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# Events Index
This Map of Content (MOC) auto-generates index tables for all events in The Info Web using Dataview queries. Pages are automatically included based on their `category` frontmatter field.
To recategorize an event, edit its page's frontmatter `category` field.
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## Intelligence Scandals
Covert operations, espionage incidents, and political cover-ups.
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [[Golpe Borghese]] | Fascist coup attempt in Italy in 1970 orchestrated by Junio Valerio Borghese with links to Operation Gladio and intelligence services. |
| [[Iran-Contra Affair]] | Political scandal involving the secret sale of arms to Iran to fund the Nicaraguan Contras in violation of the Boland Amendment, leading to indictments of multiple CIA and NSC officials. |
| [[Lavon Affair]] | Covert 1954 Israeli operation in Egypt involving bombings of American, British, and Egyptian targets designed to damage Western-Egyptian relations. |
| [[Lockheed bribe scandal]] | 1976 scandal involving bribes paid by Lockheed Aircraft Company to Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres and other international figures. |
| [[Moscow Signal]] | Microwave beam directed at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow by the Soviet Union (1956-1976), suspected of being an electromagnetic weapon that spurred U.S. research into psychotronics. |
| [[October Surprise]] | Allegation that Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign secretly negotiated with Iran to delay the release of American hostages until after the election. |
| [[U-2 Incident]] | 1960 shooting down of an American U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union, causing a major diplomatic crisis and collapse of the Paris Summit. |
## Contra War
Events connected to the Nicaraguan Contra war, drug trafficking networks, and the Dark Alliance investigation.
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [[Bay of Pigs]] | The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed 1961 CIA operation to overthrow Fidel Castro whose veterans became key operatives in Contra operations and drug trafficking networks during the 1980s. |
| [[Dark Alliance]] | Dark Alliance was a three-part investigative series published by the San Jose Mercury News in August 1996, exposing links between CIA-backed Contra forces and the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles. |
| [[Frogman Case]] | Largest cocaine bust in West Coast history at the time (January 1983), which exposed direct links between Contra drug traffickers in San Francisco and the CIA, connections suppressed through direct CIA intervention. |
## Major Conflicts
Wars, military operations, and armed conflicts.
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [[Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)]] | Conflict following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and declaration of the State of Israel, resulting in Israeli victory and the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. |
| [[Dienbienphu]] | Decisive 1954 battle in the First Indochina War where the Viet Minh defeated French colonial forces, ending French rule in Indochina. |
| [[Iranian Revolution]] | 1979 popular uprising that overthrew Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, establishing an Islamic republic and fundamentally reshaping Middle Eastern geopolitics. |
| [[Korean War]] | 1950-1953 conflict between North and South Korea that involved U.S. intelligence programs and connections to later covert operations in Southeast Asia. |
| [[Osirak bombing]] | 1981 Israeli air strike on the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak near Baghdad, carried out with U.S.-supplied F-16s and condemned internationally. |
| [[Sabra and Shatila massacres]] | September 1982 massacre of Palestinian refugees in Beirut by Lebanese Christian Phalangists, facilitated by Israeli forces under Defense Minister Ariel Sharon. |
| [[Six-Day War]] | 1967 conflict in which Israel launched a preemptive strike against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, capturing the Sinai, Gaza, West Bank, and Golan Heights. |
| [[Suez Crisis]] | 1956 invasion of Egypt by Israel, France, and Britain to regain control of the Suez Canal, ended by Soviet nuclear ultimatum and U.S. pressure. |
| [[USS Liberty Incident]] | 1967 attack on the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty by Israeli forces during the Six-Day War, killing 34 crew members and sparking enduring controversy. |
| [[Yom Kippur War]] | 1973 Arab-Israeli War that began with coordinated Egyptian and Syrian attacks, leading to a nuclear alert and reshaping regional power dynamics. |
## Terrorism
Terrorist attacks, hijackings, and mass casualty events.
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [[Achille Lauro]] | 1985 cruise ship attack described as an Israeli black propaganda operation designed to portray Palestinians as terrorists. |
| [[Entebbe hijacking]] | 1976 hijacking of an Air France jet by the Baader-Meinhof Group, ended by a daring Israeli commando rescue raid at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. |
| [[Munich Olympic Massacre]] | 1972 attack on Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich by Black September, leading to retaliatory assassinations by Israeli intelligence. |
| [[Pan Am Flight 103]] | 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, connecting international terrorism to drug trafficking and intelligence operations. |
## Crime Investigations
Serial murders, child trafficking investigations, and criminal cases with government connections.
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [[Dean Corll Murders]] | Mass murder of 28 young men in Houston, Texas (1970-1973) that uncovered connections to organized child trafficking and pornography networks with apparent institutional protection. |
| [[HIK Investigation]] | Dutch police investigation launched in 1994 into child trafficking networks centered on Lothar Glandorf's boy brothels in Rotterdam, revealing connections to senior Dutch government officials. |
| [[HIK Report]] | Official report from the Dutch HIK investigation into the Manuel Schadwald disappearance and the Rotterdam child trafficking network, revealing a government cover-up. |
| [[Oakland County Child Killer]] | Unsolved murders of four children in Oakland County, Michigan (1976-1977) that investigators steered away from leads pointing to organized pedophile rings. |
| [[Phillip Paske & The Delta Project]] | Investigation into John David Norman's Delta Project, a boy trafficking scheme operated from inside Cook County Jail using jail printing facilities to distribute materials. |
| [[Rolodex Investigation]] | Dutch police inquiry (1997-1998) into a callboy service catering to Dutch justice officials, exposing connections between child trafficking networks and senior government figures. |
| [[White Marches]] | Mass demonstrations in Belgium (October 1996) sparked by the politically motivated removal of investigating magistrate Jean-Marc Connerotte from the Dutroux case. |
| [[X-Dossier]] | Classified dossier compiled under Judge Connerotte containing testimonies from witnesses X1-X8 alleging elite child abuse networks in Belgium linked to Operation Gladio. |
## Diplomacy
International summits, conferences, and diplomatic events.
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [[Bandung Conference]] | 1955 meeting of Asian and African states in Indonesia that established the Non-Aligned Movement, attended by Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser and shaping Cold War diplomacy. |
| [[Camp David summit]] | 1978 meetings between Egyptian President Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Begin, facilitated by Jimmy Carter, leading to the Egypt-Israel peace treaty. |
| [[Geneva Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy]] | 1955 international scientific conference in Geneva with 1,500 delegates from 70 nations, marking the first major open exchange of nuclear knowledge. |
| [[Paris Summit Meeting]] | 1960 summit between Eisenhower and Khrushchev that collapsed after the U-2 Incident, derailing a potential US-Soviet detente. |
## Historical Phenomena
Unexplained events, paranormal incidents, and historical anomalies.
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [[Business Plot]] | 1933 alleged conspiracy by Wall Street financiers including the DuPont family to overthrow President Roosevelt and install a fascist dictatorship. |
| [[Colares Incidents]] | Wave of UAP encounters in 1977 on the island of Colares, Brazil, where residents reported being attacked by beams of radiation from unknown craft. |
| [[Extraordinary Powers Craze]] | Period of intense interest in paranormal phenomena in China during the late 1970s and early 1980s, sparked by reports of children with psychic abilities. |
| [[Queen's Accident]] | 1983 head-on collision in Yosemite National Park foothills involving a Secret Service vehicle scouting Queen Elizabeth II's motorcade route, killing three agents and revealing allegations of cover-up and corruption. |
| [[Roswell Incident]] | Alleged crash of a UAP in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947, considered the foundational event of modern UFO lore and government secrecy. |
## Modern Incidents
Recent UAP encounters, domestic incidents, and contemporary events.
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [[Cybertruck Trump Hotel Bombing]] | January 1, 2025 explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump International Hotel Las Vegas by active duty Army Special Ops soldier Matthew Livelsberger. |
| [[FBI Seizes Largest Ever Explosive Cache]] | January 1, 2025 FBI announcement of the largest explosives cache seizure in bureau history. |
| [[GIMBAL]] | Declassified UAP video captured by an F/A-18 Super Hornet crew showing an object rotating against the wind, released by the Pentagon in 2017. |
| [[GoFast]] | Declassified UAP video captured by an F/A-18 Super Hornet crew showing an object moving at extreme speed low over the ocean, released by the Pentagon in 2017. |
| [[New Orleans Truck Attack]] | January 1, 2025 terrorist attack in which Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a truck into crowds on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing multiple people. |
| [[Tic Tac]] | UAP encountered by the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in November 2004, captured on video and designated 'Tic Tac' for its shape, released by the Pentagon in 2017. |
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## Stats
| category | Count |
| --- | --- |
| Major Conflict | 10 |
| Crime Investigation | 8 |
| Intelligence Scandal | 7 |
| Modern Incident | 6 |
| Historical Phenomenon | 5 |
| Diplomacy | 4 |
| Terrorism | 4 |
| Contra War | 3 |