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The American Role in Lumumba's Murder

American officials plotted to assassinate Lumumba, the Congo's first prime minister, in 1960. While a CIA plan to poison him was abandoned, U.S. officials enabled his overthrow, supported his opposition, and secretly approved his transfer to executioners who murdered him on January 17, 1961.
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By ThosPayne | Auburn Journal | 2/11/10 01   Former Congressman Tom Tancredo made sure the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, TN was anything but calm by creating a media firestorm because of its racist tone.

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Secret papers withheld by Chilcot inquiry reveal Foreign Office fears over invasion By Michael Savage | Reuters/Independent | 2 March 2010 Tony Blair gives evidence to the Iraq Inquiry in Westminster on 29 January An invasion of Iraq was discussed within the Government more than two years before military action was taken – with Foreign Office mandarins warning that an invasion would be illegal, that it would claim "considerable casualties" and could lead to the breakdown of Iraq, The Independent can reveal.

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