Pretext For War
Clinton Aide's Idea: Let Iraq Shoot Down U.S. Plane
By Justin Elliott
A new book says a cabinet member proposed letting Saddam kill an American airman as a pretext for war.
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Operation Northwoods
By by David Ruppe
In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba.