expensive covert action was Operation Cyclone, the United States Central Intelligence Agency's program to arm and train Islamist insurgent groups (known as "mujahideen") fighting the Soviet Red Army in Afghanistan.

The United States viewed the conflict in Afghanistan as an integral Cold War struggle, and the CIA provided assistance to anti-Soviet mujahideen rebels through the Pakistani intelligence services in a program called Operation Cyclone.

CIA covert action worked through Pakistani intelligence services to reach Afghani rebel groups. That operation began after December 1979, when Russian forces mounted a surprise intervention in Afghanistan. Fighting between CIA-funded Afghans and the Russians with their Khalq allies continued ...

September 1, 2023 - In the annals of covert operations, one chapter stands out with remarkable significance: Operation Cyclone. Orchestrated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), this covert endeavor was not just a footnote in history but a symphony of calculated maneuvers aimed at shaping the destiny of Afghanista

The creation of a production mechanism to prepare propaganda materials, and the delivery of two radio transmitters to Pakistan to give the insurgents their “own radio” are significant steps. However, the effect of a propaganda operation is incremental and is part of a larger effort.

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March 9, 2018 - Operation Cyclone was one of the longest and most expensive CIA operations of all time.

October 20, 2024 - Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program to arm and finance the mujahideen (Afghan anti-Soviet militants...

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Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency program to arm and finance the Afghan mujahideen prior to and during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, 1979 to 1989. The program leaned heavily towards supporting militant Islamic groups that were favored by ...

July 2, 2021 - The former Soviet Union marched into Afghanistan on Christmas Eve, 1979, claiming it was invited by the new Afghan communist leader, Babrak Karmal, and setting the country on a path of 40 years of seemingly endless wars and conflict.

Keep a hurricane lantern filled with kerosene, battery operated torches and enough dry cells ... Listen to the radio (All India Radio stations give weather warnings). Keep monitoring the warnings. This will help you prepare for a cyclone emergency.

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Cyclones that developin the regions between the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer are called tropical cyclones. Tropical cyclones are large-scale weather systems developing over tropical or subtropical waters, where they get organized into surface wind circulation. ... Cyclones are given many names ...

United States Marine, commissioned officer as of May 29th, 2010. Graduated UCCS in May 2010 with a degree in History, and a minor in Economics. ... Billard Jr, R. D. (2010). Operation Cyclone: How the United States Defeated the Soviet Union. URJ-UCCS: Undergraduate Research Journal at UCCS, ...

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency program to arm the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, 1979 ...