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60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Argentina.md

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 location: "Buenos Aires, Argentina"
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-Argentina is a federal republic in southern [[South America]], the second-largest country on the continent, bordered by [[Chile]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], [[Brazil]], and [[Uruguay]]. Its capital, [[Buenos Aires]], is one of Latin America's largest metropolitan areas. Argentina's twentieth-century history was marked by cycles of elected government and military intervention; the military ruled Argentina from 1930-1932, 1943-1946, 1955-1958, 1966-1973, and most catastrophically from March 24, 1976, to December 10, 1983.[^1]
+Argentina is a federal republic in southern [[South America]], the second-largest country on the continent, bordered by [[Chile]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], [[Brazil]], and [[Uruguay]]. Its capital, [[Buenos Aires]], is one of [[Latin America]]'s largest metropolitan areas. Argentina's twentieth-century history was marked by cycles of elected government and military intervention; the military ruled Argentina from 1930-1932, 1943-1946, 1955-1958, 1966-1973, and most catastrophically from March 24, 1976, to December 10, 1983.[^1]
 
 ### The Dirty War
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] maintained connections to Argentine military
 
 ### Operation Condor
 
-Argentina was a founding participant in [[Operation Condor]], joining Chile ([[Augusto Pinochet]]), [[Uruguay]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], and [[Brazil]]. Argentine military intelligence (SIDE) participated in Phase I (information sharing), Phase II (cross-border operations), and allegedly Phase III (operations in Europe against exiled dissidents). The assassination of former Chilean Army commander General Carlos Prats and his wife in Buenos Aires on September 30, 1974, was a Condor operation. SIDE participated in the tracking of Argentine exiles who had fled to other Condor partner countries.[^1]
+Argentina was a founding participant in [[Operation Condor]], joining Chile ([[Augusto Pinochet]]), [[Uruguay]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], and [[Brazil]]. Argentine military intelligence (SIDE) participated in Phase I (information sharing), Phase II (cross-border operations), and allegedly Phase III (operations in Europe against exiled dissidents). The assassination of former Chilean Army commander General [[Carlos Prats]] and his wife in Buenos Aires on September 30, 1974, was a Condor operation. SIDE participated in the tracking of Argentine exiles who had fled to other Condor partner countries.[^1]
 
 ### Nazi Refugees
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Austria.md

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 category: "Country"
 summary: "Austria is a Central European country whose capital Vienna hosts the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control (UNFDAC), which was a funding conduit for the purchase of PROMIS software by Middle Eastern drug control agencies."
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-[[Austria]] is a country in Central Europe. Its capital, Vienna, is home to the [[United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control|United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control]] (UNFDAC). The UNFDAC was a funding source for the purchase of computer software and hardware systems, including [[PROMIS]] software, by drug abuse control agencies in the Middle East.[^1]
+[[Austria]] is a country in Central Europe. Its capital, Vienna, is home to the [[United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control|United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control]] (UNFDAC). The UNFDAC was a funding source for the purchase of computer software and hardware systems, including [[PROMIS]] software, by drug abuse control agencies in the [[Middle East]].[^1]
 
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 ### Footnotes

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Belgium.md

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 location: "Brussels, Belgium"
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-Belgium is a federal constitutional monarchy in northwestern [[Europe]], bordered by the [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]], and [[France]], with coastline on the North Sea. Brussels, its capital, is the headquarters of [[NATO]] and the primary seat of the [[European Union]]. Belgium has three official language communities (French, Dutch/Flemish, and German) and a complex federal political structure. Its political history is marked by significant institutional fragility and a series of scandals involving connections between political elites, organized crime, and law enforcement.[^1]
+Belgium is a federal constitutional monarchy in northwestern [[Europe]], bordered by the [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]], and [[France]], with coastline on the [[North Sea]]. Brussels, its capital, is the headquarters of [[NATO]] and the primary seat of the [[European Union]]. Belgium has three official language communities (French, Dutch/Flemish, and German) and a complex federal political structure. Its political history is marked by significant institutional fragility and a series of scandals involving connections between political elites, organized crime, and law enforcement.[^1]
 
 ### Marc Dutroux and the X-Dossier
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Canada.md

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 location: "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
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-Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy occupying the northern portion of the North American continent, sharing the world's longest undefended international border with the [[United States]]. Canada's modern intelligence and security apparatus developed from wartime cooperation in [[World War II]] through the [[British Security Co-ordination]] (BSC) - [[William Stephenson]]'s New York-based organization that operated from Canadian diplomatic cover and worked closely with the [[Office of Strategic Services]] to coordinate Allied intelligence in the western hemisphere. Canada became a founding member of the [[Five Eyes]] intelligence-sharing alliance with the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.[^1]
+Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy occupying the northern portion of the North American continent, sharing the world's longest undefended international border with the [[United States]]. Canada's modern intelligence and security apparatus developed from wartime cooperation in [[World War II]] through the [[British Security Co-ordination]] (BSC) - [[William Stephenson]]'s New York-based organization that operated from Canadian diplomatic cover and worked closely with the [[Office of Strategic Services]] to coordinate Allied intelligence in the western hemisphere. Canada became a founding member of the [[Five Eyes]] intelligence-sharing alliance with the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and [[New Zealand]].[^1]
 
 ### MKULTRA and McGill University
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Chile.md

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   - contra-war
 summary: Chile was the South American nation where CIA Deputy Director William Nelson ran the agency's controversial destabilization program that overthrew President Salvador Allende in 1973.
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-Chile was the [[South America]]n nation where [[Central Intelligence Agency]] Deputy Director of Operations [[William Colby|Bill Nelson's superior]] ran the agency's controversial destabilization program that culminated in the overthrow and murder of elected President Salvador Allende in 1973. Nelson oversaw this operation during his tenure at the CIA.[^1]
+Chile was the [[South America]]n nation where [[Central Intelligence Agency]] Deputy Director of Operations [[William Colby|Bill Nelson's superior]] ran the agency's controversial destabilization program that culminated in the overthrow and murder of elected President [[Salvador Allende]] in 1973. Nelson oversaw this operation during his tenure at the CIA.[^1]
 
 ### CIA Operations
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Hungary.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Under Kadar, Hungary developed a form of "goulash communism" - relatively libera
 
 ### 1989 Transition
 
-Hungary's communist government, weakened by economic difficulties and Kadar's removal in 1988, began negotiating with the opposition in 1989. On May 2, 1989, Hungary began dismantling its border fence with Austria - the first breach of the Iron Curtain. When Hungary officially opened its border with Austria on September 11, 1989, approximately 13,000 East German tourists who had gathered in Hungary were able to cross to the West. This exodus contributed directly to the pressure that produced the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989.
+Hungary's communist government, weakened by economic difficulties and Kadar's removal in 1988, began negotiating with the opposition in 1989. On May 2, 1989, Hungary began dismantling its border fence with Austria - the first breach of the [[Iron Curtain]]. When Hungary officially opened its border with Austria on September 11, 1989, approximately 13,000 East German tourists who had gathered in Hungary were able to cross to the West. This exodus contributed directly to the pressure that produced the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989.
 
 Hungary became a [[NATO]] member in 1999 and a [[European Union]] member in 2004. Under Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in power since 2010, Hungary developed an authoritarian-nationalist government that has repeatedly clashed with European Union institutions over democratic standards.[^2]
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Iraq.md

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 location: "Baghdad, Iraq"
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-Iraq occupies the territory of ancient [[Mesopotamia]] between the [[Tigris River|Tigris]] and [[Euphrates River|Euphrates]] rivers in the Middle East, bordered by [[Iran]] to the east, [[Turkey]] to the north, [[Syria]] and [[Jordan]] to the west, [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Kuwait]] to the south. The modern state emerged from the British Mandate for Mesopotamia following [[World War I]]. The [[Hashemite]] monarchy established in 1921 was overthrown in a military coup on July 14, 1958, killing King Faisal II and establishing a republic under General Abd al-Karim Qassem.[^1]
+Iraq occupies the territory of ancient [[Mesopotamia]] between the [[Tigris River|Tigris]] and [[Euphrates River|Euphrates]] rivers in the [[Middle East]], bordered by [[Iran]] to the east, [[Turkey]] to the north, [[Syria]] and [[Jordan]] to the west, [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Kuwait]] to the south. The modern state emerged from the British Mandate for Mesopotamia following [[World War I]]. The [[Hashemite]] monarchy established in 1921 was overthrown in a military coup on July 14, 1958, killing King Faisal II and establishing a republic under General Abd al-Karim Qassem.[^1]
 
 ### CIA and the Ba'ath Party
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Israel.md

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ category: "Country"
 summary: "Israel is a Middle Eastern state whose intelligence agencies (Mossad, Shin Bet, Aman), nuclear weapons program, and political relationships with U.S. intelligence and the American Jewish community are central subjects of this vault."
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-The State of [[Israel]] is a country in the Middle East. It has been connected to various intelligence and psychic research activities, notably through figures like [[Uri Geller]] and its intelligence agency, [[Mossad]].
+The State of [[Israel]] is a country in the [[Middle East]]. It has been connected to various intelligence and psychic research activities, notably through figures like [[Uri Geller]] and its intelligence agency, [[Mossad]].

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Italy.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The most operationally significant CIA program in Italy was [[Operation Gladio]]
 
 The [[Propaganda Due]] (P2) Masonic lodge, led by [[Licio Gelli]], was a clandestine organization of approximately 1,000 members that included senior figures in Italian intelligence services, the military, politics, media, and organized crime. P2 was discovered when Italian tax police raided Gelli's villa in March 1981 and found a membership list. The list included the head of all three Italian intelligence services, 43 members of parliament, senior military officers, future Prime Minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]], and [[Roberto Calvi]], chairman of Banco Ambrosiano.[^2]
 
-[[Roberto Calvi]], known as "God's Banker" for his [[Vatican Bank|IOR (Institute for the Works of Religion)]] connections, was found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge in [[London]] on June 18, 1982, in what was ruled suicide then later reclassified as murder. Banco Ambrosiano collapsed with a $1.3 billion shortfall, much of it tied to fictitious loans to Vatican-connected shell companies in [[Panama]] and Latin America. The Vatican Bank's exposure forced a partial settlement. The IOR's role as a conduit for CIA-connected funds - channeled through to Solidarity in [[Poland]] and other Cold War projects - is documented in several investigations.[^1]
+[[Roberto Calvi]], known as "God's Banker" for his [[Vatican Bank|IOR (Institute for the Works of Religion)]] connections, was found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge in [[London]] on June 18, 1982, in what was ruled suicide then later reclassified as murder. Banco Ambrosiano collapsed with a $1.3 billion shortfall, much of it tied to fictitious loans to Vatican-connected shell companies in [[Panama]] and [[Latin America]]. The Vatican Bank's exposure forced a partial settlement. The IOR's role as a conduit for CIA-connected funds - channeled through to Solidarity in [[Poland]] and other Cold War projects - is documented in several investigations.[^1]
 
 ### BCCI and Vatican
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Jordan.md

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 category: "Country"
 summary: "Jordan is a Middle Eastern country whose capital Amman is home to the Arab Bank Limited, which under Chairman Abdul Majeed Shoman expressed willingness to process multi-billion-dollar reconstruction fund transfers connected to FIDCO and Lebanon-related covert finance operations."
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-[[Jordan]] is a country in the Middle East. Its capital, Amman, is home to the Arab Bank Limited. The Arab Bank Limited, under the leadership of Chairman and General Manager [[Abdul Majeed Shoman]], expressed willingness to cooperate with [[First Intercontinental Development Corporation|FIDCO]] concerning a fund to reconstruct [[Lebanon]]. The bank confirmed its capacity to handle a financial transaction of "US$ three billion or more" for this purpose, provided the conditions in [[Lebanon]] were clear and subject to the approval and counter guarantees of the Lebanese Authority.[^1]
+[[Jordan]] is a country in the [[Middle East]]. Its capital, Amman, is home to the Arab Bank Limited. The Arab Bank Limited, under the leadership of Chairman and General Manager [[Abdul Majeed Shoman]], expressed willingness to cooperate with [[First Intercontinental Development Corporation|FIDCO]] concerning a fund to reconstruct [[Lebanon]]. The bank confirmed its capacity to handle a financial transaction of "US$ three billion or more" for this purpose, provided the conditions in [[Lebanon]] were clear and subject to the approval and counter guarantees of the Lebanese Authority.[^1]
 
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 ### Footnotes

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Kuwait.md

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 category: "Country"
 summary: "Kuwait is a Gulf state identified by DEA informant Lester Coleman as one of the Middle Eastern countries where the DEA used Euramae Trading Company to sell PROMIS software to drug abuse control agencies."
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-[[Kuwait]] is a country in the Middle East. [[Lester Coleman]]'s affidavit states that the [[DEA|DEA]] was using [[Euramae Trading Company]] to sell [[PROMIS]] software to drug abuse control agencies in various Middle Eastern countries, including [[Kuwait]].[^1]
+[[Kuwait]] is a country in the [[Middle East]]. [[Lester Coleman]]'s affidavit states that the [[DEA|DEA]] was using [[Euramae Trading Company]] to sell [[PROMIS]] software to drug abuse control agencies in various Middle Eastern countries, including [[Kuwait]].[^1]
 
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 ### Footnotes

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Lebanon.md

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   - IranContra
 summary: "Lebanon is a country in the Middle East that became a focal point for intelligence operations, drug trafficking, and international arms dealing during the 1980s civil war period."
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-Lebanon is a country in the Middle East that has been a focal point for various international political, military, and illicit activities, particularly during the 1980s. Its strategic location and internal conflicts made it a significant area for intelligence operations, arms dealing, and drug trafficking.[^1]
+Lebanon is a country in the [[Middle East]] that has been a focal point for various international political, military, and illicit activities, particularly during the 1980s. Its strategic location and internal conflicts made it a significant area for intelligence operations, arms dealing, and drug trafficking.[^1]
 
 ### Political and Military Landscape
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Libya.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ On December 21, 1988, Pan American World Airways Flight 103 was destroyed by a b
 
 ### Post-Gaddafi
 
-Gaddafi was captured and killed on October 20, 2011, during the NATO-supported uprising of the Arab Spring. The subsequent civil war and arms proliferation from Libyan government stockpiles - particularly [[MANPADS|man-portable air defense systems]] (MANPADS) - dispersed weapons across the Sahel and Middle East.[^1]
+Gaddafi was captured and killed on October 20, 2011, during the NATO-supported uprising of the Arab Spring. The subsequent civil war and arms proliferation from Libyan government stockpiles - particularly [[MANPADS|man-portable air defense systems]] (MANPADS) - dispersed weapons across the Sahel and [[Middle East]].[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Netherlands.md

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 location: "The Hague, Netherlands"
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-The Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy in northwestern [[Europe]], bordered by [[Germany]], [[Belgium]], and the North Sea, with overseas territories in the Caribbean. Its capital is [[Amsterdam]] and its governmental seat is The Hague, which also hosts the [[International Court of Justice]] and the [[International Criminal Court]]. The Netherlands has a long tradition of liberal social policies and press freedom, which made it a notable host country for organizations and publications that were restricted elsewhere.[^1]
+The Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy in northwestern [[Europe]], bordered by [[Germany]], [[Belgium]], and the [[North Sea]], with overseas territories in the Caribbean. Its capital is [[Amsterdam]] and its governmental seat is The Hague, which also hosts the [[International Court of Justice]] and the [[International Criminal Court]]. The Netherlands has a long tradition of liberal social policies and press freedom, which made it a notable host country for organizations and publications that were restricted elsewhere.[^1]
 
 ### Pedophile Networks and the Rolodex Investigation
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Palestine.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Palestinian factions active in the period covered by this vault include:
 
 ### Mossad Operations
 
-[[Mossad]]'s response to the 1972 Munich massacre - in which Black September killed eleven Israeli athletes - was [[Operation Wrath of God]], a long-running assassination program targeting those responsible. Mossad teams tracked and killed multiple PLO operatives across [[Europe]] and the Middle East over the following years. The operation was dramatized in Steven Spielberg's 2005 film *Munich* and documented in George Jonas's *Vengeance* (1984). A mistaken assassination in Lillehammer, Norway in 1973 - in which Mossad killed a Moroccan waiter believing him to be a PLO operative - led to arrests of Mossad officers by Norwegian police.[^2]
+[[Mossad]]'s response to the 1972 Munich massacre - in which Black September killed eleven Israeli athletes - was [[Operation Wrath of God]], a long-running assassination program targeting those responsible. Mossad teams tracked and killed multiple PLO operatives across [[Europe]] and the [[Middle East]] over the following years. The operation was dramatized in Steven Spielberg's 2005 film *Munich* and documented in George Jonas's *Vengeance* (1984). A mistaken assassination in Lillehammer, Norway in 1973 - in which Mossad killed a Moroccan waiter believing him to be a PLO operative - led to arrests of Mossad officers by Norwegian police.[^2]
 
 Palestinian intelligence organizations - including Force 17 and the PLO's intelligence branch under Abu Iyad (Salah Khalaf) - maintained connections with Arab intelligence services and, through back-channels, with Western intelligence agencies seeking information on Palestinian operations. The CIA maintained contacts with PLO representatives despite the U.S. government's official refusal to deal with the organization.
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Paraguay.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] maintained a close working relationship with
 
 ### Operation Condor
 
-Paraguay was one of the six founding participants in [[Operation Condor]] alongside [[Chile]] (under [[Augusto Pinochet]]), [[Argentina]], [[Uruguay]], [[Bolivia]], and [[Brazil]]. The DINA-organized founding meeting that established Condor's coordinated intelligence-sharing and assassination architecture occurred in [[Santiago]] in November 1975. Paraguay contributed to Condor's Phase I (information sharing) and Phase II (cross-border operations to capture and kill dissidents who had fled across borders) activities.[^2]
+Paraguay was one of the six founding participants in [[Operation Condor]] alongside [[Chile]] (under [[Augusto Pinochet]]), [[Argentina]], [[Uruguay]], [[Bolivia]], and [[Brazil]]. The [[DINA]]-organized founding meeting that established Condor's coordinated intelligence-sharing and assassination architecture occurred in [[Santiago]] in November 1975. Paraguay contributed to Condor's Phase I (information sharing) and Phase II (cross-border operations to capture and kill dissidents who had fled across borders) activities.[^2]
 
 The "Condor Archive" - approximately 700,000 documents from Paraguay's secret police files discovered in December 1992 by human rights lawyer Martin Almada in a police station in Lambare - provided documentary proof of Condor's operations and the participation of CIA personnel. The archive contained records of cross-border abductions, interrogation transcripts, and communications between the Condor partner services that had been concealed after the transition to democracy.[^2]
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Syria.md

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 category: "Country"
 summary: "Syria is a Middle Eastern country whose Hafez al-Assad government controlled the Bekaa Valley heroin trade, maintained back-channel relations with Washington during the hostage crisis, and appears in this vault through its drug trafficking networks and connections to Lebanon-based intelligence operations."
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-[[Syria]] is a country in the Middle East that has been significantly involved in the regional drug trade and political conflicts. Its president, [[Hafez al-Assad]], played a role in regional politics and alliances.[^1]
+[[Syria]] is a country in the [[Middle East]] that has been significantly involved in the regional drug trade and political conflicts. Its president, [[Hafez al-Assad]], played a role in regional politics and alliances.[^1]
 
 ### Drug Trade and Political Influence
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/United Kingdom.md

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a constitutional mon
 
 ### Intelligence Services
 
-[[MI6]] (the [[Secret Intelligence Service]], SIS) is the UK's foreign intelligence service, operating under Foreign and Commonwealth Office oversight. [[MI5]] (the [[Security Service]]) handles domestic counterintelligence and counterterrorism. [[GCHQ]] (Government Communications Headquarters), based in Cheltenham, is the signals intelligence agency whose partnership with the [[NSA|American NSA]] under the [[UKUSA Agreement]] (1946) forms the core of the Five Eyes signals collection architecture. The three services are coordinated through the [[Joint Intelligence Committee]] in the Cabinet Office in London.[^1]
+[[MI6]] (the [[Secret Intelligence Service]], SIS) is the UK's foreign intelligence service, operating under [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] oversight. [[MI5]] (the [[Security Service]]) handles domestic counterintelligence and counterterrorism. [[GCHQ]] (Government Communications Headquarters), based in Cheltenham, is the signals intelligence agency whose partnership with the [[NSA|American NSA]] under the [[UKUSA Agreement]] (1946) forms the core of the Five Eyes signals collection architecture. The three services are coordinated through the [[Joint Intelligence Committee]] in the Cabinet Office in London.[^1]
 
-MI6 and the CIA conducted the joint [[1953 coup]] in [[Iran]] that removed Prime Minister [[Mohammad Mosaddegh]] and restored [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]]. Subsequent Cold War joint operations included intelligence sharing during the [[Iran-Iraq War]] and coordination on [[Afghanistan]] during the Soviet occupation. MI6's relationship with [[Mossad]] is extensive, with numerous overlapping operations in the Middle East.
+MI6 and the CIA conducted the joint [[1953 coup]] in [[Iran]] that removed Prime Minister [[Mohammad Mosaddegh]] and restored [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]]. Subsequent Cold War joint operations included intelligence sharing during the [[Iran-Iraq War]] and coordination on [[Afghanistan]] during the Soviet occupation. MI6's relationship with [[Mossad]] is extensive, with numerous overlapping operations in the [[Middle East]].
 
 ### BCCI
 

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Uruguay.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Dan Mitrione, an OPS adviser stationed in Montevideo, was kidnapped by the Tupam
 
 The military coup of June 27, 1973, dissolved the Uruguayan parliament and established a civilian government under military control that shifted to outright military rule in 1976. Uruguay became a founding member of [[Operation Condor]] at the November 1975 Santiago meeting. Uruguayan intelligence (OCOA, Organismo Coordinador de Operaciones Antisubversivas) participated in Phase I and Phase II Condor operations, tracking and returning Uruguayan opponents who had fled to [[Argentina]], [[Chile]], and other Condor partner states.
 
-The assassination in Buenos Aires on May 20, 1976, of former Uruguayan Senators Zelmar Michelini and Hector Gutierrez Ruiz - both abducted and killed by a joint Argentine-Uruguayan Condor team - was among the most prominent Phase II operations. Their murders occurred shortly after the Argentine coup of March 1976, when the new Argentine junta's expanded cooperation with Condor created the conditions for such operations.[^1]
+The assassination in [[Buenos Aires]] on May 20, 1976, of former Uruguayan Senators Zelmar Michelini and Hector Gutierrez Ruiz - both abducted and killed by a joint Argentine-Uruguayan Condor team - was among the most prominent Phase II operations. Their murders occurred shortly after the Argentine coup of March 1976, when the new Argentine junta's expanded cooperation with Condor created the conditions for such operations.[^1]
 
 ### Transition and Accountability